The Cairo bulletin., 1908-12-19
CLEAN UP NECESSARY
ANNUAL TURNOVER AN lMPoR.
TANT OCCASION.
II Only 10 Get Rid OF Useless Odds
and Ends the Time Devoted
TO Furbishlng 10 Well.
Spent.

There is nothing In connection with
household economies that is OF more
importance than sanitation and yenti-
| lation.
| Housekeepers In the city scorn the
country woman's custom OF general
| upheaval every spring and fall, but q
| little thought convinces that the coun.
| try woman has the right OF II. The
| housemaid's daily efforts, even where
they are supplemented by the servlces
OF q charwoman. are not really SUI
| fcient, because at best they are never
altogether thorough Then, too. we
all know how rapidly useless things
clutter up" place. Nothing short OF
the regulation semi-annual cleaning
seems to give the impetus necessary
to get at them.
II is mistake TO hoard half-worn
things. Convenience is so often sacri.
feed to sentiment Mother hates TO
part with Willies frat pair OF trousers,
or the cunning little pinafore that be-
longed 10 Mary James baby; but these
things take up space-often where
space Ia at premium. III
Where house or an apartment mas
been closed In the summer time, gen
eral renovation is necessity When
housekeeping is pursued systematic
allv-if the term may be applied 70
ANYTHING in itself so disrupting- hair
the labor OF 1t is eliminated. But IT Is
unwise TO leave the work entirely In
the hands OF a servant II the careful
housewife does not, as many OF them
do put on cap and apron, she al
least supervises the process.
This is the way in which one wom-
an achieves sanitation. Hers is
large house, with several servants, but
she always takes an active interest IN
domestic affairs Never by any chance
does she permit spring and fan 10
pass without the houae-cleaning the
country woman believes in. Incident
ally, ii is interesting TO note-al'
though 1t is not wholly reIevant-that
there has not been case OF illness III
the house for several years.
In the beginning. boxes and trunks
are looked after Everything not OF
recognizable value is disposed OF. Each
room is subjected to a thorough fumi-
CATION. The following morning win
dows are thrown opSS. and the house
liz aired By this method not only are
afes. MOSQUITOES and reaches destroy;
ed. but possibilities of disease IRON
other sources are materially lessened;
| Il is a preeautIon that is we'll worth
| the trouble
Now begins the real process OF
WIN airy nuIf shentiy dampened in
ammonia water When the little dust
that remains has settled all wood sur
faces are gone over with = soft, damp
cloth.
Paraffine has other uses than for
covering Jams and iellies. A thin
coating OF parafiine over cheese will
keep 1t in perfect condition through
any number of hot days. and will also
prevent its shrinkage
II farmers We're to coat the inside OF
the wooden tubs for butter with par
affine Il would prevent the contents
from absorbing the wood-taste that is
so often noticed even in the best of
butter
For all purposes paraff1ne should be
melted and applied to a cold surface.
Eggs coated with it are preserved
longer than by any other method. Par
attine Is acid proof. SO that II the cork
of bottles containing acids or other
strong chemicals are soaked in hot
parafflne the contents will not affect
Them. A small piece OF II will be
found quite as useful as beeswax in |
cleaning hatirons or waxing thread. |