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Show BIRTHDAYIFT FOR THE FISHERMAN If father has a birthday cumin;, and is a member of the Izaak Walton clan, an inexpensive but welcome Rift one of the children can frive him is a bottle of baby oil. Baby oil for father may seem an odd suggestion, but this oil that mothers use to cleanse and lubricate their babies' sensitive skins, has been found to be an unusually effective ef-fective insect repellent, and is particularly par-ticularly effective against the black flies that torment legions of fishermen fisher-men every year during the black fly season May, June and part of July In his new book, "The Fishi-i-man's Guide To Maine," Earle Doucette tells how the value of baby oil as an insect repellent was discovered by a young telephone linesman engaged in putting a telephone line through the Maine woods. Leaving his home one morning, morn-ing, he discovered he had run out of his usual insect repellent. As a substitute, he coated the exposed parts of his body with the nursery baby oil. The black flies swarmeii around him all day while ht worked, but he ended the day with, out a single bite. The author cites his own experience as confirmation of the value of this discovery. His book is written primarily f. . the Maine fisherman, but just as the black fly country is far larRei than Maine, so the book contain a wealth of sound information em advice that will be helpful to fish ermen no matter where they stal their finny prey. If you are in douh about your own gift selection f" father's birthday, "The Fi.hr" man's Guide To Maine" may soK your problem. It is publish ed h Random House and costs $2.95. |
