Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-14
THE STORAGE OF FuRs,
Dealers Advice to Women Who
Wish to Care for Them Mt Home.

Dealers Advice to Women Who
Wish to Care for Them Mt Home.
From the New York Sun.
"Furs are easy enough to keep during
warm weather." said storer of furs the
other day, when approached on the sub
ject. "If ladies would only use few sim
pie preventves they could keep them at
home as well as we can in our storerooms.
of course a fur garment is better hung
up than folded away In a box or trunk.
First. because there is less danger of
crushing and wrinkles; second, because
moths can be more readily seen at their
work. The best plan is to select a dark
closet and have 1t papered all over, top
and bottom. with tar paper. AS its sur
face is sticky, it should be covered with a
second coat of paper to prevent the clothes
coming in direct contact with the tar For
this second coat l find newspaper as good
as anything that can be used. Perhaps
the smell of printers ink helps the tar do
its work, or it may be because newspaper
is porous and allows the tar odor to come
through more readily. Before hanging in
this closet, all garments, both fur and
wool, should be carefully beaten with a
slender cane Here is the great secret of
keeping furs. 1t Is in cleaning them be-
fore they are put away If moth or
moth egg goes into the closet with them
the damage is only partially prevented
While the egg will hatch, the moth only
lives for short while and cannot increase.
but during that brief life 1 have known
these little insects to spoil the beauty of
an elegant garment. So the greatest care
should be taken to beat and comb furs
clean before storing them away. For this
purpose fur comb should be used, or a.
slender. strong cane, that will reach the
skin itself. The safest plan is to remove
the garments from this closet about once
month and give them a thorough beating.
Some persons hang them In the sun on
these occasions. believing that the sun de-
stroys moths and moth eggs, while. as a
matter Of fact, 1t matches the eggs, and,
like any other heat, makes the moth
thrive.
Where only a chest OF trunk or. as is
sometimes the case, only a pasteboard box
is to be had, then the management is diff.
ferent. After the cleaning process, which
is always the same, 1t is best for the chest,
box or trunk to be lined with tar paper
after the same manner as the closet. But
where this is not practicable any of the
though sold under different names, their
ingredients are about the same. They
should be carefully sewed in bags to pre-
vent contact with the furs as they In
variably leave spots OH dark-colored SKINS
The odor can be overcome by thorough
beating and hanging for several hours in
the wind or open air, that Is, where the
furs have been removed and beaten during
the season; otherwise, the odor Is hard to
get rid Of.
Some dealers use the fumes Of sui
pkur to clean furs already attacked by
moths, but that should he a last resort,
tates it being redyed. Many of the old
fashioned preventives have some virtue in
them, as sassafras. china root, &C., and
can be used to advantage by people in the
but persons in the city have better means
within their reach,'