Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-28
IN THE GLAD SPRING TIME
Women's Fancy Gently Turns Il
Thoughts OF Dirt.
MAN AT HOUSE CLEANING TIME
Is n Very Unreasonable Bcing, n
Very Great Nuisance, and
Always Very Cross.

In the spring woman's fancy light
ly turns TO thoughts of dirt.
The above was inspired by my hap
pcning TO drop in" at friends usu-
ally hospitable abode the other morn
ing. ran In at the buck door. and
dismay and homesickncss cmtchcd at
my heartstrlngs. Tho usually well or
dered and tidy house looked as though
n genuine Western tornado had swept
through 1t, leaving desolation and CON
fusion IN It's wake.
Tables and chairs were hoaped to-
gether in one corner OF the kitchen, in
another was n pile of rugs and carpet
ings, while the sink was loaded up
with pictures and bric-a-brno that had
evidently been collected from all over
the house. In the ccntre of the room
We're nondescrlpt articles of furniture,
which had also found their way there
from parlor sitting aud dining rooms.
The Windows were wide open, and the
ehilling breezes swept through the
room at will.
The kitchen FIRE was going az fun
blast and kettles Of stuamlng hot
water rested on the stove carefully
gathered up my skirts and picked my
way through to the dining room. Here
everything was about the same, only
II appeared to be little more 80. aud
me smell OF new vornish mingled with
the FUMES OF soap suda, greeted my
noatrils. Not until I had brushed
ngainst one OF the chairs did l dis
Germ that they We're newly vanished.
II l had been a man l should have
made few remarks CD as / looked ut
my ruined glove and the prominent
streak on my cloalt. MS Il was, 1 didn't
do ANYTHING huf thlnL 4 OIL at
last a. get into the sitting room. and
hero, as the reporters say OF ERE,
the scene hatllod description The
mistress and her maid were up TO
their necks" IN house cleaning, and
steam and dust hot water aud soap
We're having a genuine spring picnic.
The chief promoter of all this dis
turbance looked up hastily as / on
tered
For mcrcys sake, how In the world
did you get in2 ] thought / had fns-
tened every door IN the house"
She was dressed for the occasion In
suit that VIII ut once commend Itself
to all practical housekecpers. She had
forsnken that bondage Of her sex,
namely, skirts-and donncd cnAtoff
suit OF her husbands. minus coat and
vest
"rhcy don't tit particularly WE'LL"
she explained. apologetlcally, but they
~ I'AA''te i'N'le ~ NNlh III ! on
see, ] had 10 cut or lots, and even
then there was some to turn up
"Oh, / thought you had them fixed
that way because Il was cloudy wealth
or in London" 1 said, cycling the
turned up trousers.
Come out with me while ] yet
Charities dinner" and she led the way
to the kitchen. 81 wanted him to get
his dinner at restaurant OF hotel to-
day, but he was so unreasonable that
he wouldn't listen to me for moment.
A man W. n nuisance at houseclenning
time. and we had q regular spat this
He was real mad because / |
cut these old trousers Of his; said he
wanted them to wear when he went |
fishing next summer, and I know he'd |
never have thought Of them again n !
/ had not discovered them this morn |
ing. That's FOR all the world Just like |
% man. II Is impossible 10 satisfy |
them, They are cross II things aren't |
clean and they are cross when you 80 1
TO cleaning; 80 what ~ anybody TO do |
in that case2 If you know when you