The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-09-18

time we require the scissors. a tack, or an
old newspaper.
1t is to find homes for these poor little
waits and strays, so necessary to our comfort
yet so carelessly neglected, that venture to
make few suggestions.
Small pegs, hooks or nails on kitchen or
pantry wall will serve for many of the trifies
in everyday use scissors, hammer, saw, etc.
Each peg should have its allotted article or
articles, so that the housekeeper might find
them even in the dark. Then if anything be
noticed missing from it's place, inquiry can
be made and the tool replaced: or if any
thing be found straying. half minute will
restore 1t to It's a customed peg, and there it
is, ready for the first emergency. Ofcourse,
if nothing has it's appointed place, nobody
can be blamed for not leaving things con-
venlent for the next who would use them.
A box TOR string in the storeroom will be
found invaluable. Any of the prettier and
lighter ones will do. Its size depends apon
your need, but would not have it one bit
larger than I really require. Wood or tin Git
must have lid) are preferable to card
board, on account of their more la sting
qualities. AS the parcels of groceries or dry
goods are unwrapped, each piece of Irvine
should be neatly rolled up, ends fastened
securely, and put away for future use. A few
coils hanging on one, of the pegs will be
found handy for the men folk.
The papers and bags should be smoothly
folded, and kept either on a special shelf of
storeroom or cupboard, or else in shallow
box, so that you can always have your out
going parcels suitably and quickly wrapped.
Newspapers and periodicals should be
frequently sorted, the valuable put away in
a safe place, Tor reference, etc., and the rest
laid in neat piles, either on shelf or in box,
for household use. / have seen the floors of
some store closets literally strewn with old
newspapers, and empty -four barrels therein
heaped promiscuously with the same style
of literature. mixed with magazines, cir
culars, newspaper wrappers. used envelopes
and post cards-all that trash of paper
which should have been consigned to the
flames within at least week of their arrival
What place can be kept sweet and clean
under these circumstances?
Then there are the countless bits of iron.
mongery and house furnishings that are
wanted from time to time-rlngs, screws,
eyes, hooks, tancy-headed nails, locks, keys,
window or door-knobs, casters, corners and
carvings broken off furniture. These can
be kept in the ''ironmongery box, and
when the household carpenter gives a day
to mending and fixing, many cent and
many minute will have been spared by
that box.
The tack box "a small cigar box does welD,
with it's packets of various styles and sizes,
must be handy, and into it may be dropped
all the stray fellows who serve a turn again
and again.
There are many other odds and ends of
order. but space forbids more than the men
ton of one or two mOre-small hanging
pockets for letters and TRIES, large ones for
current Misunderstanding which will pre-
We It that confusion and litter of little
things which mar the beauty of so many
otherwise we'll ordered homes.
HILDA MUIRHEAD.
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