The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-26

any longer, but the leading tailors say
they are making few, if any, cloth
waists to match the skirts, that the
skirt and coat alike are to have a sep
arate silk waist, just as last year.
| According to long established tradi-
ton house cleaning is imperfectlys done
if comfort is permitted a foothold in the
house during the period Of cleaning.
The tradition is utterly and absurdly
wrong. The new" home-maker-she
was evolved from 4 college girl-has
proved it SO. She has discovered that
the spring rites to the goddess of clean
Illness may be offered with much sys-
tenn and little upheava!.
| The wise housekeeper cleans from the
top toward the bottom. If the lower
rooms are cleaned first, they will be
more or less soiled later with the dust
from the upper regions, which has an
unpleasant habit of sitting through
closed doors. The garnet is the first
part of the house which should receive
attention
According to the same principle, CELL
1rgs and walls should be the first part
or each room to be renovated. It re
quires only a little common sense to see
that the kalsomining OF a ceiling after
carpets have been laid or floors polished
is apt to be disastrous to the carpets or
/ floors.
| Those parts of the house which are
USED as storeroomS, such as attics and
cellars, require particular attention
They need more soap and water. more
quicklime and more busting than the
rest of the house to counteract the effect
OF lack of air and sunlight throughout
the year. When the garnet is TO be
cleaned, therefore, the hygienic house
wife removes, if possible everything
| from the room. Garments should be
shaken vigorously in the air and hung
cut in the sunlight. Chests should be
| carried into the yard and busted out
with a cloth dampened in a mild solu-
ton of carbolic acid. They should then
be exposed to the sunlight until they are
perfectly dry AS much as possible OF
the clothing should be disposed of and
that which remains should be wrapped
in paper and returned to the chests
The lid of each chest should have pasted
or tackled inside a list of it's contents.
While the contents of the garnet are
being freshened in the back yard or on
the roof the storeroom itself should be
thoroughly cleaned. If it is plastered
a coat of whitewash will do wonders
toward clearing the atmosphere. If ii
is merely lathed, the lathes should be
swept and busted with a cloth wruns
out in solution of carbolic acid. The
floor should be treated in the same
] yx-b ha !.
contents should be returned to it and
placed as neatly as is possible in a well
regulated attic.
| The bedrooms, which should be taken
in order and not all at once, should be
examined for useless or decrepit furni-
ture. The former should be disposed OF
in whatever way the thrift of the owner
may decide. The disabled furniture
| should be sent to a repairer's.
| If carpets are used in the bedroom
which is something hygienists forbid
they should be taken up and not cleaned
on the floor. They may be sent to the
renovating establishment or restored
to their original state at home. A thor
ough shaking and beating prepares
them for the removal of stains. Grease
| spots may be removed by chloroform
An ldfashioned but effective method
| OF cleaning an entire carpet which has
grown dingy is to spread it on the floor
sprinkle it with pared and grated raw
potatoes, and to rub these over it with
a stiff new broom. When the potatoes
are removed the carpet should be al
lowed to dry thoroughly.
blessing to many persons in one of
our smaller cities is a trained nurse,
| who is going to try the experiment OF
taking charge of more than one patient
at a time. To one she will go for an
hour in the morning and make her COM
| Portable for the day, and return for the
same length of time at night. In sur
/ gical cases she will go to dress the
wounds as often as required. She will
| III this way relieve many families and
friends worn out with care-taking who
could not afford her continuous services
!
| When dry mustard is used to season
a salad, measure it exactly and mix it
with the salt used. This will prevent it
from Jumping, as it has a tendency to
do when added alone.
| A delicious dessert for a dinner or a
sweet dish for luncheon is made from
grated pineapple prepared in the fol-
| lowing way: After grating, drain the
| fruit by spreading it out on a sieve.
Beat the whites of three eggs to a froth,
and add to them gradually three table
spoonfuls of powdered sugar; beat until
stiff; then flavor with a teaspoonful Of
good sherry and a tablespoonful of Or
| i,,ioa int of n
stir or fold it little at time into the
egg and sugar mixture. Add the grated
pineapple a little at a time and care
| fully, and serve in punch glasses or GUS
tard-cups with fresh T4acaroons. Serve
very cold.
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