Hints for the busy housewife

1939-05 1939 1930s 50 pages : illustrations HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE useful piece of domestic cleaning apparatus — the vacuum cleaner — is not available, the carpet should be swept each day with a carpet sweeper to remove crumbs, etc., and brushed once a week with a hard carp...

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Institution:MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Language:English
English
Published: London : Health & Cleanliness Council May 1939
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10796/91938E0E-BFE4-4FFD-BE8F-915B5AAC1533
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Summary:1939-05 1939 1930s 50 pages : illustrations HINTS FOR THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE useful piece of domestic cleaning apparatus — the vacuum cleaner — is not available, the carpet should be swept each day with a carpet sweeper to remove crumbs, etc., and brushed once a week with a hard carpet brush, the carpet being first sprinkled with tea-leaves, which have been well washed and are only slightly damp, to prevent, in some degree, the dust from rising. In homes which are equipped with electricity, however, the purchase of a vacuum cleaner is a really sound investment, and, should the housewife not be able to make an individual purchase, it is sometimes possible for several friends to club together and buy a vacuum which they use in turn. This plan has been followed by members of women’s institutes in certain villages. Hand-power vacuum cleaners are also available for the housewife in whose home electricity has not yet been laid; these, of course, entail labour on the part of the housewife instead of the work being done by electricity. [photograph] At work with an electric vacuum cleaner. Page Seven 177/5/8/1
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