Dusters, carpet sweeper and string mop, or vacuum cleaner, apparatus for
cleaning a grate and materials for laying a fire if there is an open grate.
Directions.
(1.) Clean grate if necessary, lay fire and put apparatus away.
(2.) Tidy room, put articles in their right places.
(3.) Attend to plants and flowers.
(4.) Open windows, weather permitting.
(5.) Use a sweeper vigorously over rugs or carpet.
(6.) After dust has settled, dust floor and baseboard with string mop,
(7.) Dust contents of room and woodwork. The dusters should be slightly
damp and the dust wiped up, not flicked from one place to another. Use clean
dusters when necessary.
(8.) Remove fingermarks from doors, walls, and light globes.
(9.) Burn contents of waste paper basket and replace.
(10.) Arrange window curtains and blinds.
(11.) Empty carpet sweeper into newspaper and burn contents. Wash and
dry dusters. Shake mop outside. Replace all apparatus.
The mop used, if soaked in kerosene oil and dried, will hold the dust until
shaken outside. It may be washed when necessary.
DAILY CLEANING OF BATHROOM AND TOILET
Apparatus.
A disinfectant, scouring soap, a duster, closet-brush, closet-cloth, bath-cloth,
and glass-cloth.
Note——Two cloths, different in appearance, should be kept in the bathroom, -
one for the wash bowl and bath, and one for the closet. These can be used for
the same purposes in the bedrooms.
Directions.
(a) Wash-basin:
(1.) Wash tooth-glass and dry on glass-cloth.
(2.) Clean taps over basin and bath with bath-cloth and scouring soap,
rinse and dry.
(3.) “Wash bowl and dry.
(b) Closet:
(1.) Pour down some disinfectant and flush closet well.
(2.) When necessary wash closet-bowl with closet-brush, make bowl clean
inside and out. Flush bowl again, holding brush inthe flowing water. If the
brush requires it, wash in hot soapy water, rinse and shake well, and dry out-
side. This brush should hang behind closet seat.
(3.) Wash handle of water plug, closet seat on both sides and inside of cover,
also floor around pan if necessary, using closet-cloth. Rinse and wipe dry. Once
every two or three months the seat after it is washed should be oiled or varnished.
This keeps the pores of the ‘wood filled and prevents water soaking in.
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Wash closet-cloth under running water in the bath, or over slop-sink, if
there is one; wring it dry and hang near the closet. Change the cloth once a
week.
(c) Bath:
(1.) Run in some hot water, clean bath inside, and out if necessary, use a
scouring soap on the bath-cloth, rinse bath and cloth. Hang cloth behind the
bath. Dry bath with duster. The floor should be swept and washed occasionally.
(2.) Dust room. Wash and replace duster,
THE DAILY CARE OF A BEDROOM
Fach inmate of a house should be trained to open the bed after rising. ‘The
clothes should be stretched over two chairs by the open window. Wearing
apparel should be put away, drawers and cupboards left shut and the room made
neat.
Apparatus for Cleaning Toilet Utensils and Dusting.
Enamel slop pail, a jug of boiling soapy water, a disinfectant, clean cold
water, a chamber cloth, wash-bowl cloth, carpet sweeper, duster, string mop.
Method.
(1.) Put a little disinfectant into chamber, empty contents into slop pail.
(2.) Rinse chamber, well with half the hot soapy water and empty into
pail, dry with cloth. Treat lid of chamber in the same way. Pour a little clean,
cold water into chamber and replace lid.
(3.) Empty contents of wash-bowl, wash soap dish and tooth-glass and dry.
(4.) Wash and dry top of washstand.
(5.) Fill up water jug.
(6.) Empty, dry and replace wash-bowl, jug, and other utensils.
(7.). Empty slop pail belonging to bedroom, rinse with hot soapy water and
empty contents. (See that fresh drinking water is provided at night.)
