Show rr rt r r- r I t t Jt i I WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD WORLD I Orderliness Adds Beauty to Your Home By Ertta Haley I the N REASON why we have O ONE saying Womans work is never done Is the fact the caring for tor the house Is ever present True you may have finished cleaning your home from top to bottom and have every drawer and shelf shell In perfect order but when the morrow morrow morrow mor mor- row comes theres there's always dust threads to pick from to wipe or the floor Of Ot necessity homes have different different different dif dif- ferent standards of cleanliness and orderliness and these Influence Influence In In- fluence standards of housekeeping Homes with toddlers will wilt always have toys on the floor those with school children may have books and clothing scattered in various places Standards should however be kept as high as possible because we seldom go as high as our standards stand ards and often not as high However However However How How- ever when we do have high standards standards standards stand stand- ards we at least try to approach them and we do have a goal which keeps us striving Caring for the home Is not a Job just for tor mother Its It's a responsibility ity that belongs to everyone who lives In the home and these duties should be well defined Everyone should contribute to picking up to keep the house from looking as though items were constantly constantly constantly con con- tossed about In a home with many people it should be a Well cleaned hornet home add rule that whoever looks at papers and magazines should pile them after use The same applies to clothing clothing and personal effects Keeping the home In good condition condition condi condi- tion lion Is a habit that does not come about overnight Its It's the result of years of practice and should be started with small duties as each child reaches a sense of It should never be made madean an unpleasant task but rather one in which there is joy in seeing cleanliness and order result from certain efforts Orderly Home Yields To Thorough Cleaning I Do you have to stop to pick up clothing papers ashtrays and other such items before you start the thorough cleaning of ot a room Something's amiss in your own or orthe orthe orthe the family's habits If this must be bedone bedone bedone done for it delays the big cleanIng cleaning clean clean- ing lug jobs from five minutes to an hour or more It may seem like a lot of ot work to move all aU items from a room before be- be tore fore doing thorough cleaning but the results of cleanliness are greater great great- er and so is the sense of achieve- achieve I T Ribbon Hat HatI I This smart hat bat designed by Florence uses about four yards of six-inch six width ribbon Around the buckram head band the ribbon is folded neatly then sewed at the top A tip of the ribbon Is sewed Into this at the top and then a abow abow abow bow Is tied from the same ribbon ribbon ribbon rib rib- bon before cutting The bow of course will ha have ve three loops and one end The other end makes the tip of the hat If this seems too complicated says Mrs you could always just tie a bow and sew It on on- ment mente This means the pictures are removed from the walls to be dusted in front and back and to have the glass cleaned with willi water or ammonia solution All small pieces of furniture such as coffee tables small chairs hassocks and the like should be moved You can then get around the floors and the rug much more readily If It youre you're waiting for the last straggler to come down to breakfast breakfast break break- fast you can start the actual moving moving moving ing of these small Items and be beso beso beso so much ahead on cleaning Theres There's much to do to clean these things properly Small pieces of furniture can be dusted more properly when they are moved Lamp bases with china or pottery or metallic finishes can be cleaned and polished more to 10 your sense of comfort thoroughly and the shades dusted or cleaned with a small vacuum cleaner attachment For the room its itself ell use a soft to sweep the walls on light surface surface dust and cobwebs Windows should be washed if I needed otherwise simply dust them Curtains and drapes should i ibe be cleaned clemed with the vacuum at i as should be overstuffed I I pieces Books In cases need dusting once a week or once In two weeks weeKs' depending upon the community In 1 which you ou live Remove each one I and dust thoroughly I Care of Floors Rugs Rus Can be Made Simple If U the room has scatter rugs on ona a bare floor these should be removed removed removed re re- re- re moved to be cleaned outside if possible If It you prefer use a abrush abrush abrush brush or a vacuum cleaner on them Rugs which are readily lI lifted ted will be made more fresh In appearance if they can be shaken or hung on a n line so their nap Is at least partially restored Floors which are uncarpeted may be dusted with a mop which Is either cither dry or chemically treated and used only for this purpose Some homemakers homemakers' prefer to go around the floor with a vacuum attachment to get at the dust Others like to wash the floor then to go over it when dry with a special floor loor finish which gives ita it ita ita a gloss or waxed finish |