Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-07

{ WHAT THE FRENCH
! MAID TOLD MARJORY

Care of the Attic.


THE attic looks terrible" sighed
Marjorie. Il just went up to get out
my furs and, honestly, everything Is
| topsy turvy, and 1 don't know how I
will ever get it Strengthened out"
The capable housewife of today
could not tolerate a room, even though
! 1t were under the caves to become the
! lurking place of moths and spiders, and
| a seldom visited place of dust and ne
glect," said Marie. 1T should receive
| a weekly cleaning as does every other
room in the house; and, considering
! that it contains ell our best raiment
out of season. it should receive special
| care.
Nowadays, when space is at a pre-
| MUM, the store room must be planned
in such a way that it can be kept neat
and clean. First Of all, let there be a
/ plea against the accumulation of rub
bish and things that have passed be-
, yond their state Of usefulness.
when the store room or attic is
large enough and does not contain a
closet, part of it should be partitioned
! off and made as alright as possible. OF
course, the ideal arrangement is to
have q cedar closet; but, When this is
! not possible, the closet should " it's
walls wiped DOWN thoroughly with tur-
pentine and then lined with tar paper.
Poles can hen be adjusted and
| placed high enough from the floor to
allow ~draperies to be suspended from
them.
These should be thoroughly aired
, and busted and protected by muslin
bags. Hanging in this way, heavy fab
RIGS become neither creased nor torn.
In this closet may also be hung velvet
own and evening wraps or any other
garments whose materials should not
be marked, by the pressure in a trunk.
! When this ARA iS not possible
! garments should be suspended from a
rack, protected in camphOr bags, which
can be bought especially for this pur-
pose"
Making Rugs of Carpets.
ooh, DEAR" sighed Marjorie, Eve got
to take up the carpets in the living
and dining rooms this fall and have
them thoroughly cleaned. They do get
so terribly dirty"
earpets?" queried Marie. stain your
floors this fall, filling in the cracks
with putty. If you do not want to do
the entire floor, stain a border around
the edge, or put linoleum down, back
If, and paint the back. 1t takes paint
very nicely. You can also buy filler, it
initiates hardwood flooring, and is most
reasonable. Then cut down your car
pet until 1t is a size to take UP and
whip in the back yard occasionally.
Just try it in one room"
III tell you how easily our fall
cleaning has come along. All summer
[ have busted every day and I've used
an oil mop on my floors and a hand
vacuum cleaner on the three OF four
rugs | left down. Indeed, l have al
lowed the minimum amount of dust to
accumulate, although l could not pre-
vent it rolling in.
I'm the early fall the cleaners will
come and take away three or four rugs.
We will not miss them when the others,
those packed away are down. Then we
VIII nave a woman come for two lays
and [ will help her. We do not room
at a time, moving all the furniture out
of that room. With a rag and a step
ladder she will wipe down every wall
and ceiling; she will wash the wood
word and floors in cold water, and then
she will oil the floors.