SPRING-CLEAN AIDS

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 16, 13 October 1933, Page 4

SPRING-CLEAN AIDS

Some Essential Equipment

Time was when spring-cleaning meant an enormous amount of bard work. The whole routine of the house was disrupted for a week or so, much to the displeasure of the menfolk, who grumbled accordingly. Nowadays, with modern appliances, the work is done quickly and uuobstrusively. The up-to-date housewife arms herself with a vacuum cleaner and other efficient equipment, and the whole job of spring cleaning is done before the menfolk have noticed it. The vacuum cleaner, of course, is a wonderful aid, and these are not so expensive that they arc beyond the income of the average housewife. Carpet-sweepers have been improved, too.

Ordinary household brooms should be wisely chosen, for the cheai>est are not the best buying. Housewives will welcome kneeling mats. These are made with various materials, one popular type being of black sponge rubber, are very soft, light in weight, and practically indestructible.

Do not forget to include in your spring-cleaning equipment a Turk’s head, on a long bamboo handle, foist ray cobwebs on tire ceilings, a selfwringing mop to save your hands, and a polishing mop to save your knees.