New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
WHEN ONE GOES A-MOVING
HINTS FOR PREPARATION IN THE OLD
HOUSE AND THE TRANSFERRENCE
OF THE FAMILY GOODS
INTO THE NEW.
INTO THE NEW.

The old days have passed when the annuai
hegira called moving day. was much an es-
tablished custom with unstable New-Yorkers as
Thanksgiving and Fourth of July, but the fact re-
mains that the best choice of houses and fine apart
ments can be had in the spring. and that not only
their landlords but tenants usually prefer leases
bearing the date May l. With persons who rent
smaller apartments. on the contrary. II is hecon-
ing more and more the custom store the house
hold effects during the summer months while thelr
families are at seaside and mountain and select
their winter abiding places upon their return Ihe
absence of the outward and visible sign of IN
ward and awful upheavals evidenced In the un-
handsome heaps of household lares and penates
which were Of old trundled through the streets in
open drays on May Day has done much to rob the
season OF it's character. The gayly painted nova
BILE storehouses called vans that have taken their
places have a festive appearance out of keeping
with the real nature Of the occasion.
Like circumstances of life, under favorape
conditions and with wise planning, moving need
be the bette noir II is painted In fact, there
housekeepers who openly profess prefer 1t to
housecleaning. Perhaps the most desirable of all
conditions is plenty of time for redecoratng ana
cleaning the house before the arrival there of
the goods. and woe betide the family that has to
undergo these operations after getting in If
the house has been unoccupied for time fires
| should be kept for a couple of days before the
moving and all the drains and waste pipes in the
house should be flushed thoroughly with hot water
and disinfectants.
With sufficient help there is no need of begin
ming ostcntatious preparations for the ordeal weeks
! beforehand, and keeping the family in state of
! unrest in the mean time The living room in the
old house. indeed be kept in reasonable state
of homelike comfort until the very morning of de-
parture although time and confusion later will be
! saved if all the carpets to the cleaner in
| time to have them returned and laid in the new
| home before the entrance of the other furniture.
II the new house is not to be redecorated. corps
of cleaners should be employed to finish the work
! before moving day and before the carpets are put
down. The shades. too be put up for
the more accomplished beforehand the shorter will
| be the period of confusion. For the packing Of
| china, glass and bric-a-brac. professional packers
should be employed. Regarding the care of pict-
ures and mirrors 1t will be well to have talk
| with the superintendent of the moving company.
| because some advise leaving frames uncovered so
| handling. and may better Judge of their proper
| treatment. Padded and neavy wrapplngs
will be supplied by the van men for such articles.
| The most important safeguard in all the prepara-
| tons is, by the way, the selection of reliable
company to do the work and it is well, especially
In hurried time. to have II understood that moth
| Ing but covered vans shall be employed for the
| work
| All the kitchen utensils and dishes should be
their various degrees of fragility For the removal
| of the contents of linen Closets and storerooms
| each room is kept separate and marked plainly
with the room for which II is intended much future
| labor will be saved. Window draperies. hangings
and portieres will not OF course. be put up again
until fall, and these should be packed away secure
| from dust and moths. 1t is we'll TO protect the
| backs arms and legs OF the choicest chairs and
| with burlap. for although all sorts OF promises
| may be made by the transporting company re-
garding their safe carriage. markings and scratches
| TO be found unless this is done.
| Some thought is due the laborers who carry the