The Jersey City news., 1892-06-16
WOMEN CANNOT sweep.
They Have Not Learned the
Science Yef, Says a
Bold Man.
THEY GATHER, THEN SETTER DUST
How to Do 1t Thoroughly-The Eli
Quette of CardS-AdVice
About the Eyes.


tours into woman's sacred realm. the
home, has asserted that not one woman
in hundred knows how to sweep. Then
he grows a trifle timid and acknowledges
that of course he does not expect them to
agree with him.
1t does seem hard that after woman has
been sweeping the world since the days
of the "Woman who swept the cobwebs
from the sky" she should now be told
that she has labored more or less in vain
She has not perfected herself 10 this pure
ly feminine employment. Now, from OBJ
servation. the writer is strongly Inclined
to agree with Cor. StOck7ndn when ne
ys:-"When woman sweeps she holds
The broom at an angle that brings one
corner of the brush OH the floor and then
pus hes it forwal with all her might. CIV
ing it Il kind of a flirt at the Ell d of the
stroke that throws the dust and dirt into
the air. The heavier particles of dirt
she finally captures in one corner
Of the loom and gets most of it into
the dustpan, but the lghter--and main
portion-fies up into the air and soon
settles upon the floor, furniture and
walls. Then madnm 'dusts' the room
and knocks good deal of the dust off its
resting places and it returns to Its Old
Qudl GSAo Ou tAC hooi'
THE TELLTALE BROOM.
"Now any man who has watched the
process will say that l have told the plain
truth. Look at II broom after it has been
woman-used for few weeksl Que COR
ner turned up and sticking out like
sleigh runner, the whole brush fopsided,
ruined. The right way to sweep Is to
hold the broom with its brush square on
the floor and little behind the body Of
the sweeper Bring it forward with Il
regular, steady movement, and stop It's
forward motion before the ends of the
brush catch in the carpet and act like 50
many springs to throw dirt in the
air Persuade the dirt to advance,
and don't try to scare it. Act as if
you were petting a sick baby and not
as If you were pitching hay. Turn the
broom over occasionally so as to wear 1t
evenly, and your broom, furniture and
carpets will last longer and so will you,
Tor the labor won't be half SO great and
the satisfaction will be three times as
great. W hen it comes to dusting-for
even with proper sweeping some dust will
arise--don't use feather duster, an old
turkey tail or some such abomlnatiou,
but take a cloth and wipe up the dust,
OF firt it off on the floor again. Try Ii
scientific sweep once, and you will not go
back to the old way again."
UNHEALTHY, TO SAY THE LEAST.
One morning last wiuter happened to
enter the dining room of friends home
just as the girl was sweeping it, 1t was Il
cold day. The window was raised about
Two inches from below. The table was
laid for breakfast but partially lowered
by large napkin. There WAS consider
able dust in the room, but that was all
left more or less to settle on the furniture.
A cursory busting with a feather duster
wa; all the room received until the Satu,-
day cleaning, which the mistress herself
rperintended. CHANGING into the kitchen
adjoining, l noticed some uncovered but
ter, likewise some open, partially full
milk bottles; these all received a gener-
Gus supply of the DUST flying through the
open door, ana were served up with the
mornings meal. There seems to be very
little hope in telling girls that this pro-
cess is wrong: that health depends on
care in these matters. But If l had a
hooby 1t would be this:-I would nave
planned large hotel or boarding house
on the sanitary and scientific methods.
This would have run somewhat on the
plan followed in the large hospitals
which train nurses and give them Salts
factory recommendations. There would
be several departments, each superintend-
ed by graduate; cooks would be taught
the chemistry of foods and all things pei
tanning to their work from a stand
point of health and easy digestion.
Chamoermaids would be taught how
to do their work thoroughly; how to mir
rooms and clean them. Mattresses would
be versed in their art before graduation
aud | will vouch that those graduates
would be called for all over the country.
A small sum, as at present. would be
asked for recommending the girls. and l
am sure the agency would be gladly well
coined by busy housewives, who n>wa.
DAYS have to "begin all over again" every
few months. The standard of housework
among girls in service would be raised, as
has been the standard of professional
capable nurse, and perhaps the conversa-
tiou between housekeepers would of ne
cessity be raised. IL they spoke of their
help at all, they would do SO in terms of
praise. A Utopian idea, you sayP Per-
haps. But necessity is the mother of in
vention, and necessity now demands in
telligent workers in the home.
Assuming tho Husbands Name.
The practice of the wife assuming the
husbands name at marriage. according
to DIR. Brewer, originated flom n Roman
custom and became the common custom
after the Roman OCCUPATION Thus.
Julia and Octavia, married to Pompey
and Cicero, were called by the Romans
Julia of Pompey, Octavia of Cicero, and
in later times married women in most
| European countries signed their names in
| the same manner, but omitted the ''of "
Against this view it may be mentioned
klx f1Na