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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
this stage it swims about in quiet water. Mosquitoes in 
great numbers may be growing in old cans or bottles, rain- 
filled and hidden away under the bushes in your yard. 
Watch for such breeding places ; clean up your yard and 
banish the mosquito. 
Taking Care of Waste 
All waste must be carefully disposed of. It should 
never accumulate in the kitchen ; but the important thing 
is to have no real waste . See that everything is put to 
the utmost use. If you live in the couqtry, chickens and 
pigs will take the parings, the outer leaves of vegetables, 
etc., and you can bury or burn waste. If you live in 
the city the garbage man will collect all waste. 
The garbage can must be kept thoroughly clean. It 
should be rinsed and scalded whenever it is empty, so 
that there will be no bad odors about the kitchen. Find 
out how garbage is taken care of in your town. How 
can you help to keep your neighborhood clean? What 
should be done if there is carelessness about garbage? 
Taking Care of Woolen Things 
Housekeepers must fight moths as well as flies. The 
clothes moth loves to lay its eggs in wool. It is very 
keen in searching out bits of wool and finding a place 
for its baby to thrive. Unless you have a care it will 
lay its eggs in your best winter dress which you forgot 
and left hanging in the hot summer days. 
When the baby worm pokes its head out of the egg, 
it begins to feed upon the wool ; and when some cold 
winter morning you get your dress you will find holes 
neatly cut where the little worm has gnawed, and be- 
side the holes the little woven cradle which the tiny 
creature spun for itself, and in which the crawling worm 
changed to the flying, silvery moth. 
The housekeeper must therefore, carefully brush and 
