SOME USEFUL HINTS.
Before coats are put away for the summer, turn out the pockets to remove fluff and crumbs and put in a few chips of a cigar-box inside, as moths dislike the smell. Any heavy curtains, blankets, and rugs should be carefully shaken and then wrapped in plenty of newspaper and linen bags. Moths dislike the smell of printers’ ink, and also avoid cloth surfaces. Moths can be kept from carpets by a layer of newspaper beneath the under-felt, or between the latter and the carpet. Another good preventitive is to spray a little camphor over the edges of the carpet. Moths have a great objection to certain odours. Russian leather is one, ground cloves another, sandalwood, naptha and camphor. If you have any fear that moths may attack the furniture, prepare some little muslin bags and fill them with sandalwood shavings. You can buy these from most drug stores, and the little bags can then be stuffed right down into the crevices of the chairs and settees.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 3242, 13 December 1930, Page 7
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