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Floor Brush

Not every person knows how to sweep clean without raising a great dust. If in sweeping you carry the broom, in its stroke, beyond you, it will inevitably make dust from the spring of the fibers of the broom. The spent tea-leaves should always be saved moist and scattered over the carpet for the regular sweepings, or salt should be strewn over the carpet. The strokes of the broom should be short, firm, and each should end when the broom has been drawn nearly up to a line with the person. Corners and the sides of the room should receive especial attention. As a preventive of dust a good carpet sweeper is valuable, but the movable furniture must be taken out to do good work, and the corners and edges cleaned with the broom, brush and dust-pan.

CHAPTER XXVII.