Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-06
Guard Against Moths.

The eastern housewife has n decided
advantage over her sister on the Pacific
slope, III that she can put away her furS
and winter clothing in May-before the
busy little tinea gets in its deadly work
with the assurance that she need not
take them out again until the following
November
The California woman. on the con
trary. must protect her furs from the
ravages of the moth without putting
them away. for she is just as likely 10
need them in July and August as in De-
cember and January. As for undercloth-
ing, the sensible Californian. in the bay
districts, wears the same weight all the
year; SO there IS, of course. no fear of
moths as far as that is concerned. TO
the California woman, then, eternal
vigilance Is the price of peace" Since
her furs and heavy cloth coat cannot be
put away, she must frequently and as
sldnously air and Except in the case Of
sealskinl sun and beat them, at least
during the moth season, which seems to
be an unusually long one on this coast.
W mere such garments are to be stored
1t is not enough to hermetically seal the
packages containing them; for if you
seal up any Of Nine. Moths eggs, the
larvae will make sad havoc with vour
hnerX. Nor will any quantity of i'll
smelling moth balls or powders or of
cayenne pepper suffice to prevent the
eggs already deposited from Matching.
In TINS case YOU must rely solely on
the ounce of prevention" See that the
furs are well aired "a hot sun is disas-
trouS to fine seal garment and thor
oughly beaten with Il slender switch. Ii
will be to advantage to use Il regular fur
comb also. Furs will be benefited by the
following treatment:
Heat Il quantity of fine white sand
which can be obtained at bird stores-in
the oven until il is as hot as the hand
can be borne in it; scatter this through
the fur; whip lightly with a switch. and
hnlSh by brushing softly, both up and
down. with a little whisk broom This
viii give luStre to the fur. If there are
pockets. turn them inside out and brush
the corners well before turning them
back smoothly.
My experience has taught me not to
rely on moShpr00f bags If you have Il
spare dark closet, paper il top, sides
and bottom with tar paper. covering
TINS with Il second coat of newspapers.
ana hang the garments on coat hooks
examining them regularly once month
II chest on box must he used, line with
the TAR ana newspaper in the same way,
ana make a bag of several thcknesNeS
OF newspaper: incase each garment in one
OF these, paste shut tightly, and if the
cleaning process has been thorough yUu
need not open the package until yOu are
ready to wear it. After sealing up such
package. write the name of the gar
ment and its owner legiby on Il label
and paste securely to the bag Where
coats or furS must be hung in closet
to which you must have daily access.
make bags for each garment little long
er than the article to be prOtected stitch
closely, turn and stitch again. leave it
long enough at the top 10 be turned and
tied down.
Nnpia,, ,,n,I,r.r, s,,,.,,.
just after being washed, can be consid-
cred free from the eggs. Cloth garments
must be thoroughly brushed aired
summed and cleaned. special attention be-
n@ paid to the pockets by turning them
inside out and getting at every hit of the
dust Secreted in the corners. An excel
lent cleaning fluid. which | have used
with the best results for years, ~ made
as follows:
Shave fine four ounces of CASTLE soap
tthe druggist will do this for you. and
let il soak over night in Il quart of soft
rain water. Ia the morning set where it
will dissolve but no. boil; add an ounce
Of liquid ammonia. one-fourth ounce of
spirits of wine and one ounce Of ether
Shake the bottle. and when about to use
dilute small quantity of this with four
times as much boiling water Spread
the garment to be cleaned on an ironing
board whose cover is protected by several
thicknesses of newspaper tied on; make
a soft pad Of cloth. dip in the tlnid and
rub on the spots Afterward 20 over the
spots with clean hot water.
Put each garment away in n separate
newspaper carefully labelled, and wheth-
err they be stored in boxes. chests. bu-
rcau drawers or on shelves. if they We're
perfectly clean and the paper package is
not broken the moths will have to look
elsewhere for the means Of bringing up
their hro0dS-Table Talk