(8.) Empty waste paper basket and hair receiver.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Dusters, carpet sweeper and string mop, or vacuum cleaner, apparatus for cleaning a grate and materials for laying a fire if there is an open grate.
Directions.
(1.) Clean grate if necessary, lay fire and put apparatus away.
(2.) Tidy room, put articles in their right places.
(3.) Attend to plants and flowers.
(4.) Open windows, weather permitting.
(5.) Use a sweeper vigorously over rugs or carpet.
(6.) After dust has settled, dust floor and baseboard with string mop,
(7.) Dust contents of room and woodwork. The dusters should be slightly damp and the dust wiped up, not flicked from one place to another. Use clean dusters when necessary.
(8.) Remove fingermarks from doors, walls, and light globes.
(9.) Burn contents of waste paper basket and replace.
(10.) Arrange window curtains and blinds.
(11.) Empty carpet sweeper into newspaper and burn contents. Wash and dry dusters. Shake mop outside. Replace all apparatus.
The mop used, if soaked in kerosene oil and dried, will hold the dust until shaken outside. It may be washed when necessary.
DAILY CLEANING OF BATHROOM AND TOILET
Apparatus.
A disinfectant, scouring soap, a duster, closet-brush, closet-cloth, bath-cloth, and glass-cloth.
Note——Two cloths, different in appearance, should be kept in the bathroom, -
one for the wash bowl and bath, and one for the closet. These can be used for the same purposes in the bedrooms.
Directions.
(a) Wash-basin:
(1.) Wash tooth-glass and dry on glass-cloth.
(2.) Clean taps over basin and bath with bath-cloth and scouring soap, rinse and dry.
(3.) “Wash bowl and dry.
(b) Closet:
(1.) Pour down some disinfectant and flush closet well.
(2.) When necessary wash closet-bowl with closet-brush, make bowl clean inside and out. Flush bowl again, holding brush inthe flowing water. If the brush requires it, wash in hot soapy water, rinse and shake well, and dry outside. This brush should hang behind closet seat.
(3.) Wash handle of water plug, closet seat on both sides and inside of cover, also floor around pan if necessary, using closet-cloth. Rinse and wipe dry. Once every two or three months the seat after it is washed should be oiled or varnished. This keeps the pores of the ‘wood filled and prevents water soaking in.
Wash closet-cloth under running water in the bath, or over slop-sink, if there is one; wring it dry and hang near the closet. Change the cloth once a week.
(c) Bath:
(1.) Run in some hot water, clean bath inside, and out if necessary, use a scouring soap on the bath-cloth, rinse bath and cloth. Hang cloth behind the bath. Dry bath with duster. The floor should be swept and washed occasionally.
(2.) Dust room. Wash and replace duster,
THE DAILY CARE OF A BEDROOM
Fach inmate of a house should be trained to open the bed after rising. ‘The clothes should be stretched over two chairs by the open window. Wearing apparel should be put away, drawers and cupboards left shut and the room made neat.
Apparatus for Cleaning Toilet Utensils and Dusting.
Enamel slop pail, a jug of boiling soapy water, a disinfectant, clean cold water, a chamber cloth, wash-bowl cloth, carpet sweeper, duster, string mop.
Method.
(1.) Put a little disinfectant into chamber, empty contents into slop pail.
(2.) Rinse chamber, well with half the hot soapy water and empty into pail, dry with cloth. Treat lid of chamber in the same way. Pour a little clean, cold water into chamber and replace lid.
(3.) Empty contents of wash-bowl, wash soap dish and tooth-glass and dry.
(4.) Wash and dry top of washstand.
(5.) Fill up water jug.
(6.) Empty, dry and replace wash-bowl, jug, and other utensils.
(7.). Empty slop pail belonging to bedroom, rinse with hot soapy water and empty contents. (See that fresh drinking water is provided at night.)
(8.) Empty waste paper basket and hair receiver.