The Washington times., 1895-06-02

I'll they have been washed aud ironed
Make the busters about a yard long of one
breadth OF the calico and hem them at
each end. Theses with proper care, ought
to last for years.
Carefully dust each piece Of furniture
In the room, that is fight enough to move
ont iato the hall or ddJolDing room. open
the windowsShnd shake out your duster
very Often. Hold 1t well out of the win
dow So that the dust may not blow back,
for In dust we find our greatest enemies
to health. When You have taken out all
the chairs, then begin with the ornaments.
If they are OF china or glass look them over
carefully to see if they need washing
for nothing is so absolutely detestable as
sOiled ornaments of any kind. II you have
small draperles OF any kind, shake them
thoroughly out Of the window, aud fold
them and put them 10 Ora wer or out of
the room entirely. Next take the mat
tresscs off the bed-yOu viii! previously
have folded and taken ont all the bed
clothing-aud carry them into the air and
give them thorough brushing. Dust the
springs and wash the stats. Then put all
I back, and cover the mattress with one of
your large covers Any little things that
you have not been able TO put else where
can be then laid there. When yoH have
put all that you choose upon the bed, then
coverthoroughlyagaiu Protect the lounge,
books in the same way.
If you have curtains shake them as well
as you can, still hanging from the poles,
push them back and lift and pin up onto
themselves, SO as to keep them free from
the floor.
Then open all your windows, move out
the bits OF heavy furniture that stand
against the walls, and first brush where
they have been standing. If there is fire.
place III the room see that it is thoroughly
clean and all the ashes taken up before
You begin TO dust at all. The reasons for
this are two-the draft up the chimney
will take up good deal of the dust, and
it is convenient place TO get it all en-
tirely off the carpet where it can be
readily taken up in the dust-pan and put
into the coal scuttle and taken away and
burned. When you have disposed of the
dust, sweep the room carefully a second
time. The tea leaves, if used at all, should
be thrown on the floor before the first
sweeping. 1t is not necessary, however,
to use anything except a good broom and
a steady application of "elbow grease
which, by the way, is an emollient that
seems to be going out of fashion. Then
when all the dust of the second sweeping
is disposed of, open all the windows, and
leave the room open for at least half an
hour. Then go in with long feather
duster and veIy carefully sweep down the
walls. II carefully done the dust upon
them will fall gently on the mop board,
where it is easily wiped up with cloth
Then stand on step-ladder and dust the
top of every window and every window
pole, every door top and the tops of all the
pictures and as far behind them as you can
reach. Shake your duster often, far out
of the window 'ii
Have tin pail of the kind and size made
for the use of the housemaid, and with a
clean soft cloth wipe off first all the
mirrors, then the glass over the pictures,
and then wash up the floors of the closets
If they are not carpeted, which they very
seldom are. Last Of all wash up the
hearth. If you have CRATE it should
have been blacked before dusting the
room in readiness for your sweeping. Now
you are ready to bring in the furniture
that you have taken out. and restore their
general belongings to their usual posi-
tion.
When you first go into the room, after
leaving the dust to Settle, shake each cur
tain out of the window as far as you can
do so. Curtains, If washable, should be
often laundered, and none other should
ever, under any circumstances whatever,
be used in bedroom. They hold dust
which may be full OF all sorts of microbes.
In sweeping any other room than bed
room the very same rules should be OBJ
served. In all cases, if there are rugs on
the floors, either small oues over the car
pets, or large ones laid upon the bare
floors, they should be lifted and taken out
of the room aud beaterin the yard, if in
the country, or city house where there
is one, or upon the top of the house where
one is SO unfortunate as to have no other
place. Sweeping need not be made the
mess that it is if these rules or this plan
is followed K B. FOOTE