Search through general literature, prose and poetry, for
references to insects, — their habits, work, treatment ; for
figures of speech drawn from the general subject, as: Prov.
xxxi. 27, first clause ; Prov. vi. 6.
A close mouth catches no flies. — Cervantes.
Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare. — Byron.
And half-starved spiders prey'd on half-starved flies.
— Churchill.
Here Skugg lies snug
As a bug in a rug. — B. Franklin.
Like summer friends,
Flies of estate and sunneshine.
— Geo. Herbert.
A worm is in the bud of youth,
And at the root of age. — Cowper.
A fly bit the bare pate of a bald man, who, in endeavoring to crush
it, gave himself a hard slap. Then said the fly, jeeringly, "You
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wanted to revenge the sting of a tiny insect with death ; what will
you do to yourself who have added insult to injury ? " — Ph^drus.
What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee. Every-
thing is in a state of metamorphosis. — Marcus Aurelius.
Solon used to say that . . . laws were like cobwebs.
And others more or less familiar.
Let pupils originate figures of speech founded upon
insects' structure, habits, etc. Class criticise, improve, if
possible. Have notebooks in which above figures of speech,
whether quoted or original, may be kept.
CHAPTER XIV
HOUSE CLEANING
By L. L. W. WILSON, Ph.D.,
Op the Philadelphia Normal School
Facts. — The best advice that can be given on the subject
of house cleaning is "i>o>i'^/' or, if you must, then clean
twice, once in the spring and again in the fall.
The annual spring cleaning not only upsets both the
cleaners and the cleaned, but, occurring just at the time
when insects' are laying their eggs, is apt to spread the
disease, rather than to cure it. By waiting until mid-
summer, more will be accomplished, even if no better
methods are employed.
The chief advantage of house cleaning lies in the fact
that at this time the year's accumulations are looked over,
and many of them rejected. To leave woodwork and
floors and closets for a yearly cleaning, as many people do,
is inexcusable. Once a week in dusty regions, or, perhaps,
once a month in the clean country or seashore, is little
enough.
In general the same methods should be pursued in cleaning
at house cleaning time as in the weekly cleaning. For this
see the chapter on the Dining Eoom, and the section on
cleaning in the chapter on the Kitchen. In addition to this,
remember that all closets must be cleaned in connection
with rooms to which they belong, but before that room is
toiiched.
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If there are carpets, each must be taken up, and either
sent to a carpet cleaning establishment, or else, one at a
time, taken into the yard, beaten, sprayed with benzine, and
allowed to air for several hours.
In the meantime, the room must be thoroughly swept and
dusted. If there are cracks in the floor, or at the junction
of the baseboard and floor, clean them out, pour benzine
into them, and later fill them with liquid plaster of Paris.
Shake thoroughly in the yard all hangings. Put these
away, rough drying any soiled wash curtains. Cover the
pictures with netting, and the cleaned furniture with linen.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Search through general literature, prose and poetry, for references to insects, — their habits, work, treatment ; for figures of speech drawn from the general subject, as: Prov. xxxi. 27, first clause ; Prov. vi. 6.
A close mouth catches no flies. — Cervantes.
Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare. — Byron.
And half-starved spiders prey'd on half-starved flies.
— Churchill. Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug. — B. Franklin.
Like summer friends,
Flies of estate and sunneshine.
— Geo. Herbert.
A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. — Cowper.
A fly bit the bare pate of a bald man, who, in endeavoring to crush it, gave himself a hard slap. Then said the fly, jeeringly, "You wanted to revenge the sting of a tiny insect with death ; what will you do to yourself who have added insult to injury ? " — Phædrus.
What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee. Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. — Marcus Aurelius.
Solon used to say that . . . laws were like cobwebs.
And others more or less familiar.
Let pupils originate figures of speech founded upon insects' structure, habits, etc. Class criticise, improve, if possible. Have notebooks in which above figures of speech, whether quoted or original, may be kept.
CHAPTER XIV
HOUSE CLEANING
Op the Philadelphia Normal School
Facts. — The best advice that can be given on the subject of house cleaning is "Don't," or, if you must, then clean twice, once in the spring and again in the fall.
The annual spring cleaning not only upsets both the cleaners and the cleaned, but, occurring just at the time when insects' are laying their eggs, is apt to spread the disease, rather than to cure it. By waiting until midsummer, more will be accomplished, even if no better methods are employed.
The chief advantage of house cleaning lies in the fact that at this time the year's accumulations are looked over, and many of them rejected. To leave woodwork and floors and closets for a yearly cleaning, as many people do, is inexcusable. Once a week in dusty regions, or, perhaps, once a month in the clean country or seashore, is little enough.
In general the same methods should be pursued in cleaning at house cleaning time as in the weekly cleaning. For this see the chapter on the Dining Eoom, and the section on cleaning in the chapter on the Kitchen. In addition to this, remember that all closets must be cleaned in connection with rooms to which they belong, but before that room is touched.
HOUSE CLEANING 363
If there are carpets, each must be taken up, and either sent to a carpet cleaning establishment, or else, one at a time, taken into the yard, beaten, sprayed with benzine, and allowed to air for several hours.
In the meantime, the room must be thoroughly swept and dusted. If there are cracks in the floor, or at the junction of the baseboard and floor, clean them out, pour benzine into them, and later fill them with liquid plaster of Paris.
Shake thoroughly in the yard all hangings. Put these away, rough drying any soiled wash curtains. Cover the pictures with netting, and the cleaned furniture with linen.