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Housecleaning


Housecleaning is very ancient
custom. 1t seems to be a primitive
instinct in the human female which
breaks out annually with great viru-
lence, along about in April. Entomol-
ogists tell us that even the insects
clean their bodies and their nests in
the spring when the sap begins to
flow
There are three delightful, but
busy, tasks which confront US in the
spring-time: housecleaning, sewing,
and gardening 1t is we'll to take
turns with each and not wear our
selves out by trying to do all three
too strenously Work awhile each
pleasant day in the garden, clean
house in moderation in fine weather,
and sew on rainy days.
Begin the house cleaning by look
ing over the things in the bureau
drawers. Sort out everything which
is no longer needed, and do not yield
to the temptation to hold on to
questionable articles on the chance
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If you haven't used ,nem for months,
the probability is that their day of
usefulness to you is past. Bundle
them off to the rummage sale and let
someone else have chance at them.
while working at the bureaus, of
course you will leave them clean
throughout all their inside parts
Get after the closet in the same
way, taking everything down from
each shelf and hook, cleaning the
walls and putting back only what de-
serves to be put back Nobody can
do this work but the housemother
herself. With some time spent on
these preliminaries, an outsider can
come in and help with the heavier
work
When you are sorting over the
family raiment, you will find numer-
Gus pieces which need some repair.
Pile them in a back room and mend
them in stormy weather, or, if you
work can be done pleasantly as you
sit on the porch in summer
Look over your supply of kitchen
utensils and dishes, and replenish
those which have given out. Do not
make the mistakes of keeping the
broken can opener or loose-jointed
egg beater. Discard them and buy
new and save your temper and be
efficient You will be surprised how
much more respect you will have for
yourself when your working equip
ment is in repair.
This is a good season to paint
those dingy spots and freshen up
several places by a new coat of var
nish. Now is the time, too, to get
that shelf and the other little devices
you have long been wanting. If you
would be really in shipshape, get glass
containers, all of a size, for holding
pantry supplies. Buy shelf paper
made to fit your shelves, and dress
your cupboards in real style.
Cap the climax of your houSeclean-
ing by making a raid on your cellar
Dump out all the debris and rubbish
which accumulates there, and make
it so clean you will hardly recognize
it. Those salad dressing bottles and
dried beef glasses you couldn't bear
to throw away, will be useful to some
farm woman with oodles of jellies
and preserves to can. Pack them in
the auto and take them out to her
and do yourself, as well as her, a
favor. You will have more by the
time you might happen to need them
Housecleaning is valuable, not only
for the sanitary condition it creates
but for the new zest and impetus il
arouses in the whole household They
feel almost as though they had NOV
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