Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-14
slaughter for the month will pass I'll
two-million mark.
Pupils Expected to Contest.

| After June 10, when the Washington
graded schools close, the number of con
testants in The Stars anti-fy campaign
will be greatly increased. 1t has beer
learned that there are a number of boy!
and girls who entered the contest. but
who were so enthusiastic in their war or
| flies that their parents made them stoI
until all studying for the season is over.
On 10Th street northwest lives ten
pursuit of education at the Thomson
School. Little John entered the contes,
and became such an ardent worker tina,
he lost interest in grammar and spent sc
much of his time and energy in killing
flies that his mother with difficulty made
him stop until school closed.
John killed flies during all of his waking
hours and dreamed about them at night
His conversation at home and among his
playmates was flies. flies. flies. If a fly
he killed the pest. While his teacher was
telling him about George Washington he
was thinking of how many flies he could
catch before night.
He is now on his good behavior, and
hopes to persuade his mother that when
school closes he can re-enter the contest
and still find time for play. John killed
HUNDREDS of flies by using the swatters
alone. but when he is heard from again.
If he has his own way in the matter. he
also. John lives in fiyless house, and
therefore can get little practice under the
ruse of Kidding his home of the pests.
Pests Aplenty in Vicinity.
He will not be satisfied. however, until
he can clear the streets of the nuisance,
and a visit near his home yesterday
showed that he will not have to go far
away to find plenty of flies to fill his
traps in short order.
There have been many cases similar to
that of Johns where the parents first
laughed at the attempts of children 70
make actual inroads on the MES out VINO VINO,
found that few hours work each day
practically ridded the neighborhood OF
the troublesome pests, which for so long
have been accepted as necessary evils.
1t has repeatedly been shown by con-
testants that ten. traps will net the set
ter an average of 10000 or more flies a
day. and this number has been caught
when the work is systematized, with little
actual labor further than batting ana
cleaning the traps. Anywhere In or Out
Of doors seeems to be a good place LOT
the traps to be located.
AS The Star is Offering eight district
prizes as well as the five regular prizes,
any contestant who gets in on the ground
floor with the Observation-Disclosures entrants
is almosct certain of a large cash prize
and, incidentally, a fiyless neighborhoOd.
Anxious for Flyless City.
Bessie Lephfew, winner Of one of the
fly essay prizes, sends the following let
ter to The Star:
1T wish to thank you for the prize re-
ceived for my essay on flies. was very
glad to read the essays of the other win
ners for it gave me q chance to compare
mine with theirs and become acquainted
with some facts which / did not know.
II think the anti-fiy crusade carried on
by The Evening Star Is doing immense
good to Washington. especially to those
who cannot screen their homes, and is
about the greatest enterprise ever under
taken. / am quite certain that the peo-
pie in the suburbs. as well as those IN
Washington, have noticed the great de-
crease in flies AS for myself, before the
crusade began 1 had a feeling of indiner-
ence toward flies. but now ! cannot see
one without thinking Of the filth and dis
ease he carries. and am as eager as any
one to have lyless city.