AUTUMN NUMBER 21 
malaria than some others it still has too much. The editor has 
on several occasions gotten himself “in bad” with certain citi- 
zens of a “boosting” frame of mind by this line of talk but is 
still willing to repeat the offense. Indeed to mention malaria 
in a real estate office is nearly as serious a breach of etiquette 
as to mention earthquakes in California. 
“For every evil under the sun 
There is a remedy, or there’s none. 
If there is one try and find it; 
If there is none never mind it.” 
Now it is not necessary even to try and find the remedy for 
malaria. It is well known. We need only apply it. Hence the 
man that adopts the ‘‘never mind it” policy is, instead of a real 
booster, in the*end a heavy “knocker,” as he hinders and puts 
off the day of the State’s clean up and highest development. 
He is more foolish than the proverbial ostrich which hides its 
head so it cannot see the lion. An ostrich squatting on the 
ground with its head hidden looks like a stone and may escape 
the lion’s notice. But no such “camouflage” will work against 
Anopheles nor for long against the prospective settler. There 
are too many posters advertising ‘‘chill tonics” on our trees and 
bridges. While it is true that we may secure almost perfect 
safety anywhere in Florida by properly screening our houses 
‘and staying in them after dark, we have not done our full duty 
to our communities by retiring behind our screens. Let us keep 
up the agitation until our neighbors’ houses and our churches 
are screened. Many of our citizens are too accustomed to mos- 
quitoes to notice or attach the proper importance to mosquitoes. 
An amusing illustration of this occurred a few months since. A 
lecturer was talking on the subject of screens and mosquitoes. 
A lady in front of us turned to her companion and remarked: 
“We don’t have any screens in our windows and we don’t have 
any mosquitoes,’ and even as she spoke she was vigorously 
scratching a collection of typical swellings on her arm. 
ANT 
While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of 
Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who 
in life was disregarded, became precious by death. 
(Martial—Epigrams Bk. VI, Ep. 15.) 
