The Aristocrat of the Kitchen. 119 



later to kill such roaches and Norfolk-Howards as may 

 have hatched out since. 



The Mexican remedy I particularly desire to bring 

 to the attention of those who recognize the power of the 

 mind over material ills. It is the simplest of all. Catch 

 three cockroaches and put them into a bottle. Take the 

 bottle to a cross-roads. Turn it upside down, and while 

 the roaches are dropping out, repeat three Credos aloud. 

 All the cockroaches in the house from which these three 

 were taken will instantly pack their things and go, so it 

 is said. 



I don't believe it. 



