SCRUBBING A FLOOR. Always sweep a floor before washing or scrubbing it. Provide two pails of cold or lukewarm water, a stiff scrubbing brush, a large soft (but not linty) cloth and any good scour- ing soap. Dip the brush in water, and then rub it with sapolio. Look for grease spots and take them out first. After the floor has become wet you cannot see where they are. Scrub with the grain of the wood, doing a few square feet at a time. Dip the cloth in clean water, and wash the part that has been scrubbed. Use no more water than you need. Wet the cloth again, wring it as dry as you can, and wipe the floor. Proceed in this way until the whole floor has been changed. CARE OF HARDWOOD FLOOR. Never use water on a hardwood floor. Wipe it with a cloth moistened with a very little kerosene — a teaspoonful or two to begii^ with, and as much more when that has evaporated. Rub hard with another cloth until the wood is perfectly dry. Window sills and all hardwood finish should be cleaned in the same way. CARE OF OIL-CLOTH. Wash oil-cloth with warm water and milk. Use one cupful of skim milk to one gallon of water. Wipe dry with a clean cloth. CLEANING PAINT. Take a little whiting on a clean, damp cloth, and rub it on the surface to be cleaned. Take care not to let drops of water trickle down the paint. Wash off with a second cloth and clean 13 H 5 p 03^ so p p 14 BRIDE'S COOK BOOK water. Wipe dry with a third cloth. Clean a little at a time, leaving the cleaned part dry before going on. CARE OF SINK. Neglect of sink causes bad odors and attracts water- bugs and roaches. Keep it at all times free from scraps. When the dishes have been washed, scour it with a good scouring soap. Wipe the woodwork and tiling. Wash strainer, soap-dish, and other sink utensils. Wash the cloth. Scrub the draining-board and rinse the sink. If it is of iron and is to be left for several hours, wipe it dry. If rusty, use kerosene, or grease it with mutton-fat or lard, sprinkle with lime, and leave over night. CARE OF FAUCETS. Clean brass faucets with flannel dipped in vine- gar or lemon juice and rub thoroughly with rottenstone and oil, then polish with a dry cloth, or apply putz pomade or some similar prep- aration; rub it off with another cloth, and polish with a third one. If the faucets are greasy, wash them with soap-suds or sal-soda solu- tion before using anything else. Nickel faucets and trimmings need only to be wiped. DISH WASHING PREPARATION. Collect all dishes to be washed. Save time and steps in clearing off by using a tray to carry dishes from table to sink. (A table on casters will do instead of the tray.) As you take the dishes from the table, scrape and stack them on the tray. Wheel it to the sink and remove the dishes from it directly to the dishpan. Put scraps in an earthenware or enamelled dish. Frying-pans and other greasy dishes should be wiped with pieces of soft paper. This paper may be used for kindling. Or fill them with hot water to which a teaspoonful of sal-soda has been added, and let them stand. Dishes that have con- tained batter, dough, eggs or any starchy material should be soaked in cold water ; dishes that have been used to cook sugar should be soaked in hot water. Put all dishes of a kind together ; plates in piles, knives, forks, and spoons, laid with handles one way, etc.

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SCRUBBING A FLOOR. Always sweep a floor before washing or scrubbing it. Provide two pails of cold or lukewarm water, a stiff scrubbing brush, a large soft (but not linty) cloth and any good scouring soap. Dip the brush in water, and then rub it with sapolio. Look for grease spots and take them out first. After the floor has become wet you cannot see where they are. Scrub with the grain of the wood, doing a few square feet at a time. Dip the cloth in clean water, and wash the part that has been scrubbed. Use no more water than you need. Wet the cloth again, wring it as dry as you can, and wipe the floor. Proceed in this way until the whole floor has been changed. CARE OF HARDWOOD FLOOR. Never use water on a hardwood floor. Wipe it with a cloth moistened with a very little kerosene — a teaspoonful or two to begin with, and as much more when that has evaporated. Rub hard with another cloth until the wood is perfectly dry. Window sills and all hardwood finish should be cleaned in the same way. CARE OF OIL-CLOTH. Wash oil-cloth with warm water and milk. Use one cupful of skim milk to one gallon of water. Wipe dry with a clean cloth. CLEANING PAINT. Take a little whiting on a clean, damp cloth, and rub it on the surface to be cleaned. Take care not to let drops of water trickle down the paint. Wash off with a second cloth and clean H p 03^ so p p water. Wipe dry with a third cloth. Clean a little at a time, leaving the cleaned part dry before going on. CARE OF SINK. Neglect of sink causes bad odors and attracts waterbugs and roaches. Keep it at all times free from scraps. When the dishes have been washed, scour it with a good scouring soap. Wipe the woodwork and tiling. Wash strainer, soap-dish, and other sink utensils. Wash the cloth. Scrub the draining-board and rinse the sink. If it is of iron and is to be left for several hours, wipe it dry. If rusty, use kerosene, or grease it with mutton-fat or lard, sprinkle with lime, and leave over night. CARE OF FAUCETS. Clean brass faucets with flannel dipped in vinegar or lemon juice and rub thoroughly with rottenstone and oil, then polish with a dry cloth, or apply putz pomade or some similar preparation; rub it off with another cloth, and polish with a third one. If the faucets are greasy, wash them with soap-suds or sal-soda solution before using anything else. Nickel faucets and trimmings need only to be wiped. DISH WASHING PREPARATION. Collect all dishes to be washed. Save time and steps in clearing off by using a tray to carry dishes from table to sink. (A table on casters will do instead of the tray.) As you take the dishes from the table, scrape and stack them on the tray. Wheel it to the sink and remove the dishes from it directly to the dishpan. Put scraps in an earthenware or enamelled dish. Frying-pans and other greasy dishes should be wiped with pieces of soft paper. This paper may be used for kindling. Or fill them with hot water to which a teaspoonful of sal-soda has been added, and let them stand. Dishes that have contained batter, dough, eggs or any starchy material should be soaked in cold water ; dishes that have been used to cook sugar should be soaked in hot water. Put all dishes of a kind together ; plates in piles, knives, forks, and spoons, laid with handles one way, etc.

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