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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...This is the doors and the woodwork of the house. Clean paper on the walls and a new coat of paint or varnish over the woodwork freshens a house very much. The curtains may be washed and irone... More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...This is the doors and the woodwork of the house. Clean paper on the walls and a new coat of paint or varnish over the woodwork freshens a house very much. The curtains may be washed and ironed. The heavier couch covers and draperies may be thoroughly shaken and aired in the fresh sunshine. A Clean Schoolroom.--Since we spend nearly as much time at school as we do at home, it is important to have the schoolroom clean. At first we may think it is the janitor's duty to keep the room clean, but we also have our Helping To Keep Clean the time to wash share of the work. The janitor, it is true, has the floor to sweep and the floor and windows to wash. He also does most of the dusting. But we need to keep the floor tidy and to help in the dusting. At the end of each session it takes only a few minutes for each pupil to pick up the papers that may have fallen about his desk and to throw them into the wastebasket. Dusting.--Then the pupils can help in dusting the room and desks carefully every morning. Surely each girl will be glad to learn how to dust a room well, if she can have a neat white apron and cap to protect her clothes from the dust. In some classes there are groups of children who keep the schoolroom dusted. The inside of the desk should be kept orderly and free from loose bits of paper and pencil sharpenings. The blackboards are constantly calling for care, for they need to be cleaned and to be washed often. Keeping the School Yard Clean.--When we visit a school and find paper and bits of orange peel and apple cores scattered about the steps and yard, we think the children of that school are not very tidy. Can any one find these things about your school yard? There should be a box or a barrel in the yard, and all the remains of lunches should go into it...

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