Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-25
A CHAPTER ON HOUSE CLEANING.
From the Housekeeper.l

from the Housekeeper.l
Always keep one room where the
family may be comfortable. Have
plenty of nourishing food prepared be-
for commencing. Let the bureaus,
chests, trunks, closets, all be put in
good order. Look everything over to
| see that there are no moths. It is an
excellent plan to take all clothing, ETC.,
out of doors, put on line and give
good beating. Always scatter plenty
of camphor-gum in the trunks and
boxes, when repacking, as this is the
simplest of remedies for moths.
Now clean cellar, by removing all
refuse, brushing out all boxes and bar
rels, sweeping thoroughly overhead, the
sides, and underfoot. Once year COW
er the cellar with whitewash made vel
low width copperas, wash windows,
scrub the floors and wash the stairs;
sprinkle the floor with coperas water.
Replace barrels, or rather put them in
some part of the cellar, so that any
moisture that may gather under them
may dry out.
| Next clean and arrange attic, or store
room. In each room begin with the
closet, take down the pictures, wipe
clean and lay away, all ready to hang
up again. Move out the furniture, take
up the carpet, sweep and wash the floor.
Wipe down the walls with broom
wrapped in a soft cloth; flannel is the
best Hard-fnished walls can be
washed and spots may be removed by
washing with pummice stone. Clean
| Nj
is being done have the carpets thor
oughly beaten; tack carpet down, wipe
furniture, having first, if necessary,
washed it in soap suds, wiped dry and
rubbed thoroughly with wet flannel
with a little kerosene. This method
will clean all hard wood furniturne and
make it look as good as new.
Ammonia water, or a damp cloth
dipped in whiting cleans paint nicely
Cold tea is the best thing to clean var
nished wood with. Bedsteads should
be taken apart and washed with corro-
sive sublimate. Use a feather for this
land be careful that it is left where ii
cannot be used by mistake, as it is a
rank poison. If this is done once or
twice year one will never be troubled
with bed insects. Of course, if the
room is to be kalsomined, painted OF
papered, it should be done before the
carpet is put down. If the carpet needs
freshening up after it is tackled down
sweep and then wipe with a flannel
cloth, wrung out of warm water with
ox-gall in it, in the proportion Of one
quart of gall to three pints of water
The improved appearance OF
the carpets will amply repay the
trouble, if this is done once in sly
weeks, as this rubbing raises the pile
and freshens the color.
A great deal of pains should be taken
to clean all upholstered furniture; turn
chairs, sofas, ETC., down; beat thorough.
~, using brush made on purpose fol
cleaning around tufts and buttons
Rubbing dry with d cloth wrung from
ox-gall and water in the above proper.
tons, will wonderfully freshen up all
worsted coverings of upholstered furni.
| ture, and all stains can usually be re-
moved with it or ammonia water
If dust has lodged back of the glass
over picture, remove glass and wipe
carefully with a clean cloth, clean the
glass, fasten into frame again tightly
If gilt frames are vanished with Dam.
mar when first put up, it will be nc
trouble to keep them clean by wiping
Off with a damp cloth.
When the kitchen and pantry are
cleaned it is an excellent plan to put on
a boiler of strong soda water OF white
I've, made by pouring on boiling hot
water to ashes, stirring up and letting
settle, and then pouring off the clear
water (and, by the way, gallon of
white I've put into the water in which
! clothes are boiled will wonderfully
Written and not injure them in the least),
and putting in all bake-pans, sauce
pans, tea-kettles, etc, and letting them
thoroughly scald, they will be so much
| sweeter for use.
After cleansing shelves, cupboards,
ETC., cut clean papers and fit them to all
the shelves; now if tins, etc, are thor
oughly boiled, wash and wipe and put
in order-a place for everything and
everything in its place. OF course a
kitchen and pantry need cleaning several
times year.
To cleanse sink-drairs and all places
that become impure, take 10 cents
worth of copperas water, and pour
down, once a week or two, and it Will
keep all such places pure and sweet It
Is one of the best disinfectants used.