Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-03-07
HAVE A DAY TO SWEEP
RULE THAT MAKES FOR ORDEH'
Illness IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Parors and Dining Rooms shoo'o
Have Thorough Cleaning OUT
Every Week, and the Bed
rooms Every TWO Weeks.

Dining and living rooms need
thorough turning out and sWeeplns
once week, while every other week
will usually suffice for bedrooms II
they are picked up, as 1t is termed.
each day-that is, kept tidied and wen
busted.
Before sweeping a room 1t Is a gooo
plan to remove as many OF the lars-
er pieces Of furniture as possible es-
pecially the upholstered kind. II tnls
is impossible then each article should
be covered with a busting sheet, TOT
If the dust once gets into tufted 1ur-
niture it is very hard indeed to get II
out again. A soft brush will not re-
move it, while a stiff one is apt 10
mjure the covering.
Carpets are much less used than
formerly, rugs taking their place. 10
sweep a large rug or carpet first
sprinkle with something damp TO
keep the dust from arising To my
thinking the very best thing Is
newspaper torn into small pieces and
dampened. then sprinkled over the
carpet. Sweep toward the middle or
the room. Take up the dust in a PAN
running the sweeper over to take up
any that remains. Turn the rug up
all the way around, and sweep the
bare boards with a broom covered
with cotton flannel rag.
The mistress can prepare the rooms
so the maid can go on with the sweep
ing from room to room. The maid
will remove heavy pieces, but the
mistress will attend to the ornaments.
washing any bric-a-brac, if necessary,
also see the curtains are pinned up
carefully after being well shaken
from the window. The piano Is al
ways we'll covered to keep the dust
out
BY the time the floors are swept
the room done first will be ready for
busting. Mistress and maid can share
this between them. The latter will
clean the windows, dust off the pic
lures, brush the upholstered furniture
and do any polishing. She will also
attend to the floor beyond the carpet.
This is done the last thing before put
ting the furniture in place.
The mistress will take care Of the
decorative furnishings of the room
also the plants, the lamps and the
books.
Dustless busters are the best kind
to use, the feather buster about the
worst-for obvious reasons.
Simple rugs are now used generally
in bedrooms, and this simplif1es the
cleaning. Even large one will not
be too heavy to take up once a
month or so and taken out Of doors
to be beaten, The floor can then be
swept. wiped up with a damp cloth,
and then rubbed with good floor
oil.
The he'd clothing must be placed
on the windows or out Of doors for
good airing, and all small articles can
be busted and placed on the bed I'M
der the dust sheets.
Silver toilet articles should be sent
to the kitchen to be cleaned, and bed
room day is very good time to wash
brushes and tidy the top bureau
drawer. -
Motoring Across Canada.
It is not possible to make journey
entirely by automobile across Canada
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The
nearest approach to such a tour was
made this fall, when on October Is, a
motor car reached Victoria, B. c., 49
days after it had left Halifax The
actual running time was given as Al
days, and the mileage covered was g.
900 miles. But in addition to the
$500 miles, TOO miles in New Ontario
were covered under other than the
cars own power, owing to the absence
of trail or road. AS far as North Bay
no shipping had to be undertaken, al
though this was the first car that had
ever come through all the way from