Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-16
MPS. WILSON GIVES WARNING
'ABOUT DANGER or HOUSE FLY
This Pest Is Directly Responsible for Spread Of Man,
Contagious Diseases-Keep Screens, S,oatters and
Sticky Paper Al Summer Long

/ boxes and all other places whore piles
Of loose rubbish arc permitted to ac-
cumulate. The wiltcd and partly de-
cayed foods are without any doubt
prime breeding places, not only for the
fly, but also for the deadly ptomainc
germ.
have heard refined and educated
people say that they are always SO
bothered with the flies, but that the
cook simply wont keep the kitchen door
shut and they are always so glad when
the summer season is over and they arc
relieved Of thc bothcrsome fly. 7 would
Just as soon eat deadly poison. as food
from kitchen where this is permitted
Flies are an acknowledgement Of dirt &.
hlth, carelpssncss and disease. Get rid
OF them at once and don't depend upon
your ncghhor. Get busy yourself
screen all the windows and doors and
catch and kill every single Hy. Clean
up and disinfcct your premises. both
inside and out, and if you dwell in an
apartment house, enlist the neighbors.
Inc cost OF spell Of sickness would
pay for the paint for the house.
Flies usually enter the house through
the back door. attracted there by the
warm moist temperature and odor Of
foods. Take cloth and dampen II
we'll with Kerosene oil. then rub the wire
on the screen door, both inside md out,
with this. Care must be taken not TO
stuff the oil rags away. where combus.
tion may cause a fire. Scour out and
disinfect the garbage can and bc sure
that you have one that is sufficiently
large, with tight fitting cover. Never
return milk bottles unwashed. Cleanse
them well and see that the milkman
collects them regularly. An accumu-
lntion Of milk bottles about the premises
is not only unsightly. but affords the
fly place TO lay its eggs
If you use ny paper. fastcn it So.
cureIy to smull pieces of board and II
will not blow around the room and
cause damage. have found that il
the paper was cur in half before open
ing. then the pieces could easily be
fastened upon an Old plate and are thus
secure: it can easily he moved. then.
from room to room.
Swat and kill every Hy that Won nos
sibly can and If you have small chill
dren. by all means screen your porch
for their comfort and health.
Clean up the back yard and sprinkle
II literally with freshly Stacked finely
powdered lime to swceten the soil. Do
not permit food or dishes to stand
about they will attract flies Do not
purchase stale looking foods in pack.
ages or in hulk. Insist that the produce
merchant keep his foods under screens
and away from tho street filth and dust
as well as the flies.
DO not darken the house. If there arc
flies about, and allow them TO find hid.
ing places TO breed. Rather. look care
fully Mt once to the screens and then
with swatter, kill every fly. Do
not permit one to escape. A broom
covered with a cloth will remove them
from the ceiling and You will then get
an opportunity TO swat them.
Gather the flies as fast as you swat
them and throw them in n pan Of water.
Usually the swatter only Stuns them and
unless this precaution is taken, they
return TO life again.