Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-08
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Household.

Household
Poets sing Of spring, bat the busy
housewife knows that mid song Of turtle
We, and mum of bees, there comes a
call that she must heed. The health and
comfort of her fsmilY demands her atten-
ton, and unpoetical visions of scrubbing
brushes and brooms with the chaotic con-
fusion Of house cleaning intrude upon her
disturbed slumber. At last the Hateful
morning dawns when the daily routine is
changed and ordinary domestic life is
grievously interrupted. How will the lit
tie woman direct in this semi-annual
emergency? It is to be hoped she will
throughout maintain her own equsnimity
and 80 direct her new forces, that the
comfort Of the family be not even tenn
porarily interiered with. In this spring
campaign it is wiser to conquer the en-
envy in detail, taking room by room and
beginning at the top Of the house and
come down, reversing the order when
reaching after the perfectness Of clean
house.
The temptation is strong, as the warm
rays OF sunshine stream In at the win
dows and bring out in direful plainness
unsupported depths Of dinginess, 10 tear
up carpets, take dewn curtains, and in
The rush Of the fight against dirt bring on
that utter confusion and chaos which
attsins the desired end a little sooner it
may be, but bring in It's train much dis
sster In the way of discomforts to the
family and great excess of worry and
fatigue to the directing genius. II the
housekeeper will resist the impulse to
pull everything to pieces at once, and by
taking each room, restoring it to order
before dismsntling another, she will, by
stesdy systematic work, accomplish the
house cleaning just as thoroughly and
quite as quickly, and with much less IA
tlgue to herself. There is much in helps
in ones work, and the value Of whiting
and ammonia can be scarcely overesti-
mated as cleansing SCENTS. For white
paint nothing does the work 70 thoroughly
IS liberal use of whiting, and when
mixed with diluted ammonia makes the
cleaning of glass 6 comparatively easy
matter. It must be applied and left to
dry and then rubbed of with newspaper
that is most excellent in polishing.
For washing sill kinds of granting cold
tea is highly recommended. 1t is said
that by using this the varnish is not in
iured.
In this climate the carpets, after being
well cleaned, are better to be folded up
for the summer, the bare floors being SO
much cooler. To preserve from moths
there is nothing better than liberal dose
Of Scotch snuff, although there are
other agents, such as turpentIne and
cayenne pepper, that are said to be excel
lent preventiVes from the ravages Of these
little insects. Bare floors sre not labor
saving; TO keep them well requires daily
attention, for dust, especially where they
are dark, makes itself soon manifest.
Straw coiored mating and white muslin
curtains st the windows will give the
room quite summary look, and entail
less actual labor on the housekeeper. 1t
ought to be that amid all the progress of
these days women should learn to save
themselves the mania of cleanliness that
makes women fight dirt all their lives,
eften hurries to that point where they
must lie down in it and can battle no
longer. 1t Is well not to anticipate the
hour by extra labor or extra worri-
ment. Polishing and scruboing
may be duties, bat care must be taken
that they do not become such engrossing
ones as to exclude the more important,
such q: preserving ones health, and de-
voting some time during the Cay to rest
OF body and culture Of mind. II Is well