Old family servants are becoming more and more rare; and, unless the new generation is wisely trained, we run the risk of being even more at their mercy in the future than in the past.
First, then, on rising in the morning, see that a full current of air can pass through every sleeping-room; remove all clothes from the beds, and allow them to air at least an hour.

Only in this way can we be sure that the impurities, thrown off from even the cleanest body by the pores during the night, are carried off.

A neat housekeeper is often tempted to make beds, or have them made, almost at once; but no practice can be more unwholesome.
While beds and bedrooms are airing, breakfast is to be made ready, the table set, and kitchen and dining-room put in order.

The kitchen-fire must first be built.

If a gas or oil stove can be used, the operations are all simpler.