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3. When dusting stairways it may be necessary to use a long-handled 



cornice brush in order to reach all parts. 



4. Woodwork with many panels is easily dusted with a woolly stove- 



mitt, which is kept for the purpose. 



5. Wash out the dusters with soap and water and hang them up to 



dry. 



LAMPS 



Apparatus: 



An old newspaper, the kerosene can, a damp flannelette duster, lamp 

 scissors, and a dry towel. 

 Procedure: 



1. Carry the lamps to a sink, or to a table convenient to the sink. 



2. Spread the paper and place everything on it. 



3. Wash and dry the lamp chimneys as if they were tumblers, set them 



aside, and put away the towel. 



4. Open up the lamp burner, screw up the wick, trim off all the char 



with the scissors, and screw down the wick a quarter of an inch 

 below the brass. Be careful not to drop the char around. Round 

 wicks must have the char rubbed off with the duster. 



5. Soap one corner of the duster and rub carefully every part of the 



brass burner; if necessary, polish as directed on page 332, " To 

 clean brass and copper." 



6. Fill each lamp nearly full of kerosene. See that the burner is 



properly screwed on, and wipe the body of the lamp carefully. 



7. Put on the chimneys and set the lamps in their places. 



8. Wash the scissors and duster and hang the duster to dry. Gather 



all trimmings in the paper and burn both trimmings and paper. 

 They are not safe to leave around. 



LAUNDERING 



To wash with paraffin 

 Apparatus: 



Paraffin wax, laundry soap, soft water, clothes boiler, saucepan, laundry 

 tub, and wringer. 

 Procedure: 



1. Soak the clothes over night in cold soft water. 



2. Shred one half cup of paraffin and one half-pound bar of soap, and 



melt in one pint of hot water. 



3. Fill the boiler with soft water and bring to boiling point; add the 



paraffin mixture. 



4. Wring the clothes out of the water in which they are soaking, put 



them in the boiler, and boil one half hour. 



