Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-11-28

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THE AITlC-N WHICH
MEMORIES, TOO, ARE STORED
EVERY well-ordered home should
have an attic n . place for The
storage Of memories. In the attic
the memories viii lie dormant until
there comes . moving day. Whsa
that time comes. its long -forgottsn
treasures will be revealed and the
problem Of disposing Of those treas
ures will be q serious one.
There will be found the crib and
high chair the babies used years
ago. Those babies are now grown
to men and women. They have
homes and families Of their own In
far-away places. What memories
Of their days Of babyhood- days
when the home echoed the happy
prattle Of little children-those SIM
pie bits Of long-discarded furniture
bring back. There can be no more
babies to use them, but II il hard
to let them 60.
In litter Of the attic ATE found
the school and college dance pro-
grams Of the daughter. Written on
them are the names Of boys, many
Of whom we have long forgotten, but
those names recall memories q
hopes for the daughters future,
of evenings when one or another
called" and Ma" and I retired
from the parlor or living room and
watched the clock for the appro-
pirate hour for the young mans de-
parture. Ransacking the attic gives
one an opportunity to live over
again those cherished days Of the
long ago.
You dig out Of the clutter the uni-
form you wore NJ soldier before
the turn Of the century and with Il
the sword that was your badge Of
Office. They remind you Of the long
forgotten comrades Of those soldier
days.
Then you find Mas" wedding
dress and hat and marvel at the
style and size Of the dress. You rs-
call incidents Of that happy day
when you took her from the home
in the little Iowa town to 4 new
home in the city. You recall those
who were present at the wedding
ceremony. Most Of them you have
not heard Of for years and you won
der at what changes life may have
brought to them, what success or
failure may have been their lot.
These are but typical of the thou
sands Of incidents the contents Of
the attic will bring back to you.
Each item. as you dig it out of the
accumulation, presents q problem.
Can you discard it? Can you throw
away the old lamp beside which you
spent SO many pleasant eveningsr
Should you not keep the old and
badly worn quilt your mother
"pieced" and quilted SO many.
many years ago? There are the
pictures Of friends Of the long ago,
some Of which are now hard to re-
call, but when you do, they live
again. Should you not keep each
and every one Of them, as well
as the thousands Of letters you spend
dh0 ASACdoulks
Yes, the attic is a storehouse Of
memories. A storehouse that offers
more problems when you move than
does all the rest Of the house to-
gether. In the end you keep much
of it to be stored away in another
attic that becomes another store
house Of memories and presents
other problems should you ever
move again.
ONE WAY OF GETTING
THE FACTS TO PEOPLE
SECRETARY MORGENTHAU il
asking congress for another heavy
tax increase, one that will produce
an additional seven or eight billion
dollars each year. He also asks for
legislation that will collect all fed
eral taxes at the source, that the
taxes be deducted from the pay en-
velopes of employees and from the
dividend checks to stockholders.
Such action by congress would give
the mass of the people a better
understanding of what they pay for
what government provides. 1t would
give them facts our system of ibid
den" taxes has long denied the
greater portion Of the American
people. 1t would make for a more
intelligent citizenship and more in
telligent voters. Let US hope the
politicians may accept at least that
part of the secretary's recommen-
dalton.
FEDERAL MAIL
WASHINGTON tells us we must