New-York tribune., 1904-09-18
AUTUMN CLEANING.
Houseycife Tries Scientific Method
and Finds 1t the CnIy Way.

well. now. know what would do II I were a
rich woman what she saying as she
glanced dsconsolately over the torn up rooms with
their curtanIess windows. bare floors. dusty base
boards. shrouded furniture and general sense of
depression and calamity. And az look of inquiry
from her husband. who was patiently arguing BY
means OF q chisel and hammer with stubborn
window that would neither pull down from the top
nor lift up from the bottom. she added: Why. I'D
hire one OF those professional house openers don't
you know-wOmen who engage TO open up every
thing clean everything, get the plumbing inspected
and the heating apparatus OveThauled. even the
beds made and a good dinner all ready TO serve
and eat, down TO vase OF flowers IN the centre
ana all the family has TO do is 20 step IN and tako
possession and pay tho bill It's apt to be a big
one, but think OF tho comfort. the luxury Of the
thingT''
At this iuncture the lower sash OF the window
suddenly gave way. 20 the immense satisfaction OF
paterfRmiias. who remarked. between pants:
why don't you borrow the professional house
openers methodist II she makes a business Of IL
fits probable she does It In the best possible way
And no moved on with hammer and chiseI to win
dow No. 2
Being a wise woman. this was what she con-
cluded 10 do. She remembered having read some
where account OF the process OF autumnaI
house cleaning as It IL conducted by the profess
sional and. unlocking her desk. she hshed il out
from a draw yver full of cuttings.
Now. John" she said in a voice full Of resolu-
ton and self-cOnhdence after perUsing the printed
slip for & few minutes don't you fuss over these
downstairs windows any longer. but Just open the
slEyiight and all the bedroom windows you can and
then let's have some tea and go TO a roof garden
Tomorrow I'm going to begin to clean house scier-
uhcally, with the least possible Inconvenience to
You and the children Painless dentistry, you
knOH-patient really enjoys tr'
WHEN SHE BEGINS.
Next morning found her up bright and early With
her ono maid by the time breakfast was an
n0unced-a comfortable enough neal even il eaten
or a bare table. in the deserted dining room with
kitchen crockeTy and kitchen forks and spoons
tho cotton batting had been pulled out of all the
windows. where IL had been stuffed to keep dust
from sitting through the ohinls and crevices The
handy man. three blocks away had been notified by
postal card the night previous. The sanitary ex-
perts the steam heater man and the various trades
people were summoned by paterfamilias on hts
way downtown. and everything was IN trim for
tie opening Of the assault upon dust and disorder
Tho living room was the first 20 be attacked so
as 10 insure at least one oasis OF comfort IN va
csscrt by night First II was made broom Glenn.
then the door was washed rapidly with hot sndS
and. lastly, With ammonia water in the Droportion
OF tablespoonful Of ammonia 20 a Ou,rt ~ vratcr
yard or would be washed AT n t,,,s 4ho,, tts
cloth wrung out in clear water the obSct neDs- 70
keep the ammonia water clean % en- yas+ 7~no,
The spot WOULD be wiped with the cIotb ,,r,,De ss
dry possible.
Before Annie. tho maid. cleares M, eoor no-
mistress a fresh duster enveloDin h.r ,'o.t 80
had busted from the summit OF a s.enlssler tss