Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
Vol. vi.
SWEEPING A ROOM.
A Careful Housekeep.r should Proceed
with sam and Patience.

A Careful HouSekeeper should Proceed
With Skili and Patience.
Every huu.ekeeper knows that there is a
certain art 10 sweeping a room which re
quirs.- skill and patience Al the differ
encc between refined. daiutily kept parlor
and lounging room, defiant with dust
and Disorder lies im the proper doing Of
This simple wuya The great mistake
which the novice lu ,.,epiug makes Is to
take long heavy STROKES These are mani
festly tllur thrown away The object oi
sweeping H. not 20 wear out the carpet IL
Is 10 brush The dust out Of the carpet
Short. light even strokes do the work as
It should hr done. In any carpet it * al.
ways best 70 sweep It once with the grain,
and then again across il. going over each
two or three yards of the carpet In this
wAy till IL is ali swept
Wbcre there i fireplace il is well TO
sweep toward IL To collect the dust Ia one
Fsis Where the carpet IS old aud worn
even IL Is not quite as necessary 70 sweep
1t iii both directions, but where Il is new
aud there are percepti5le ridges In the
weaving, where dust may he, this caution
Is always necessary a brussels or nap
carpet shuuid always be swept in this way.
There are many excellent houses where
there l. not proper equipment of brushes,
hruoms and dusting sheets for sweeping.
Before beginning to sweep u room, all
pieces Of furniture which are easily NOV
able should be- busted and set IN nm adjoin.
ing room Nall pieces ~ brio Il brac
and other :. 1914. ...eh are liable 10 catch
the dust must be removed Large pieces
of furniture like beds, bureaus and book
cases, should he carefully and closely GOV
erred with busting sheets.
The windows should be opened and the
blinds busted, but II the windows axe to
be washed 1t should tie done after the
sweeping, when the paint is wiped. After
the hrst sweeping Of rnomsit is usually
left for i've or ten minutes, for the dust to
settle, when the ceiling aud walls may be
busted down with the long hair brushes
provided for the purpose, The pictures
should hc thoroughly busted with soft dry
cloths, brushing around the edges OF the
carpet with whiskbrush is regular part
OF the sweeping and should not be omitted
After going over room thoroughly and
allowing the dust to settle, it is always
necessary % brush IL over again, and it is
best TO do this with a damp broom, so as
TO collect all the dust.
Nlpiug with a damp cloth wruug out as
dry AS possible from water in which two
tablespoons of ammonia has been put to
gallon will brighten faded colors and make
the carpet look fresh aud new Before put.
ting the furniture back into the room, all
finger marks and soiled spots on the paint
or woodwork should be wiped OH II there
Is a fireplace tie hearth should be washed
mp and the iron work rubbed of with a rag
d'tmpened slightly with Kerosene oil n
there is brass work il should be carefully
polished. The dusting sheets may now be
g. -. L.
place, busted and fresh.
sngh sweeping ns this is a part OF the
regular hupsework every week in a honse
where there are carpets. and every room in
the house should be swept as thoroughly Y as
this While upon this subject il is we'll to
suggest that hausekrepers who are buying
h-lNy pieces Of turQiture. not easily moved,
faould purchase only such pieces as are
Esi"d Ijp on less, leaving clear space for
T.. broom To pass under and collect the
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