The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-27
BORROWING NEIGHB0RS.

What subject could be more suitable to
Woman.s Kingdom than to discuss that
Of borrowing neighborsf"
IF there is one class of people IN the
world more TO be dreaded than another
II IS neghbor who IS continually bor-
rowing Not long since I visited a family
in the country. and the articles borrowed
bv neighbor were revelation to me-
Each day almost there came some queer
reouest-I think from a pint of milk
I'D to wagon and horse could scarcely
cover the ground. Could people only
realize what q pest they bGoIne. surely
the habit Of borrowing would cease
There Is no excuse for city people
Sometimes IN the country many things
cannot be bought, but IN @ city house,
hold goods especially can bs obtained
at so small g cost that there IS no eX-
cuse for borrowers. Every ore who
manages right can afford to keep step
ladder scrubbing brush, preserving ket-
tie wheelbarrow and numbers or other
things that every housekeeper ought TO
have and yet those who do provide
themselves with such convenient and nee
essary comforts have to see them lit
orally worn out by their neghDors.
One gets used to the continual demand
for q cup Of rico. or sugar, or vinegar,
sometimes returned, but often not Pa
tience." often, ceases to be a virtue"
especially when your nice preserving
kettle Is returned burnt and ruined
from cooking okra and tomatoes; but 1t
is all in a body's lifetime. and II We
did not have this to trouble us, doubt
less there would be something else that
would.
a sister writing in the July Woman's
Home Companion has certainly had
come experience, II she has not been
sufferer. and We rather Judge this latter.
She gives some such good suggestions
that We submit them for the benefit OF
other sufferers:
Make special provision for the always
borrowing and never-returning' neigh
Dor Keep a scent scrubbing brush
handy, and your good brush nowhere
In sight. Having learned from expert
ence that borrowed napkins never como
home loan the ragged ones (nicely ironed,
so the holes do not show when folded,
OK buy new, cheap set. and always
keep them ready She can't object to
them 50 long as they are new. and you
VIII soon save their price by not having
your best ones lost or used as jelly
strainers (Neighbors some times DO these
things) cracked lamp chimney is
just as good to loan, and Will probably
come home in as good condition as would
any other If you have an old carpet
stretcher that YOU never think OF using.
don't throw 1t away; It Will be conve-
RENT for the lady next door in the spring
and autumn. Give one Of the boys the
tack hammer to keep then when it Is
asked for OF course you do not know
where it is. tCaution-Be sure to keep
the boy where you can easily find him
when YOU want TO use the hammer
Postage stamps may be kept in tin
box on the back porch, and you may
conscfentioUsly say, II don't believe
there's a stamp in the house" Fibs
not to be encouraged. but it often does
require considera BILE planning. scheming
and strategy to keep ones private be
longings. from a toothbrush to a fur
coaT. and the family property. from the
cork screw 10 the baby. anywhere near
home"
believe the only thing exempt from
habitual borrowers are babies or children.
No one wants them. The best advice to
be given IS. if possible. keep from being 4
borrowing neishb5T' aad making your
self a constant nuisance,