| Show m a witter ovill oat of plate pia the fierce animosity some ardent housekeepers exhibit toward dust seems amusingly exaggerated to quieter wals to tho the true dust hater no f family y trouble or family joy is paramount with her mouth month she may moara williams sorrow or exult over editha prosperity her I 1 ler eyes are roving they spy epy the bit of fluff upon the carpet and she checks he acks her sobs to pick it up the recital of editha happiness is interrupted while she walks ass aass the floor to wipe off a tables edge or to lament the difficulty of keeping a room clean when the windows win are so often opened births deaths or marriages may come and go in her household not one of these disturbs her equanimity half so eo much as having her sweeping day postponed they are all of less importance than the discovery that her dreaded enemy has gained a foothold in some unsuspected comer an enthusiast of this s sort ort one evening with a tragic air requested her husli and to accompany her to an upper chamber the tha tired lawyer was impressed by her solemn manner and heavily climbed the necessary stairs the lady led him into a room and pointed sternly to a table look at that she said r indignantly three times this week I 1 have told mary to dust it it I 1 believe beli avii she neglects it purposely I 1 am completely ened the lawyer looked at the tha table and sighed my dear he replied today I 1 have had to deal with a murderer and two burglars I 1 have also examined two wife beaters and one child stealer but anything like the moral depravity of mary I 1 confess I 1 never saw before never and tha lady jady triumphantly lei led the procession down stairs harpers bazar |
