Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-10
THE GOWNSMAN

even small objects, pictures on the wall in
their familiar places and bric-a- -biaic. look
ing precaricus and portable enough the
rsantel, have sent down tendrils which deny.
delay and discourage their taking off. The
wire of a picture will often cling TO nail
like live thing. Removable rugs will mys-
tcfiously have fastened themselves down.
harmless, grandmouerly old bureaus ana
chintz-covered sofas will ndecorously kick
on their casters and scratch as they are hailed
away from their accustomed corners. While
as to clocks--thcy invariably strike on re-
moyal.
UnUST thou art and unto dust thou sha It
Dretu,l" was doubtless not spoken OF
the soul" to credit Longfehow. But move.
man, move. il thou wilt know that dust thou
arr and voritably to dust thou hast re-
turned. The capacity OF an ordinary piece
OF furniture to take to itself and retain the
dust of the seven ages eau he explained only
on the theory OF maGnetics Iron attracts
iron; furniture similarly attractssand retains
in its clutches by an invisible power the dust
with which It appears to delight in being
covered. Valiant and not to he discoura ged
Is the zeal of the cleanly housewife with her
cunningly devised weapons against dirt and
disorder piled by strong. white arms Her
night has always been against dust-dust
which she has raised. conjured and subdued
as wizards raise and subdue the devil But
the devil is still aboHt his wicked business
FOR all the conjurefs and the dust still
covers us all despite many pretty little
oasis in the universal desert Born of dust
bred in dust, our rtSurn to dust is certain
To move is only TO return pren,atureIy per-
haps such as have been great movers in their
time-which is much the same thing as head
ing great movements, for both raise the dust
perhaps such men do often make the final
return to dust with an exalted joy that It is
final.
VNTAN wants but little here below" saws
AV1 Pope who lived in the honest days of
Queen Anne and knew no profiteers daily TO
coniute him II you think yourself modest in
your wants, look at the seven vans that carry
away your modest household necessities II
YOU are possessed Of the idea that YOU are
very prudent and frugal person, spending
your money only with taste and discernment
move, man, move. Cnearth from their hid
den corners the things that YOU purchased
in the homage OF your taste. when your dis
eernnrent was nodding like Homer when
you left your frugality at home locked up in
the safe and your eXtravagant, tasteless
rather silly other self for the moment as
serted itself to your confusion. Did I ever
hang that picture ON my wall? Did l ever
tolerate that vase on the mantel? IL must
have been long ago when used TO rhyme
vase with the plural OF a sheeps utterance
distressfully prolonged. Household stuff Ia
at n great disadvantage compared with men
and women. When we die we are decently
buried or burned. Household stuff I'm which
may be included everything which one re-
luctantly parts with 10 a ,rummage sale and
much besides that YOU won't let go--house-
hold stun has a certain indes, ,ictibiiitv
lake poor relation, or pugillst of spirit
household stun is sure TO come back IL is
sorted and sorted and again put away. Az
sociations gather about t. ghosts OF a half
forgotten past, and Il has become n species
OF memorabilia of that past. of the man that