Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-05-11

You see, Mr.. Baringer has only
been keeping house about year, and
they took the carpets up this Spring
for their first general house-cleaning.
Mrs. Baringer's mother was there,
because she said, Olivia was mere
child at such things, aud she didn't
believe that Aristarchus was much
better, and it was better to have
some one around who could manage.
The young people, however, felt
very confident that they had, by
numerous consultations and many
well-laid plans, reduced house-clean-
ing to q perfect science, a system
that had never yet been attained by
any other housekeepers, and they
were all impatient to get at work
and clean the whole house, from
garret to cellar, and have all the
pictures back on the walls and car
pets nailed down again before dark.
They were dissusted at the way
other people cleaned house, and
Olivia thought Il was perfectly won
derfnl how Aristarchus could have
spch beautifully lucid and system
sAtlc Ideas OIL fs.st~- ..,h;cl, ,noet
men, and she would say most wo-
men. as we'll, were so deplorably
stupid and ignorant.
The stirring notes Of the alarm
clock dragged Mr.. Baringer out of
bed at 3:l5A, NJ. and he thought
he felt intolerably sleepy for five
o'clock, but he didn't look at the
clock until he wss dressed, and then
he was too mad to swear. He mere
ly woke Mrs. Baringer up to tell her
that he'd bet a thousand dollars
some stupid had changed the alarm
after he set it, and then he Topped
down on a lounge to sleep till day
light. He awoke at half-past seven
o'clock, the hour at which, by their
pre-arranged system and calcula-
tons, the two upstairs bedroom
carpets were to have been beaten and
ready to put down as soon as the
floors were dry. Thep the kitchen
fire went out twice, and they finally
sat down to breakfast at half-past
eight o'clock, Mrs. Baringer's moth
er beguiling the time during that
matin meal by asking Olivia if she
minded how she used to be half
through her house-cleaning by nine
o'clock in the morning. But Mr..
Baringer bore mp very well under it,
and Immediately after breakfast he
took up the bedroom carpets 1t
was slow work. jerking the taeks
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