g day is no reason for
turning the family into a whole flock of Noah's doves, with no place
for the soles of their feet. It is very easy to transform black Friday
into good Friday by a little judicious manipulation of the household
helm. The cleaning, in addition to the routine work, is about all
Friday can hold, without crowding. A few anxious thoughts for the
morrow's baking will provide all things necessary to it, so there will
be no delay about commencing it; for--

SATURDAY

Saturday Mrs. Grundy devotes to providing for the wants of the inner
man. The heaviest part of the day's work is the preparation of food
for two or three days. Then the refrigerator must have its second
cleaning, and the pantry, too, probably requires renovating by this
time. Entries must be cleaned, a second tour of inspection of the
cellar made, and the house put in trim for the "day that comes betwixt
a Saturday and Monday."

HOUSE CLEANING

This is not the domestic bugbear it used to be, when one mighty spasm
of cleanliness shook the house from garret to cellar and threw its
inmates into a fever of discomfort and dismay. The modern
house-cleaning season is one of indolence and ease compared with what
it once was, when not only the cleaning and living problem, but the man
problem as well, had to be solved; when the master sighed for a spot in
some vast wilderness, vaguely wondering, as he dined lunch-counter
fashion and then gingerly wound his weary way through a labyrinth of
furniture, boxes, and rolls of carpet to his humble couch set up behind
the piano or in some other unlikely place, if marriage were a failure,
while contact with the business end of a tack gave point to his
thoughts. No, indeed! The spring and autumn of his discontent are
made glorious summer now by the more civilized system which, beginning
at the attic and working downward, cleans one room, or perhaps two at a
time, as a day's work, restoring everything to order before a new
attack is made.

PREPARATION

The task of cleaning a house in which the regular work is
systematically carried on is not so very arduous, and follows the
general plan of the weekly cleaning. Before the real work begins have
a general overhauling and weeding out of cubbies, boxes, and trunks,
scrub out drawers and reline with clean paper, and clean
clothespresses, wardrobes, and closets. In the spring, there will be
furs and flannels to shake, brush, and put away, an