Evening star., 1940-08-28

August is Jne WOTSG HOnIu Ol IIle
year for the propagation of all wild
life" that infests a house. The
damp, warm, Sultry atmosphere
steps up the birth rate of spiders,
buffalo bugs, termiteS and fleaS to
a phenomenal high, making 1t i'm
perative to do something imme-
diately Also, the fact that this is
vacation time makes it possible to
have the work done while you are
gone and to come back knowing
that the house is ready for fall.
Any rodent control method which
uses lethal gas makes it necessary
for the occupants and those nearby
to vacate the premises. These gases
have great penetration and are
usually most efficient, but the dam
ger and the inconvenience in using
them is offset only in the most
severe and obstinate cases. Most
hand sprays, powders or other prep
arations which destroy by contact
are only partially successful, as a
certain number of mice and rats
may make a quick getaway and bugs
can crawl into hiding places to
emerge when the danger passes.
Buffalo bugs are one of the most
destructive and elusive of all the
small pests. They do not f1utter
out in the open like a moth, but
make their homes and raise their
families within the walls and wood
work, and especially around the
windows of your house. When the
pangs of hunger attack them, they
emerge from their hiding place and
devour your sheer curtains, silk up
holstery or loveliest imported sweat
er with equal gusto. Silk, wool,
cotton or fur are all the same to the
buffalo bug, but he is such an in
nocuous looking little beetle that
he is often overlooked. Drastic
measures must be employed to sur
prise him in his lair.
There is method popular here
that is very successful in the war on
the buffalo bug. This may be ac-
complished with very little time,
no preparation at all and it is not
harmful to human beings, thus
making it unnecessary to move out
when the work is done. This would
be ideal in case you are not going
away but still wish to have your
house completely demothed by fall.
A combination of several chemicals
highly toxic to the insects and ro-
dents who breathe it but harmless
to man, are pumped into the house
with power spraying machine. 1t
is harmless to fabrics, wallpapers,
paintings or even the most delicate
appointments in your house. 1t has
an odor from the chemicals while
they are being sprayed. but it has
no basic odor which fingers after
the chemicals have evaporated.
This machine has special attach
ments which send thin, fine spray
of the chemicals back into the walls
and woodwork to get at the buffalo
bug. Wherever floors or woodwork
are too tight but the little bug is
suspected, small holes are drilled for
the entrance of the spray and the
CAVITY Ill UdCh VI GllC W o4lo ID u CcROSo
to a complete fumigation which
really gets at the root of the trouble.
The company which operates this
service will do the small house or
apartment in an hour in the morn
ing and the premises will be COM
pletely aired and odorless by the
middle of the afternoon. No put
ting away or taking down of any
decoration is necessary and the
whole area from cellar to attic
will have not one spider left to tell
the tale.
Many of us are Mortified at this
time of the year by an overwhelm-
ing onslaught of f1eas. This warm
moist air multiplies them beyond
belief and they will be with you
until frost unless you do something