Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
GOOD HOUSEKE EEpING
Hy Henrietta Grauel.
SPRING. CLEANING.

That grand upheqva nf hnuschol 1
that we coll housed sanine II apaln
upon us " Wifs aud strars of porson.j
AMI tarIlY ~ lnRinas ere found Just
whore ,Ve put them l4st hane"eloanlng
tlmo apl herr We re abauf r. replace
th"n w are sup r-tlsintis without
doubt. for We AZ lecInu th.st thlngs ~
The hope that old aiare vii rono trie.
aud that whom seven Fcara IRE pest thesc
poor ull Ia4 boom Will find q neW rs
he chances ar that when seven 2e3t~
= past 1ntI Vil he gone too and Eoar
kcnp-el.- vii max rfanal beutre ~
hc elvru - ynt de"lef
lhoro na tut like tle prcaerf to
ilsponse ,hlr'ts llttlc reflection Vlll
-lun ,oIl whore f. send yadr ra~i-afFs
ttat thcF may he appreciated trsf
here Is iilo salvation NrmE L docs Is
tremendous annunt of Rnod WITH ant
thing vou give
Perhaps Won 10 not know that fhe}
invariably ~ small pricc far tie guods
they dispose II hl4 IS right for = pre-
vents those Who huI from them feeling
that they are palpers. thereby giving he
purchasers greater culoymcnt N thor pos
sessions Therefore send tho best looking
things that you are dispoeinR ri t. them
They are thankful for anything that u
family can ltsr from u discarded top hat
10 MI old stove poker Ihfr are other
organizations like the salvation Arny
that conduct hu~Incss n il slmlar Wa9
and support themselves from Donation,
and these deserve Your contributions, too
When you come - the annual harvest
Of magazines, periodicals aud discarded
text books, don ask dcspairlugly " hat
shall do and eud IN doing nothing fut
throwing them away IA" demand tor
good literature has always bctu great
ihls year II has been brougi home 60 ~
by the work Of the | uitcd States ARMY
Library Committee They will send Tor
ANY books that yon can spare hey want
novels. current magazines, weekly papers.
and French books One book for each
soldier Is not enough How would you
like only one book Every soldier want,
4 different book every day or 50 and w
must send them
Next come the hospitals on cannot
dream OF the length OF daYs spent lvlug IN
bed, day after day. with nothing - rcad
and no ono 10 speak to Magazine, too old
10 send to Army libraries should by all
means. bc sent II hospitals. Il is au effort
we'll worth the tlmc and trouble u takes.
Then there are the ehut-lns thousands q
sick pcrs lIia who cannot afford - buy
reading matter and Your dlSeards Will
give them pleasure thel arc too poor to
buy
We are 50 cngrossed in the larger suffer
ing Of the warning world that We some
tunes forget the poor hat are always with
Us. II would be splendid thing if everh
family able to help. IN any way. would
find poorer family Who deserve their
help " hat Il prolonged Christmas.
stretching from day to DAY, We should
have The articles stored away, too
shabby for use and not ready for de-
struction, would be appreciated by your
less atiiucnt nelghbor, and your house
cleaning work would hc lessoned. House
cleaning is a national custom that IS being
observed less each year We keep our
houses 50 clean nowadays that they IL
not need disturbing each SIX months
suppose We let elimination take the place
of thoughtless saving. and send our use
less belongings to those who need them
most