care.
This begins with its airing the first thing in the morning. The bed is
stripped of its coverings, which are spread over two chairs placed
before the open window; the mattress is half turned over, and night
clothes and pillows are placed near the window. The slops are then
emptied, bowl and all toilet articles washed in hot water and dried,
pitcher emptied and refilled with fresh water, and soiled towels
replaced by clean ones. Soiled towels must never be used to clean the
crockery. Cleaning cloths for bedroom use should be kept for that
purpose alone. Once a week slop receptacles must be scalded with sal
soda water and stood in the sun. After an hour the windows may be
closed and the bed made. The first thing is to turn the mattress--end
for end one day, side for side the next--and then comes the pad, and
after it the sheets. The lower one is put on right side up, drawn
tight, and tucked in smoothly all around; the upper should be wrong
side up, drawn well up to the head, and tucked in at the bottom, and
the blankets brought up to within half a yard of the head, with the
open end at the top. When all is straight and even, the upper sheet is
turned back smoothly over the blankets and both are tucked snugly in.
The counterpane, which was folded and laid aside during the night, then
goes on, and is brought down evenly over the foot and sides of the bed,
the bedroll or day pillows are added, and the bed is itself again. On
Saturday the bottom sheet is replaced by the top sheet, which, in turn,
is replaced by a clean one, and the pillowcases are changed. The
spread usually needs changing about once a month. The night pillows
are now beaten and put away, and night clothes are hung in the closet.
Other articles are put in their places, the dresser top is brushed off
and its various contents properly arranged, litter is taken up with
dustpan and brush, or carpet-sweeper, and the room is dusted. Opened
windows at night are a foregone conclusion.

VERMIN AND THEIR EXTERMINATION

Though it seems indelicate to suggest the possibility of a bug in a
well-kept, charming chamber, even the best housekeeping is not always
proof against feeling "things at night." Metal beds are rather
inhospitable to bugs, and if carefully examined, with the mattress,
once a week, there is small danger of their getting a foothold. If
traces are discovered, hunt out the bugs and exterminate them if
possible, and sprinkle bed and