p. 14 | THE BATH-ROOM by M. A. J.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 10, 1906

THE BATH-ROOM.

By M. A. J.

BY M. A. J.

CARE of the bath-room is one of the most important details in housekeeping, and if left to the control of the average servant will be neglected. While once a week is sufficient for its thorough cleaning, every part of the bath-room should be cleaned every morning, to insure perfect safety from disease germs. Aside from the convenience of good drainage, the health of the family demands that all waste pipes be kept as clean as possible.

A zinc-lined bath tub should be kept scrupulously clean, as the zinc absorbs impurities; and if the zinc has become dark from careless washing, it may be brightened by rubbing with a mixture of fine, sifted ashes and petroleum, but the drain should be stopped before cleaning the metal.

Brighten nickel bath-room fixtures with whiting moistened with ammonia, and polish with a piece of dry flannel. Copper faucets and the like may be cleaned with diluted oxalic acid. Brass which has suffered from neglect may be cleaned with oxalic acid, while rottenstone made into a paste with kerosene is all that is required for polishing brass that simply needs brightening.

The nickel and brass fixtures in the bath-room may be kept bright, and will not require to be polished so often, if they are washed every morning with a strong, pearline suds and then rubbed dry with a soft, flannel cloth. The bowl and tub may be kept beautifully white and clean by washing with hot suds every two or three days, adding now and then a little ammonia or soda to the suds.

Keep a bottle of ammonia in the bath-room and let it be used freely around the drain pipes. This will help to carry off any collection that may interfere with perfect drainage, and the bath-room will never be the starting-point of disease if the waste-pipes are kept perfectly clean.