The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-05-10
SPRING HOUSECLEANlN0.
Some Practices In the Work Which should
He Condemned.

Be Condemned.
BY popular custom housekeeping Is
postponed in the spring till after the
winter fires are put out. On most sea-
sons this is too late. Every house
after the long shut-in period Of winter
needs a thorough recognizing and
special cleaning. This should be done
before warm days. and ought to be
commenced as early as the middle Of
April, or as soon as the windows can
be kept freely open while the rooms
are being cleaned. Fires ought to be
continued some time after houseclcan-
ing to thoroughly dry out the house,
even if the weather is so warm that
windows must be kept open for com.
fort. IL is seldom safe 10 do away with
winter fires before the middle OF May in
this locality, unless the living.
rooms Of the family are provided
with f~replaces for use during the
spring and fall months. The common
practice Of cleaning house. scrubbinR
paint and floors, hastily replacing car.
pets without fires to dry out the house,
is to be strongly condemned. 1t is an
lnNltdtlOn w tliuShhiN IN - - "a
d~isconforts that come in their train.
The sensible housekeeper begins by
cleansing her garrett and then looks
over the cellar, and sees that both the
cellar and all buildings near the house
are thoroughly cleanscd and white
washed before the general cleaning OF
the tliving apartments OF the house.
All closets and stowaway places are
next attacked. and every place where
moth or buffalo bug may Turk must be
looked over. The bedsteads must be
taken apart and busted and filled
with Persian insect powder. mere
lv as a precautionary measure.
This work should be done as
| early as possibles in April. as during
this month all.insect life r~evives. and is
Matched out for the season. If precau-
tons are taken TO rid the house Of
pests Of this kind thus early in the sea-
SON. there will be little trouble after
ward. A month later the buffalo bug
has gone into u papa state, and has &C.
complished all the mischief he is like
ly to 10 for the season. and other in
sects have become abundant enough TO
offer a formidable resistance to ordi'
nary methods OF determination.
If this preliminary cleaning is done
thoroughly and other rooms OF the
house are cleaned, one by one, rs II is
convenient. housekeeping need not be
the affection II so often Is. II is true,
where there is a large amount OF whit
ny and painting. it is often necessary
to tear up several rooms at once
in order 10 have the work done at q
cheaper price by the job. but. except
where this is the case, IL is far better
to do one. or at most two rooms, a.
once. and settle these completely be
fore going further. II Is true that car
pet-cleancrs like TO have a large amount
Of work at once, but they do theil
work by the yard, so IL is just as chcal
70 have the carpets cleaned by thu
room instead of by the house. as 81
often done. The first method can b
put in force without any break in thu
regular family life. and those who arr
not Immediately interested in the worl
will hardly realize what has been &C
complished, except by the result. Th'
other method intcrfercs more or les
with the comfort Of every member o
household. and has brought the season
Of housekeeping under the just bar
OF MANN. Y. Tribune.