Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-06
Your Cleaning
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Have onssnd rsvs "a pish..

GOOD many houses are pisn-
ned with never a thought for
convenient closet In which %
keep brooms. dustpans. brushes and
other paraphcrnalia OF cleaning fay.
This IL truly great mistake; be-
cause 80 long as you don't have A
special closet 10 put these ihings IN
You are going 20 spend a certain
amount of time trying 20 find con
vsnfent place for them somewhere
else, for at beat they are unveicor1s
guests IN any place not specisiiy
for them.
50 II you are planning a new house
or are about TO remodel an old one
remember tbig- make place for ne
brooms and brushes and other clean
ing things. - will make cleaning day
quite lot easier. and 10 vii keep
you from fretting about something
that can 30 easily be put out ~ ths
class OF things about which you hav-
to fret.
or course - q nice - have two
sets OF cleaning things-one Upstairs
and one downstairs: and the1 there
should be two closets. But With most
housewives a double equipment p
this sort r. out o. the question n
you have chance 70 select fhs u1oat
convenient place then for the cloee-
have Il fairly near the back stairs. n
you have a back stairs, 80 that The
brooms can easily be got from either
upstairs or downstairs
Plan 20 have nothing elss IN N.
closet but things actually used
cleaning. You probably have Away.
two brooms. a new one for hner work
and an older one that you use lee.
carefully. Have in the cloaet then
two broom clamps They can =
bought for about fifteen cents apiec.
and are fastened on the wall With
nails and then the broom slips q the
metal spring IN the holder and
thus kept of from the floor - th-
closet. II Is always an ineonvenienf
thing 70 try 70 hang brOonns ID 30
cause the strings IN the top get worn
out and soiled.
For dustpans and dust brush@. vou
should have a row % convenient
nails. Sometimes the brushe. arc
provided with metal rings 50 that
they DO not need strings. IL !s :
good idea TO have a little shelf placed
six inches or foot from the door
along one side Of the closet and on
this place cans and bottles of aocf
oil and other similar supplies. They
should not De placed directly on ths
floor. Do not place cleaning clothI
on the floor or on this shelf. Il a
nice 70 have a small wooden rack 0r
which you can keep the cloths spreac
out In the closet have a shelf where
you keep clean busters and cloths
that have just come from the lauu
dry IN nice piles. Here also keer
your large cotton gloves that you use
when cleaning and Il ron ike the car
and apron that you use when clean.
ing.
Ideally a cleaning closet -~ouit
have running water and a little sins
where pals could be filed. ana per.
haps you can manage 20 have this
Included IN yours. But even vou
can't Il Is still a good plan 70 have
all pals and brushes that are lse1
exclusively sor cleaning kept vel
dried and in good condition in ths
closet.
Good broOms and brushes are yer,
high in price nowadays. aad the,
should therefore be well taken car.
OF. Brooms should not be allowed t-
get very soiled bur should Sc fre-o
from CRIME. Never use 4 broom thal
you have for rugs and carpet. sot
outside work. broom that - TOO Cd
for inside work should be saved fot
this.