Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-01-02
CLEAN UP NECESSARY
ANNUAL TURNOVER AN IMPoR.
TANT OCCASION.
N Only to Get Rid OF Useless ODDS
and Ends the Time Devoted
20 Furnishing is Well.
Spent.

There is nothing in connection with
household economies that is OF more
Importance than sanitation and venti-
lation.
Housekeepers I'm the city scorn the
country woman's custom OF general
upheavai every spring and y but
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 service2
Of a charwoman. are nor really sui
ficient. because ar best they are never
altogether thorough Then. too. we
an know how rapidly useless things
clutter up place Nothing short OF
the regulation semiannual cleaning
seems 60 give the impetus necessary
70 get a. them.
II is a mistake 20 hoard half-worn
things. Convenience is so often sacri-
feed 20 sentiment Mother hates to
part with Wnle's first pair Of trousers.
or the cunning little pinafore that be
longed 20 Mary James baby; but these
things take up space-often where
space rs at q premium.
Where a house or an apartment has
been closed in the summer time, gen.
eral renovation is a necessity. When
house-cleaning is pursued systematic
ally-if the term may be applied 70
anything in itself SO disrupting-half
the labor Of 20 is eliminated But 70 is
unwise 90 leave rhc work entirely in
'he hands Of a servant n The careful
housewife does not. as many OF them
do put ON cap and apron. she az
least supcrvises the process.
This is the way in which one WON
am 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 fan TO
pass without the house-cleaninE the
country woman believes in. Incident
ally it Is interesting 10 note-al-
though 50 IS not wholly relevant-that
there has not been 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 arc
flies. mosquitoes and reaches destroy
cd. but possibilities OF disease from
other sources are materially lessened.
10 is q precaution that is well worth
the trouble
Now begins the real process OF
cleaning-thc drudgery. The place is
swept first with broom. and then
with a dry mop slightly damponed in
ammonia water When the little dust
that reraains has settled All wood sur
faces are gene over with a soft. damp
clolh
"a. uBno has other uses than for
covering jams aud iellies. A thin
coating of paraflnr over cheese will
keep il in perfect condition through
any number of hot days, and viii also
prevent IT'S shrinkase
II farmers were 90 coat the inside OF
the wooden tabs for butter with par
amne, 20 would prevent the contents
from absorbing the wood-taste that is
SO often noticed even in the best of
butter
For all purposes parafiine should be
melted and applied 90 a cold surface
Eggs. coated with 10 are preserved
longer than by any other method Par
afiine is acid proof. so that n the cork
OF bottles containing acids or other
strong chemicals are soaked In hot
parahine the contents will not affect
them A small piece Of il will be
found quite as useful as beeswax in
cleaning hauron- or waxing thread.