Show r Termites Menace to American Buildings The wise American hom home builder of today will expend a few extra dollars to make his house home termite proof if he really wants It to last If he doesn't ie he may awake some day to the realization tion that a perfectly sound looking hooking j Joist or section of flooring has beenen been en eaten ten away inside by these tiny white ants which have lla invaded the country in I n armies of ot billions In the past 30 SO years This warning Is offered in the Amer Amer- I ican can Architect Magazine which points out that all nil of the United States with ts the he t exception of ot the northernmost s states tates and the area between Lake SuperIor Su- Su perlor and the has already felt f elt the effect of the termite Invasion In The tiny Insects have always been beena la i a menace to furn furniture ture as ns well weB as buildIngs build build- ls I l Ings in Africa and other tropical and tropical sub s countries but only In recent reent re re- re- re cent cent ent c years have they for tor some una unac unac- c counted reason renson become important in t the he temperate te zone Living In underground nests of ot millions mil mil- 1 l ions lions situated just below the frost trost 1 l Ine line they bore their way up and Into I a any ny wooden structure which Is connected connected con con- connected with the ground They rarely e eat ent at their way vay through the wood but c continue to bore Inside Instances have I b been een found where 2 h huge Joists 4 uw 1 as strong as ever eer have been found to be mere i s shells hells filled with fine sawdust as a n result re re- re- re s sult uit of ot the termites termite's activities The only known way of checking t he the pests says the American Arch Archi teet t article Is to Interpose metal sheaths and concrete te through which they hey t cannot cannat bore hore between their un on nests and the wood of ot the building In warm lamp damp climates s the termites ter ter- mites have been know to literally devour de de- your furniture from the Inside The he only means of t f eradicating them In these cases Is to place the furniture In a room made tight air and anel filled tilled with a hot dry heat until the pests are nrc killed V VV 1 V I oJ f F iu i u V I HI 7 V r L. L t y |