Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-04
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SUGGESTIONS ABOUT CARrKr-swEEPNG.
raising a dust But IL you are in need Of yicS.
GUS exercises OF that Kind, get q hoe and be. |
take yourself to the potato-patch or corn-neld. |
should be treated with consideration. A severe
dieging with stiff broom wears the warn -
scfaPes our the lint OF the rags quite peedle1ly.
Nol iohg ago heard woman say that avery 0f50
broom was needed for sweeping a Brussels 90
pet. thought TO my self "a sun broom will new
sweep mg brusSes carpets good reason whyD,
as imagined the tearing out OF the SOFT tuftin1
OF the carpet by the coarse, sharp broom sriineS
carpet sweeper is the best thing for th1s pur
pose: II does the work easily ana we'll ana
GOOD 10 use for the incest carpets, but their us0
is Too labor1ous for recommendation TO buav
housekeeper. IL a common broom-corn broom
must be used for Brussels. II should be fine soft
light, and clean. To sweep up threads, rAvel.
lpgs, and other fine litter, many persons wet
tie broom In clean tepid water, shaking out The
water before sweeping with it. Just keeping tho
broom moist enough TO wipe up the fine dunt
ana threads, rfnsfng fn clear water and shaking
ro negue mt as the work PROGRESSES Bru1e6
lng ana baby culture are going forward In
providing carpets for any room, reason would
oic,ate that they De such as may be easily kept
threEd, nor so light as TO be very easily soiled-
5, netting which viii either let the dust slit
through or retain IL on the surface rather than
IN he carpet Itself, when TO be used In room
were dust is made.
CARK OF CARPETS.
40 maze sweeping an easy task get carpets
OF hid that are easily swept, then save them
from unnecessary litter by care about scaffer
lpg nne chips or crumbs OF wood CLOTH paper
or food: Eating should be done ia rooms easily
cleaned, with carpets or oil-cloth, or similar
ma eIial, or with bare floors or with a linen
erumh-cfoth spread upon the carpet underneath
the table: Children should not be allowed to
run about the house with pieces OF food In their
hands. II their food is not all taken at the
table, the child should be Obliged TO sit still
somewhere. catching its crumbs upon napkin,
on, 6le' or apron, Instead Of dropping them upo1
trouble" and SC get at least smile OF gratitudo
from her for their thoughtfulness, are far hap
pier IMAM those Who are not trained TO care, but
arc allowed TO make themselves general nut
sance among orderly people. II they wish to
white, or cut paper or dolly things In your
pest, pest rooms, you need not necessarily refuse
to catch the chips or clippings, and see that h
Is safely emptied so soon as the childs WORK =
moving, because OF their lack OF this Sind H n
early training. They pull flowers TO pieces Ia
your parlors whittle on your sinoothly-shaven
lawn, scatter truit peefings and cigar stumps
magazines ard margins OF newspapers, and
scratch matches On the walls OF the house or
leave dlsagreeabie marks OF some kind In every
possible place.
TIE CHOICE OF BROOM
AFTER the CARPET and The care, next comes the
broom-Soft and timber, and not too large And
heavy. | always send for light brooms now,
Il
| up to WELD large and heavy broom Besides,
except for scrubblng, want a broom TO use
gently. A short, quick stroke takes all the dust
| along before II, and does not send lt flying ali
| over the Shelves pictures, etc, 90 that much
| that You have stirred up and set flying about
| settles back over the carpet again. Keep the
| dust low, sweeping just hard enough TO move &c
| quickly along before the broom. II you have q
| very dusty room TO sweep, cover the furniture.
| or that which is upholstered, aud the shelves
and tables with books or small articles upon
| them, and afterwards shake the covers out OF
| doors. Then, when you do the dusting II the
carefully swept carpet shows fine coating OF
dust settled back upon IL, you can II you choose
wipe II over with a large clean cloth: shak.
| ing 1T out OF doors.
| BARE FLOoRs-BLEss THEM,
| that is, when they are clean, and don't have
| to do the Scrubbing myself. do like clean bare
| floors IN summer, especially when am little
| girl with bare feet-well. they should be SWEPT
/ In the direction or the grain OF the wood Of
course this takes all OF the dust out more thor.
oughly, as all Of the little cracks In the wood
| as well as the long cracks between the boardA
run that way. When the boards have shrunk
| apart IT is often tedious matter TO keep the
! cracks clean, but this ought TO be done-and
"not leave the other undone, that is the child
| training and the reading, and the posfes ia tho
window not to mention the cooking, and wash
| ing, and ironing, and sewing, etc. Learn 70
] sweep with broom held straight, 80 that &c
will wear cne-sided. Never set Ii down on the
brush end, but either hang ft up by q string OF
stand IL brush end up where IL can not be
knocked down.-I"Faith Rochester" Americsx
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