Sweep the sitting-room before breakfast on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Wednesday, give all the chambers a thorough sweeping, and wash down the stairs.
Thursday, sweep the bedroom and nursery, and wipe the paint. Put up the clean clothes, after the cook folds them.
Friday, wash the windows and the piazzas.
Saturday, sweep the chambers, wash the bowls and pitchers in hot suds, and scald the other vessels, unless they are washed in hot suds daily, when they will not need it.
After doing the daily chamber-work, collect the lamps, and fix them in this manner:
First pick up the wicks, and cut them off square (and for this purpose keep sharp scissors), then clean all the black sediment from the tubes. Wash them in suds as hot as you can bear your hand in, and wipe them dry with a cloth kept clean for the purpose, and used for nothing else. Be careful not to fill them full, lest the oil swell and run over. Screw them very tight, and see that the little air-hole is kept open, or the lamp will not burn.
Wash the outside of the oil filler, and wipe the scissors clean. Wash the cloths used in fresh, clean suds, dry them, and then put them in their place. Wipe the basin used, and put it in its place.
After cleaning the lamps, wash and scour the knives, thus:
Wash them first, and be careful not to put the handles in the water. Wipe them dry, and then scour them with Bath brick, and a cork dipped in soft soap. Never rub a knife on a board in scouring it, as it wears it out very fast.