The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-04
WHEN CLEANING
YOUR HOUSE
Some Suggestions For Making
This Annual Event as Easy and
Effective as Possible.
U HoUsECLEANING time varies

the work is done systema tically its la
Dor will be lessened
Closets should be cleaned first and
rubbish thrown away Wash the
shelves. Pour boiling water over a
pint OF salt and when ii Is dissolved
pour the solution into the crevices to
keep out insects. When cold 1t will
harden. Paint cracks with turpentine.
Bureau drawers also should be
cleaned out. Boxes and trunks should
be oyerhanled 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 as you can Wash
the parts Of the beds with tar soap aud
paint the crevices with turpentine. If
you do this insects will not trouble yon.
Kitchen chimneys require sweeping
three or four times 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 pound of flowers Of sui
thur 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
ont trouble or dust good deal of the
accumulated SCOT
Ali extra blankets can nov be looked
over. repaired. washed and stored.
! TO mend these darn all the thin places
with One wool Of the same color
But actual holes will require patch
ing. Keep Old blankets Tor 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 very
large tub. soft water and washing
powder.
Half ON the Tub with warm water.
the temperature being 10 degrees G.
Put In the washing powder. lay in one
or two blankets. move them about in
the tsthes squeezing and pressing
them.
Repeat this process 10 a second
soapy water.
Then rinse well In clear. warm soft
water Put through the wriuger after
folding carefully and seeing that the
rollers are quite loose Shake the
blankets well before hanging them out
When dry stretch them on clean
| kitchen table and rub all over with a
piece OF clean rough dannel
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 hath Of warm wa
| ter in which bOrax has been dissolved
two tablesponnfuls to fonr gallons Of
water.
The next day squeeze them well.
then put through the wringer.
| Now make iather with warm soft
water and washing powder Move
| the. curtains abont gently. pressing
| them. but do not rub. Should the cur
tains be very dirty this wishing will
/ have to be repeated IN fresh soapy
| water as before Then rinse them in
warm water. then again IN genernns
supply Of cold.
It is very little expense or trouble
and frst 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 out on clean
/ sheets laid on floor In an unused
room. When nearly dry take them
MP and iron them round the edges.
well pressing ont the points.
Then hang them out In the air to
dry Should that not be possible they
must be dried OF by ironing quickly
all ever.
| Lace. muslin and net cushion covers.
table centers. doilies. sidet3ard cloths.
ETC.. may be treated in the same way.
Embroidered or spotted muslin must
be ironed on the wrong side.
/ All these clean things shonld 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 well
sweeping It. wipe It over with cloth
wrunR ont Of paH Of warm water
to which have been added two table
spconfuis of ammonia. Turn and rinse
/ the cloth often This cleanses the car
pet and freshens 1t up wonderfully.
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