274 INSECT PESTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD. 



" The proper packing away of furs and winter cloth- 

 ing through the summer is a serious matter. A great 

 deal of unnecessary expenditure in the way of cedar 

 • chests and cedar wardrobes and various compounds 

 in the way of powders has been urged by writers on 

 these pests. But experience fully proves that after a 

 thorough treatment in May or June, garments, 

 may be safely put away for the rest of the season 

 with no other protection than wrapping them closely 

 in stout paper, to preclude infection through some 

 belated female. My assistant, Mr. L. 0. Howard, 

 tells me of an excellent plan which he has adopted. 

 He buys for a small sum from his tailor a number 

 of pasteboard boxes in which <they deliver suits, and 

 his wife carefully folds and packs away all clothing, 

 gumming a strip of wrapping paper around the 

 edges of the cover so as to leave no crack. These 

 boxes will last for a life-time with careful use. Others 

 use for the same purpose ordinary paper flour sacks 

 or linen pillow-cases, which answer well. The suc- 

 cess of these means depends entirely on the thor- 

 oughness of the preliminary work. Camphor, to- 

 bacco, naphthaline, and other strong odorants are 

 only partial repellants and without the precaution 

 urged are of little avail. 



" Cloth-covered furniture which is in constant use 

 will not be harmed, and the same may be said of 

 cloth-lined carriages. Where such furniture is stored 

 away or kept unused in a dark room, or where the 

 carriages are left in a dark coach-house through the 



