Common Sense for Housemaids

A simple book for housemaids, explaining the art of cleanliness and housekeeping.

Contents
 

Brass, how to clean    
Bug poison    
Carefulness, hints on    
Carpets, how to clean    
Clear-starching    
Dress, observations on    
Daily work, Housemaids’    
Economy, observations on    
Fire, how to light    
Floor-cloth, how to clean    
French polish, how to clean    
Grates, how to clean    
Lamps, how to clean    
Mahogany, how to clean    
Marble, how to clean    
[iv]Mirrors, how to clean    
Nursing the sick, hints on    
Paint, mixture for washing    
Painted walls, how to clean    
Papered walls, how to clean    
Picture frames, how to clean    
Pipeclay, how to prepare    
Plate, how to clean    
Scouring floor, different ways of    
Stairs, how to clean    
Sweeping, ways of    
Washing muslins and lace    
Windows, how to clean