On spring-cleaning...
A fortnight of misery for all concerned
The old-fashioned spring-cleaning, which meant a domestic upheaval and a fortnight of misery for all concerned, has gone, for it belongs to the days of cumbersome furniture, crowded rooms, heavy velvet curtains and draperies, and a multitude of knick-knacks.
The old-fashioned spring-cleaning, which meant a domestic upheaval and a fortnight of misery for all concerned, has gone, for it belongs to the days of cumbersome furniture, crowded rooms, heavy velvet curtains and draperies, and a multitude of knick-knacks.