Show JJuslcss Sleeping Car Berths I Sleeping car berths may not be as sweet smelling as a light sleeper could wish but they are clean and absolutely free from vermin This 1 due to the simplest kind of care vigorous use of the whisk broom After every journey the car Is thrown open the bedding is taken out on the platform plat-form blankets are given a shake or two and the mattress and pillows are thoroughly thor-oughly brushed Then the upper and lower berths are whisked and the woodwork wood-work is polished This habit of dislodging the dust is the secret of clean beds As everybody is aware the linen is changed every night There is only one porter to a car and it would surprise a painstaking housekeeper to see the rapid way that a sleeping car Is put in trim for the next trip to the Car floor carpets are fitted instead like of a being chair tacked cover and secured with brass pins I is a small task to unbutton the carpet pull it out into the train yard and beat and brush it clean Car cleaners have great contempt for the broom the consumption of whisks being at least 60 per cent greater There should be a hint for over burdened servants ser-vants and housewives in all thisNew York World |