Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-03-25
CLEAN UP NECESSARY
ANNUAL TURNOVER AN IMPoR
TANT OCCASION.
n Only to Get Rid Of Useless Odds
and Ends the Time Devoted
to Furnishing Is Well.
Spent.

Spent.
There is nothing in connection with
household economies that is of more
Importance than sanitation and venti.
lation.
Housekeepers in the city scorn the
country woman's custom Of a general
upheaval every spring and fall, but q
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
Of charwoman, are not really suf-
ficient. 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 semf-annual cleaning
seems to give the impetus necessary
to get at them. ,,..l, -
1t is mistake to hoard .halfworn
things. Convenience Is so often sacri-
feed to sentiment. Mother hates to
part with Willie's first pair of trousers,
or the cunning little pinafore that be-
longed to Mary James baby; but these
things take up space-often where
space is at premium. ..,.
Where house or an apartment has
been closed in the summer time, gen.
eral renovation is a necessity. When
housekeeping is pursued systematic
ally-if the term may be applied to
anything in itself so disrupting-half
the labor Of 1t is eliminated. But it Is
unwise to leave the work entirely in
the hands of a servant If 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 wom-
large house, with several servants, but
she always takes an active interest in
domestic affairs. Never by any chance
does she permit spring and fall to
pass without the housekeeping the
country woman believes in. Incident
ally, 1t is interesting to. note-al-
though it is not wholly relevant-that
there has not been q 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. By this method not only are
flies, mosquitoes and reaches destroy
ed, but possibilities of disease from
other sources are materially lessened.
1t is a precaution that Is we'll worth
the trouble. "
Now begins the real process of
cleaning-the drudgery. The place is
swept first with broom; and then
with 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, damp
cloth.
Parafine has other uses than for
covering jams and jellies. A thin
coating of parafine over cheese will
keep it in perfect condition through
any number Of hot days, and will also
prevent it's shrinkage.
II farmers were to coat the inside Of
the wooden tubs for butter with par
afflne, 1t would prevent the contents
from absorbing the wood-taste that is
so often noticed even in the best Of
butter. -
For all purposes paraffine should be
melted and applied to a cold surface.
Eggs, coated with 1t are preserved
longer than by any other method. Par
afine is acid proof, so that If the cork
Of bottles containing acids or other
strong chemicals are soaked in hot
paraffine the contents Will not AFFECT
them. A small piece OF will be
found quite as useful as beeswax in
cleaning flatirons or waxing thread.