The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-06-01

heavy furs, for the moth millers are
already beginning to fly. People rush
about buying all sorts of expensive
moth preventives, when they are not
Of the least use. If furs and clothing
are put away with the moth egg in
them all the odors in the world, good,
bad or Indifferent, would not keep
them from Matching. The time when
the eggs are laid and the fatal damage
done is usually before housekeepers
think of putting them away at all.
When the warm spring days come the
heavy fur coat or jacket is hung up in
the closet lest it may be needed again,
and perhaps it is worn once or twice
and then hung up again, and in the
hurry of spring work forgotten until
somebody sees moth millerS flying
about frequently. Then the furs are
taken out, perhaps brushed a little,
and put away smOthered in camphOr
or in something else that is as useless
as it is expenive.
In the fall, when the clothes and furs
come out, there is weeping and vail
ing, for the hair flies from the furs
and holes always in the worst places
to mend are found in the clothes. Then
there is any amount of wondering,
and Il can't imagine how it happened,
for l put them away carefully and
used such a lot of moth stuff The
proper way is to lay the heavy cloth
ing in chest as soon as the use is not
daily, and then it can be taken out and
worn when the cold days come and eX-
ira wraps are needed. When the cold
weather is fairly gone, then every
separate article should be taken out
and hung on a clothes line on a clear
day. If there is wind so much the
better, as the dust will blow away
from you as you beat it out. After
beating with a light switch of some
kinds should be both tough and
elastic-brush the clothes carefully.
Never put clothes away with soiled
spots upon them; scour them all out
first. 1t is a very good plan to have
them all thoroughly mended, for chill
dren's clothes are always needed in a
hurry in the fall, and if put away in
order it is a great gain in every way.
When all the clothes are thoroughly
beaten and brushed and cleansed, fold
each article. separately and with care
as to the folding. Do not leave them
on the line to air, for that is the very
time that the moth miller takes to lay
her eggs. They are very plentiful out
doors just as soon as the weather be-
comes mild, and are waiting for a
chance to get into the house, and no
article of woolen is safe if left out
half an hour. Then see that your
chests are absolutely tight, that there
are no cracks in them a1yWhere. II
there are, paste newspaper over the
cracks, wherever they are and see
that there is not even the most inf1n-
ltesimal crevice for the moth miller to
enter, for if there is one she will find
it. Wrap up each article separately,
either in old sheets or in old towels or
in papers. See that all are scrupulous-
ly and absolutely clean. Pack them in
with care, so that they will not be
crushed or wrinkled. and spread a
sheet over the top and tuck it in close
~ all over the things. Close your
chest, and if you are sure that you
will not need to open it during the
warm season. paste paper over the
edge of the cover. But if it closes
tightly there will be no danger from
moths.-Harper's Bazar.