3. Once a week wash out the whole chest with warm water and soda; never use strong smelling soaps. Ammonia can be used but it is probably best to use soda. Hot water cleans better, of course, but it will give the ice more cooling to do and if the box is cleaned regularly cool water ought to do the trick well enough. However, every so often the hot bath is a good thing. 4. Every day wash off the ice that newly enters the ice chamber. 5. Never wrap the ice in paper thinking to save ice, because ice only makes cold air by melting. Here is a place where the good and saving housekeeper saves ice to the destruction of her food stuffs, yet this is the hardest bit of politics to propagate. 6. If the lining gets discolored use some harmless preparation to remove the stains. 7. It is sometimes a good idea to put a piece of waxed paper around highly odorous foods. 8. Wash everything in the way of utensils that are put in the box. Have a regular refrigerator set of dishes. 9. Wash vegetables before entering, for if there is anything introduced in the way of foreign matter, the enemy alien may make for odorous trouble. 10. Cover any receptive foods; it’s wisest even with the most perfectly ventilated refrigerators. Liquids will dry up a bit with a dry air circulation and egg yolks kept in water will keep better if the water is changed daily. If dampness collects in your refrigerator something is wrong. 11. Wash off the outside of refrigerator with damp cloth every week. 12. Remove ice rack and scrub well in water and soda weekly. 13. Boil parts (removable) twice a month or use very hot water. 14. Dry case thoroughly after every douching. 15. If the refrigerator is well connected to drain, a little hose to flush the interior will be simple and easy. 16. The drain pipe must be carefully flushed, as here the invading army of typhoid, etc., loves to encamp and make inroads. See to it that the drain pipe is easily removed and cleaned and that the drain pan (should the drain pipe have no outlet into the plumbing system) be easily removed at least once a week to be cleaned out. With these few words we will leave probably the most familiar bit of household mismanagement to a reforming public, and pass on to some floor coverings. In the case of linoleum and similar floorings we will take for granted that they are perfectly laid down and that all that there is for us to think about is the nursing of them. Even the cheaper (printed and not inlay) of these floorings will last years if the following suggestions are absorbed and put into regular practice: Sweep linoleums daily. This is easy. Use an oil mop daily. Never use anything but a mild soap and tepid water for cleaning. Then rinse with clear water and dry thoroughly. It should be done a square yard at a time, each yard carefully dried before going to the neighboring yard. Do not flood when a mop is used.