Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-05-03
WHEN CLEANING
YOUR HOUSE
Some Suggestions For Making
This Annual Event as Easy and
Effective as Possible. x,asA
OUSECLEANING time varies
in different localities. The
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sensible housewife waits IN
til the weather IS settled. II
the work is done Systematically its Ia
Dor will be lessened.
rubbish thrown away. Wash the
shelves. Pour boiling water owe a
pint Of salt and when it is dissolved
pour the solution into the crevices to
keep out insects. When cold It will
harden. Paint cracks with turpentine.
Bureau drawers also should be
cleaned out. Boxes and trunks should
be o%verhauIed and useless things
thrown away.
The attic should be overhauled some
pleasant day. The cellar also should
have its turn.
After the closets are cleaned take
down draperies and curtains. Wash
such as may be Numbered and dust the
others thoroughly.
Beds should be taken apart and
cleaned. Air the clothes and clean
springs and mattresses thoroughly.
Wash such covers rs you can. Wash
the parts Of the beds with tar soap aud
paint the crevices with turpentine. II
You do this insects will not trouble you
Kitchen chimneys require sweeping
three or four times Il year.. the Others
according to how much they are used
BY practicing the following method the
sweep is not needed nearly SO often as
otherwise. ,
Mix half Il pound OF flowers Of sui.
phur with half a pound OF powdered
saltpeter and occasionally when the
fire is bright and clear throw IN an
ounce or two. This plan removes with
trouble or dust q good deal OF the
accumulated SCOT
All extra blankets can now be looked
over. repaired. washed and stored.
10 mend these darn all the thin places
with fine wool OF the same color.
But actual holes will require patch
ing. Keep old blankets for this pur-
pose. Herringbone the patches round
with wool.
When the edges get shabby work
them over in blanket stitch with wool
to match the ends.
For washing blankets take a very
large tub. soft water and washing
powder.
Half Gil the tub with warm water.
the temperature being 40 degrees c.
Put in the washing powder. lay in one
or two blankets. move them about in
the lather. squeezing and pressing
them.
Repeat this process in a second
soapy water.
Then rinse we'll in clear. warm soft
water. Put through the wringer after
folding carefully and seein. that the
rollers are quite loose. Shake the
blankets well before hanging them out
When dry stretch them on a clean
kitchen table and rub all over with a
piece Of clean rough flannel.
Air most carefully and store with a
few camphor squares between them.
When you wash lace curtains first
shake them free from dust. then place
them overnight in n bath OF warm wa
ter in which borax has been dissolved
two tablespoonful to four gallons OF
water.
The next day squeeze them we'll.
then put through the wringer.
Now make Il lather with warm soft
water and washing powder. Move
the curtains about gently. pressing
them. but do not rub. Should the cur.
tains be very dirty this washing will
have to be repeated in fresh soapy
water rs before: Then rinse them in
warm water. then againi in a generous
supply of cold. a,-. .-l"
1t is very little expense or trouble
and a first class safeguard to add two
ounces Of alum to each gallon Of rims
ing water. This insures the curtains
against catching on fire.
The curtains must be starched wet.
then dried very quickly.
To do this pin them ont on clean
sheets laid on a floor In an unused
room. When nearly dry take them
up and iron them round the edges.
we'll pressing out the points.
Then hang them out in the air to
dry. Should that not be possible they
must be dried off BY ironing quickly
all over.
Lace, muslin and net cushion covers.
table centers. doilieS. sideboard cloths.
ETC.. may be treated in the same way.
Embroidered or spotted muslin must
be ironed on the wrong side.
All these clean things shouId be care
fully folded up in white or blue paper
and put away in drawers to be taken
out when the house Is in order.
To clean the carpet. after we'll
sweeping it. wipe it over with a cloth
wrung out Of Il pail Of warm water
to which have been added two table
spoonfuis Of ammonia. Turn and rinse
the cloth often. This cleanses the car
pet and freshens it up wonderfully.