Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1915 — For the Kitchen Floors [ARTICLE]

For the Kitchen Floors

The kitchen floor, whfch needs such constant scrubbing, often causes much trouble, as soap and water soften the wood and increase its tendency to splinter. If it is splintered much it must be scraped smooth and then with care it ought to do nicely. Have the floor clean and smooth, the cracks filled (if a cose grained wood, it needs no filler), then rub a thoroughly crude oil or one of the -spe* clal preparations that are manufactured for the purpose. Oil slowly hardens and darkens a floor, so that grease and stains do not sink into the wood. 'Never wax or varnish kitchen or bathroom floors. The slipperiness of the wax may cause a nasty fall, and in any ease it is a waste of money, for the water that has to be used in both kitchen and bathroom will ruin the looks of either wax or varnish. After the floors are once in good condition it la not a difficult matter to keep them so.