A STRENUOUS STRUGGLE, a vigorous campaign, is 

 before any housewife wlio is called ^pon to dis- 

 pute the occupancy of her home with tlr^t persistent 

 pest unfavorably known as the bedbug, w^ho, gorged 

 with the blood of his victim, lieth up in his lair from 

 daylight to candle light, only to swoop down upon his 

 helpless sleeping prey during the midnight watches. 



Even a flood of gas or electric light will not protect the 

 human host, for the stress of hunger will d^ause the bed- 

 bug to emerge from its place of concealment in a well- 

 lighted room at night, and even attack, voraciously, in 

 broad daylight, if long without food. 



Certain natural enemies of this pest are to be found 

 in our homes, but they are almost as unwelcome to the 

 Iiousewife as the bedbug itself, and, besides, furnish 

 Utile, if any, effective control. 



There are remedies — many of the most effective of 

 which are the old-fashioned household remedies, some 

 are preparations recently put on the market by their 

 manufacturers, while others are fumigants, requiring 

 more than common care and more than ordinary intel- 

 ligence in their use, as the gases are deadly poisons. 



This bulletin tells all about them — but the main fac- 

 tor of success is eternal vigilance. 



