Show PROTECTIOrfFRu1l1 MOTHS NothIng s more trying among the I smaller ills of life than to have clothing I and uiS and carpets eaten by moths Ver > Often article are not put away soon enough in the spring the eggs are already laid in the stulfs before they are packed and hatch in the profound I darkness In which they revel There is a general impression that camphor or pepper 01 moth balls keep l away moths but it Is not so They dU not In the least object to odors and why such stuff Is 1sed at all Is really a mystery BUffalo bugs seem really to thrive on camphor and to find especially especi-ally congenial quarters in cedar shelves or closets or trunks Every article should be carefully brushedaU the pockets turned Inside out bruched and then turned smoothly back again dnd every spot or every eslription carefully cleansedfor moths always seize upon a spot of any sort as a lJarUcqlary cbdIei morsel 1 Ii if t I Each garment should be folded sepa I rately and very Smoothing and wrapped liii old linen or cotton she ts or parts of them Newspaper is an excellent thing to fold things In as for some reason moths particularly object to It The chests that things are to be packed away In should be carefully wiped out perfectly clean with a wet cloth so that not a particle of dust lingers It is well to spread a large old sheet over the open trunk and pUSh it down leaving leav-ing the surplus outside anti then to fold that over when the trunk is packed for even one moth miller If it slips in may undo all your work and care Never leave a trunk open a moment after af-ter it has been wiped out before packing pack-ing it Very valuable furs should be examined exam-ined and beaten every two or three weeks at the outside It is a great deal of trouble and a great deal of careto do all this but people must pay for fine possessions and must so regard the I I T1IE SPADE COAT AND SASH care Never trust to a cedar closet for keeping valuable woolens or furs One famous housekeeper had a cedar closet built into a new house that was the envy of every woman who saw it with its shelves and drawers an enclosed en-closed with tightly fItting doors that gave out such a delicious odor when I the outer door of all was opened ant seemed to invite the care of everything most precious That summer the first year she had owned the closet she packed her furs and went to Europe with an easy mind Among other things a Russian sable cape of enormous size and very val uable was put in the closet When she reached home opened her closet and took out her furs she found that nothing noth-ing had escaped the moths and her cloak was such a mass of worms that it had to be buried at once This is absolutely true and many of the very best and most careful housekeepers now consider cedar really a moth producer pro-ducer and cedar receptacles or any sort worse than no protection at all The very best sort of chest to pack clothing away in is a good h1id chest of good size and heavy and well fitted as to joints and covers that any good carpenter can make and if given a I coat of shellac or varnish outside It will in time be very handsome Old paper lined trunks should never be used for under the paper the moths are more than likely to have deposited their eggs Carpets that are nailed down close to the baseboard are often eaten thereeven when the room Is f pen and most carefully swept The only way to prevent it is to saturate the carpet once a week in spring and summer with a little turpentine 011 the places where the moths have eaten or are likely to eat This wlll not injure the most deli cate colors and Is the best preservative from moths known |