FEBRUARY 215 



Science Series ' is full of useful information. The only 

 one I actually know, called ' Manual of Housewifery for 

 Elementary Schools,' by Helena Head, to be bought at 

 4 Princes Road, Liverpool, seems to me thoroughly 

 practical. 



One thing I must copy out of Mrs. Boundell's most 

 excellent ' Practical Cookery Book,' more especially as it 

 is not a cooking receipt, but a cure for one of the most 

 distinct worries that affect nearly every house in England, 

 more especially if keeping down in the spring is neglected 

 and yet how few servants do not neglect it till it has 

 become a plague ! I mean, blackbeetles. Mrs. Eoundell 

 gives the following receipt, and we found it excellent in a 

 new flat in London which swarmed with them : 



'To Destroy Blackbeetles. Not long ago the 



kitchens and bakeries of the Fir Vale Union Work- 

 house at Sheffield swarmed with blackbeetles, to such 

 an extent that the Government Inspector feared the 

 buildings would have to be pulled down. The insects 

 even got into the soup and bread provided for the in- 

 mates, in spite of all vigilance and every remedy. The 

 Board of Guardians, in despair, consulted the curator of 

 the Sheffield Museum Mr. Howarth, F.Z.S. and he 

 invented a paste which in a short time completely freed 

 the workhouse from blackbeetles. This " Union " cock- 

 roach paste can be had in tins from Mr. Hewitt, chemist, 

 66 Division Street, Sheffield. It never fails in its effect.' 

 ' Keating's Powder ' is also effectual if the beetles are 

 swept up in the morning and destroyed. 



