Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-30
HAVING A pu1TER DAY

oempiishsd. that wise woman got at her collection of letters.
 can hear somebody groanl Of course this is a task; but how much to leave 1t. perhaps. for unfeeling. un- charitable, fnquisiuve strangersl
 Those letters which had been laid aride for a second reading and possi- bly forgotten. were now re-read and destroyed
 Business and other formal communi- cations which required saving. were tied in bundles, or put in envelopes, plainly numbered or lettered for future reference.
 Miaaivas personai, Intimate, which no one would care to have stranger ccldly aerutinixe, weFe bnrnsd-which, it may be said In passing. would have been the wiser method the minute they had been read; but in this case. as in some others, better late than neverl
 So that busy woman went on. doing up the odd chores which are forever staring a housekeeper in the face. but which have to be deferred tin some such happy period as butter day.
 She had prepared . list of the thinas she hoped to accomplish. and checked each one off as 1t was attended to.
 One can fancy her continuing on that or some other similar day. the unpleas- OuIY OL GOEIl1B nGI lCnlna. LTe6nena ing Up the covers on those cupboard shelves which may be covered; sorting out spoons or knives or forks which have grown tarnished during the sum- mer dampness; taking a look at the table linen. laying aside those napkine or tablecloths which need a bit of darning to give them new lease of existence.
 While on this subject, she may ex- tend her activities to the linen closet above stairs; inspect spreads. pillow cases, covers, sheets; take a look at comforters, blankets and the like.
 Then there is always the tidyine ur of one's shoebox and, work for a fem mine Hercules. of the top drawer in tho bureaui
 This last Is the cause of many e family jar. as we'll as of much loss oi time. in hunting for things lost in its awful depths, not to mention one'l compunction at the sight of its chronic upsetness.
 It is humorist in the west who re- marks that. although King Arthur wal clever enough to invent a round table eTen he did not know enough to devise | O bureau which should have a toI drawer each for man and his wife Only the Recording Angel. probably knows how many little rifts within l inc domestic lute may have had thei start in quarrels over who should havI l priority in untidily loading up the tol | drawer
 Now. what the woman of whom read did during her butter day has in 1 a lesson for men as we'll as for women ! Instead of dozing or smoking lazil. during the next stormy day when he | at home. let the man of the family tr. tho rutter day plan also. sorting ou clothing which. If given to the chari table societies. would tide many poorer brother over the winter: get ting at that stack of neckties am sending some of them off. too. to be O use. Ditto with hats and gloves am shoes. Gull from the gone-by maga l zines and papers and books some whic will never be looked at again. that tho may be moved on. to cheer up the lone Illness of the hospital, or the publi home, or the prison.
 It is a blessing that somebody in vented rummage sales: for these oblig many a. man as well as many a woma to get into the butter day spirit--part ing with possessions which really ar of no use to the owner, but which ma mean warmth and comfort and enter tainment and mind-relief to somebod who really needs them.
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