New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-07

the most hitting season 10 CeleOldtS ieh'"NN
Joy in life and lawlessness.
The long drawn battle OF the winter has
seemed to rout them-the housewife hopes Tor
ever-but with the first warm days of spring
back they come in troops and hordes, and ex-
termination is as far from accomplishment as
the beating Of the Russians.
But by taking things in season. the house
wife may score heavily before the insect ar
mics are recruited TO their full strength.
Especially in the case of the clothes moth,
the housewife who catches betimes the de-
stroyer Of her furs winter clothes and draper
les is one who indeed "looketh well to the
WAYS OF her household
Moths. like most others Of the insect tribe,
love warmth. darkness and dust. Therefore
if rooms and closets are kept swept, busted
and well aired they will be extremely UNI
popular with the moths. If it is possible to
admit the sunshine lavishly, the sentence to
exile has been pronounced and every fresh
food of sunshine helps to carry it out.
GET RID OF ALL DUST.
The dust must also be thoroughly beaten
and brushed out Of every garment to be packed
away and from all furs. After the most thor
ough brushing you can inhict, the garments
should be hung in hot sunshine for day
Have clean trunks, boxes or barrels that
have been wiped clean and then sprayed with
camphor all ready to receive the garments.
Wrap these in newspapers with plenty OF COM
phor balls or gum camphor Put each pared
cd IN
lay them away in clean box or barrel
= If the smell OF camphor is disagreeable, tur-
pentine is almost as good in discouraging the
visits of moths. Neither one nor the other
will be necessary. however, if the clothes, after
beating, brushing and summing, are put mme-
diately into one Of the big paper moth bags
which come for the purpose.
Perhaps the ordinary kitchen cockroach is
not as destructive to valuable property as the
moth. but it is much more disagreeable. In
fact there is hardly an insect that crawls
which has the power OF arousing such lively
personal dislike the cockroach. Even the
lady who was tender over drowning flies
must have smashed wildly scamperng cock
roach if she could have caught IT.
MAKING REACHES FEEL UNHAPPY.
There are many varieties OF roach foods
and roach paste-some OF them very ethcaci-
Gus. But those housewives who dislike to
have posons lying around loose prefer to
vsc plain borax strewn thickly over shelves
and blown into cracks Another way is to
mix equal parts of borax sulphur and paris
green. This can either be sprinkled around or
used in an insect powder spray. AS IN the
case OF the plain borax. the reaches for two
or three weeks may make bluff OF paying no
attention to it, but after a month has elapsed
there will simply be no more reaches.
The common red ant is very hard to hight.
lie is small and is numerous that his
name is legion, and he seems to be everywhere
at once. If ants get into the house, the sim
plest way to drive them out is by the liberal
use of oil OF pennyroyal. THIS may be
sprayed on cotton-batting and Strewn about IN
small pieces Fresh pennyroyal leaves spread
about the place infested by ants will be quite
as effective as the oil.
Another way is to use freely a mixture OF
borax and red pepper. If there are no small
children to be endangered a small amount oil
tartar emetc, mixed with an equal amount OF
sugar, may be mostened with water, put into
small dishes and set on the shelves visited by
ants. The surest way TO keep ants out OF the
house however, is to attack their nests. When
you find one on the road in the lawn, it is
wise plan to food the dwelling with kero
scne into which has been stirred liberal dose
of cayenne pepper This can be poured into
the hole from the spout OF an ordinary OIL
can. for it will ruin the grass it touches
SCREEN AND SWATTER FOR FLIES.
AS for mosquitoes and flies, the only remedy
seems TO be slaughter in infancy, backed up
by screens in later life. Kill without mercy
every torpid winter fly found about the house,
for he is the grandfather fly, and before the
summer is ended will number his descendants
by the million if his career is not cut short.
Screen early and thoroughly ioF
both flies and mosquitoes. The local health
board, if it is doing its duty, should accom-
plish the rest by taking care OF the breeding
places OF both.
Much, also, can &c done by householders IN
lcssening the plague Of both flies and mos
cuitoes If all garbage rs kept in closely
covered can. which is emptied every day, thor
ouchly washed. scaded and disinfected; il
PILES OF manure or refuse are forbidden or
il they must be allowed to accumulate, are
thoroughly and constantly disiniected with
borax, chloride Of lime or kerosene there Will