The sweeper's last duty at night is to see that everything
in his charge is clean, and to give both scullery and kitchen
a final sweep-out. On this depends much of the health of
the household. The sweeper should always have on hand a
supply of carbolic or phenyl e, and should be instructed how
to use it, or whitewash if that is preferred. His duties in
regard to dogs and fowls will be found under those headings.
The following recipes will be found useful for the sweeper : —
1. Boots, to black. — Remove every atom of dust or mud witli the
brush, or, if necessary, a damp cloth. Put on the smallest possible
amount of blacking, and leave it to dry thoroughly, tlien polish as
hard as you can. Do not forget to take the laces out before black-
ing laced boots or shoes. If the leather feels sticky, too much
blacking has been used. For brown shoes, use one tea-cup shredded
beeswax dissolved in one tea-cup turpentine, or the usual brown
boot polish. Polish with a silk cloth.
2. Chitai Matting, to clean. — Wash with strong salt and water.
Dry .at once with a soft cloth✪ Chitai Matting, to clean.
3. G-rey Wash for Fireplace. — Make a gharra full of rather
thick whitewash, colour with powdered charco.al, and add a little
rice-water or glue✪ Grey Wash for Fireplace.
4. Iron, to clean. — Use powdered bathbrick and oil, with plenty
of elbow-grease✪ Iron, to clean.
6. Red Wash for Fireplace. — Mix one pice worth of hirmchi
with one pice worth of geru in sufficient rice-water✪ Red Wash for Fireplace to make the
whole to the consistency of whitewash.
6. Rust, to remove. — Take powdered polisher’s putty (or crude
peroxide of tin) mixed with a little oxalic acid and water✪ Rust, to remove. Apply
on the rust spot as a paste for a few minutes. \Tash off carefully,
dry and polish. Roth Brooke’s soap and Piitz pomade are excel-
lent for metal work.
7. Whitewash Marks on Wood, to remove. — Mix 1 oz. salt
with 1 oz. linseed oil and 4 oz. of water✪ Whitewash Marks on Wood, to remove. Huh on with a damp
duster till the spot disappe.ai-s.
8. W^indows, to clean. — Remove varnish or putty marks with
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spirits of wine. Wash with soap and clean water on both sides of
the pane. Polish with a dry raj^. If the polisli has gone, it may
be restored by dry, powdered tripoli, and a very fine polish may be
given by dusting powdered chalk✪ Windows, to clean, tied up in a piece of muslin, on
to the glass, and then rubbing it off with a dry, clean rag. (Ireasy
cloths will never clean glass.
9. Windows, to preserve Glass from Paint. — Make the
painter or vamisher use a thin slip of glass as a guard. Put this
close to the woodwork, when all surplus stuff will be smeared on it,
not on the real window glass below.
Duties of the Cook.
The implements required are mentioned hereafter.
The first duty of the cook is to have a tidy cook-room,
and for this his mistress is mainly responsible in the first
place. We cannot insist too often on the folly of expecting
cleanliness when there are no appliances rendering it possible
to be clean.
The cook-house, then, must be airy and wholesome. The
floor should be of broad, flat bricks, such as are used for
mosques and public buildings, set close in really good mortar.
There will then be no difficulty in getting it swept and
washed out every daJ^
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Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
The sweeper's last duty at night is to see that everything in his charge is clean, and to give both scullery and kitchen a final sweep-out. On this depends much of the health of the household. The sweeper should always have on hand a supply of carbolic or phenyle, and should be instructed how to use it, or whitewash if that is preferred. His duties in regard to dogs and fowls will be found under those headings. The following recipes will be found useful for the sweeper : —
1. Boots, to black. — Remove every atom of dust or mud witli the brush, or, if necessary, a damp cloth. Put on the smallest possible amount of blacking, and leave it to dry thoroughly, tlien polish as hard as you can. Do not forget to take the laces out before blacking laced boots or shoes. If the leather feels sticky, too much blacking has been used. For brown shoes, use one tea-cup shredded beeswax dissolved in one tea-cup turpentine, or the usual brown boot polish. Polish with a silk cloth.
2. Chitai Matting, to clean. — Wash with strong salt and water. Dry at once with a soft cloth.
3. G-rey Wash for Fireplace. — Make a gharra full of rather thick whitewash, colour with powdered charcoal, and add a little rice-water or glue.
4. Iron, to clean. — Use powdered bathbrick and oil, with plenty of elbow-grease.
6. Red Wash for Fireplace. — Mix one pice worth of hirmchi with one pice worth of geru in sufficient rice-water to make the whole to the consistency of whitewash.
6. Rust, to remove. — Take powdered polisher’s putty (or crude peroxide of tin) mixed with a little oxalic acid and water. Apply on the rust spot as a paste for a few minutes. Wash off carefully, dry and polish. Both Brooke's soap and Piitz pomade are excellent for metal work.
7. Whitewash Marks on Wood, to remove. — Mix 1 oz. salt with 1 oz. linseed oil and 4 oz. of water. Rub on with a damp duster till the spot disappears.
8. W^indows, to clean. — Remove varnish or putty marks with
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spirits of wine. Wash with soap and clean water on both sides of the pane. Polish with a dry rag. If the polisli has gone, it may be restored by dry, powdered tripoli, and a very fine polish may be given by dusting powdered chalk, tied up in a piece of muslin, on to the glass, and then rubbing it off with a dry, clean rag. (Ireasy cloths will never clean glass.
9. Windows, to preserve Glass from Paint. — Make the painter or vamisher use a thin slip of glass as a guard. Put this close to the woodwork, when all surplus stuff will be smeared on it, not on the real window glass below.
Duties of the Cook.
The implements required are mentioned hereafter.
The first duty of the cook is to have a tidy cook-room, and for this his mistress is mainly responsible in the first place. We cannot insist too often on the folly of expecting cleanliness when there are no appliances rendering it possible to be clean.
The cook-house, then, must be airy and wholesome. The floor should be of broad, flat bricks, such as are used for mosques and public buildings, set close in really good mortar. There will then be no difficulty in getting it swept and washed out every daJ^
Records on this page
Chitai Matting, to cleanGrey Wash for FireplaceIron, to cleanRed Wash for FireplaceRust, to removeWhitewash Marks on Wood, to removeWindows, to clean