The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-06
THE FALL AousecleAn,No.


Cautions and Advice TO the Careful 4A3ro0
Preparing for the whistler.
The frst cool days of fall tempt the
good housekeeper to start the fall
| housekeeping. and clear away the de-
| bris which IS always likely to accumu.
late during the summer, and 10 prepare
| for winter. But this is a case when
time canno. be so easily taken BY tho
| foreiock. A few cool days does not
| mean the end OF warm weather. Tho
nuggy. warm days which always come
| in the month of September bring with
| them great number of flies and insect
| pests, which seem TO make redoubied
efforts to undo all your doinys IN tho
way of this premature cleaning. Tho
fresh hangings which are put up too
| early in the fail are more sure to hss
hy-speeked IN September and Octcber
+! than in June There is particularly
ANNOYING little f,y tina. comes in the
/ fai-the pest ot kouse-painsers and OF
| househeepers II elings 10 the clothes
of the laundry, to the 6raperies of thu
| open windows, 30 upholstery, and ev-
! erything which IL can seek. though -
| does not often venture far indoors
Ii is an excellent plan at this time ta
get all the stoves and heating apparatus
Of the housc in perfect order il they
have not reen put away IN perfect
order in the spring, Where the family
are wise enough 20 have open frs
places. these viii give all the hca. ne-
cessary for fall weather. and the heater
need not be started until the winter
SHOWS have fairly arrived. An open fire
of wood, kindled morning nd evening.
at this time of year will do more gooi
10 chase away malaria than ali tie
medicines which physicians can pre-
scribe. There is always scmc damp
ness lurking about the house at this
season, imperceptihle to a person in
health, but keenly felt by the sensitive
rheumatic aud equally injurious To all,
whether they are sensible OF il or cot.
| 1t is just this dampness laden a. %
often is with the seeds OF malaria, that
the open fire dissipates a. it fills the
house with the atmosphere of glad
ness and of health
AT this season il is good plan 20
examine the furnace-heater thoroughly.
whether il has been cleaned in the
spring or not. The cold-air box il NOT
infrequently the resort of rats amt
even birds have been found imprisoned
in it The danger of any impurity in.
the cold air BOX or of anything n the
vicinity of the opening of the cold air
box, like the opening of a cesspool. ear
not be too strongly pictured. J.; j. es-
sentiai that the supply of air which ~
to be heated and sent up through tho
rooms of the household ehould be az
pure as possible. Hence the cold air
which il drawn into the cold AIR box
must above all he pure Some stove.
men, who have no conscience in their
work, open their cold air box sone-
times in the cellar or in the Kitchen
hall, or, II the cold air box opens out
DOORS the garbage pail or some other
nuisance may be in close proximity 81
it, and continually supply ing the house
with impure instead of pure air
The warm days of Indian SIMMER
which usually come after we havs had az
least one severe frost sufficient to puri-,
fy the atmosphere OF f,ies and other in.
sect pests, are the ideal days Tor the
fall housekeeping. This IS tire proper
time to remove summer nattings and
put down winter carpets, and to re-
place the light slrapeTies OF summer
with the heavier hangings of winter;
The last traces of the flies NAV he re-
moved a this time with no chance &C
their returning in full force as soon AZ
the cleaning is done, and the house
will seem much heater and ffesher all
winter for tho slight delay. There is
I
which must not be delayed. and that in
the cleaning of the dooryard and vicin-,
ity. II this is carefully attended TO.
the dead leaves and dead stalks Of vesJ
citation being swept up and made into
bonfire. or added to the compost
heap, there will be fewer fies and lesa
danger from malaria. The necessity
for doing this early, as soon az the
leaves begin TO fall. and continuing tho
work as long as they continue 10 fall.
cannot be insisted upon too strongly.
The sewerage and drainage, tho gar
bage pail and all sources Of contamina-
ton must be closely looked 10 during
.he month of September and through
out all the warm days Of fall. Cop
perss and other disinfec.anss. and ths
best of disinfectants OF all. the scrubs
bing-brush and soap. must be freely
used.-N. Y. Tribune.
~ny IT .nesp.
This is as good lemonade as I want
said the economical citizen from, the
outskirts, smacking his lips and SET
ting the glass down THE boz on tho
other side Of tie street IL ceiling b..
lemonade at five cents and IL doesn.
look any better than yours ] don't
see how you can afford it.
I'm gittin' de trade. amt r. said
the youthful merchant on Stony IsIand
avenue. with a seowl at ms rival across
the way.
Yes, you seem 10 be doing q goon
deal better business than he Ia
Fletcher life ami His pup fell IN
my lemonade tub awhile ago, and I'm
gittin even wild hin"-Chicsgo Trib-
une.
The last development Of the fold
ing bed is the white enamel and brsss-
j. necessarily lacks the cumbcrNorns
dimensions Of the desk. the cbifoniss
AID The wardrobe. bat IL has some
thing far bsttsr--elsaniiness aad
health For small cottage homes. OF
for apartments where economy Of space
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