Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-03
A Timely Word on
Top Bureau Drawers.

Five dement's for an untidy top bu-
reau drawer"
The weekly inspector of pupils rooms
in the private boarding school for young
ladies closed the door behind and pro-
ceeded on her round of visits.
The girl whose bureau drawer had
just been inspected threw herself on the
bed with an explosion of pent-up anger
and tears. She had had nothing but
dement's the whole week long. and then
to have five more tackled ON because Il
few ribbons were out of place i'll that
miserable old bureau!
Suddenly the tears stopped flowing,
and the memory of an entire afternoon
spent at hateful mathematics to work
off the dement's vanished with the tears
She had an ideal The teacher never
looked at anything but the top bureau
drawer, Why not keep that endless col
lection of top drawer knick -knacks in
some other part of the bureau!
The next Saturday, when the inspec-
tor came around on her tour of thank
less visits, her report for this girls top
bureau drawer was perfect order" The
fact that il held only a neck ribbon and
Il comb and brush did not escape her
scrutiniZing eyes, nor did she examine
further into the refaaining drawers. She
had been IA girl once herself and her
duty called only for inspection Of top bu-
reau drawers.
Many girl who is farther through
her teens than this happy-gO-lucky pu-
pill has quite as much trouble with her
top bureau drawer. \ general miX-up
in this catch-all of feminine accessories
is an annoyance which every woman has
to contend with and now that little fix
ings are so numerous. the confusion is
greater than ever
The suggestion offered by the school
girls faculty for getting around Difficult
ties. simple though it may seem, is a
very timely one. Dainty white collars
and cuffs that are crushed into a drawer
with Il pile of gloves. several boxes Of
pins, iewelry, curling kids and stock
galore. come ont looking weil-mussed
after two or three hurried searches
among them to find a bit Of lace or u
piece Of yelling that has slid out Of sight
And the yelling itself has lost all sem
hlance Of freshness in its tight quarters
The result is the busy woman. when
her toilette is completed, can lay no claim
to looking smartly dressed, for no mat
ter what supply of essential small acces-
series she may possess, once they have
lost their stiff, fresh appearance they
detract rather than add TO Il costume.
Endless cases and boxes for holding
, the various articles are of very small
help. either. When a woman is in a
hurry these are pulled in every direction
and much of the contents with them. In
a lower drawer Observation-Disclosures one
is used the least-the bulk Of these pref
, ty. delicate accessories can be kept
either in their special cases or each in It's
own pile, and there will be no danger Of
a confused tumble every time a pin OF
a clean handkerchief is needed.
For some reason or other. as many
times as il may he necessary 10 obtain
some article from this lower drawer, it,
contents never receive the reckless
mauling and crushing that they DO il
the top drawer. And though it usually
takes few days to become accustomed
to the new order Of things, a woman /.