The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-13
THE ATTIC
And What To Pct
In 1t.

BY, LrcnLE DAUBET,

Nov there are theorists n pleuty
NJ who tell' you 10 thr2W a1SRy
everything You 40 Pfidt isee a
use for. This Spartan policy mast
Of necessity b, bel followed out bs
I!dwellers In fats and apartments
and. by those who move from house
to house about a, good deal. But the
people Of whom ,wes .Wtstzatoss speak
today are those who have genuina
stticsr gnd surely what they throw
away todaWthey are goina to want
I.tomorrowA or, at any rate, 10 years
from now, and wan. IL badly. For
countless money can be saved Nv
Htillzing odds and ends. But--5and
tins Is very large hvt-tnings must.
be kept In good condition, ano they
must fbe's get-at-abls. ore SELDOM
has the heart to haul forth a 0or-
there that has been accunulh,iug
wrinkles. dust and rat holes foe an
telling how long, where one ogul2
fresAen merely old portie.e !. -u.ta
sembnnce OF respOctahili:y rha
necessary recutting. Washin 3n6
dyeing may actually represent u, q
work than the pressing OF wrirkle1
and the darnirg OF rat holes, Gt
some way one breads the task 3't-
siderably lcss.
And N, same with the case o. cd
shoes aud Old patterns Xcu draBd
huntins odt mates. even t.olsh YOU
knoY the shoes would 90 perfectly
well lor the coming. ,tsiR, and you
give w in despaig % ihqu2h) of fer
.gettng "out II duess pattefn from
Boodness only knows where. Tho
thing lacking is system, , Thera
should be here. as well aS in the
panuX or the parlor, ~ place for
everything and everything I'm its
place. And the woman who wants
to do penance for past sins AID pre-,
pare fresh START during these last
weeks OF Lent could. scarcely employ
her time TO better advantage than
In reorganizing this LAND where tho
lost things 60" -
or course II would be quito iuk
possible TO lay dCWn one set of rules
70 apply to all attics. One can only
suggest a few methods that have
been found To work well. But hera
are few OF them. For one thing,
the old furniture, II II standL tho
ghost OF show OF eyei being nsed
again, should be covered with 6Yen
the cheapest calico cases to keen the
upholstery clean and the duish
smooth. Old pictures and mirrors
should be placed where the sun will
not strike them, old clothes should
be either folded and laid In clean
boxes, we'll scented with moth mar
bles. or they should be placed on
hangers and arranged along a pols
where they will hang straight. the
whole being covered withla dust
sheet. But most OF all, the count.
1aag litfla thtnuo ghA
gether and labelled. so that one
knows Sexactly where to look for
them. y 2tb
In this latter regard there is ono
little device that 40 one ought TO be
without II is bag, or aiserios OF
bags, TO be hung on doors and around
the walls wherever ;. tonvsniont
Each bag Is made uD OF poekets Of
assorted siEes-.three rowsi growing
deeper toward the bottom Is very
good arrangement-and across each
pocket is tackled white tape on
which Is printed in lndelible ink
the name of the contents. Que very
large calico bag might contain shoes
this proving the exception thnt
needed no labelling-and another the
findings for the home cressmiker.
One fairly comprehensive bag Of this
sort has pockets labelled respectively
hooks, buttons, THREADS. patterns
tapes and string, ribbons. hat trlul~
mings, yarn, old hose, old knitted
wear, old cotton goods. old muslin
and linens, new muslin, colored tub
materials. hannels. silk. oloth old
trimmings.
other bags nd lnhnitum sp'rht ,be
suggested by this one. wAiyL may 80
simply got together Ike sns shu,
bag, ...--