| Show VIRTUE OF BARE FLOORS how housekeeping in the tropics Is 1 made easy american housekeepers will find it much easier to keep their rooms clean and bright and free from dust it they follow the tropical plan of 0 polishing floors with beeswax rubbed on with aith a cocoanut husk instead of covering them up tip with carpets it goes without saying that it Is easier to sweep a polished floor than a carpet and the cormer is much healthier because it does not collect tue dust and dirt ilka like a carpet perhaps an absolutely bard bare floor however lio wever beautifully polished does not look well to oyes eyes tomed to it therefore it would be ad disable for the american housekeeper el to place a small rug in front of the couch aid another in front ot 0 the fire place to bieak bleak the monotony of 0 the glistening surface on the mirror like floor they would have a striking and beautiful effect far surpassing that ol 01 even the best carpets in the market this receipt for saving dust and anti labor is only one of many useful hints which the american woman may pick pich up from rhe the housekeeper in the trop ics acs the housekeeper Is always on oil the tho lookout for a polish for brasses in ill the west indies a mixture of lemon juice and ashes Is used and a better polish bo be secured |
