Each morning when you get up, turn the bed covers back over the foot of the bed. This will soon get to be a habit. At least once a week all the covers should be removed and allowed to hang out in the sunshine. Before leaving the room in the morning, take a survey of it. Hang your night- dress out where it will air, put away any clothes that are hanging on the chairs. Open the closet doors, draw up the shades, and open the windows. After breakfast, before you start for school, return to the room and put it in order. ^ First, wash the toilet articles on the washstand with cold water. Dry them on a cloth used especially for this pur- pose, and not on a soiled towel. Empty all the water into the waste pail. Fill the pitchers with fresh water. Replace all the articles where they belong. Second, make the bed. Remove all the clothing and turn the mattress over from end to end, from side to side. .Put on the mattress pad, which should consist of a piece of quilted cotton cloth large enough to cover the middle of the bed. Next put on the under sheet, right side up, with the crease in the middle of the bed. Tuck this in at the head, foot, and sides. Over this put the upper sheet, right side down, tucking it in at the foot at least twelve inches. Put on the blankets with the fold at the foot of the bed, so that one of them may be turned back if you should be too warm. Your teacher will show you how to miter the comers when 192 Digitized by Google CARE OF BEDROOMS 193 tucking in the bedclothes so that the bed will stay together and look neat and shipshape. Fold the upper sheet down over the blankets about nine inches. The spread is put over the whole bed. It should hang over the sides and foot far enough to hide the mattress and springs. The pillows must be smooth and flattened and placed at the head of the bed. The bed linen is changed at least once a week, either both sheets or simply the lower one. The upper sheet may be used the next week for the lower sheet, putting it this time right side down also, so that the cleaner side will be up next to the body. Third, brush up and dust any part of the room that needs it. Straighten the toilet articles on the bureau. Partly close the windows and draw down the shades to the middle of the window frame. Once a week the room must be given a thorough cleaning. Cover up the b^d, bureau, and wash- stand with old sheets prepared fpr this purpose. Take out the rugs ani'sweep the room thoroughly. When the dust has settled, remove it with a damp duster and straighten the room. Necessity for Light and Air. — Many of us are afraid that sunshine will fade our carpets and furniture and that fresh air will make the house too cold in winter. But there is a great necessity for light and air in the house. Direct sun- shine kills most bacteria. Therefore our bedrooms should be filled with sunshine in the daytime if possible, and with fresh air at night while we are asleep. This will make us ready for our next day's work after a long night of sleep. Digitized by Google LAUNDERING Sorting and Preparing Clothes. — The clothes should be taken from the soiled clothes basket or hamper and sorted into four piles. Put table linen and slightly soiled towels in one pile; body linen, bed linen, handkerchiefs, and soiled towels in a second pile ; colored clothing in a third pile, and flannels and stockings in a fourth pile. As you sort the clothes, look them over, mend any rents and remove any stains (see page 16).

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Each morning when you get up, turn the bed covers back over the foot of the bed. This will soon get to be a habit. At least once a week all the covers should be removed and allowed to hang out in the sunshine. Before leaving the room in the morning, take a survey of it. Hang your nightdress out where it will air, put away any clothes that are hanging on the chairs. Open the closet doors, draw up the shades, and open the windows. After breakfast, before you start for school, return to the room and put it in order. First, wash the toilet articles on the washstand with cold water. Dry them on a cloth used especially for this purpose, and not on a soiled towel. Empty all the water into the waste pail. Fill the pitchers with fresh water. Replace all the articles where they belong. Second, make the bed. Remove all the clothing and turn the mattress over from end to end, from side to side. .Put on the mattress pad, which should consist of a piece of quilted cotton cloth large enough to cover the middle of the bed. Next put on the under sheet, right side up, with the crease in the middle of the bed. Tuck this in at the head, foot, and sides. Over this put the upper sheet, right side down, tucking it in at the foot at least twelve inches. Put on the blankets with the fold at the foot of the bed, so that one of them may be turned back if you should be too warm. Your teacher will show you how to miter the comers when Digitized by Google CARE OF BEDROOMS 193 tucking in the bedclothes so that the bed will stay together and look neat and shipshape. Fold the upper sheet down over the blankets about nine inches. The spread is put over the whole bed. It should hang over the sides and foot far enough to hide the mattress and springs. The pillows must be smooth and flattened and placed at the head of the bed. The bed linen is changed at least once a week, either both sheets or simply the lower one. The upper sheet may be used the next week for the lower sheet, putting it this time right side down also, so that the cleaner side will be up next to the body. Third, brush up and dust any part of the room that needs it. Straighten the toilet articles on the bureau. Partly close the windows and draw down the shades to the middle of the window frame. Once a week the room must be given a thorough cleaning. Cover up the bed, bureau, and washstand with old sheets prepared for this purpose. Take out the rugs ani'sweep the room thoroughly. When the dust has settled, remove it with a damp duster and straighten the room. Necessity for Light and Air. — Many of us are afraid that sunshine will fade our carpets and furniture and that fresh air will make the house too cold in winter. But there is a great necessity for light and air in the house. Direct sunshine kills most bacteria. Therefore our bedrooms should be filled with sunshine in the daytime if possible, and with fresh air at night while we are asleep. This will make us ready for our next day's work after a long night of sleep. Digitized by Google LAUNDERING Sorting and Preparing Clothes. — The clothes should be taken from the soiled clothes basket or hamper and sorted into four piles. Put table linen and slightly soiled towels in one pile; body linen, bed linen, handkerchiefs, and soiled towels in a second pile ; colored clothing in a third pile, and flannels and stockings in a fourth pile. As you sort the clothes, look them over, mend any rents and remove any stains (see page 16).

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