The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
MOVING DAY AND
 HOUSE CLEANING TIME
From Judge.

From Judge.
 To guard against moths, place all ed-
 ble clothing in a barrel, and after soak ing the garments well with kerosene, take them out into a ten-acre lot and ap- ply a match. No garment thus treated
 has ever been known to be attacked by moths subsequently,.
 If your husband is in a complaining mood and follows you about the house making disagreeable remarks on the gen eral inconvenience of everything in sight, throw a pint measure full of red pep per on top of the kichen range or Into the furnace, at the same time, when his back is turned, mixing some shredded jute or granulated worsted with his pipe tobacco. It will not be long before he will depart for his club and leave you in peace.
 If your mansion is finished with paint ed walnscoatings and mouldings, stain may be removed from these by taking a well-sharpened jackplane and running it over the spotted surfaces half dozen times. This is better than removing the woodwork and attempting to re- move the spots with a saw or cold chisel.
 An excellent flail for the beating of carpets, rugs or portiers that have been exposed to large accumulations of dust can be made economically by taking an old umbrella stick or parasol handle and fastening a well filled hot-water bag to one end of it by means of stout piece Of clothesline Care must be taken to remove all pins and needles from the carpets thus beaten before pounding, lest the hot-water bag be punctured.
 An effective method of keeping flies speaking your windows is to cover the panes of glass with a thick coating of photographers paste, and before this dries apply to the surface a sufficient number of pages cut from the Sunday newspapers to cover all exposed DOT tons. If you exercise some discrimin- ation in the selection of the pages and take them from the illustrated sections. your windows can be made to have highly decorative appearance. The only wholly efficacious way to avoid the annoyances of house clean ing caused by the stupidity of ser wants yet discovered is to discharge all your household employees on the night before your house cleaning begins, and do all the work yourself. This has added advantage that it is economical. unless the departing helpers are of vengeful
 nature and respond to your notice to quit by heaving a few bricks at your pa rlor mirror.
 In storing furs, or other objects likely to be attacked by moths, sprinkle pep
 per-red black or white-in their folds before packing This has the effect of causing the moths to sneeze their heads off, thereby rendering them entirely in nocuous.
 To ascertain whether not the tops of tall bookcases or wardrobes or other lofty pieces of furniture. which cannot be completely inspected by the eye. are free from dust, put on a pair of white
 kid gloves and run your hand over the surfaces in question. If the glove re- mains unsoiled, you may make up your
 mind that all is well; but If it is GOV cred with black streaks. of dull, dusty brown or sooty black color. it is sign that the dustbrush may be used theron with good effect.
 To protect your piano against damp in closing your house for the winter, turn 1t upside down and lay it upon a heavy mattress, with an eiderdown quilt over what you may call in the absence or musical dictionary to give us the proper term it's tummy. placing a heavy pair of your husbands cast-off trousers on it's legs, and felt slipper on each or the pedals This will keep the instrument from losing its tone. even if its appear ance does not strike you as either oig- nified or suggestive of sobriety