Show MY 4 r 9 4 1 now is the spring of our discontent arrived when nhen every good and ambitious housekeeper turns her ho household belongings upside down and Is immersed in cleaning polishing reno bating replacing and repairing them the house must take on oil its sui summer niner dress and the more we care for it the more agreeable the work becomes floors woodwork and furniture are all to be washed and pol poll hed to begin the work with just soft water and bland and soap are the best of nil all things one must have ready for the spring house cleaning a good furniture polish some of those for sale in the shops are not good for the finest pieces of furniture and it Is safer to have a polish mixed at home and perhaps cheaper homemade home made furniture polish to cleanse ones furniture with special attention to renewing iving its freshness 1 is s sometimes to save money otherwise ollier wise spent at a cabinet nin makers kers and for this work a most excellent polish for any hard wood Is one composed ln ed or of one third each of wood alcohol vinegar and olive oil an eighth of the quantity of linseed oil added mill increase its polishing capacities but this necessitates greater elbow grease to prevent stickiness of the wood surface powdered pumice and olive oil make a splendid cleanser for milio gany especially Pec specially ally lally with an old piece the beauty and depth of color may be entirely dimmed by dust and dirt that has collected through the months it if not the years set the best way of treating it then tit ll to have a soft bit of rioth eloth clice 8 cloth Is good wet it with oil and the then dip into finely powdered pumice wit with to the pad thus made the wood Is rubbed vigorous vigorously y renewing the oil or powder as needed ne according cording to the condition of the swab it will rapidly become dirty and must be folded under from time to time that the old dirt shall not be rubbed into the furniture cleaning marble baseboards baseboard a to entirely remove and dis coloration from marble baseboards ol of show cases tables or floora or mantel pieces dissolve powdered whiting in very strong soda water apply with flannel and leave on to dry for awen ty tour four hours the care of matting the alie broom even the covered wie errie Is not good for matting rind and neither Is the hie frequent use of the wet cloth the carpet sweeper used across the grain Is better and the vacuum cleaner Is of course best of all but in between the latter two comes the hearth brush which is a life preserver to the matting malting rind and a labor saver to the alie to go over a mat ting covered room with a dustpan and one of these brushes Is a matter of only a tew minutes these soft half hair brushes thus used raise little dust they keep the matting and the corners in proper condition and they dol da not roughen and injure the hattings mat tings surface another merit Is that they may be washed without injury if they art are quickly dried |