The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-01-16
CLEAN UP NECESSARY
ANNUAL TURNOVER AN IMPoR-
TANT OCCASION.
Il Only to Get Rid of Useless Odds
and Ends the Time Devoted
to Furnishing 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 conyinces that the coun-
try woman has the right of it. The
housemaid's daily efforts, even where
they are supplemented by the service2
of a charwoman, are not really suf-
fcient, 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.
1t is a mistake to hoard half-worn
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 9 premium.
Where a 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 it is eliminated. But 1t 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 n WON
an achieves sanitation. Hers is a
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, it is interesting to note-al'
though It is not wholly relevant-that
there has not been a 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
ai. but possibilities of disease from
other sources are materially lessened
II is a ~precaution that is well wortf
the trouble,
Now begins the real process o
cleaning-the drudgery. The place Il
swept first with a broom. and theI
with a dry mop slightly dampened IL
ammonia water. When the little dus
that remains has settled all wood sur
faces are gone over with a soft, dam
cloth.
Parafine has other uses than TO
covering jams and jellies. A thii
coating of parafine over cheese will
keep it in perfect condition through
any number Of hot days, and Will ais
prevent its %shrinkage.
II farmers were to coat the inside o
the wooden tubs for butter with PAL
amne. it would prevent the content
from absorbing the wood-taste that
SO often noticed wen in the best o
butter.
For all purposes parafine should b
maIted and annlied TO a cold surface
Eggs, coated with 1t are preserve
longer than by any other method. Pa
afine is acid proof, so that If the cor
of bottles containing acids or othe
strong chemicals are soaked in he
parafine the contents will not affec
them. A small piece Of it will b
found quite as useful as beeswax
cleaning flatirons or waxing thread.