The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-02-10
=. DANGEROUS FLY KILLERS.

A bill is now pending before the Hi.
nois Legislature prohibiting the manu-.
facture or sale of fly paper or othe,
forms of fly killer which contains ar.
senic or other poison of sufficient guam
tity to be dangerous to the life or
health of persons, unless the same
when so manufactured, compounded
sold or offered for sale, shall be so
prepared, constructed or guarded that
when in use said poisonous paper, sub
stance, compound or solution shall be
inaccessible to children or other per-
sons who might eat, drink or swallow
the same or any portion thereof
The bill is identical with one that
has already been enacted into law by
the State of Michigan, and is sup
ported by the Child, Betterment Blu
reau of Chicago, headed by DR.. G..
Frank Lydston, who is earnestly advo-
eating its passage.
In support of its advocacy of the
measure, the Child Betterment Bureau
cites the number of cases of poisoning
of children in the United States
through the agency of arsenical fly
killers, and urges the abolition of the
manufacture and sale of this class of
fly destroyers as a means of protecting
the child life of the country from this
form of danger.
While it may well be urged that cases
of accidental poisoning of children
from the arsenical fly poisons are of
rare occurrence and attributable to the
carelessness or the ignorance of parents,
it seems perfectly reasonable to assume
that less dangerous agencies may be
employed and involving no danger to
children.
In this day of advanced methods of
fly destruction, it is thoroughly recog-
nized that the use of fly destroying
agencies in the home is simply the last
trench form of fighting this well known
and dangerous household and commun-
ity pest. It is also well understood by
those trained only in the fundamentals
of public sanitation, that to destroy the
fly it is necessary to destroy OF do
away with the places where it breeds.
Once this has been thoroughly accom-
plished, the flies soon disappear.
As to lily poisons of any kind, there
is no real necessity for using them in
the home. The better way is to place
the poison outside, preferably on the
back porch, and kill the flies before
they get. into the house. The U. S.
Public Health Service warns against
the use of the poisons containing ar
senic; but does recommend the 40 per
cent. solution of formaldehyde, three
teaspoonsful to a pint of water and
milk mixed in equal parts. This solu-
ton placed in shallow plates and put
outside the house attracts the flies and
kills them. quickly. The same mixture
also may be used as follows: Nearly |
fill a large glass tumbler; place over
this a piece of blotting paper, cut in
the rim of the tumbler, and over this
invert a saucer. Now invert the whole
device and insert a match or toothpick
under the edge of the tumbler to admit |
air. The blotting paper will absorb
and retain enough moisture to feed and
kill the flies, and the strength of the
mixture will be retained, making it
to renew so frequently.
This form of using is also safe.
The man who is afraid of fresh air
is not afraid of pneumonia.
And yet pneumonia generally kills its
victims, while fresh air makes for
health, vigor and happiness.
Windows up little from the bottom
md down a little from the top will let
rood air in and bad air out. If you
persist in keeping your windows closed,
NHdI IHC IOu boiu
lir and thus lay the foundation for
bodily health and vigor.
HE NEGRO FELLOWSHIP LEAGUE.
The Negro Fellowship League will
lold no meeting Sunday, February II,
t being Douglass Day and the League
as accepted an invitation to unite with
he Federated Organizations of Colored
Tubs in their Douglass celebration at !
Iethel A. NJ E. church. Our president, ,
IRIS. Barnett is scheduled to speak at G
t. Marks NJ. E. church on Douglass =
t the same hour. This is the Tooth ,
of Frederick Douglass {
firth generally, celebrated by our peo- I
lie all over the CITY.