A manual of home-making

awl, oil-can, saw, soldering outfit, knife sharpener, twine, shears, and such tacks, nails, sci*ews, hooks, and w^ire as are most often in demand, SOME SPECIAL DIRECTIONS FOR CLEANING* Ckuning closet In every house there should be a cupboard or a closet set aside for deaiiing purposes, *' with a place for everything and everjiiiitig in its place/ ^ The cleaning materials and apparatus listed under the following directions are not expensive and greatly simplify the cleaning pro!>lem. Shelves and racks should be provided for holding all apparatus and materials needed, and as far as possible labels should show where each brush, broom, pail, or bottle is to be returned. The following list of materials and utensils should be included in the housekeeper's cleaning kit: Cleaning material Alcohol Paraffin Alum Rottenstone ' Ammonia Salt Bath hnck Soap Black lead Turpentine Borax Vinegar Furniture polish Washing-soda KpTOsene Wax (floor) Light oil Whiting Olive oil « Cleaning artidea Apron, stove Flannel, heavy Carpet, piece old hrussels Flannel, waxing Chamois skin or leather Flannelette for du5tera Cbeese-cloth Gloves, rubber Cloth, scrub Mittf for kerosene Cloth, soft Waste, cotton (cotton waste may he boyght Flannel, canton at any liardware store) •Mary Uric Watson, llule^ for cleaning. the Fann Home, Bull. 2J, Cornell Reading-Course for ■■■i 126 .1 MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING Cleaning ulenaila Irons Monkey wrench Mop, doth Mop, at ring Sftucepajis (old) Scissors (for lamp) Step ladder Tub Tub, fibt^r Waalilioard Whisk-broom Wringer Boiler, for clothes Brush, closet Brush, cornice Brush, sMTub Bruah, soft Bruj^h, trap Bruah, weighted Brush, wire (for sink) Carpet sw'ecper Dauber Difih-pun;3 Funnelfl Ironing tablea To clmn lamps. The apparatus necessaiy for flcaniog lamp is an old news- paper, the kerosene can, a damp flannelette duster » lamp scissors, and a dry towel. I, Carr>^ the lamps to a sink, or to a table convenient to the sink. 2. Spread the paj>i'r and place evt»rything on it. ij. Wash and dry the lamp chimneys as if they were tuiiihlers. 4. Open up the knip burner, screw up the wick, trim off all the char with the scissors, and acrew^ down the wick % inch below the brass. Round wicks munt have the cliar rubbed off with the duster, 5, Soap one corner of the ditstrr and rub carefully every part of the bra^ burner; if necessary, polish (see copper, page 232). 6, Fill each lamp nearly full of kerosene. iSee that the burner is properly screwed on, and wiiK* the Uxly of the lanip carefully. 7. Put on the chim- neys and sot the lamps in thc^ir placei^. 8. Wa^sh the m-issors and duster and hang the dii*?ter to dry. Gather all trimmings in the paper and bum both trimmings aiitl papii-r. They are not safe to leave around. To oil a kitchen stave. L Put a lit tk* light oil on a wad of cotton waste and rub it on all the iron parts of the stove, 2. Rub it off with fresh wai«te, an aM cltith, or dome crumpled paper. 3. Polijih it with a dry ilannelette or w<iolen cloth until all oiltness is gtme. 4, Burn the waste, old cloth, or paper because oily waste and oily cloths are a frequent cause of fire through spontaneoua combustion. 5. Wavsh out the polishing cloth.