Girl Scouts will interest themselves in municipal or neighborhood housekeeping, for that is a responsibility which all share together. Learning to take care of one's own home is a good beginning, if one is to share in providing good conditions for the neighborhood. Little Things Worth Remembering The stove should be cleaned with crumpled newspaper whenever the kitchen is put in order. All ashes should be neatly brushed off. In lifting ashes from the ash pan with a shovel use a newspaper to cover the pail into which the ashes are poured, so that the dust will not scatter over the room. Don't dump them and raise dust; and never put hot ashes into a wooden box or barrel. Watch the floor of closets and see that no dusty corners are hidden out of sight. Air and dry soiled clothing before putting it in the laundry basket. If damp clothes are hidden away they will mildew. Learn to make out a laundry list and to check it when the laundry comes home. Save the soap chips and use a soap shaker. Get all the help you can from older housekeepers in your neighborhood. Ask them how they do things and why. Your mother may know something better than anybody else does. The Girl Scout asks questions and learns why things are done as they are. She may think out a better way some day, but first she must pay attention to the old way. Sing at your work; it goes better so. Besides, joy belongs with housekeeping and your song helps to keep her there. Always sing if the work drags, but let it be a lively song! Making Things Clean and Keeping Clean Making things clean is a most important duty of the Keeper of the House. But don't forget, Girl Scout, that keeping things clean is a constant duty. You know many a body who "cleans up" with a lot of stir once in a while, but who litters and spills and spreads dirt and lets dust collect in corners all the rest of the time. "Keeping clean" is the housekeeper's regular business, and "cleaning up" never need stir up the whole house. For keeping clean, soap and water must always be had. The soap loves to wrestle with grease. The water softens and rinses away both dirt and soap. You will use a scouring soap or powder to clean stained or dirty metal or glass; and you should cover water-closets and other out-of-door places for refuse with clean slaked lime now and then to keep them clean. Ten Ways of Removing Stains 1. When you have _raspberry_ or _blueberry_ or _strawberry_ stains on your white handkerchief or blouse or skirt, do not be too much disturbed. Hold the stained part firmly over an empty bowl, with the spot well in the centre, and ask some one to pour boiling hot water over the spot and into the bowl. The stains will disappear like magic. Then the wet spot may be dried and pressed with a hot iron, and the damage is repaired.