The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-03
A CLEAN SWEEP.
The Only Way to Free II Room of
Dust With Broom Covers and
Cloths.


To properly pi pare a room for sweep
ing is as distinct an art in itself as to
sweep it afterwards. First provide your
self with several covers and busters. a
good stiff broom. a small switch broom,
a dust-pan and a large box, or a new
coal scuttle in which to put the refuse.
First have the right sort of busters
and covers; the best are made of very
cheap calico. Make each cover OF three
breadths of calico, cut trifie over three
yards long; sew them together and put
a hem an inch wide on either end. Do
not use them until they have been
washed and ironed. Make the busters
about a yard long of one breadth of the
calico and hem them at each end. These
YMith proper care, ought to last Tor
years.
Carefully dust each piece of furniture
in the room that is light enough TO
move out into the hall or adjoining room.
open the window and shake out your
durter very often. Hold it well out of
the window so that the dust may not
blow back, for in dust we find our great
est 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 washington nothing is so
absolutely detestable as soiled ornaments
of any kind. If you have small draperies
Of any kind, shake them thoroughly out
Of the window and fold them and put
them in a. drawer or out of the room en-
tirely. Next take the mattresses off the
bed-you viii previously have folded and
taken out all the bedclothes-and carry
them into the air and give them a thor
0ugh brushing. Dust the springs and
wash the Stats Then put all back and
cover the mattress with one Of your
large covers. Any little thing that you
have not been able to put elsewhere can
be then laid there. When you have put
all that you choose upon the bed, then
cover thoroughly again. Protect the
lounge. large bureau and open bookcase
full Of books in the same way.
If you have curtains shake them as
well as you can still hanging from the
roies, push teen back and lift and pin zip
onto themselves, so as to keep them free
from the aopr.
Then open ali your windows, move out
tie bits Of heavy furniture that stand
against the walls, and first brush where
they have been standing. If there is a
fireplace in the room, see that ii 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 a coed deal of
the dust, and il is a good place to get
1t all entirely 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 dis
posed of the dust. sweep the room care
fully q second time. The tea leaves, ie
used at all, should be thrown on the
floor before the first sweeping. 1t is not
necessary, however, to use anything ex-
cept = good broom and steady applica-
ton 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
zof, open all the windows and leave the
<xaom open for at least half an hour
g&ez go in with a long feather buster