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Show SOME MEDED LESSONS. All the Members of the Family Should Co-operate About Keeping the Back Yard Neat Teach tho llttlo ones (and admonish admon-ish the older ones) .that tho screen doors nud window screens aro not mnilo to kick, or shove against, or to punch things through. How often wo sec tho wlro either bulging out, or pushed Into holes where tho fent or hands press against It In opening or shutting the doors, or tho window screens rendered useless becuuso the baby and his two or three year-old older aro allowed to press or lean ngnlnst It, or to stick things through It. Hacli one should bo taught how to handle such things, nnd not allowed al-lowed to touch the wire, under nny circumstances. A screen door patched with a hit of cloth Is unsightly enough but It In bettor than tho holo It covers, cov-ers, as It excludes tho Intruding Insects. In-sects. Old pieces of tho wire, saved from a former covering, nro much better bet-ter to use as n patch. i Teach tho children nnd their elders eld-ers (and In some ci'jjch, yourself) not to throw peelings, parings, paper, bits of cloth, etc, about tho back door. Thero should bo a box or on old pall close nt hand, and Into this ono can put all refuse, emptying It nt least once a day, either to burn, bury, or put on tho far-removed manure ma-nure pllo. If tho wholo family Is careful to keep things picked up and put In plnco, tho yard about the kitchen door may bo ns lovely as that In front of tho house. This Is tho part of tho promises moro often seen by the housewlfo thnn nny other, and, It should havo bright things In It. Hut tho housowlfo cannot havo this beauty without cooperation of tho rest of the family, and sho will often bo blamed for a dirty, disorderly back ynrd when sho has no sort of control over It. This Is where cooperation should be strongly In ovldonco. I am sorry to say thnt tho most frequent offender ngnlnst tho rules of order as thoy nffect tho back yard la the father of tho fomlly, himself. Tho Commoner. |