Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-13 | Page 7 | The Sanitation of Ant Cities

.Tho Sanitation of Ant Cities. jH Insects are scrupulously clean In theln PPPJ personal toilet, and often brush, comb andi pPH wash themselves a sorvlec for which KPpi they are admirably provided with natural) jPPH Implements. This habit is transferred to jppH communal affairs. The streets within thot pjppj city bounds and tho gates and external ppV plaza and "country roads" leading Into; pjppj tho foraging fields as with agricultural' pjppjp ants arc kept free from filth and ob- ppjpV atructlons that might gather filth. Then H constant washings and combings of baby. pjppj nnts by tho nurse would satisfy tho most jpjpp fastidious maternal taste. Ono may not Jpjpjpjpjl say that sanitation Is an exact emmcto- PpjpV nlan science, but It certainly Is an art. pppB thoroughly practiced In every department1 pjppj of tho formicary, and brought to perfee-1 pjppjpj tion as far as natural conditions will per- ppjpH mil Bvory insect cltlsen takes part In pjpjpjp this service. All ants unite to keep their, IBjBJBJBJI civic precincts clean. II. C. McCook, In ppjpV Harper's Magazine. H