Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1916 — COVERS FOR SWEEPING DAYS [ARTICLE]

COVERS FOR SWEEPING DAYS

Provision May Be Made That Will Do Away With Much Annoyance on Those Occasions. To find the necessary coverings on sweeping days has often sent the maid scurrying about for old aprons, sheets, towels and anything else she could lay her hands on to use for this purpose. A friend of mine has solved the difficulty In this way: She purchased a quantity of gray cambric and made from It a large sheet with which to coyer yie beds and sideboard; smaller covers for dressers and toilet tables were made and still others, In suitable shapes, were designed to put over the lamps, mantels and the like. She also made from the cambric a bag to keep the covers in; this was hung In the broom closet While light, the cambric formed a perfect protection against dust, and a simple shaking when the sweeping was finished freed the covers from the dust that had settled upon them, so that they required washing but once a month. The use of these dust covers saved much valuable time and extra work. The cost of a set Is moderate and it does not take long to make them. —Pittsburgh Dispatch.