Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
THINGS WE OMIT

even this little bit of an insight to the prevailing modes.
 It was such a little thing to do-- merely to remember, that I am sorry I have not kept up the practice. The woman on the island may be dead am thankful that I helped add tiny bit to her meagre joy in living, even through few years. Summer and winter-and on that far islandl
 It may be a lesson to some of us, a hint as to what we could do to bring a little sunshine into the lives of those with whom we have spent our recreation days Isn't it bit selfish, to put them wholly out of memory, when we have said that last, the station? They must have been negligible indeed. if they do not de- serve better from us!
 A one-tine pupil in the Norwich Free Academy during the principal ship of WiIlian Hutchinson of hon. ored and revered memory-told me that one of the jokes among the pupils of his time was his fashion of saying invariably, during the morning de- votiona1 period. And forgive us our omissions as well as our commis- sions."
 Wouldn't it be a. good prayer for many of us at this later day? Per haps if we were aware of it, we suffer quite as much from those deeds which we omit to do as from those which we commit.
 To be Sure, there are times wher omissions may be meritorious: Flo. instance: While in a trolley car the other evening I overheard g. passenger tell this story: A gushing young bride. meeting an acquaintance. said, little f1at!' The dear friend replied meanly, ". but have seen him!" Now Clara might have omitted that unkind implication!
 As sat reading on the piazza at my Cousin lucindy's the other day, she came out with her work basket. There. I've just found that old seersucker coat of Johns! He loves it to slip on, hot evenings. A little mending about the collar and one button, and it will be ready whenever he needs it! And this morning I'm going to stew up some of those pears and send them down to Mrs. nnu.L $! Her husband is sick and I dare say the poor children don't even get but ter for their bread! They'll relish stewed pears-wfth a good. thick sweet syrup!" Then she went down to sweep off the walk, stepped across to speak to Mrs. Gray. a neighbor. and for two hours they discussed another neighbor who had undergone dan- gerous operation at the hospital probably no more wonderful than a thousand others; but they talked over what the doctor said and what the head nurse said, and how the patient took the ether, and how awful 1t was to have this war. with sugar so high and the prospects for a hard winter; and then Lucindy reluctantly CD &C., faI fr,rr ifot tf0v, f<a fr1 avHd how nicely Mrs. Gray's scrim curtains had laundered-pinned on those new frames she had bought last summer, etc, etc.
 When Lucindy re-appeared, it was | too late to mend Johns coat, or to stew up those pears for the hungry Knott children, as she had to get dinner
 Now, there are two faulty omissions; and just for fruitless gossip! Speaking of seersuoker, reminds me of a secret which l overheard Lucindy whisper to Mrs. Gray-she's a master hand to omit drudgery. is Lucindy although she often fails to omit what Dickens called poll-parroting! Here's | what she said:
 l Why. when there are four grown
 women in the family, it's quite Q scheme to save ironing, you know!
 I've learned to make all except my | best nighties of seersucker-whitt | and soft; but if a body wanted some
 more fancy, you could cut them from blue and white. or pink and white | Aunt Hattie always uses seersuckel | for petticoats, and now Jane is using
 it for combinations"
 John sometimes says unkindIy tha ! Lucindy's tongue is hung in the mid dle and wags at both ends; but sh, does know how to catch on to al
 the devices for making work lighter | I've heard her say during forme1 visits, that she abhors dish washing l wished folks could eat from woodel plates, which might be burned ul after each meal. So when she showed me this summer new scheme fo
 dish-washing-made-easy I laughed Now she or one of her daughter
 washes the glass and silver wficl
 another of the girls wipes in the ordi
 nary way. Then the china takel right out of scaIding rinsing water
 is placed piece by piece in a new l fangled drainer. I had my doubt.
 of it's utility; but it's o. K. The dishe are 50 placed that germs and dus
 cannot get under each piece; and whel 1t comes time for the next meal prestoi they are as dry as thougl
 they came from a kiln! Of cours T platters and big pieces have to b. wiped in the old-fashioned way: bu it's a big advantage for ordinar,
 dishes saving time and labor.