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eradication or control, with tonly partial
success. The latest and most interesting-
attempt to combat this real enemy
of the United States is the search
which has been instituted throughout
the Orient to discover and Import a
natural enemy, an Insect which will
prey upon the white fly and keep It
within bounds. This friendly bug: has
been found, none other than a cousin
of the ladybugr and it only remains to
import the tiny madam and turn her
and her voracious children, loose upon
the wicked fly.
In obedience to a special enactment
by Congress the Department of Agri
culture sent one of Its bug-hunter ex
plorers, Russel S. Wogluro, on a tour
of the world, and after visiting Spain,
Italy, Ceylon. India, China and the East
Indies, he found the citrus white fly in
India and China infesting orange trees
but kept entirely in checik by its nat
ural enemy, Madame Cryptognatha
Flavescenta, a modest ladybug, who de
lights in chewing up the young of the
white fly, also assisted by Master Pro
spaltella Lahorensls, an internal par
asite who is extremely fond of the iuicy
insides -of the white fly. Working to
gether in complete harmony these two
nice bugs make the existence of the
white fly so entirely miserable that he
has no terrors at all for the- orange
and lemon growers of the Oriental
countries where he ekes out a precari
ous existence.
After this rare discovery Mr. Wog
lum made a valiant attempt to intro
duce Mrs. Ladybug into Florida society,
bringing with him young trees infested
with white flies as a food for the lady- I
bugs and actually getting 28 healthy
adults Into Florida; but on reaching
our "land of fruits and flowers" at a
season when there were no white files
for the ladybugs to continue to feed
upon, they consequently languished and
died. However, the great trick has
been turned; the ladybug has been located-
In her lair, and the next ship
ment will find awaiting it an abundant
and doubtless anxious congregation of
the citrus white fly ready to afford
substantial encouragement to the rapid
increase in America of the new ladybug
family.
Givifiq The Feet y
A Chdnce To Grow
Not Grow Big, of Course, but Trim ancl Beautiful French Mothers Adopted
the Fashion for Their Daughters and It Is Growing .
7pNOTHER friendly bag is about to
Mbe imported, "duty free," into our
midst by the Government for the
purpose of saving the orange industry
from the ravages of a pest, the citrus
white fly. The new importation is a
perfect ladybug too.
The orange and lemon white fly Is
a small Insignificant appearing insect
but it has caused millions of dollars
of loss to citrus growers in Florida and
other Gulf states, while the California
growers are in terror lest It spread
from the two localities where it has
gained a foothold on the Pacific Coast.
Thousands of dollars have been ex
pended by. the Federal and state gov
ernments and individuals during the
past dozen or 15 years in its attempted
Montenegrin Courtesy
A correspondent of the London Daily
Mirror, Horace Grant, now In Montene
gro, Is of the opinion that this little
mountain kingdom must rank first In
hospitality to an Engllsnman. He gives
many Instances In proof of this, and
one interesting exception. He aya
that one morning at Vlrpazar he went
into a small cafe and ordered a large
black coffee. A soldier, whom he aft
erward found, had been in the United
States, was sitting near and said he
guessed Grant was English. The cor
respondent then ordered a large coffee
for the soldier. Grant tendered one
korona (about 20 cents), and no change
was forthcoming. The soldier was In
dignant and dragged Grant out of the
cafe to the president of the town. Ac
companled by the president, they
marched back to the cafe. The pro
prietor was then seized by a heavily
armed soldier and marched- away. The
correspondent thought things had gone
too far. But the, president laughed,
patted Grant's back and commanded
this speech to be interpreted to -him:
"Sir You are an Englishman, and
here in Montenegro we would like
more Englishmen to come.
"The price of the coffee should have
been only half the. amount you were
charged. We Montenegrins do not use
such large cups; the man knew you
were English and tried to rob you.
"He Is a rogue, a thief, and I have
sent him to Jail for 24 hours."
Thus ended the one solitary attempt
to impose on an Englishman tempora
rily residing in Montenegro.
THE feet have been pinched, de
formed and neglected by Occident
al women for ages. They have grown
up, often pathetic monstrosities; al
ways rather deformed little objects.
Toes which should be as tapered and
rosy as the slimmest fingers have been
made knobby, bloodless or apopleptlc,
overlapping, undercurlingr, this toe
atrophied that toe sprawling like a
crushed slug! The nails have been neg
lected, overgrown with skin, broken.
distorted, ingrowing, undergrowing,
backgrowlng, to the horror of the pedU
cure, poor relation of the bright and
beauteous manicure.
What a pity! So it suddenly struck
Is. For ten years they have been avoid
ing this blemish in their dear ones.
Their growing daughters' feet have not
all. been Cinderellas. They have had
all the care of hands. Never has a
tight or ill-formed shoe compressed
them.
Massage anad manipulations have de.
veloped each toe as shapely as a fini
ger. Stockings with separate toes have
prevented the rosy marvels from press
ing together and Injuring each other.
The muscles, nerves and 8km have
mothers of fashionable children of Par. ' been so developed that these beautiful
little feet have much mobility and sen
sitiveness. The French barefoot girl wears Jew
els on her toes, and often little bells,
to make music wherever she goes. Of
course. It is rather in the privacy of
the boudoir and the society of young
girls like herself. Barefoot parties are
frequent the Persian style favors
themt and some wear gorgeous, bil
lowy' petticoat-trousers of flowered
silk, where the buds laugh and lark
among themselves and play girlish
tricks, such as pinching sister's ear
or picking up a pen and writing one's
name.
CHARLES DANA GIBSON'S PICTURE-STORY "A WIDOW AND HER FRIENDS"
SHE BECOMES A TRAINED NURSE.