You have learned that the house-fly carries the seed, or germs, of typhoid. These germs, or seed, will grow and multiply in the body. So you should never leave food uncovered where a fly can get to it.
7. Since you know where house-flies are hatched and bred, what may you do to keep them from multiplying?
8. What else can be done to make sure that no germ can get to our food or drink?
SWAT THE FLY
S is for Sunshine, keeps nature clean,
And makes Mr. Fly feeble and lean.
W is for Waste, where the fly breeds,
The fouler, the better it suits his needs.
A is for Anything dirty and vile,
On which the children may spend a short while.
T is for Typhoid, whose best friend is the fly,
It makes thousands to sicken and hundreds to die.
T is for Trouble he brings to us all,
From Spring's early green until far into Fall.
H is for Housewife, his unceasing foe,
Who traps, swats and otherwise brings him to woe.
E is for Energy she puts into work,
So long as there is one left she will never shirk.
F stands for Friends of which he has none,
If you look for his foes you may count me as one.
L stands for Labor, which is always well spent,
If it keeps Mr. Fly from enjoying content.
Y stands for You, who will help in the task,
Kill each fly you can is all we ask.
Author Unknown.
THE STORY OF THE RAIN BARREL
O John! did you know that I almost fell on my head into the rain barrel at the corner of the house this morning? I was looking at the picture of myself in the water, when, all of a sudden, I saw the funniest little things darting everywhere in the water. I forgot to look at myself or to make any more faces at the broad face of the little boy at the bottom of the rain barrel. There were lots of these queer little things in the rain water. They were turning somersaults and standing on their heads every few minutes. Here is a picture of one. I tried to catch some in my hands, but they were too quick for me; they would just wiggle out of reach. This was why I nearly fell on my head.