Sweeping Day
Sweeping Day
UTENSILS FOR SWEEPING-DUST AND DUSTING-HARD-WOOD FLOORS-RUGS-MATTING-OILCLOTH AND LINOLEUM One day in the week, usually Friday, is set…
Sweeping Day: Sweeper
Sweep the stairs with a short-handled brush or stiff whisk broom, holding a dust pan to catch the dust at each step. Triangular blocks, or…
Sweeping Day: Squeeze
Sweeping. Before sweeping dip the broom in hot soapsuds, and have at hand a pailful of soapsuds in which to rinse the broom when it becomes…
Sweeping Day: Select
To Select Brooms. - Select a broom of light-green color and fine straw.
Sweeping Day: Dust
Sterilization of Dust. -The most efficient agent to sterilize dust, by killing germs that it contains, is direct sunlight. Like many other…
Sweeping Day: Floors
Smooth Floors. - Smooth floors of hard wood, oilcloth, linoleum, or matting should not be swept in the usual way. Make a heavy canton or…
Sweeping Day: Waxed
Steel Wool for Waxed Floors.- To scour a hard-wood floor when scratched or marred, or to remove dirt that is ground in, use steel wool…
Sweeping Day: Oilcloth
OILCLOTH AND LINOLEUM To Clean Oilcloth. - Oilcloth should not be scrubbed with a stiff brush or mop, or saturated with water, nor should…