Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-17
IN HOUSE-CLEANlNG.
/ yty Of The Sentimental Side
Of Il.
VISIT TO THE GARRETT.
what Is DiscIosed-oid Trunks old
clothes, and Old Letters-Rest and
,for 20 Take it-Perronsl Men
tiou


,,so VIC use a year. have forgotten the
e-,-es. but II runs away up into the
millions Of pounds and. per capita, leaves
,vsry man, woman, and child clean
enough for the higher catechism. This
authority goes on to state that we are
ne incest people on the face Of the
t,be-uo other nation uses over three
h.s does not include the homemade
varieties OF hard or soft soap which IS
turned out in the light Of the moon by
thrifty farmers wives, and largely used
IN the REVEALS Of spring cleaning in the
country. This fetish worship we have
las. celebrated. Everything Is spic-and-
rpar. from dairy to spring-house. and
nom the fruit-bins 70 the chlcken-coops.
I've and lime, and foamy homemade
t5apsuGs are tho best cleansing aids for
lleso
The country houselIeoper may well SIGH
over tho difference in her spring clean
ms ard the sister city's war upon the
winters dust and smoke. This outside
work. Ia the earlier days. Is finished
Before the dwelling-house is undertaken.
end the routine IN country-houses is
pvty much the same as in Virginia's
p4mscst period The great difference is
% Ms class Of labor. Mothers way"
a-l g-au4mother's way az to the annual
Investigation ana thorough cleaning OF
ho home-nest comes down 70 the daugh-
te- lu the house she commences at the
garrett ana goes 20 the cellar. and each,
nacy fingered longest in the attic. SO
many things accumulate I'm the old coun-
ty sarrets that generations of good
wives have hesitated 10 throw away.
Waiting for that seven years utility
makes more dirt than the lack OF SOAP.
Hut 10 is not always a question Of econ
9uy-thls boarding away Of family stores:
t.-se-cleauing has an aesthetic side to It
ss we'll
O.. course. every one has long been
familiar with the practical and physical
work .u THIS yearly renovation, but when
Regina comes down stairs 10 a cold din
uar with "a wisful PARKWAY look in
her blue cyes-and IL may be. with a sus-
l..o1 ~ recent tears-Rex knows. that
flo has found the sentimental part that
cones o. every woman when she cleans
house, In many an old attic, when the
contents N closets and trunks are brought
60 light 20 IS n study Of art, and fashion.
end folly fifty or a hundred years ago,
Fs Well Back there IN the cuddy-hole
under The caves Is an old band-box and
"a ha.r-t1p trunk. with the initials Of the
owner In bIass-neaded tacks across the
f-r The handbook. out Of It's faded cam
brio cover. Ia a marvel I'm wallpaper
design Impossible castles and towers
GrI Chinese Junk boats ornament it's
huge sides. with mammoth blue roses
.r bot nd NIT
li amy mortal head ever carry this mon
ftr0sty3 %. yes. the fairest, loveliest
head. that Woro 70 on @ bridal trip with
that tan beaver hat lover or the closet
fhe.f some seventy years ago, when these
little yellow satin slippers and old orange
blossoms. and narrow brOcaded Slip of
O. wedding gown were packed away after
tho solemn words had been said. Bridal
rI'.s faithfully wOrn and words faith
fully Kept until the last. long journey.
And these oll-ume dresses! Really. It is
@ good thing for the vanity Of new women
90 come across tnem The present age
u.s. twice as sensible.
VERY MUCH MADE UP.
ann afraid our Erandaunts and fore
mothers who look down at US sanity
sweet from furnished picture frames
were very much made up and made over
N. LLtlI belongings
Ele Regina erows more sentimental
over 'te ola books and copies Of sheet
music traced Boy the hand in faded ink.
when Twilight Dews are Failing Fast"
end "R0.. on, Silver Moon" costs many a
busy moment while she tries TO hum the
co.efl. air.
Most OF the school-books carry this
candid admonition: steal not this book.
my honest friend" which Is something
OF O. s0iscism one likes this better:
Jeremiah Jenkins IS my name,
And gentleman IS my station,
Virginia is my dwelling place,
America is my nation"
Dead and gone this century ago some
a. these boys ana girls and yet the scrb-
llut ora the ny-ieaVes Of the old books
&C.. 20. counting and marriage that reads
With wonderful freshness when we see
tNrltten iu a youthful hand.
DO is among the old letters that scrub
ltr brush and broom and dust-pan are
totally forgotten. The best way TO clean
l' oi letters IS 10 take out everything
f practical. business value and burn
i'e rest yourself, because 80 is only a
question Of time when some one else.
With hands less revcrential than your
e.u VAL DO 10 for YOU. Many OF them are
tt.ft4 90 yOu you'd would not for the
world have them fan into other hands.
Make a sacrldcial bonfire and they are
t.'e. Don't we weep annually over let
ier rennol by our beloved ones? Can
u always De so. and VIII not the let
ie-5 be left some day for another wo-
mans house-cleaning-to sort over and
e' ireyf IL Is a hard thing TO do. and
seems Ike sacrilege but do you not know
tai memory needs no such aids and that
love never dies?
Regina read these old family letters
.r spring and shed some tender tears,
b.t She burned them With the old circu-
"s and p8ste-board boxes and torn
a.hanaes just the same
THE PRESSED FLOWERS.
After aI. you have tho flowers pressed
Org them; the Seeding flowers. so
'o'rl in other days and coming back
-sa.n. The punches Of lavender and spries
a. e"ee, bersam0t tied with a faded rib
''' tiny sprays of finest ferns. and an
We Lorl gatherings OF many a lovers
"at make a memory page in your her
,'-m and win II. with your prayer
your dearest relative.
squire" asked one countryman Of
another. whose wife was sick. "How's
-F ole woman? 1 hope she's mendin'
l.t GOOD weather"
1es. thankec." said the other shes
i.-i.n some now: sot up TN u o'clock
nfht Do Garned basket o. socks
d" s'3cdngs. She'll ketch up in her
Mgalu now"
ava This Il usually the way a woman
TESTS
h1 YOU ever notice how differently
W.h ana women indulge themselves in
WAT is called a resting spell?
guess III sit down and patch this
e.,as While j rest awhile" says the wife.
on, we husband throws himself on the
fF lounge or stretches fun length on
Ule shaded grass. The result is that his
"'ole body gains fun benefit OF the half
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