The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
Dry Sweeping All Wrong.


Nor should the housewife Indulge in
what is known as dry sweeping under any
circumstances. 1t Is an inciter OF dust.
and there Is no necessity OF filling the
air with dust. even though II can be hy-
CHEMICALLY removed later on with q moist
dustcloth.
II the house is carpeted. let the house
wife scatter wet bits OF paper about be-
fore beginning to WELD the broom II
rugs constitute the floor coverings, let
them be removed and the floor gone over
with moist mop. Or. first scatter mols-
tened sawdust about and thcn sweep.
Very little dust Will be stirred. and that
little can be removed by means of a moist
ilcient time in which to settle.
But Iyo always understood that by
9gPRg pseele sne ens be
wind sweep through, that the dust Will be
removed from room" some housewife
That Is, indeed. an old tradition. but 1t
is tradition only. IL has no basis in fact;
scientific experiments prove this. 1t was
found that when currents of air. moving
at the rather fast speed OF six feet TO p
second. blew across dust-ladcn surfaces.
the dust was not disturbed an iota as far
as tho naked eye could see. Nontilating
q room so that the mir will be renewed
as often as five times an hour will not
carry OF euY dust Air cannot be changed
! oftener without creating 2 noticeablc
draft When ai- was renewed ten time.
! An hour In a dust-lRden room 1T wos
! learned that only a very little dust was
| ~, llu VI pS SuSu tNtIdotulnaGE NGntl-
| laton.
Indeed the dust students arc agreed
! that any attempt TO remove dust from
room by means OF ventilation normal
! or excessive. transforms the room into n
/ vertable dust converter, since only rare
J ly VIII the fresh all admitted from time
TO time be comparatively free Of dust
I Wet sweeping, the temporarily closed
room, and the moist dustcloth are unit
edly, the only practicable way for the
/ average housewife TO get rid Of air dust
| and Insure neosurably clean as well ms
! fresh air 10 those for whom she lowing
| ly labors, often with misdirected zeal
Little Facts Worth Knowing.
OF course the average housewife is IA
| millar with the old saw IAN ounce of pre-
vcntion Is worth n pound OF cure" She
can do quite q NJ .nber of things 10 kcen
her house air from becoming as dust
laden as 1t sIrely Will IL she does not
! When Il wind is ''kickmg up" great
clouds OF dust, let her close the windows
while tic agitation lasts. 1t win serve
The double purpose OF keeping out a lot
OF nN1ng dust and causing what dust Is
In the room to settle and so be easy to
| remove
Let her train the various members or
Der household 10 sneczc and cough into
their hnndkerchiefs. Then the moisture
resulting from such exertions will not be
sprayed into the air., nor, In the case OF
illness more OF less deadly germs accom-
pony the spray and later become floating
Let her set her foot down on anv of
tho family brushing his or her shoes or
clothing In the house. Dust In It's most
disgusting forms Is brought into living
rooms on shoes and clothing, likewise
swarIns OF germs, and though a son runs
a whisk broom over his coat in the se-
clusion of his own room bacteria never
theless Will escape through the keyhole
and travel from room to room, all over
the house This ie another trait OF dust
that scientists have laboriously discov-
cred.
Let her insist on every member Of the