Show CLUTTER WOULD BE IViS SID after all ad this must remain always a matter of individual opinion men are just jus t as much disposed toward the cluttering habit hibit as women but but not one in will admit it the average man Is forever bringing things home by this we mean things that nobody else in the house has the slightest interest in they may take the form of books of pamphlets of pictures of bric a brac ol of various kinds hinds of fishing apparatus of golf sticks of group photographs or of friendly souvenirs from business associates socia tes and he insists that they shall all be kept in view usually they crowd other clutter which the average woman has spent a great part of her life in collecting and which la Is found on all tho the mantel pieces on all the stands on all the tables and on all the walls of all the rooms of the house then as the children grow up they bring things home that are dear to each ono one of them respectively and these too must bo be kept in view but when all this Is said an important point has still been omitted clutter may often does cease to bo be clutter in tl ti a eyes and thoughts ol of the family there are instances in which it has come to be regarded as family treasure with all the complaint that is raised against it I 1 it lg is often grievously missed when parted with so truly is this the case so closely interwoven does family life be become or orne with all of its surroundings dings and associations that it Is difficult to conclude here without asking a ques tion that will doubtless arise in the minds of thousands of readers namely what after all would home be without its clutter christian science monitor |