Evening star., 1936-08-18
Roots of Family Tree
Grow Deep in Soil of
Primitive Mans Cave
Undoubtedly Certain Branches of the Fam.
lily Came Over in the Mayfower or
Helped Colonize Virginia.

in this case. Is the first available place
of concealment.
Domestic reaches will eat almost
any foods and also gnaw feathers.
woolens and bindings of books. They
love the glue used in the binding.
and seem to be very partial to fancy
gold lettering. The damage that they
do is not confined to the actual dis
figurement of objects, for they so soil
and contaminate everything with
which they come in contact that q
cleanly housekeeper is driven almost
out of her mind. They emit highly
unpleasant odor-which, apparently,
even their best friends won't tell
them-and shelves and dishes which
are overrun with them become full of
it themselves. This effect may be re-
tanned to such an extent that every
thing placed in those dishes or on
those shelves will absorb the scent,
and thus pass it along to the family,
who usually blame the food for not
being fresh or good-when it is really
the container that is at fault.
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THE one virtue of the roach is that
he will prey upon other insects in
the house, and, being scavenger, will
assist in the clearing up OF dead ami
NAL matter-but he himself is too
much of hideouS nuisance to allow
him to remain on such terms.
No housewife should tear her hair
and consider herself crowned with
shame when she first encounters a
roach in her spotless kitchen. If a
roach wants to come into your house,
via pipes, supplies, furniture, goods,
ETC., he is going to come in. What
happens to him once he is there is
up to you. But you can't keep him
out in the first place, no matter how
vigilant you are He is the best little
invader know Of!
Reaches do not change very much
in appearance after they are hatched
from the egg. They molt several
times and grow larger; it is said that
sometimes 1t takes an individual five
years TO attain full growth. The adults
of the different species vary greatly
in size. as may be judged from the
accompanying Illustration.
THE Bureau of Entomology of the
United States Department of
Agriculture says that one Of the best
ways of ridding premises of reaches
is by busting with commercial sodium
f1uoride This should be busted over
shelves, tables, floors and the suspected
hiding places of the pests. The in1me-
date effect of this treatment causes
the reaches to come out of their holes,
rush around blindly, looking very un-
happy, until they die within few
hours
Care should be taken. however, not
to use this powder where there is
danger Of it getting in the food, or
where children and pets have access
to it. If you are unable to control
this, then try some new roach ex-
terminators that have come on the
market-little tubes Of cardboard
with cake of solidified poison inside.
These may be placed at points where
they are inaccessible to any one but
the reaches. They have been found
to be very effective, and the reaches
apparently either go outside to die, or
they don't like the attention being
paid to them and move on to other
quarters.
There are other reliable roach poi
sons on the market, under different
trade names, but they should all be
used with care. The Bureau of
Entomology has number of formulas
by which roach poisons may be made,
which they are always glad to give
out. Fumigation and trapping also
are recommended. but are usually too
expensive or troublesome for the av-
erage housewife.
Archie the Cockroach" was a
charming fellow in fiction-but he is
far from joy when encountered
with all his rich and poor relations
around the pantry sink!