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Fungus that Is Deadly 
to the Brown-tail. 
The Massachusetts forestry de- 
partment is devising means of rid- 
ding this section of the country of 
the brown-tail moth and reports 
from places where the latest scheme 
has been tried show that it is meet- 
ing with great success. The means 
employed is a fungus growth, called 
empusa, which the department pro- 
poses to plant in those cities and 
towns where large swarms of moths 
have been noticed. 
The caterpillas feed upon this fun- 
gus and are soon seized with a dis- 
ease, which they rapidly communi- 
eate to others of their kind. The 
disease proves fatal to the insects in 
a very short time. 
Experiments along the lines indi- 
cated have been made by State For- 
ester F. W. Rane and assistants re- 
cently in the botanical gardens at 
Cambridge, with encouraging re- 
sults. It had been observed that the 
great swarms of the moths which 
appeared in Massachusetts, especial- 
ly in the eastern part, came over 
the line from New Hampshire and 
among the places most affected were 
Andover and North Andover. The 
state forester made use of the fun- 
gus in those towns and the effect 
upon the eaterpillas was as men- 
tioned above, thousands perishing 
in short order. 
In its work of ridding the state of 
the moth pests the forestry depart- 
ment needs the assistance of the pub- 
lic and more especially that of the 
owners of woodlands who may have 
noticed large flights of the insects in 
their neighborhood. During the pres- 
ent week the fungus will be planted 
in various parts of the state from 
which such flights are reported and 
the department is anxious to get to 
work as early as possible in such lo- 
ealities as may furnish the best field 
for operations. 
Keith’s Theatre. 
Rose Pitonof, the 15-year-old girl 
who by her swim to Boston Light 
performed a feat that baffled the 
strongest men swimmers for the past 
25 years, has proved to be one of the 
greatest attractions Keith’s has had 
in a long time, and the entire week 
the house has been jammed by ad- 
mirers of the plucky little girl and 
she has received an ovation at every 
performance. It is doubtful whether 
Miss Pitonof’s feat will be dupli- 
cated, as since she has tried many 
others have attempted to make the 
swim and failed. At Keith’s in the 
handsomest stage setting that fam- 
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ous house has ever provided, Miss 
Pitonof is giving a remarkable ex- 
hibition of swimming and diving, a 
most interesting feature of it being 
the demonstration of the now fam- 
ous-‘‘Pitonof Kick,’’ which she used 
during her entire swim. 
Another feature of the bill next 
week will be Charles Miller, one of 
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the most popular leading men that 
has ever appeared in stock com- 
panies in Boston. Mr. Miller will 
give a monologue that has met with 
great success on his recent trip 
through the West. Another big fea- 
ture will be the first production here 
of Joseph Hart’s new play called 
‘‘The Little Stranger.”’ 
