6 THE HOUSE FLY 



is bliss 'tis folly to be wise." This may apply in some in- 

 stances, but not in matters of life and death such as the one 

 at present in hand. If the Disease Microbe and his ally the 

 House Fly can laugh, then they will be laughing all the 

 time at our blind wilful ignorance of the fact that they are 

 playing havoc with the health and lives of our species. 

 The innocent little baby in its cradle and the hardened 

 sinner are alike attacked. The microbe spares none, 

 whether he be a waster or a righteous man. 



We are surrounded by forces which seek to destroy us 

 and all other forms of life upon this world. It is a law of 

 Nature that if an organ is not used it either becomes modi- 

 fied or is eliminated. Man has, so far, evolved to the posi- 

 tion he holds to-day because his environment was of a 

 nature which forced him to constantly use his brains. 



If the disease microbes have done no other good, they 

 have at least been the means of stimulating the human 

 brain to find out ways and means to repel their attacks. 

 The man who uses his brains exclusively for money-making, 

 or who does not use them at all, except perchance certain 

 of the lobes which give rise to various animal desires, is 

 usually he who acts as a clog upon those who desire to 

 apply in a practical way the various important discoveries 

 of scientific men. Not realising the necessity of reform, 

 such men put every possible obstacle in the way of their 

 fulfilment. 



We all know, or should know, that most forms of disease 

 are produced by microscopically small forms of life known 

 as bacteria or microbes ; but what most people don't seem 

 to know is that the House Fly is the principal carrier of 

 these disease microbes. Certain kinds of ticks carry the 



