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House Furnishing and Decorating: Spread

Newspapers. - Spread clean newspapers under the carpet, especially if the floor is rough. They make a smooth surface, prevent wear, and also check draughts through the floor cracks. Also use them for polishing windows, mirrors, lamp chimneys, stove tops, and nickel.

Spread a newspaper before the stove when taking up ashes. Light newspaper in the open grate when taking up ashes, or shaking down a grate fire. The resulting draught will carry the dust up the chimney.

Cover plants on frosty nights with newspapers, or if indoors, put them between the plants and the windows.

Fold a newspaper across the chest and attach with safety pins under the cloak or coat when exposed for a long time in cold winds, as in sleighriding.

Also use newspapers for wrapping furs, velvets, and other articles when storing them to protect them from moths.