The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-05-25
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Hints to HOUSE Clenner.


Hints to House Cleaners.
The warm weather Of the past week has
hurried the housewives into the hustle and
hustle Of house cleaning Few go about it
systematically. In fact everything is turned
topsy-turvy, and, as rulo, by the time
things are again straighroned out another dose
of cleansing and scrubbing would not be en-
tlrely unnecessary. Housewives, keep your
selves strong, and see that You do not begin to
take up carpets, wash floors. and turn mat
tresses out Of doors except on bright warm
day There are people i'll with pneumonia at
this writing, in spite Of May in the almanac.
Let 1t DO settled, warm, before the larger
operations begin. You can have pictures lifted
from the walls, the glass rubbed of with whit
ing and the frames rubbed with linseed oil,
and all stored away in spare room out Of the
dust and away from the walls on some pre-
v1ous day. Tho wallis do not get as much at
tention, otherwise, as they should Take down
oil curtains, shades and lambrequns, and
viously out Of the way. Then take up your
papered walls with a soft towel around
the brush; scrub painted walls in clear
water, no soap, but use little am
monia where there are dust marks. Lime
painted floors that are not hard finished, and
treat your ceilings as you doyour walls, brush
ing, washing or whitewashing, according to the
finish. If you have had the forethought to pro-
vide an extra cover for your mattress of blue
check this can come off and be washed at any
time, as the mattress is kept free from dust II
not, let it go down to the yard and give it first
thorough dry brushing with whisk, then
go over it again with the whisk dampened, so
as to clense it thoroughly. 1t must have good
their pillows, yet there is hardly any article Of
constant use that needs washing any more
They can be dropped into hot eoap suds and
stirred about, one at time, 80 that the
gathered dust will be washed out OF them.
then hang across the clothes line in good
breeze and sun, turning them frequently to
AVE them dry evenly, and they had better re-
main before the kitchen fire all night to make
sure Of another days summing before they are
used. This can be done before the general
turnout OF cleaning house or at any time.
Clean looking glasses and windows with wet
whiting, which gives q good polish, but give
all dirty panes good washing at first Furni-
ture Is cleaned with turpsntine, and then pol
ished of with inseed oil. A painters brush
will get the turpentins into all carving, and if
Of equal parts say gill Of linseed oil, of Vine
gar and of turpentine applied with wooden
cloth is recommended.
For the kitchen you can make very pretty
finish Of the bricks around the range by dis
solving some 'potter's clay" and laying it on
thickly; when it dries off to soft dove color
it is one Of the cleanest trimmings any one eau
have. If your floors have grease marks, this
clay will generally remove them. If of long
standing, get the floor planed off and have It
oiled. soapstone hearth and sink and wash-
tubs are made fresh with marble-sand. For
the brasses, use the old recipe of s.rotten
stone, /" using oxalic acid, diluted, are lemon
juice for the obstinate spots.
Clean tins with a strong solution of boiling
soda (washing Soda, dipping them into this
-
sand. It is little early to trim up open fire.
places and CRATES so that they cannot bs used,
but any apothecary will tell you what to put
into your lime bucket 80 as to give the pink or
blue or green tinge you want Put away
and il you are buying now shades look at the
pretty bamboo, 80 light and clean for
summer The new seamless mattings that
come in dark colors, olive, red and blue, not
check but plain. are also cool and "distin-
the easily kept boards themselves. The cellar
is the part Of the hohse which really should
require least attention at this time of the year,
because it should have been kept clean and
free of rubbish. If it has not, you had best be-
gin with that quarter before touching any
ing will make you clean until that is DONE
An economical paint for floors is made by
soaking two and one-eighth ounces of good,
clear joiner's glue over night in cold water.
1t is dissolved and then added (stirring con-
stantly) to thickish milk of lime, heated to the
boiling point and prepared from one pound Of
quicklime. Into tue boiling lime is poured
Ghe stirring still continued as much linseed
oil as becomes united with the lime, and when
the oil no longer mixes there is no moro poured
in. II there happens to be too much oil ad-
ded, it must be combined by the ad-
dition of some fresh lime paste. For the
quantity above indicated, about half q
pound OF oil is required. After this white,
thiokish foundation paint has cooled, color is
added which 10 not affected by lime, and in case
of need. the paint is diluted by water. For
yellowlsh-brown or brownsh-red shades about
. fourth part of the entire bulk is added of a
brown solution, obtained by boiling shellac and
borax with water. This mixture is specially
adapted for painting floors, whore there is
rug in the center. For a floor which is in con-
posed OF llussed oil varnish, which penstrates
into the wood and makes it water-resisting, it's
properties being thus Of nature to compen-
safe for its higher cost
:, To clean mating, put pint Of salt in pail
breadth at time, and wipe with cloth after
wards To put away steel articles for the sum-
mer, or to leave knives, steel tenders of CRATES,
etc, without rusting, grease the steel we'll with
lard and tie up in brown paper. Carpets that
can be refreshed BY sprinkling them we'll with
corn meal mixed with coarse salt in equal
quantity, ana then sweeping it all of.
For yourself, feed we'll, tie your head up in
knitted Shetland or other shawl, and do not
clean house in slippers. You will be sure to
get into great cheats" and stand about in
draughts, so protect the back of your neck
where tho tired feeling comes. Do not break
yourself to pieces by lifting heavy furniture.
II there arc no men about the house to do it,
have the nearest messenger boy in any shop IN
to help. Clean house with your head Us we'll
ao bnD6a and lat hoa
feet whenever it is possible But, above ali.
feed everybody well who is helping to clean
house, instead of the usual tea and snatch
meals that most women think sufficient at such
times. Canned soups come in very well and
are cheap.