Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-07
Spring HOUSEHOLD
CLEANING NECESSARY
Thorough Oyerhauiing Must BE
Conc Through After
Each Winter.
Bv Mis-. CHRISTINE FREDERICK. q

4 Each Winter.
Br Mis-. CHRISTINE FREDERICi<.
some one wrote me the other day
necessary to clean house in the spring.
. and didn't ! think that II a house
were kept ,horoashly clean all year
Z cleaning ouEoear.
4 replied that no matter how we'll
svsrs asG reason s nor for an annual spring
house cleaning: In the hrs; place, at
) this season we change fuels and stop
ter type. This means that all such
stoves mus, be thoroughly cleaned for
sN Mnsh f has Ssa saeh haad
ali winter. mus, be thoroughly over
hauled In cold weather. for INSTANCE.
age and cellar waste adeauaSeiy owing
TO the low temperature. The cellar,
ou,houses, drains. etc. mus, be made
Sine 10 90 this is ;he spring.
Again. this is the time. Of year when
the pain,s ;.r's and 'i the repair man. No
want this or that thing rcfurbishcd,
redecorated. ETC. and any such work
makes confusion and dirt anyway. so
why not have general clean up at
the same time?
General Clean-Up.
still further, the nrsi signs OF spring
City City, e ca up" II ;his time Various
health associations and womcn's clubs
devote 4 week 70 special cleanup
, o: Easements. streets and houses. In
many places the Street Cleaning De.
par;mcn, increases its service. and
ersanisa.iSns such as the Salra ,bsn
Wagons Cor wha, might be called
waste. blu; which may be &c e;i!l fur.
l,a, Inc individual housekceper CO.
nnnrate With such civic organizations
aad keep abreast o: the season By put
ting nor own house in order.
Siiut last, and in my opinion The most
iilpor;snt reason why We need 4 week
r5rson. In other words, i think tina!
;snoat every WOMAN needs a week. OF
OF moods On sha and dpf faeinEs pt ana
INE5siolc irritation. We have not yet
trl'ien oyer tho confinement OF winter.
l3r limbs arc honschound, We may
SPY And yet ii is not warm enough
Sfn 'hc5 10 &c, outdoors very much
,a,d We have no, cutie passed tho
Il Cleaning Good Tonic.
y.H Oh know how frequently it hap
,his' season. that We yea-n TO do some
ding different, and that the smallest
Is'iers often annoy us greatly. II
it are S6 meai III We we can SO South for
M II We are just the plain. stay-at-
13nlc kind OF woman, all we need do is
lSGlh "A CARPET bcatcr and use IL on the
rHss IN the back yard for half day.
Hfuse cleaning il the best kind OF an
,Tt!et TO the fretty, jadcd nerves OF
sfn tho dir, ny, and she feels refreshed
;od virtuous and satisfied when she
sits down in the house that she has
made clean by. her own efforts. 1t is
fPr this reason mostly that l think
rsTry woman needs at least 20 over
sec sprns house. cleaning every year.
siT ought TO first piun her sprin :
slsaning campaign; This year. mora
NY kind OF painting. renovating or
.s1icr work may be greatly delayed.
'fn's spring It Is drst catch your car
THntcr and put salt on his tail or be
Milling TO marry painter in order
- haye your work dono when you
t.gf there is any new covering 20 be
made. eny. new hangings or draperies
ta's also should be attended to in good
se:.sen: Conditions show tina, there is
a.shoTtaEc OF all such textiles and an
increased price for making up cur
thrs, pillows. etc, to measure
Urges Interior Painting.
4.lhc manufacturer of ready mixed
rTints has placed at The Hands Of the
Weman in the home means of lighting
Isesen, high labor costs. There Is
.ffior Painting very well iadeed If
stte tries. have recently had an csti-
isaie on vanishing my iiv!ng-roon,
on the work. But found tina, IL would
TEnnire only one gallon OF the hest
HiSn.- WHICH az even present high
nssces is not -. Also, know that
threc hours OF my own time will make
" .good job Of il. Why not, then, pu;
The .childrens education fund?
.Often in the spring radiators and
Steam pines look dingy There are
prepared gold and silver powders tC
he bought which can be easily mixed
with q huid having strong banana.
he odor. P!a;iepce and a small busl
VIII transform the soilcd radiators into
at1Tactive; shining ornaments. Let me
suggest that the one doing the wori
place heaps Of old rags under and
a{elnd the radiator or pipes while
a.Wood floor is most difficult to remove
Even Mends Windows.
.ror long t!me the putting in OF
window glass was a mystery 10 me
KAT one day I watched the man mos.
csceiu!ly, saw how he inserted the
-.s>s. fastening IL with small triangu.
1T hrads and putting The putty on last
Now no man VIII receive so cents ar
hfur from me for mending broker
ps,lcs.
Fcrchandcd is forcwarncd This i,
tac time 70 order a supply Of disinfec-
tJpis Ike chloride. carbolic. tar paper
Ell Soap. &~ansers all the goot
iricpds of rub dub dub should be or
oar shelves long before our actua
louse cleaning begins.
Speaking OF house cleaning leads m,
TO mention the following good book,
which any woman would do well q
lean: The Complete Housekeeper." b,
Emily Holt: The Housekeeper' Hand,
book OF Cleaning" by S. j. Macleod
'HoUSekee Handy Book" by 1, N