HOW TO MAKE A MOSQUITO TRAP
Mosquito
Trap
Mosquitoes generally settle on the ceiling above reach. If one climbs up and kills them it soils the paper or plaster. A simple trap can be made with which you can destroy them without defacing the ceiling.
Materials needed: the shallow cover of a tin can about five inches in diameter. A broomstick about four feet long.
Nail the cover through the center to the broomstick.
To use: Pour a little kerosene oil into the cover. Raise it gently under the mosquito and press it against the ceiling.
The mosquito will try to fly away and will fall into the oil. The kerosene fumes will fill its “breathers,” and it will be suffocated.
QUESTIONS
How does the fighting of mosquitoes and flies help make a clean city?
How does it mean safety-first?
Do you think that all good citizens should take part in such fighting? Why?
Why would you prefer to live in a city which does such fighting than in one which pays no heed to flies and mosquitoes?
Should everyone value the good health of everyone else? Why?
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QUESTIONS
Why is good health your most valuable possession?
Why is your good health valuable to your country?
How does your caring for your health show your love for your flag?
Why does the good American try to gain and keep perfect health?
Name some of the things which you should do every day in order to keep well.
PART IV
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
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