The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-11-29
The Housekeeper's
Czearing-Up Dag
Good Time Clean House When Men Are Au0ay--
ters Worth Keeping Fel0 and Far Preserve
Business Papers LncorigibLe "7op Drauoer.''
BY MARGARET e. sANGsTER.

BY MARGARET Z. SANGSTER.
Not clearing up days in the sense
of bad weather that brightens to good.
Whenever we have a spell of really
Indictment weather, and seem to be
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 serene
dome, when the clouds are mere rib
bons OF fleece and feathery spray, and
the air is soft as mothers kiss.
But most of us have enough philos-
oDhy not to fret though the weather
Is misbehavins. Our opinion or wish
is not taken into account in the mat
ter. and though the rain fall or the
sun shine, we have only to do our
work. Into each life some rain must
fall, the poet sings. and tears about
inopportunc rain are too idle for
grown folk.
But-,there are clearing up days in
the hodsekeeper's calendar that can
not be shirked or cvaded. Women
rather enjoy them. Men loathe them
unspeakably. If by some happy
chance mans business trip syn
chroniZes with his wifes clearing up
days. the peace OF the home is safe
guarded and the troublesome labor is
simp!ined. When a man is at home,
there must be dinner properly served.
A woman. having no man. husband,
father or son, on her hands, gets on
very well with u bite in the pantry
and cup OF tea during the stress OF
clearing up campaign.
She begins perhaps with the garnet
or with the storeroom, that Is the
garrets. present day substitute. Ev-
t. - H.
shaken out and freed from peril OF the
lurking moth. When the room Is alb.
solutely bare, and has been thor
oughly scrubbed. it is further disin-
fected by the slow burning of u sui
phur candle. Shut up any room her.
metically for six or seven hours, and
set burning sulphur candle therein,
and you may say good-by to vermin
OF all sorts, to all predatory insect
life in fact, for q good many months
to come.
When every article has been busted,
renovated and put into place, when
trunks have been repacltcd, their fold
ed contents assorted, and themselves
accurately labeled. the garnet Is in
order. 1T shall never be in heaps
again." signs the tired but complacent
matron, and she means what she says.
buI illc Will Oc 100 InuCn lot ner.
Another twelvemonth will see the
same confusion, the same disarray,
the same necessity for another clear
ing up and setting to rights. Only
the phenomenal woman is able to keep
In order as well as to put In order,
and she generally does it at the sac
rifice of much tissue and the cost OF
much talk and temper. Heaven pity
those who dwell under the roof of q
martinez whose fetch is system. Far
better little comfortable jumbling
up of properties by the way, and q
radical Encouragement at appropriate
intervals. Nature shows US the good
sense of this method Observe the
spells of idle larguor and the amaz-
ing energy of her occasional cyclones
and cloudbursts. destructive at the
moment, yet apt to be beneficial in
the long run,
The clearing up day when wom-
an of large correspondence attacks
her plethoric desk is, for her at least,