Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-02
Grandma Grey's Sideboard.

The warmth and growth of fifty years
reflects from its polished surface and
fingers in the depths of it's rich carving.
No fip.fapping feather buster has ever
profaned the sheen of that beautiful ma
hogany. Grandma always dusts it her.
self, in fact she prefers to do all the
busting about the house; lit is less
trouble than to teach other people, and
NOBODY seems to know how to dust now
s-days," she says. when I was q little
girl," AND Grandma Grey settles her DAN
II lace ruffles, polishes her gold trimmed
spectacles and resumes her rocking and
knitting, with an aureole of sunshine
resting on her silvery locks, and smile
of calm contcntment beaming from her
cheerful face; "when was little girl,
the acme of Encouragement to me, Law in
the tedious and monotonous task of learn
ing to dust. The inGnitesimal atoms
that escaped my Sinking fingers and
superficial glances, stared boldly enough
and tantalizingly blinked me out of
countenance, when the battery of my
mothers eyes were brought to bear on
treacherous lodges and ambushed corners.
TIE wisdom of paying more careful at
tention to allotted tasks made itself man
ifest, when thoughtless, neglect, or giddy
carelessness, brought down on nv de-
voted head the merited punishment,
which was careful repetition of the dis
tasteful work, occasionally at the sacri-
fee of promised recreation. Though a.
routine Of SHINING and repenting, thanks
to devoted mothers patient persever-
ance and judicious discipline, learned
how to dust, and that is why the side
board shines so. It was one of my we'd
ding presents,' an Grandma's eyes grow
shadowy with far away look, as though
she were reering into cloud-land in
search of the dear ones whose faces had
frightened the days of auld lang syne.
Wherever the blame may rest, one
must acknowledge that good busting is
fast becoming one of the lost arts, and
the dustingcloth relic of the past. the
girl of the period considers it a saving of
time and trouble to brandish feather
buster round the room, and careless
housekeepers fail to realize that whisk-
ing dust from from place to another rem
ders an apartment no sweeter or cleaner.
but only fills the air with impurities that
would be less detrimental to health if
left unmolested.
Persons who have been trained to
scrupulous neatness can but look on this
superficial mode of busting as little short
OF actual slovenliness. They have been
taught to wipe the dust carefully from
the various pieces of furniture, and shake
the cloth frequently in the outer air. The
most casual observer could scarcely fail
to note the difference in the appearance
of furniture that has been subjected to
the "slicking up" system and that which
has been we'll cared for during similar
length of time.
Health, cleanliness and economy die
tate, that in order to keep our dwelling
sweet and wholesome and our furniturs
new and fresh looking, careful ande
thorough busting should DE an every day
duty. An old silk handkerchief for fine
furniture, soft cambria cloths for more
common articles, paint brush for cary
ings and corners, and feather buster for
gas-ixtures, .picture-cords, ETC., are the
necessary articles for a proper perform
ance of the work. Systematic patience
and perseverance are the qualities that
will exact their scrupulous cleanliness
and daily use, and personal attention, the
sole condition on which one can found a
hope that the duty will be faithfully full
filed.