| OCR Text |
Show High Time Define Precious Possessions th.it was the unit, south I'm going to gel in this life, a ml those treasures take nie hack to the happier occasions I want to remember. I hrow Ihcm awav and you have discarded a portion of my life. Cheek h jowl with the letters in a copper cowboy, a si inch high wooden Indian, a cellophane kevvpie doll and a brass bell. Why am I keeping them ' Well, they arc also momentoes. bin I have kept Ihcm as much to slake out my territory on that close! shell us lor am sentimental value they have. I KKMKMKKK when lai sons' house binned in out town We had no lire department, depart-ment, and ihe lire lighting equipment vv as limited to a garden gar-den hose vv hich was used only in the early singes o! the fire, water supplv being as limned as it was. So what caught Ine. burned I stclla Parsons walked I he front law n. w ringing her hands and er ing. "All m souvenirs. How will ever replace them''' l.vcrvihint! she owned own-ed was going up in smoke and all she could think about was her bo of treasures in the hall close). ONE GOOD sized closet is required for half finished pro-iecls. pro-iecls. Ihe town talked about Clara Hailcy alter she died because be-cause ihe Relief Society went in to help clean afterward and thev found boxes and boxes of dresses eul out and still pinned lo Ihe patterns. Poor Clara wasn't there lo defend herself so people decided she was plain shiftless. Vshich is whv I have this standing agreement with my sisters. A hen I die. you gel lo nn house, lake ihe boxes oil nn closet shell and burn them unopened I have a recripocal agreement with them to take llieii bottom diessei diawers. dump the contents into a large hole and covci with din. unex amined. IT SEEMS to me. with all the studies on human behavior being done, someone would think about cataloging what people save and why. I ncle Jim is a saver. Aunl Martha is a Ihrowei oiiler which leads to fieqiient and prolonged discussions. dis-cussions. "Why lhal man saves wh.il he does is a mystery to me." He just gi unts and puts ii back. ABOl I All. Know ol whv people s.ive tluncs is thai thev do I he mvsieiv icni.nns. By FLORENCE BITTNEK There is a room in my basement base-ment which is off limits to everyone except immediate family members. I keep entrance entr-ance on close seciiiilv guard because locked w ithin the dai k and damp walls ol lhal room is my reputation as a housekeeper. house-keeper. MINA. WHO does housekeeping house-keeping for people, told me. "Don't worry about il I have been in many homes, including some erv poshplaces. Believe me. everyone has someplace just like thai." So I feel belter about mv dungeon, bill that doesn't mean just everyone can see mv piled up treasures. UNFORTUNATELY, that room is not the only piled place-in place-in my house. I have alvvavs thought drawers and closets are designed lo hide messes. People who have neal closets don'l need doors; ihey should put such wondeis on'di'plav. Imagine neal junk. Mr. H. was a confirmed thrower-outer. Our disagicc-mcnts disagicc-mcnts came when he decided my treasures weie expand able. II vou haven't used it in six months, vou don I necdit " HI I I'M SI Kh the d.iv I thiow il out. I'll need il." I hen eel a new one " nd oul it went I HE t.VKU.h uotkshop aic.i. howevei. was his pet son al domain and no one Ii id bci lei o iniieli .is nil'. v inwliiiu on lu w ol kK'iK Ii How eoine vou decide mv old sewing paitciiis are lunk and v our assortment ol mils and bolts aic piecious posses moms'.'" "WEI. I.. I guess whctltei they're junk or piecioiis possessions pos-sessions depends upon who owns ihcm.'' I don'l fight very haul when someone cleans out an accumulation. accu-mulation. Il isn't so much lhal I treasure what accumulates, it's that each separate item nuisi be picked up. considered and a decision made as lo whether it goes or slays, and thai takes lime. SENTIMENT also lakes room, and souvenirs don'l come in neal packages. On a closel shell I have a large carton car-ton in which are letters and photographs from friends I haven ha-ven I seen since World War II Whv do I keep them ' Well. |
