Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07
TOP BUREAU DRAWERS.
A Catch for All Feminine Accessoris

A Catch for All Feminine Accessories.
Written Cor The Star
Five dement's for an untidy top bureau
drawer?"
The weekly Inspector of pupils rooms in
the private boarding school for young
ladies, closed the door behind Der and pro-
ceeded on her round Of visits.
The girl whose bureau drawer had tust
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 a few ribbons were
out of place in that miserable old baIreour
Suddenly the tears stopped flowing. and
the memory or an entire afternoon snepr
at hateful mathematics to work off the
dement's vanished with the tears. She bo5
an idea! The teacher never looked ar am
thing but the top bureau drawer, Vhv no,
keep that endless collection of top drawer
knick-knacks in some other part of the
bureau! '''0
The next Saturday. when the inspector
came around on her tour of thankless
visits, her report for this girls top bureau
drawer was perfect order" The fact thar
II held only neck ribbon and Il comb and
brush did not escape her scrutinizing eyes.
nor did she examine further into the re-
manning drawers. She had been a girl once
herself. and her duty called only for in
spection Of top bureau drawers
Many girl who is farther through her
teens than this happy-go-lucky pupil has
quite much trouble with her top bureau
drawer. a general mix-up in this catch-all
OF feminine accessories is an annoyance
which every woman has to contend with
and now that little fiXings are SO numerous
the confusion is greater than ever.
The suggestion offered by the school girls
faculty for getting around difficulties
simple though It may seem, is a very timely
one. Dainty white collars and cuffs are
crushed into drawer with pile of gloves.
several boxes of pins, jewelry. curling kids
and stocks galore, come out looking we'll
mussed after two or three hurried searches
among them to find bit Of lace or piece
OF yelling that has slid out of sight. And
the yelling itself has lost all semblance of
freshness in its tight quarters.
The result Is the busy woman. when her
toilet is completed. can lay no claim to
looking smartly dressed, for no matter
what supply of essential small accessories
she may possess once they have lost their
stiff, fresh appearance, they detract rather
than add to a costume.
Endless cases and boxes for holding the
various articles are OF very small heip.
either. When a woman is in a hurry these
are pulled in every direction ana much OF
the contents with them. In lower drawer,
however-whfchever one is used the least
the bulk OF these pretty delicate accessories
can be kept either In their special cases or
each In its own pile, ana there VIII De no
danger of a confused tumble every time a
min or a clean handkerchief is needed
For some reason other. as many times
as 1t may be necessary TO OBTAIN some az
ttcle from this lower drawer, Its contents
never receive the reckless maulinS ana
crushing that they do in the top drawer
And though IL usually takes few DAYS
to become accustomed to the new order OF
things. a woman is trebly repaid by the
spicl-and- span newness and smoothness
that each bit OF hnery presents when shs
comes to wear 1t.