The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Hints for the H0usekeeper
"a TIMELY WORD ON !
TOP BUREAU DRAWERS

Five demerits for an untidy top bu-
reau drawer?"
The weekly inspector Of pupils rooms
In the private boarding school for young
ladies closed &c door behind her and
proceeded 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 de-
merits the wi'oIe week long. and then to
have five more tackled ON because a few
ribbons were out Of place in that miser-
able old bureau,
Suddenly the tears stopped flowing. and
the memory of an entire afternoon spent
At hateful mathematics to work OF the
demerits vanished with the tears. She
had an idea, The teachnr never looked
a. anything but the top bureau drawer!
Why not keep that endless collection Of
top-draTer knick-knacks in some other
part OF the bureau? 4
Tho next Saturday. when the Inspector
came around on her tour OF thankless
visits, her report for this girls top bu-
rcau drawer was perfect order. The
fact that IL hold only a neck ribbon and
y comb and brush did not escape her
ScTutinizing eyes, nor did she examine
further into the remaining drawers. She
Rad been girl once herself. and her
bureau drawers.
Many "A girl who is farther through her
teens than this harpY-So-lucky pupil
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 fixings
are so numerous. the confusion Is greater
than ever
The suggestion offered by the school
girls faculty for getting around diff
cuIties. simple though il may seem, Is
very timely one. Dainty white collars
and cuffs that are crushed into drawer
with a pile OF gloves. several boxes Of
pins jcwelry. curling kids and stocks
galore come out looking well-mussed
after two or three hurried searches
among them 10 find bit Of lace or
piece OF yelling that has slid out Of sight.
And the yelling itself has lost all SEM
bIance 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
10 matter what supply of essential
small accessories she may possess. once
they have lost their stun. fresh appear
ance they detract rather than add to
costume.
Endless cases and boxes for holding
the various articieS are OF very SHldh
help, either When a woman is in a
ku-ry these are pulled in every direc-
ton and much Of the contents with
them. In a lower drawer. however
whichever one IL used the least-the bulk
Of these pretty. delicate accessories can
be kept either in their special cases or
each in its own pile. and there will be
no danger of a confused tumble every
time a Din or a clean handkerchief is
needed.
For some reason or other. as many
time as il may be necessary TO obtain
some article from this lower drawer. its
contents never receive the reckless maui
ing and crushing that they do In the
tor drawer And though il usually takes
a few DAYS to become accustomed to the
rev order of things. woman Is trebly
repaid by the spick-and-span ncwness
and smoothness that each bit Of hnery
presents when she comes to wear it