Show ADEQUATE STORAGE FACILITIES FACILITIES' I FOR HOME 1 4 E J. J a 4 q V A t 1 i k r r 1 j YZ 2 t Y i Ly 3 Compact Orderly Arrangement In Clothes Closet Prepared by the tho United States Department of ot A Agriculture It is easier t to keep a house In la order if It It is equipped with adequate storage stor stor- st storage rage r- r age facilities A uA place for eer everything everything every every- thing and everything In Its Its- place Is a n good old adage which If It I I heeded saves time and strength Less time Is wasted looking for misplaced articles if similar ones are stored together and If the contents contents contents con con- tents of bo boxes es drawers and closets are suitably labeled or listed Things that I have outlived their usefulness J should not be stored even If there thele is space for they simply add to the material that must be cared for without giving any service in return Such household storage places as attics basements cellars and sheds do not of course need to be so carefully carefully care care- fully or frequently order as the living rooms but they should be gone over often enough to keep their contents contents contents con con- tents In good condition and to prevent dirt from being beng carried from them Into the other parts of the house The cellar or basement may be damp and therefore requires special care care both because things stored In It may spoil and because the quality of the air In It affects that all over the house It should be regularly ventilated ventilated venti venti- latell preferably with a cross current of air and open windows and und doors should be screened against Insects and In some c cases ses against dirt Un- Un plastered walls should be whitewashed occasionally In most cases the boxes or shelves in which things are stored should not be set directly on the floor but raised on on racks or blocks of wood to avoid dampness and mustiness Old newspapers magazines and paper boxes should not be stored here because because because be be- cause they tend to absorb moisture Compact orderly arrangement in a clothes closet makes cleaning easier Dresses coats and like garments may maybe maybe maybe be kept on hangers on a rod across the closet and shoes may be kept on a shelf near the floor of the closet The I clothes clothe closet should be aired each I day leaving the door open every night Is a a good plan Occasionally everythIng everything everything every every- II thing stored In the closet should be betaken betaken betaken taken out and floors walls and shelves thoroughly cleaned Dusty closets are likely to harbor moths |