The child housekeeper; by Colson Elizabeth

Author:Colson, Elizabeth. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Home economics
Publisher: New York, A. S. Barnes and company
Published: 1903-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Sweeping and Dusting

or with newspapers. Next we will dust the chairs and put them in the hall. Then move the washstand and table in order to sweep under them.

The window should be opened, unless the day is very windy. Use the little brush for the corners and under the bed, for we must be sure to find all the dust-fairies that are hiding there. With our brooms held firmly in both hands, let us sweep toward the centre of the room.

When a carpet is swept the air becomes filled with dust, so bits of wet newspaper must be scattered on the floor to lay it.

Now sweep the dust into a pile and collect it in the dustpans.

Let us rest for a while and hear a story about a broom.

Brooms are made from a plant called broom corn.

Broom corn bears no ear like the corn we eat. It grows to be very tall, 93

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