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2. Carry the ladder to the window, roll up the shade, and take it down. 



Unroll it on the floor or over a table, then roll it up, dusting both 

 sides as it rolls. Stand it aside, marking to which window it 

 belongs if more than one is being cleaned. 



3. Dust the window, especially the surrounding woodwork, with the 



damp flannelette duster. 



4. Wash the glass, especially corners, and dry with the linen towel. 



5. Polish with the chamois leather. 



6. Replace the shade, testing carefully, and make sure the spring works 



properly. 



7. Wash out the tub, towel, cloth, and duster. Hang the cloths to 



dry and put everything else away. 



8. If chamois leather is not available, use crumpled newspaper. 



9. The following mixture may be used instead of ammonia and water, 



but the resulting white dust must be carefully wiped up: 



1 tablespoonful precipitated whiting 



2 tablespoonfuls household ammonia 



To dust window shades 

 Apparatus: 



A stepladder and a flannelette duster. 

 Procedure: 



1. Place the ladder firmly, so that it is easy to reach the spring end of 



the roller. 



2. Roll the shade up as far as possible and take it down from the window. 



If it will not roll all the way up before you take it down, roll it 

 up before coming down from the ladder; otherwise the shade is 

 likely to wrinkle and be damaged. 



3. Unroll carefully over a table or out on the floor. Great care must 



be taken to prevent the shade from wrinkling. 



4. Roll up slowly, dusting each side as it is rolled. 



5. Replace the shade on the window, and test to see whether it rolls 



up and down properly. If it does not roll quickly to the middle 

 of the window, take it off again and roll up before replacing. If 

 it will not pull down to the bottom, pull it down as far as possible, 

 take it off again, and unroll it to the length of the window before 

 replacing. 



6. Dust the middle ledge of the window before taking the stepladder 



away. 



WOODWORK 



See under " Floors, furniture, and woodwork," page 326, 



