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while, but who litters and spills and spreads dirt and lets 
dust collect in corners all the rest of the time. 
“Keeping clean” is the housekeeper’s regular business, 
and “cleaning up” never need stir up the whole house. 
For keeping clean, soap and water must always be 
had. The soap loves to wrestle with grease. The water 
softens and rinses away both dirt and soap You will 
use a scouring soap or powder to clean stained or dirty 
metal or glass ; and you should cover water-closets and 
other out-of-door places for refuse with clean slaked lime 
now and then to keep them clean. 
Ten Ways of Removing Stains 
1. When you have raspberry or blueberry or straw- 
berry stains on your white handkerchief or blouse or 
skirt, do not be too much disturbed. Hold the stained 
part firmly over an empty bowl, with the spot well in 
the centre, and ask some one to pour boiling hot water 
over the spot and into the bowl. The stains will disappear 
like magic. Then the wet spot may be dried and pressed 
with a hot iron, and the damage is repaired. 
2. Peach stains are much harder to remove, but they 
should be treated just as the others were treated. Often 
several applications of hot water are necessary for these 
stubborn stains. But you must not lose patience. And 
you must not use soap! The stain will fade out at last 
under the hot water. 
3. Ink stains are a great bother, especially to the 
school girl who carries a leaky fountain pen. Do not let 
them get dry. They will be much harder to remove. 
Sometimes cold water, applied immediately, will re- 
move the ink, if the spot is rinsed carefully. Use the 
cold water just as the hot water is used for the peach 
stain. If that does not remove it try milk. If the milk 
fails, let the spot soak in sour milk. Sometimes it must 
