Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-21
KEEP KITCHEN CLEAN
IN NO ROOM IS CLUTTER AND
DUST MORE UNSANITARY.
Should Be Times for Each CLEANING
Process Besides Ordinary Daily
Cieaning-Utensils Should Be
Kept Immediately Clean.

The thought of an untidy kitchen
is abhorrent to the good housekeeper.
The trouble lies with being more able
to spot dirt and scold about it than
to give rules for its prevention.
When a new maid arrives the mis-
tress should tell her explicitly how
she likes the work managed, instead
of saying, Il expect your kitchen to be
spotless!"
There should be times for each
cleaning process, besides the ordinary
daily cleaning up. Every girl should
be made to sweep up the kitchen floor
at least once day. preferably after
each meal, to wash OF tabletops and
sink after every dish-washing time
and to dust thoroughly each morning.
In no room Of the house is clutter
and dust more unsanitary, yet little
attention is often paid to systematic
fighting of it. Sometimes this Is due
to lack of provision. Every kitchen
should be equipped with a broom, roll
er. brush and pan, dustless busters.
and scrub cloths of Its own.
Many cooks will wipe up kitchen
table with the same cloth used for the
floor, or worse yet, with the dish
cloth. For this reason have sets Of
cloths distinct in color, for each op-
GRAFTON and there Is no excuse for
mixing them. The same holds good
of brushes; there should be sink
brush, another for vegetables, a third
for table tops and a fourth for floors.
Also have mops of different size and
thickness to use on pots, pans and
bottles.
The care of a kitchen floor depends
upon the material with which it is
covered. II there is good quality of
linoleum on 1t work is simpliled. as
beyond daily brushing up 1t will only
need semiweekly scrubbing with
skim milk. Never use soap on limo
leum. To brighten rub with cloth
wet In linseed oil after the floor has
been washed up and well dried.
A bare floor is liked by some be-
cause 1t can be scrubbed hard with
soap and water. II tablespoonful of
kerosene is added to the pail Of wa
ter the scrubbing will be more quick
~ done. Where the water is hard 1t
should be softened with borax or am
monia.
A vanished floor can be cleaned
more easily If sprinkled with coarse
salt, which is allowed to stand for a
few minutes then brushed up with a
soft broom.
Tile floors should be washed up
with water, then rinsed with skim
milk. An occasional treatment of lin
seed oil will keep luster in the tiles.
Keep three white barred muslin cur
tains for each kitchen window for
frequent changes. Have windows
cleaned inside and out once a week.
Do not use soap. A tablespoonful of
ammonia to a gallon of hot water will
give quick polish. Use two cloths
and finish with channels or tissue pa
per.
Utensils must be kept polished. For
copper use soap applied with a damp
cloth, then sprinkle thickly with
borax. If you have no regular copper
polish. Brass can be cleaned by be-
ing moistened with kerosene then
rubbed with paste Of powdered
chalk and lemon Juice, and polished
with channels. Boil tin utensils occa-
sionally in strong soda water, and If
rusted rub with lard and let stand be-
tore washing.