Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-05-25
SSst 70 4. !. 1883 -
SPRING HOUSEKEEPING,
Many Useful Hints For Those Who Contem-
plate This Important Event.

Many Useful Hints For Those Who Contem-
plate This Important Event.
When spring renovating is contem-
plated, commence at the top of the house
and work down to the bottom. The first
onset should be the spare room. Clean
out the CRATE if there has been fire in
it. With your oldest dustpan take out
the loose SCOT which has collected dur
ing the blowy days in winter. The next
move should be for the closet. Empty
out every article, wash the shelves and
dust the walls. Then put it in order.
The winter clothes pack away. Follow
ing this clean out the bureau drawers
and into them deposit all the fxings of
the dressing table, scarfs, pincushions,
etc., which the dirt and dust will affect.
Turn your next attention to the heavy
curtains and portieres After shaking
them carefully fold them, and between
each fold place some tar balls of cam
phor. Wrap them in newspapers and
give them a place on the shelf which
has just been cleaned. With clean COT
ton cloth wipe down your walls; dust
well your pictures. If the carpet needs
renovating, send it to the cleaners. If
not, sweep it vigorously with salt.
When the dust is disposed of, begin
with the furniture, which should first
be rubbed with silk cloth and after
ward polished. If it is mahogany, there
is preparation which comes for the
purpose. If walnut or ash, kerosene can
be used sparingly with a wooden rag.
This will extract the dirt and dust and
remove all marks. Remove your inside
curtains and in their place put up green
linen shades. If your chairs are uphol-
stored, cover them with striped linen,
bound with a gay binding Always lot
your rooms look cool and airy during
spring and summer. Empty every
trunk and gripsack. Remove all sum-
mer clothes which have been packed
away for six months and in their stead
fold carefully your winter costumes,
which should be brushed well. In every
trunk use a good quantity Of tar cam
phor: When packed, place over the top
a clean cloth, list Of it's contents.
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lance be unceasing. The place most
dreaded is the kitchen, which should be
superintendent by the mistress at this
season Of the year.
The first point to be gained is the
kitchen closet, that ''opening'' which
collects everything useless or, useful in
one season. Every article should be
taken out and all the shelves washed.
Narrow o;lcloth for shelves can be pur-
chased at any household store for 10
cents yard. If the walls are painted,
strong soapsuds and sponge will cleanse
them nicely. The dresses, which to all
women are an ambition, should be
cleaned and the narrow oilcloth will do
admirably there.
Now, the floor Of the kitchen is a
problem. Oilcloths are desirable if Of
the best quality, but linoleum is better.
Rag carpets are good if the house wom-
an does her own work, but for servants
the painted or stained floor or the floor
pure and simple is the best. Now comes
the cellar, that dark hole which in
housekeeping is very important. Clear
it out and bring in the calcininer. Let
him give it a good coat of whitewash,
which is not only a cleanser, but dis
infectant, according to writer in the
New York Herald, the authority for the
foregoing.