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Thursday, September M, 1974 Bank Doi Painting! Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., N.A., presented a major French impressionist painting, Camille Pissarro's "Le Pont St. Sever a Rouen," to the;North Carolina Museum of Art at a luncheon ~~ Monday f ft. 93.7 41 nt the museum. The painting, a key work in the museum's impressionist : collection, has been at the museum on anonymous loan -from ^the-bank-^sinee- 1967. Its _j!wi|gpraisedvalue Le *nnr/Mrimatolv _ TP tir-it: *- ' ovim r. waning ion jr., Doard chairman and chief executive officer of Wachovia, said the gift* continues the tradition of support for the arts followed by the bank over the years. Through its policy of buying works of art by North Carolina artists and craftsmen, the bank has collected more than 3,000 paintings, prints and aqd - drawings,- and more than 5,000 ~ pieces of other types of art for display in its 176 offices in 70 cities and towns of the state. rne collection is considered the largest corporate collection in the state and one of the largest in .the nation. The bank also gave the museum one of its finest early - works, "Madonna and Child," by the 13th century Italian artist Berlinghiero Berlinghieri. Domestic , Pest Prob .1 < . . ' Insect Pests Inside The House. Although most indoor pests are neither hazardous nor damaging in limited numbers, householders usually regard their complete eradication as essential. Under ordinary circumstances the most effective weapon is cleanliness. If - that does not suffice, the following recommendations should be tried t before using chemicals: Ants: Under foundations, try hot \Vater. Inside old woodwork, desiccant powders are best. An example is Drione. This formulation, however, contains piperonyl butoxide, so should not i be used where it may-come in contact with people. Mosquitoes: Use screens. Flies: Fly-paper and a flyswatter. Cockroaches, silverfish, etc.: Try desiccant powders or borax pellets. Severe infestations may - require the use of malathion: Cockroaches are often resistant to other pesticides. Termites and carpenter ants: This is one of the few cases where use of persistent pesticides appears justified. Chlordane or lindane (not aldrin and dieldrin which are often recommended) may be applied around foundations or under basement ? floors. Make sure that it is applied professionally and that 1 Hone is applied or spilled inside the house or on the soil surface. Mice: Use mousetraps. 1 Dog fleas: U$e rotenone 1 powder (or pyrethrum if pure). Clothes moths: Dry-clean i ~1 ' ' * wuuiun uiuuies anu siore in air- < tight bags with moth balls. Do not < wear permanently moth-proofed '< garments; they usually contain ' dieldrin which is absorbed ( through the skin. Pesticides often are required to F control domestic pests in old, s seriously infested buildings and f occasionally even in modern F suburban homes. Since they are 3 not regulated effectively for 1 indoor use by existing laws, some ? very dangerous chemicals are- 1 commonly sold for this purpose. Of those commonly used indoors, * aldrin and dieldrin have very c high direct toxicity to man; in c * ' nates oMuseiim Referring to the Pusarro as "an outstanding work," Moussa Domit, museum director, said, "It is gratifying to see how corporate support is continuing to strengthen the museum collection for the benefit of the people of the state." The painting, dated 1896, is one of a series that Pissarro did in Rouen..-The -scene?-depicts the jhlliMinflaJwatt ",ntpr olr" ^ ' " \ \ v , .<, ^ s . * - -- . # ... v * .r > v_ ? in which the suffusion of light' mellows the sharpness of all the forms. Writing about Pissarro's series oi Kouen pictures, P.G. Hamerton, the British critic, said, "...he has so little objection to ugly objects that in one of his pictures the tower of a distant cathedral is nearly obliterated by k long chimriey and the smoke that issues from it." ^ Pissarro, however, had a^ different idea about what was ugly. He once told his son, "One can make such beautiful things with so little. Motifs that are too beautiful wind'tqrby appearing theatrical? just look at Switzerland. Happy' are those who see beautv in mnHerf anMo _w asavWVWV U^/VVlO where others see nothing. Everything is beautiful; the whole question lies in knowing how to interpret." and Urban lems special long-range hazards, tfone" of these should be used. Others, such as lindane, DDVP (Vapona), and formulations containing piperonyl butoxide _ also appear to be hazardous. Although the Evidence is inadequate they should be treated with extreme caution until thPV havp hoon ?j ,..v. . v mvvii uivcougatcu. properly. Ideally, they should be taken off the market until cleared. ? . A. f Garden* Pests :** To many people the word "garden" suggests not only flowers but also songbirds, butterflies, bees, squirrels, and other living creatures. This diversity, which is an important part of the garden's charm, is reduced by the use of any effective insecticide. All the insects are killed, harmful and beneficial alike, and - if only because the diet of most songbirds contains a "high proportion of insects - the birds must find their food elsewhere and there are fewer birds. Some exotic plants are almost impossible to grow without using insecticides. Since maintaining them exacts such a high price from other forms of life, perhaps they are better left implanted. i Some gardeners demand horticultural perfection even in, certain familiar plants that happen to be unusually vulnerable to insect damage. Our I concern is to make these ' perfectionists realize that i whether to spray or not to spray | is a real choice, with predictable :onsequences for the | environment, and that careless | actions will affect their own ? ruture interests anH tho intoroctc I - ? ? ? vw vw %? v? v? a v IVVI VUVO )f their neighbors. CirWhen you do have a real i problem, first try spraying with I >oapy water, or light oil. If only a ! ew specimen plants concem-you, jj )ick off the insects by hand. If | ^ou decide to use chemicals as a ast resort, use only those listed ( j imong "Less 'Damaging I Pesticides/' A specific caution: do not use I my chlordane on your lawn. It is j >ften recommended, either alone | >r in combination with fertilizer, J or control of crabgrass an4 e sr v WINSTON-SALEM CHRONICLE Protect 1 Buyer, Beware i ? Like second-hand cars, houses built on drained and filled wetlands are apt to give their purchasers some unpleasant surprises. "Subsidence" cracks mortar, 7rhe^'siibsidingM is due to the fact that when peat-and muck soils are drained,, they shrink and become more compact as they slowly dry. Downward settling sometimes averages three inches a year for four or five years, and shoring-up operations are expensive and not always successful. Recently twelve brick houses in New York were condemned as unsafe because of ^subsidence ~ and ordered demolished at their owners' expense. Another threat is soil pollution. wetlands are unsuitable for any building developments involving the use of septic tanks. These wetlands are cradled in bowl shaped formations of clay or other impermeable material. They never would have become soggy in the first place if rain could penetrate the ground in the j | normal way. When sewage from L septic tanks pours day after day into these natural basins, the bacteria that normally reduce it to harmlessness drown in the overabundance. Eventually the ground becomes saturated with sewage. Sometimes the effluent seeps into wells and has been known to cause outbreaks of hepatitis. And often, after -heavy mine, it KuKKlnn * lb WUUU1C3 IU lilt SUI13C6 where it smells like what it is raw sewage. Then, of course, there is the familiar nuisance of flooding. This can persist for 50 years or more. #> Soil engineers expect that many a house built during the drought will *be subject to flooding when "the^ drought ends even though the soil was tested for drainage before building began. The tests, called ' G i i MOTHER A ! (Dot j i COMI c ! fi i I SA VINGS II A ! LINGERIE ! SPORTSWE - CHILI P^T" % * i I - - - . i SEPTEMI f } 1 i I 1 4 f i l l t l t'? 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