The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-21
SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN
House Cleaning Days Al Hand and
 Friend Husband Must be Pdcified
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

>F course there are lots of women | who have their house cleaning
 all done and over with by now, but there are lots more who haven't gone further than taking down the few drap- cries that were left up this summer, for there are few housewives who have the moral courage to plunge into fall clean ing before it becomes an absolute neces- sity
 And so I'm telling you about the house cleaning of just about the smartest lit- tic woman in Birmingham. who worked the miracle of having her house cleaned from garret to cellar before her lord and ma ster could even say Jack Robinson toward discovering that the much dreaded house cleaning days were at hand, and you must acknowledge that that was a feat indeed for few are the men folk who cannot scent the atmosphere of fall house cleaning from afar and who do not begin at least two days in advance to muss and grow irritable and demand to know why the dickens the house has bot to be cleaned up so often when there isn't so much as speck of dust to be SCCh WitH d ~ oiScPOWcE uhtiosSpPc.
 The beginning of this .'chef d'oeurve'' in household art occurred about two weeks before the actual housekeeping set in. First the curtains. then the chair and cushion covers. and the summer drap- cries were gotten together and dusted and fixed up for packing. Winter accessories were gotten out ana dusted and summed preparatory to popping into service when the others left off
 The day before the clean fest'' all the china in the house was washed, the sil- yer was all rubbed and all the books in the library were taken out and dusted and put back in order. Next the men who fix the floors were phoned to, and the rug cleaners and the window washers-all due the next day at g o'clock. giving the "lord and master ample time for break fast and to get away from home.
 Maids, butler, the cook lady" and the laundress, all gotb usy and the walls were brushed, the woodwork cleaned and everything was as immaculate as snow by evening.
 Everything was done thoroughly, too for this litle housekeeper happens to be very much of 8 crank on the subject of cleanliness-and you could almost see yourself in the polished floors, the shining bright mirrors. and the newly rubbed furniture, and all the rest.
 By o'clock the house looked as if it had been reborn" from attic to front door step, and while everybody was worn out and tired, still they had wonderful results to show for their hard days work.
 When friend husband" returned that evening he walked into the most beauti- fully appointed house, everything in place, not one book missing, his umbrella, his raincoat, yes, everything right where he left it, and as for his own dear room well, 1t was as immaculate and in as per- feet order as any one could wish.
 And though 1t took full week to do these things, each day being turned over to certain parts of the house, the meals went on just the same; the house ran like clock work. and not one thing could be detected by the naked eye when it came to the rough and tumble part of the game. which only the clever little house. keeper knew about.
 Mrs. Housewife" felt amply repaid for her work, too, because, when it was all over, suddenly one evening out of a per-