Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1913 — Now is the Time to Fight the Clothes Moth. [ARTICLE]

Now is the Time to Fight the Clothes Moth.

The clothes moth is flying about now, looking for a place to lay its eggs, which hatch into the little catterpillars that eat our woolens. Usually these moths work on clothes which are put away in the dark; articles that are in common use are not troubled. Moth balls are a help in repelling the moths from settling on the woolens, but moth balls will not kill the eggs already laid. The only way .to prevent the moths destroying woolens and furs to be put away is by thoroughly brushing and cleaning the articles and by frequent dusting and sunning. If furs are to. be stored, hang them in the suhshine, then comb thoroughly with a flnetoothed comb. Sprinkle with pepper, camphor chips or powdered moth balls, and roll In tissue paper: then put in a muslin or paper wrapper and in a moth-proof box. Woolens should be well sunned and aired and beaten well before they are put away. The springs of a wire mattress and a rattan carpet beater are effective for brushing large garments. The garment is placed on the springs as flat as possible, and is more easily dusted than when on the line. If clothes are not to be stored, they should be brushed and sunned often.