The Osceola times., 1881-06-25
The H0CsfH0LD.
Suggestions Tor Azking hsu.e Cleaning
the Husband. DebghL

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stitution is an old and established one.
and innovations are hardly acceptable
/ 10 people who are set in their WAYS,
even when they are really labor and
money-saving. Sull it Is most difficult
to realize. Now our proverbially neat
sisters who keep Immaculate their
marble door-steps and stone fronts BY
weekly, nay, daily, scrubbingz allow
their sacred interiors TO become 30 very
dirty as 70 require the thorough semi.
annual turning topsy-turvy that most Of
the houses get.
Usually the work does not commence
until after the furnace fires are allowed
10 die out, for the April winds are very
searching and blow the street and ashes
duet through the smallest creyices and
the tiny particles penetrate every crack
and corner.
ORIGINAL kETHops
A most pleasant suggestion has been
made by lady Of means, who is able
to do a. she likes in most matters and
that is to pack up trunk Of clothes for
the children, the husband and the wife
and board at some fIst-class hotel for
two weeks, 50 time will be given for the
house t) get free from the smell Of PAINT
and the dampness from the scrubbings.
FiIst, reliable woman to superintend
the process must be engaged; Of conrse
plenty Of such women can be found, il
your only know where, and experienced
srpet-shakers, uphOlsterers, and clean.
err spoken to in advance to come and
DO the work, Just when you want them;
then, If you are very particular, you can
come in once day and see what the
others have been doing and give any
necessary directions.
Another, and very sensible lady she
is, too, says she has all her carpets taken
up In MAY, shaken and put away, the
curiaibs and lamhrequins removed and
placed in cedar tInnks; the house is then
clesBed from top to bottom, and rugs
pldced in rooms and mats IN halls, and
50 the house is kept clean and cool all
during the summers solstice, and in the
early fall the wooden furnishing goods
are restored to position.
FINDS IT CHEAPER TO MOVE
A friend, whose husband is fond OF
change of base and detests house clean
ing, makes il point to move every year
or 30, at the cost Of just about the same
It requ'res 10 have scmi-annual cleanings,
and then she is sure OF having a newly.
painted and improved house.
There are, however, some most Impor-
ant points in house CLEANING which
should always he attended to bv the lady
herself, and these things should be ac-
cOmplished before the warm days come
First, rec that the ashes are removed
from the cellar and that it is thoroughly
cleaned and renewed; be most careful TO
see that no impurities are left TO create
diseases or fever breeding dan pness
rom leaking pipes or imperfect sewers
Second, dust well and expose 10 sun
and air all the clothes which have been
in hunks and closets; clean out all store
rooms and be sure to remove each end
Of feather, pieces Of carpet or small wool.
en- rags, which really are more desirable
homes for mo.bs than large articles,
and such odds and ends will be found
full Of nests early in the season. Wipe
down the walls of all dark rooms and
scrub the floors and shelves, letting them
dry well before putting in the cleared
out and busted boxes or the clothes
which have been summed and shaken.
Last April seven closets and store rooms
in house in our city center were
cleaned in that manner, and during the
entire winter not a sign Of a moth was
seen in them.
MOST IMPORTANT POINT.
The third, and really most imporp-
ant point, is the attention due TO beds
and bedding. The household linen
must be overlooked and mended, and
soiled blankets can he made to look al
most like new by rubbing the soied spo
with soap; saturate the blankets in luxe
warm suds, roll them up separately and
allow them to remain and soak in the
suds for from halt an hour TO an hour,
not longer; wash well only in the one
soap water, rinse thoroughly in luke.
warm water and then pass through the
blue water, TO which a slight lather OF
the soap has been added, for the soap
not only purlfies the wooden goods, but
the insects seem to dislike the ingredi-
ents of which it is composed.
The beds should be summed, beaten,
and critically examined; If necessary,
the ends or corners may be washed with
a solution Of salt and water. The be-
steads must be taken down and washed
with suds Of soap, and real y that is all
needed for publication, unless extra
boarders have already appeared, then
Madame Demorest, who is a perfect
housekeeper, recommends an extermina
tor sure death to insects, but harmless TO
humans, consistingof l0c worth of cocu-
lus Indicus berries, stepped in a pint OF
cheap whisky and applied by feather
in every crack and corner Of the infected
bedsteads or walls, and you may rest
assured that either the whisky or the
berries will prove too much for the bugs,
and they will trouble you no more until
a new tribe puts in an appearance.
The experienced housewife knows az
about how to clean soiled spots in car
pets by washing them In warm suds
with dash of ammonia, or how TO kill
moth by spreading damp towel over
the infected places or steaming them TO
death bv the pressure of hot, heavy
iron. The carpet shaking should be
done by strong men and the heavy
house cleaning by women whose business
it is, for every trade should live; but the
cultured taste and refined skill of the
mistress herself must be taxed in the
arrangement of furniture and household
decorations, for the touch Of apt fingers
and the aid of an artistic eye are abso-
lutely necessary to make the home seem
perfect and restful after the painful tur-
vol of spring housekeeping.
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