The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-24
By Margaret E. sangster.

(Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
 Not clearing up days in the sense of bad weather that brightens to gooo' Whenever we have a spell of really in- element weather, and seem to De living under a very wet part of the sky' we are much uplifted to see the sun come out Our spirits rise when the blue heaven above us is a serene dome, when the clouds are mere ribbons or fleece and feathery spray, and the ar is soft as a mothers kiss But most of us have enough philosophy not to fret though the weather Is mtsbehav- ing Our opinion or wish is not taken into account in the matter, and though the rain fall or the sun shine. we nave only to do our work. Into each nae some rain must fall, the poet sings and tears about inopportune rain are too idle for grown folk
 But-there are clearing up days Tn the housekeepers calendar that cannot he shirked or evaded. Women rather enjoy them Men loathe them unspeak- ably If by some happy chance mans business trip synchronizes with his wifes clearins up days, the peace l of the home is safe guarded and the | troublesome labor is simplited. When a man is at home, there must be dln- ner properly served woman hsVlng no man. husband. father or son, on her l hands. gets on very well with bite In the pantry and a cup of tea during the stress of a clearing up campaign.
 She begins perhaps with tho sarrel or with the storeroom. that IS tne gar rAt's present day substitute Every | garment is to be looked over, shaken | out and freed from peril of the lurking moth. When the room Is absolutely bare, and has beep thoroughly scruo- | he'd 1t is surther disinfected by the slow burning of a sulphur candle Snn' up any room dramatically Tor SIX or seven hours, and set burning sulphur candle therein and you may say good bye to vermin of all sorts to all preda- tory insect life in fact. for good many months to come.
 | When every article has been dusted renovated and put into place. when trunks have been rep2cked, thelr toH' ed contents assorted, and themselves accurately labeled the garret is in or der. Tt shall never be in heaps again
 signs the tired out complaeent matroh
 and she means what she says
 aut life will be too much for her l A7,y,her twelvemorth will see the same confusion. the same disarray, the sa nt necessity for another clearing up ana setting 10 rights Only the phenome'
 nal woman is able to keep in order al
 well as to put in order, nd she sSn' l erally does 1t at the sacrihIe or m"ci l tissue and the cost of much talk an( temper. Heaven pity those who awe undar the roof of a man 1tnet whose let ich is system. Far better little ccm
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 the way. and a radical .earrangemen at appropriate intervals. Nature snow
 us the good sense of thls method on
 sorve the spells of idle languor ant he amazing energy of her oecasiona cyclones and cloudbursts. dcstructiv at the moment, yet apt to be benefiela
 in the long run!
 The clearing up day when a woniai
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