Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-12-27
HYelfNIc HOUSE CLEANING.
n shouId All ne Done with Damp
wop and soft CLOTHS 20 Avoid
the Dust.

According 20 the most advanced hy-
gienic theories alarming diseases are
literally thrown at the unsuspecting
heads OF every individual member Of
family whose domesticity IL dis
turbed by a Pronounced tendency for
sweeping. Ard this because the erst-
while innocent bHt now condemned
broom stirs up dust and flls the at
mdsphere with matter 70 which, in all
probability, germs" are clinging. To
scatter these germs broadcast over
furniture IL bad enough, but more dan
gerous is IL TO distribute them over
pictures and walls, whore they secreto
themselves with malicious intent.
This is not TO achieve that cleanliness
which is next to godllnsss, but rather
10 spread evil in the home.
And let not the housewife fondly
Imagine because she vigorously applies
her broom on the carpet that she is
getting out the dirt. even II che has
at one end Of the room the acoumu-
lated dirt-enongh, perhaps, 20 al her
dust pan. This proof Of the pudding"
10 no proof at all, though she has al
ways at the end Of her labor been
wont 70 regard the pile with trsmsn-
dous satisfaction. That was because
she was merely an energetic house
wife and not scientist and did not
know that while she was welding her
broom she was doing two reprshensi-
bic thinRs-ons, rubbing down through
the carpet with every stroke twice az
much dirt Gstwas visible on the sur
face. and the other, waiting upward
in air currents germ-tainted hoccu-
lent dust.
The only proper way 20 clean = car
pet II to have II taken up once a week
and beaten out of doors. But this
would increase the labors of house
cleaning, and dismay even that ener-
getic type Of housewife who delights
in perpetual cleaning, 20 the terror
and discomfort Of the masculine sex.
As an expediont, therefore, and q
substitute for the broom, the carpet
sweeper is permitted, according to hy-
gisnic law. This modern improvement
is scorned by many housewives, but II
now oehoovss them 10 learn It's worth.
Rubbed gently over the carpet IL raises
no germ-tainted. hocculent dust, but
picks up and throws into q receiving
chamber all the dirt, thereby sohlev-
ing q general cleanliness beyond the
power Of the broom, says a domestic
exchange.
Along with the broo is condemned
the "despieabls feather duster" which
many women swish over walls and fur
niture under the mistaken Impression
that they are removing duAt. Hun
dredb Of housewives are loyal 20 the
feather dustsr, whom IL seems as II "a
the simplest mind the fact would be
apparent that the feather dustsr
merely seatters the dust
To be strictly hygisnic and up 70
date, all the cleaning Of . house
should be done with a damp mop and
soft cloths. Carpets should be ban
ished along with the broom and feath.
er duster, and on the oil-hniShed hoorr
should be rugs that can be easily re-
moved and beaten out Of doors. Rooms
cleaned with a mop are never hlled
with clouds OF dust settling down
again in hooks and corners, and the
mop does It's work on the floor thor.
oughly. The furniture Of the room
should then be carefully wiped with
soft cloths, which take up every yes.
tige Of dust blown in from the outside
and thus the room Is purified and
made hygienieally clean.