Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-04-18
THIS ~ THAT
by hazel
underwood


You Are Tired
During a conversation the other
day eeyerai women acre saying
how Tired thsy were because they
were Just starting their spring
bouseeieanlng
Mary. ! viii call her was say
ing. = ara simply worn cut Two
weeks ago called the rug laundry
and aent ny ineh from the wall
earpetipg - be cleaned Then !
had to take the draperles and the
curiaina down and call the dry
cleaners and Oh IL wBs such bother
trying 10 GET Ia touch with the
shop which II dry cleaning nay liv-
ing room suite
The walls and ceilings are 20.
ing % be done aver as soon as
ths men can get here In be
nervous wreck by the time I get
thru
The other ladies talked Ia about
the same manner Looking at them
and listening 10 them fussiug and
funlng At the time Il takes 10
nu down stairs. put the clothes
in the automatic. then in the dryer
and running them through the
maugle made me remember what
Il really IL "a be tired
Remember years ago when your
mother or grandmother. aa The
case may be cleaned house first
she climbed and pulled around on
chairs getting the lace curtains
down Then she washed them In
tub. rubbing them clean with her
hands on a wnah board. after she
had carried the water. built hot
coal fire and had the water hot,
When she had washed "a clean
az snow, she pricked her fingers
until they we're hurting pinning
the curtains on tho curtain STREET
cheers How proud she was when
she could fold them, and pat them
10 a long box until she had fin
iahsd cleaning the house
Next she would take broom.
and sweep and sweep until abe
couldn't get spcck OF dust out
" them Then she would get
tack and got down on her knees
and take every tack 0ut ~ that
carpet and with tho help Of
sman son OF daughter. they man
aged 20 fold OF roll the carpet out
IN the yard and up on the line
My the fun the youngsters had
pretending The carpet was tent.
They played Tor time then their
mother gave the oldest ones carpet
braters and told them 70 beat"
tho carpet until shp told them Il
was clean. Ever so often the chill.
irrn would SAY MA. Ia Il clean
row She would feel sorry for
them but n she took the beaten
ana quite a bit Of dust came out.
she would get you a cold drink
and say beat u lust little bit
longer Then she would have
Ihttlc aurprisc for you. II would
/ probably be home made cookie
and glass 81 milk, but you
thought L WIS wonderful
tIf you are wondering why her
husband didnt help, he worked
seven days week, about ~ or
la hours one day he shaved his
Imustache Off and his children
Iwouldut 10 10 him. they didn't
know htul They were ia bed Ca
the morning when he left ant
when he came home Tboy dia
not see hsni too pgtcuD
70 get back 10 her house clean
ing next She pot a cloth 90
broom and stretched ny 70 clean
the ceilings and walls ms best she
eoJtld iArsat sou Tired Ius, read
Itug how hard your mother worked
when SHE cleaned house
Next. she had 10 really scrub
the woodwork ana wash the win
dpws take the shinss out Of the
doors AND windows tYou don
know what s meant by thiuksFf
I n there WAS a crack anywhere
tn tAr doors OF windows that aly
lmlgNt eome 70. she took cloth
ard knife and pressed that In
the space until she could not feel
any AR sccppE IN
That was 20 Eelp keep the house
warm during the winter AZ her
spring house cleaning those ehinkz
had to be taken out
/ could 70 on and on and ten
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