Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 433
use as a table.But, if possible, get your copper set in a wash-house, apart from thescullery. The steam on washing days is a great spoil-all. Thereshould be a strong, serviceable, large cocoanut-mat just inside thescullery door, if the kitchen lead from it, and a good iron scraperoandy outside.… … The Economical Housewife. 387 CHAPTER XT.. SPRING-TIME AND GENERAL HOUSEWORK. Spring Cleaning — Venetian Blinds— Carpets— Bedding Cleaning— Bedsteads —Ceilings—To Clean Oil Pictures—Pianos, etc.—How to lay and light a fire-How to lay a cloth and clear a cloth—Tea and Coffee—Ventilation—The…
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