Replace china and ornaments. Notice carefully
whether any spot or stain needs to be removed. Polish glass doors and glass of pictures. Wash windows.
To keep the polish of the dining-table perfect, rub every three days with a mixture made of equal parts of olive oil and turpentine. Apply with flannel cloth and polish with clean flannel cloth. Dull spots on other furniture may be treated in the same way.
Every morning before breakfast the dining-room must be well aired and thoroughly dusted.
After each meal crumbs must be taken up carefully from the rug.
Care of Pantry
Neatness and order in your pantry will depend in great measure upon the way you clear your table. If you look upon your butler’s pantry as a dumping-ground, then dirt and disorder will be inevitable. But, on the contrary, if you consider it a workshop, to be kept shipshape, you will avoid these dangers. Shipshape means a place for everything and everything in its right place.
Make up your mind in the beginning where you want to lay your knives, where you want your silver, which is the best place for your heavier china and the safest for your delicate pieces. When these places are well chosen, then stick to them.
You must be sure to have a bowl or pan large enough to hold all the broken bits and