IF YOU DON’T OPEN THE WINDOWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20187, 26 August 1927, Page 14

IF YOU DON’T OPEN THE WINDOWS.

AT LEAST KEEP THEM CLEAN. Two women were in the little parlour waiting for the friend upon whom they had called to come down and see them. One of them —wo will call her Peggy—very rudely put her fingers alone the ledge of one of the pictures, and, holding them out to show the dust, said: "She's evidently not so clean as wo are, Anne," while Anne nodded as much as to say, "No, indeed, phe's not." Yet Maimie (the she in question) had a healthy, happy family, and her home always appeared bright and clean. Besides which it was a sort of Liberty Hall to which sincere friends were always welcomed. But despite the fact that t this housewife did occasionlly allow a bit of dust to rest upon a picture or mantelshelf there was one part of the home that was always clean—and that was the windows. No once-a-fortnight window-clean-ing for her. The sheets of glass through which the family had to look were always free from mist or marks, and there was a good reason for her cleanliness in this direction. Mamie had a very clever uncle —a scientist. He had explained to her that dirty windows were a menace to health. He told her that it had been proved by science that that yellowy-greyish colour caused by an accumulation of dust produces harmful rays which counteract the good influence of sunlight. He pointed out that the girl clerks who worked in offices where the windows wore rarely cleaned usually had bad complexions, unless they took the very greatest care of them. ' The fly germ it another danger which arises when windows are not washed freely enough. Most children love tapping their tiny hands upon the window panes, and even grown-ups will do so sometimes. Then, when the hands -hat have touched the window pass up to the mouth the poison goes with them. A room may be ever so untidy, and even a little dirty, but there will always be something pleasant about it if the windows are kept nice and bright. There are many ways of cleaning windows and several powders and things on the market, but the old-fashioned window leather will take a lot of beating. And if a little blue is added to the water in which the leather is wetted the result is all the more satisfactory.—Glasgow Weekly Herald.