Have a regular time of the day for cleaning lamps, preferably
immediately after all the morning work has been done after break-
fast. Do not fill the lamps near the kitchen stove. Do not light a
match while the oil can is out. Never fill a lamp while lighted or
while near another one which is lighted. If a fire is caused by kero-
sene, smother it with a heavy rug or woolen garment. Do not
attempt to put it out with water.
PRELIMINARY PLAN.
It will be well to give this lesson just before some evening enter-
tainment at the schoolhouse. If there are no lamps at the school
hnve a few brought in from neighboring homes. Secure an old |
and cloths to use in cleaning.
METHOD OF WORK.
Talk with the girls about the cost and properties of kerosene and
the danger of having a light near a can of kerosene. Explain the
draft by means of which the kerosene can be made to burn on the
wick, and the danger if the burner becomes clogged up and the draft
cut off. Have the lamps taken apart, burners boiled, chimneys
cleaned, and body of the lamps filled and wiped off. Then have the
lamps lighted to see that they burn properly.
USE i N < \i:i OF THE HOME. '25
LESSON XII. PREVENTIOr 01 PESTS.
31 BJEOT M\i i ER.
Household posts are annoying, dangerous to bealth, and destruc-
io property. Pests carry disease germs from one person bo
another and from other animals to human beings. Absolute cleanli-
in ever} pari of the house is essential if the place is to be kept
free fit. in pests. A i a rule, pests flourish in dark, damp, dirt} places.
The housekeeper can keep her place free l'r<>m pests with the-proper
If pests barted, (he housekeeper should know how to
erminate t hem.
A few simple methods of extermination are heri en:
Bedbugs. Kerosene should he poured mi<> all cracks and a brush,
dipped in kerosene, run briskly over all surfaces. Care must be
taken to have no life in the house while tin - i- being done. Window
»uld he Open and the room kept lire from dust. In foUT (lays this
.should he repeated, to kill any bugs that may have jusl hatched.
tckroaches '/"</ waterbugs. — A solution of i pound i<\' alum to
:'\\.~. of water should he poured into all cracks. Insect powder
and borax afe also effective. Absolute cleanlin id freedom from
dampness an if the house is to I..- kept free from road
Ante. Oil of cloves it pennyroyal on pieces of cotton batting
sea. about in the places when- .-mi appear will drive them
Saturating tie with coal oil will destroy them. Food
which attracts ants should he removed from places which they arc
apt h.
RaU • re besl exterminated by the use of a trap or
ration like "Rough on '!. should be set
ould he Bcalded and aired after .1 mouse hae I"
caught. I'at holes maj \>r atopped up l>\ sprinkling with chloride
of lime ;.nd then filling with mortar or plaster of Paris.
breed in swampy pi »r in old barrels or kegs or
tin which hold ant water. Therefore, if the swamps
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Have a regular time of the day for cleaning lamps, preferably
immediately after all the morning work has been done after break-
fast. Do not fill the lamps near the kitchen stove. Do not light a
match while the oil can is out. Never fill a lamp while lighted or
while near another one which is lighted. If a fire is caused by kero-
sene, smother it with a heavy rug or woolen garment. Do not
attempt to put it out with water.
PRELIMINARY PLAN.
It will be well to give this lesson just before some evening enter-
tainment at the schoolhouse. If there are no lamps at the school
hnve a few brought in from neighboring homes. Secure an old |
and cloths to use in cleaning.
METHOD OF WORK.
Talk with the girls about the cost and properties of kerosene and
the danger of having a light near a can of kerosene. Explain the
draft by means of which the kerosene can be made to burn on the
wick, and the danger if the burner becomes clogged up and the draft
cut off. Have the lamps taken apart, burners boiled, chimneys
cleaned, and body of the lamps filled and wiped off. Then have the
lamps lighted to see that they burn properly.
USE i N < \i:i OF THE HOME. '25
LESSON XII. PREVENTIOr 01 PESTS.
31 BJEOT M\i i ER.
Household posts are annoying, dangerous to bealth, and destruc-
io property. Pests carry disease germs from one person bo
another and from other animals to human beings. Absolute cleanli-
in ever} pari of the house is essential if the place is to be kept
free fit. in pests. A i a rule, pests flourish in dark, damp, dirt} places.
The housekeeper can keep her place free l'r<>m pests with the-proper
If pests barted, (he housekeeper should know how to
erminate t hem.
A few simple methods of extermination are heri en:
Bedbugs. Kerosene should he poured mi<> all cracks and a brush,
dipped in kerosene, run briskly over all surfaces. Care must be
taken to have no life in the house while tin - i- being done. Window
»uld he Open and the room kept lire from dust. In foUT (lays this
.should he repeated, to kill any bugs that may have jusl hatched.
tckroaches '/"</ waterbugs. — A solution of i pound i<\' alum to
:'\\.~. of water should he poured into all cracks. Insect powder
and borax afe also effective. Absolute cleanlin id freedom from
dampness an if the house is to I..- kept free from road
Ante. Oil of cloves it pennyroyal on pieces of cotton batting
sea. about in the places when- .-mi appear will drive them
Saturating tie with coal oil will destroy them. Food
which attracts ants should he removed from places which they arc
apt h.
RaU • re besl exterminated by the use of a trap or
ration like "Rough on '!. should be set
ould he Bcalded and aired after .1 mouse hae I"
caught. I'at holes maj \>r atopped up l>\ sprinkling with chloride
of lime ;.nd then filling with mortar or plaster of Paris.
breed in swampy pi »r in old barrels or kegs or
tin which hold ant water. Therefore, if the swamps