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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
picking up anything that is out of place and putting it 
where it belongs. But she also has an order for doing 
things. Perhaps she sweeps the entire house every day 
or every other day, or perhaps she puts one room in 
order on one day and another on another and so on. The 
important thing is to have a regular plan. 
The Living Room 
Taking care of a living room means cleaning the floor 
and the rugs ; dusting the walls, the pictures ; cleaning, 
dusting, and sometimes polishing the furniture. Open 
the windows top and bottom, dust and brush them inside 
and out; use a soft brush or a dust mop to take the dust 
from the floor. Use a carpet sweeper for the rugs unless 
you have electricity and can use a vacuum cleaner ; collect 
the sweepings and burn them. 
Dampen one quarter of your cheese-cloth duster and 
roll it inside the rest of the duster, then wring. This 
makes a dampish cloth for dusting the base-boards, win- 
dow sills, and other woodwork as well as the furniture. 
