El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-18

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"A house just as though it were
1 \ large but very dainty woman
remarked an up to date hOusekeeper-
The newest devices for keeping my
house clean sanitary, sweet ana com
Portable interest me quite as mucn az
the newest wrinkles for carlnS cor my
own body, hands and complexion me
appliances for doing TINS are as HeSu
fun as the proper manlcurlng ana lOl4el
articles. so 1 insist upon having tnetn-
Good housekeeping IS based upon the
same principle as the perfect grooming
which makes a woman truly attrdctlFes
only in the house il IS applied upon q
larger scale. Absolute cleanliness y
the keynote, but comfort and appear
ance must also be CONSIDERED AHe
spring toilet Of my house gives me
more real pleasure than my own
The speaker was one of the wise
women who take pleasure IN nome
making as a science She applies 10 II
the same principles she Iound ussAu-
in keeping up the standard OF the lab
oratory in which she held professor
ship before entering upon domestic lie
So much is done for the modern mousse
keeper in the matter OF convenient IN
struments for her work that instead OF
being a tedious repetition Of tlresome
tasks. Housekeeping Is becoming inter-
esting as means Of using the cieFer
the terrOrs Of spring house cleaning
have been largely overcome by recent
inventions
Cleaning With Vacuum.
One Of the most important of these
is the vacuum cleaner which now comes
in so many grades that even the house
keeper of modest means may find one
within her reach With this marvellous
machine, properly used, carpets, rugs,
draperies and upholstered turnlture
may be cleaned without removing them
from their places A mother with two
half grown boys this year invested IN
q vacuum cleaner costing $50, which
answers the purposes Of her small
house admirably. Her sons have learned
to use il and one Of them, who is in
technical high school. has already de-
vised one or two improvements which
he plans to patent some day
Instead Of having the whole mouse
torn up for a couple Of weeks, as IN
former years, while the mother and
hired women turned everything tOpSy-
furry and the boys covered themselves
with dust beating carpets and rugs IN
the back yard. this springs cleaning IS
being accomplished chiefly by the boys
themselves. Under the direction OF
their mother they were able in
couple Of hours to remove from room
to the dustbag Of the cleaner, all the
dust and dirt which had accumulated
during the winter. The maid followed
with the soap and water for cleaning
the paint and windows and the house
cleaning was done with little trouble
to any one and without greatly disturb
While the cheaper cleaners, operated
by hand power. are a boon 10 the
hOusekeeper Of moderate means, the
larger ones, which are operated by
electric or other power. are even more
useful to those who have charge Of the
cleaning Of larger houses Hotels and
theaters depend almost entirely upon
vacuum cleaners and, in the cities
most Of the churches are also cleaned
in this way. Their cost makes them
prOhibitive to many private household
ers so that in a number Of towns. com
munity vacuum cleaners have been pro-
vided. In some instances, a corporation
is formed in which each stockhOlder
pays in a fraction Of the cost OF the
cleaner and IS thereby entitled to its
use for a prOpOrtiOnate amount OF time.
In other places. the vacuum cleaner is
rented out TO whoever desires fl for a
specified sum per hour. Some wOmen's
clubs have taken up the idea OF the
vacuum cleaner as d means of raising
money They provide the cleaner and
one or two persons TO operate il. and
the profits make handsome addition
to the club treasury. The small cleo
trio power cleaner can only be used in
houses where electricity is already in
stalled The larger machines provide
their own power In some instances
water power has been supplied by at
taching the cleaner to a faucet
Many Smaller Devices.
Many hOusekeepers who still find the
vacuum cleaner beyond their reach
have yet the benefit Of countless
smaller devices to help them with their I
housekeeping difficulties The newest I
carpet sWeepers viii. If properly ad-
Iusted, take up a large quantity OF }
abe dust which has accumulated for Z
months in the rugs or carpet Often 4
a rug can be well freed from dust by I
cleaning 1t thoroughly on one side with /
the sweeper and then placing ii re- 4
versed upon a clean floor and treating |
the other side TO the same process {
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prohibiting carpets from being beaten /
out Of doors is a trial even to the I
housekeepers who approve its purpose. /
1t necessitates the expense Of frequent
ly sending such articles out to be I
cleaned, an item which the woman with 4
a limited income avoids as much as
possible.
Sometimes a rug or carpet Will be
cleaned by being washed while on the
floor and while for sanitary reasons 4
such a method is not to be frequetly
advised, a good result is often secured I
and small steel scrapers are sold for
this purpose. The surface is mOistened
IN spaces Of about a square yard at
time by being gone over with a SCRUB
Ding brush dipped in sOapy ammonia
water After this the scraper IS used
which brings the dirt TO the surface.
from which il can easily be washed
and rinsed off and rubbed as dry as /
possible with heavy cloths If the win 4
dowS can be left open, so that q full
sweep OF ar laSLeuS lue uE4 ing pro- Z
cess, such a method is quite satisfac-
tory.
Step Ladders With Curves.
mere are so many adjustable step
ladders. long handled brushes, some
OF them with special curves for reach
ing into difficult corners, that the mod
ern housewife is forced to wonder how
ner grandmother equipped with only an
ordinary broom and scrubbing brush
and a limited amount of old clothes TO
use for cloths. was able to secure the
immaculate cleanliness which Charac-
terized her home. The long handled
covered dust pan which enables a wom-
an 10 take up the dirt without stopping
and without scattering il throughout
the room, is simple convenience
which is d boon to every woman using
t. Then there are specially prepared
cloths for busting and polishing glasses
and metal which are great labor saw
ers- Some Of these have the powder
woven into the cloth and the fabric is
so lmpregnated that even washing il
DOES not destroy the polishing quail
ties
Window cleaning is a problem TO
nanY women. especially the cleaning OF J
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