| Show MERU L ji RED TO THE IMING TOW by roger B whitman KEEPING YOUR EYE ON you YOUR HOUSE AYOUNG A YOUNG married couple who alx lx had aust moved into the house they had built were naturally very proud of it and had every intention of keeping it in the best of condition they asked me for suggestions wanted to know how they could best keep off deterioration I 1 said that the first thing for them to do was to familiarize themselves with all parts of the house to come to know it in every little detail they should learn the appearance of each part of the house all over so that any change anywhere a crack in a plaster wall or a timber the backing out of nails the appearance of corrosion on a plumbing pipe or anything else would bo be immediate ly ay then they should get into the habit of making a detailed inspection of the house every so often once a month say they might begin with the attic and work down to the last far corner of the cellar anything that began to go wrong would instantly be noticed even so small a thing as the first cracking of putty around the outside of a window frame the beginning of deberio deterioration ration is is trifling some little thing that seems of no importance but if that beginning is recognized and something is done to correct it deterioration can be put off almost indefinitely cedar closets and moths it seems to be the general belief chat that a cedar closet or a cedar chest is is a guarantee against damage by m moths to anything within As many people have learned to their sorrow this is not the case it is true that M moths dislike the odor of aromatic red cedar but it is also true that the odor of cedar disappears as its oils evaporate there is a strong natural odor in a freshly built cedar closet but even then the effect is not deadly to moths it 1 is s 0 only ny 1 repellent the great advantage of a well built cedar closet or chest lies in its being tight in having no holes or openings by which moths could enter this is important because moths seek dark places in which to lay their eggs moth worms will develop from eggs in a cedar closet just as they will anywhere else safety requires that everything stored in such a closet should be completely free from moth eggs and worms for the surest protection clothes and any a thing e else ise to be 1 store OUI length of aln process esst d es cleaned eggs dar and this wor 1 11 I 1 to y dior 1 9 persists sep is repe s stage 0 flying cloge ica se VAIN V |
