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should be washed with soap and water. If any parts are rusted, 

 the rust can be removed by soaking with kerosene, remembering, 

 of course, that kerosene catches fire very easily and should never 

 be used while there is a trace of fire about it. After it is thorough- 

 ly cleaned it should be well blackened and polished with a cloth or 

 brush. Once the stove has been gotten into the proper condition 

 it can be easily kept so. If anything spills on the stove wipe it off 

 with a piece of paper. A cloth should be kept, by means of which 

 the stove can be wiped each day. If this is done it will not be 

 necessary to polish the stove very often. 



Coming now to the interior, did you decide which portion 

 should receive attention first? A safe rule to follow is to com- 

 mence at the top and work down. In this way water and dust 

 from above will not be spilled over the clean portion below. This 

 means we must commence with the ceiling and work down the 

 walls. 



Cleaning the Walls and Ceiling. — Wipe down the ceiling and 

 walls carefully with a broom covered with a soft cloth. If the 

 walls are painted they may be wiped off with soap and water. On 

 this account paint is better for walls that are likely to become 

 soiled than calcimine, whitewash or wall paper. On the other 

 hand, calcimine and whitewash are cheaper and can be replaced 

 more frequently than the paint. A very good plan is to paint the 

 lower portion of the wall, which is the portion more likely to be 

 soiled, while the upper portion may be treated in one of the other 

 ways. 



If the walls are to be refinished in any way you should be very 

 careful as to the selection of your color. By the selection of your 

 colors you may add to the beauty and the apparent warmth and 

 light in the room. Which colors do you like best? Is there any 

 reason for your likes and dislikes in regard to color? Do some 

 colors in a room make it appear warmer than others? Some cooler? 

 Divide colors into the warm and the cool colors. Can you see any 

 reason for some colors being called warm and some cold? 



Which colors make a room seem lighter? 



Why are they important in a schoolroom? 



Is it important to choose carefully the colors of the walls in 

 your rooms at home ? 



We know that those colors which are connected in our minds 

 with fire make a room seem warm. They are the reds and yellows, 

 while the blues and greens make a room seem cool, probably be- 

 cause of their connection in our minds with water, ice and the cool 



