Colored Washes. — To make the above a cream-color, add yellow ochre until
the desired shade is reached. For fawn-color, add four pounds of umber to one pound
of lampblack. For gray or stone-color, four pounds of raw umber to two pounds of
lampblack. Add to the whitewash until the desired shade is reached. To determine
the color it must be seen dry, and not damp. Hence, when trying the color, let it
dry to observe the tint.
XII. Arrangement of Furniture.
The arrangement of furniture may make pleasant or mar the appearance of a
room. Primness and precision should be avoided. If the chairs are set carefully
against the wall at equal distances, if the sofa looks as though it had never been sat
upon, if the center-table has a touch-me-not appearance, the general effect of the
room will chill the visitor. The appearance of the room should be that of one used
daily. The drapery about the windows should not be such as to shut out the light,
but simply to tone down the glare. If the carpet is good, a fair amount of light will
not hurt it, and a room that is always closed and dark, except when "company"
comes, is sure to be musty, uncomfortable and unhealthful. If 3'ou cannot study out
effects yourself, call in the aid of some one who has an eye for effect, and can pro-
duce like ones without copying. Observe effects in other houses, or take the advice
of your upholsterer, always reserving to yourself the casting vote, as to how much
you can afford to spend upon any particular room or object.
XIII. House-Cleaning.
In house-cleaning you will save yourself and family much inconvenience, by not
undertaking too much at onoe. Clean one room or one set of rooms at a time, and
observe order in so doing. If your house is to be kalsomined or papered, this should
be done first. House-cleaning is a time of severe labor, and any arrangement that
will lighten the labor should be observed. Thus, the carpets may be taken up to be
cleaned by the men, who may also kalsomine the walls. This will materially lighten
the labor of the women. Many housewives prefer to hire extra labor, and this is
decidedly the better way.
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TWENTIETH CEXTTtry HOME COOK BOOK.
XIV. Sweeping and Dusting-.— Renovating Carpets.
Carpets should be brushed over at least once a day, and thoroughly swept once
a week, when every uiovuble piece of furniture should be moved. These should be
thoroughly wipea or dusLd every time the broom is used. If the carpet becomes
dingy, it should be wiped with a damp sponge, and dried with clean flannel cloths.
If there are grease-; spots, they may be taken out by thoroughly pounding and mixing
together equal parts of magnesia and fuller's earth. Make this into a paste with
boiling water, lay it over the grease-spot, hot, and by the following day it will have
absorbed the grease ; it may then be scraped and brushed off. If, unfortunately,
grease or oil has been spilled on the carpet, it should be taken out, if possible,
before that is again swejit. Ordinaiy stains may usually be removed with lemon-
VI. Ge or dilute oxalic acid.
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FLOOR BllUSH.
Not every person knows how to sweep cleaji without raising a great dust. If in
sweejjing you carry the broom, in its stroke, beyond you, it will inevitably make
dust from the spring of the fibers of the broom. The spent tea-leaves should always
be saved moist and scattered over the carpet for tie regular sweepings, or salt should
be strewn over the carpet. The strokes of the bj. jom should be short, firm, and each
should end when the broom has been drawn rj.-^nrly up to a line with the person.
Comers and the sides of the room should receive especial attention. As a preventive
of dust a good carpet sweeper is valuable, but tlie movable furniture must be taken
out to do good work, and the corners and edg, t; ol^aned with the broom, brush and
dust-pan.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Colored Washes. — To make the above a cream-color, add yellow ochre until the desired shade is reached. For fawn-color, add four pounds of umber to one pound of lampblack. For gray or stone-color, four pounds of raw umber to two pounds of lampblack. Add to the whitewash until the desired shade is reached. To determine the color it must be seen dry, and not damp. Hence, when trying the color, let it dry to observe the tint.
XII. Arrangement of Furniture.
The arrangement of furniture may make pleasant or mar the appearance of a room. Primness and precision should be avoided. If the chairs are set carefully against the wall at equal distances, if the sofa looks as though it had never been sat upon, if the center-table has a touch-me-not appearance, the general effect of the room will chill the visitor. The appearance of the room should be that of one used daily. The drapery about the windows should not be such as to shut out the light, but simply to tone down the glare. If the carpet is good, a fair amount of light will not hurt it, and a room that is always closed and dark, except when "company" comes, is sure to be musty, uncomfortable and unhealthful. If you cannot study out effects yourself, call in the aid of some one who has an eye for effect, and can produce like ones without copying. Observe effects in other houses, or take the advice of your upholsterer, always reserving to yourself the casting vote, as to how much you can afford to spend upon any particular room or object.
XIII. House-Cleaning.
In house-cleaning you will save yourself and family much inconvenience, by not undertaking too much at onoe. Clean one room or one set of rooms at a time, and observe order in so doing. If your house is to be kalsomined or papered, this should be done first. House-cleaning is a time of severe labor, and any arrangement that will lighten the labor should be observed. Thus, the carpets may be taken up to be cleaned by the men, who may also kalsomine the walls. This will materially lighten the labor of the women. Many housewives prefer to hire extra labor, and this is decidedly the better way.
XIV. Sweeping and Dusting-.— Renovating Carpets.
Carpets should be brushed over at least once a day, and thoroughly swept once a week, when every uiovuble piece of furniture should be moved. These should be thoroughly wipea or dusLd every time the broom is used. If the carpet becomes dingy, it should be wiped with a damp sponge, and dried with clean flannel cloths. If there are grease-; spots, they may be taken out by thoroughly pounding and mixing together equal parts of magnesia and fuller's earth. Make this into a paste with boiling water, lay it over the grease-spot, hot, and by the following day it will have absorbed the grease ; it may then be scraped and brushed off. If, unfortunately, grease or oil has been spilled on the carpet, it should be taken out, if possible, before that is again swejit. Ordinaiy stains may usually be removed with lemon- VI. Ge or dilute oxalic acid.
"■•'" ' '■■■■"■- ■■- ..■......■■■. "^p ■' ll ^ .1. ■
FLOOR BllUSH.
Not every person knows how to sweep cleaji without raising a great dust. If in sweejjing you carry the broom, in its stroke, beyond you, it will inevitably make dust from the spring of the fibers of the broom. The spent tea-leaves should always be saved moist and scattered over the carpet for tie regular sweepings, or salt should be strewn over the carpet. The strokes of the bj. jom should be short, firm, and each should end when the broom has been drawn rj.-^nrly up to a line with the person. Comers and the sides of the room should receive especial attention. As a preventive of dust a good carpet sweeper is valuable, but tlie movable furniture must be taken out to do good work, and the corners and edg, t; ol^aned with the broom, brush and dust-pan.