The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-05
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Housevife Should Screen All,
Windows and Doors
Very Carefully
GET RID OF DIRT; TOO

Summer is a eason of trial to the
housewife. Not only does the heat do
much to add to her discomfort, espe-
cially if she must spend a good deal
Of her time in a hot kitchen cooking
the family meals, but that summer pest
the f1y-comes to make her life mis-
cradle. It is a menace and a danger
to the health Of her family. While it
remains in her house she is not free
from the possibility and probability
Of catching some dread disease given
her by the harmless little insect that
lights on her food.
Almost everyone knows nowadays
that flies r bred in the filthiest spots
Imaginable; that they live on filth and
carry germs of typhoid and other dread
diseases from n place to another.
Therefore their determination is neces-
sary to the good health of the family,
and every one that enters the house
must be killed Immediately.
While screening every window in the
home is undoubtedly expensive, still
money is we'll spent for this purpose,
for by shutting out the pests you are
safeguarding the health of the whole
family. The most convenient screens
are those made on adjustable wood or
steel frames, for these may be inserted
In the windows at will and taken out
when wanted. Or a wooden frame may
be made the full size Of the outer cas-
ing Of the window and covered with
wire screening. This may be inserted
in the spring and removed in the u
tumn, or, if desired, the screen may
be left in all the winter, especially in
the upper rooms, to prevent children
from falling out when the windows are
open.
If you do not feel that you can af-
ford to spend money on screens Of this
sort, you can bar the house fly effec-
lively by lacking mosquito netting,
which costs but a few cents a yard,
to the outer window casing so as to
cover the whole window. This will
last one season, can easily be torn
down and replaced cheaply and easily
the next spring.
Many housewives who take the pre-.
caution of screening all their windows
and doors are still troubled by the pres
ence of flies. They cannot understand
where the pests come from, as all ap
parent entrances to the house are cut
off. But If there are open fireplaces
in the houses flies will come dowr
these, even though a fire may be burn
ing at the time. Screen the fireplace
by lacking up mosquito netting. This
will keep the pests out.
The home cook can do much to allie
viate the fly evil by keeping hel
kitchen Immediately clean during
the summer season. Flies love to con
gregate in bits Of food, and if there
is any left lying about they are sure
to take advantage of the fact. AS soo1
as a meal is finished, clear up thu
dishes Immediately, scrape them clear
Of all food and put them to soak in
dish basin. Put all extra food ava,
in the icebox at once, leaving nothin,
about that may become contaminate,
by the pest.
If in spite of your precautions yo1
r still bothered with flies, it is hes
to invest in fly paper or some othe
sort Of exterminator, and to put thes
about the house. They should b
placed, however, beyond the reach o
children's hands, as all fly destroyer
are made up largely of poison. On
of the best ways Of exterminatini
these pests is to buy one of the wir
fly killers sold in any Of the big store
and to go about the house "swatting
the fly until this dangerous and reall,
deadly insect has been completely e2
terminated.