Evening star., 1921-02-25
The Stars Household Ex-
pert Writes of a Way to
Prevent General Upheaval
of the Home-Hints on
Cleaning-Prepar a tons
for Moving.

~ Won see a man wandering AIM
,asslv in the cleaning in the neigh
-aorhood of his home it is entirely sale
to assume that an old-fasnioheo house
cleaning has been going on IN that
domicile. a housecleaning that' oe
ginning in the cellar and endlns III
the attic, has resulted IN every tniiiS
movable being carried INTO the open
and every carpet being dragged from
The floor while a trail OF SoapSuoS
has extended from garret to vault anu
the entire surrounding atWospiiei
fllad with dust microbes. moths anu
germs. If not as bad as thls-ainos''
To be sure, housecleaning is not lke-
ly to be a pleasure even under the
most highly favored conditions, put
W. drudrery can be greatly reduced
by proper planning ahead of time ana
nv the exercise of good judgment.
To avoid a general upheafai az
cleaning time at certain seasons VI
the wear the rotary method OF mousse
cleaning the year round IS likeu oeS.
by some housewives. BY TINS metho'i
they take one room each Week dno
thoroughly clean it, even to washinS
the windows and when they have i'm
ished with the whole house they De
gin over again, one room oHiS e@Si
week In case of company or liIness'
they can let the %
is convenient to begin again, and II
the guest room is used very seldom, IL
can be skipped occasionally IN the
regular routine.
In this way a housewife is not over
worked. and her house is always
clean. Besides this. she Ian take any
day of the week which suits her best
for the cleaning Another variation
of the rotary system is TO take one
day to attend to all the lighting fix
lures, mirrors and pictures all over
the house. another day or two TOR all
the windows. one day Tor the walls
picture molding, and so on. The DO
ing of the work in this way makes it
unnecessary to have things in dis
order.
To drive out rats and mice, sprinkle
Quick-lime on the cellar walls ana
around the edges of the moor. the
lime will burn their feet and they
will not return. To drive away ants,
put in one-fourth of a cup of water,
one teaspoonful each of sugar and
tartar emetic and place this in the
haunts of the ants. The remedy also
drives away reaches.
Bugs are the worst pest of all. A
sulphur candle is very effective in de-
stroying eggs as we'll as bugs. pro-
vided the isolation is complete and the
burning thorough. Extreme cleanli-
ness, vigilant searching and the liber-
al use VI UeNLiuS, CdIDOilC dCiu anu
turpentine mixed, and the use of metal
beds, and walls painted instead OF
papered, all help toward freedom. The
activity in searching must not relax
after one treatment, but must be con-
tinuous until all apparent appearances
of the plague have subsided.
How to Prepare for Moving Day.
Before the real preparations for
moving are under way, sit down and
TX yir-fy,
new address to all firms where you
have charge accounts, such as the dry
goods firms. ice company, miikman,
butcher, grocer, newsdealer, laundry.
bakery, druggist and others. Notify
your bank and the life, accident, fire
and burglar insurance companies; also
the post office and the publishers of
the magazines to which you sub
scribe. Have new calling cards en-
graved and mail them to all your
friends. This will save myriad of
interruptions, telephone messages, un-
timely calls and MISUNDERSTANDING
Wherever you send your address, send
your new telephone number also
Do not begin to tear up a month
before moving day, nor leave the
work until the last day. In the case
of the former method every person
in the house is disconnected so long
beforehand. and in the case of the
latter method the hurried packing
is a detriment to the condition of the
household goods, much damage being
done Begin the small. out-of-sight
tasks that will not render the house
untidy and uncomfortable long be-
fore you leave it.
When cleaning house just va
Gated for your use make use of a
good amount of carbolic acid. If
any of the drains from sinks and
washbasins seem to be clogged they
can be cleaned with washing soda.
A lot of it should be crumbled into