LIME AND CHARCOAL AS DISINFECTANTS

Housekeepers are gradually being educated up to a more practical

knowledge of the laws of sanitation, and are coming to understand that

cleanliness consists in something more than scrubbing the floors and

washing the windows. Hence the following hint: A barrel each of lime and

charcoal in the cellar will tend to keep that part of the house dry and

sweet. A bowl of lime in a damp closet will dry and sweeten it. A dish

of charcoal in a closet or refrigerator will do much toward making these

places sweet. The power of charcoal to absorb odors is much greater

directly after it has been burned than when it has been exposed to the

air for a length of time. Charcoal may be purified and used again by

heating it to a red heat. The lime must be kept in a place where there

is no danger of its getting wet, and not exposed to the air.