Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-09
CLEAN UP NECESSARY
ANNUAL TURNOVER AN lmPoR.
TANT OCCASION.
" Only to Get Rid of Useless odds
and Ends the Time Devoted
to Furbiohins Is 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 a general
upheaval every spring and fall, but a
little thought convinces that the coun.
Try woman has the right OF It. The
housemaid's daily efforts, even where
they are supplemented by the services
or a charwoman, are not really sut.
lcient, because at best they are never
altogether thorough. Then, too, we
all know how rapidly useless things
clutter up" a place. Nothing short of
the regulation semi.annual cleaning
seems to give the impetus necessary
to get at them.
Ii is a mistake to hoard halE-worn
things. Convenience L. so often sacri-
need To sentiment. Mother hates to
part with Willic's hrst pair OF trousers,
or the cunning little ~pinafore that be.
longcd to Mary James baby; but these
things take UP space-often where
space Is at n premium.
Where a house or an apartment has
been closed in the summer time, gen.
eral renovation Is n necessity. When
housekeeping is pursued systematic.
ally-if the term may be applied to
anything in itself so disrupting-hali
the labor Of II is eliminated. But 1t Is
unwise TO leave the work entirely in
the hands of a eryant. IL the careful
housewife does not, as many of them
do, put on cap and apron, she at
least supervises the process.
This is the way in which one won,.
an achieves sanitation. Hers Is Il
large house, with several servants. but
she always takes an active interest in
domestic affairs. Never by any chance
does she permit spring n fall to
pass without the housekeeping the
country woman believes in. Incident
ally. 1t Is interesting to note-al-
though II is not wholly relevant-that
there has not been n case of illness in
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 open. and the house
Is aired. Ply this method not only are
flies. mosquitoes and reaches destroy
ed, but possibilities OF disease from
other sources are materially lessened.
It is a pTecaution that Is we'll worth
the trouble.
Now begins the real process of
cleaning-the drudgery. The place is
swept first with n broom, and then
with a dry mop slightly dampened In
ammonia water. When the little dust
that remains has settled all wood sur,
faces are gone over with a soft. damn
cloth.
ParafRne has other uses than fol
covering jams and %jellies. a thir
coating of parafine over cheese will
keep II in perfect condition through
any number Of hot days. and will alsC
prevent It's shrinkage.
II farmers were. to coat the inside o
the wooden tubs for butter with par
atIinc, II would prevent the contents
from absorbing the wood-taste that !
so often noticed even In the best Q
butter.
For all purposes paraflne should b
melted and applied to a cold surface
Eggs, coated with It are preserve
longer than by any other method. Pa
afTlnc IL acid proof, so that II the COZ
Of bottles containing acids or othC
strong chemicals arc soaked In he
paraffine the contents will not affec
them. A small piece OF It will l.
found quite as useful n bceswax IL
cleaning natirons or waxing thread.