Wichita eagle., 1889-04-17

First last and always, keep them clean ana
neatly folded. When our papers and maya
zines come, which is on Saturday night,
they are land on the sitting room table and,
except when some one is reading them, are
kept there until the next Saturday morning,
when they are iput in closet, and any one
needing a paper can take one from there
without running the risk and annoyance of
carrying off those that have not been read.
Twice year this closet is assorted and
they are put to their various purposes and
those not wanted Immediately taken to the
garrett
The daily papers, there is nothing So
cheap, nothing more universally longed
and watched for, aud even the breakfast is
not SO Indispensable.
Krupp's gun might be more fatal, but a
discharge from it would scarcely be more
painful than the intelligence conveyed to
you by that sheet, as you read Of the death
OF friend or the marriage OF an old lover
But what Is held in more perfect con-
tempt and to most people SO valueless as an
old newspaper.
But 1t has splendid possibilities to house
keepers.
They can be used to improve the appear
ance Of kitchen shelves. Any child could
be taught to ornament them with scallops
and points, and stars and bars and be very
much amused with the process. And the
rest could be put under the carpet, as they
are excellent non-conductors.
The weekly story papers are circulated
among our friends, and sometimes they are
exchanged to our mutual pleasure.
If you have any regard for your peace OF
mind and brio-a-brac, provide some means
of entertaining visitors children.
And / know of nothing better than a
large picture-book for which purpose the
illustrated papers are very valuable.
One large one is better than several
small ones, because the children are better
satisfied if they can all gather round and
all look at once than if each had separate
book.
This book is also serviceable to lend a
sick friend who is too weak or too weary to
read. Another purpose / saw the Illus
trated papers put to, was to paper the
cooks room, and she appreciated 1T more
than if it had been done in the finest Of
Lincrusta Walton.
As for the magazines, they can be sent to
the libraries, asylums and reformatory in.
situations, or given to some acquaintance
who would Like to read, but is unable to
purchase.
Professional books and papers that you
wish to keep for reference had better be
bound They will be more clumsy, but they
will be preserved in better condition.
You can have them bound, buy covers, OF
! else get some paste, paste-board and cloth
and put them together yourself We
have one which brother bound when he was
only ten years old, and it has stood the test
of ten years. abuse and it is still held to
gether, which is more than / can say of
some bought books.
1t was not done neatly or straightly, bu,
very substantially.
If there is a particular piece you wish to
preserve 1t can be cut out and pasted in
scrap book, which should be indexed and
have departments so any thing could be
found in moment without having to look
over the entire contents. But whatever
you do put them to some purpose; do not
destroy them or let them get time-stained
and worm-eaten and allowed ITO moulder
away in dust"-Julia Bigelow, in Good
Housekeeping