Show extra work made by untidy hands matters worthy of thought in the home i in these days when detective stories are popular many renders readers Y young oung and old alike believe that they have instinct or nt at least qualities aties which would lead them to discover clues leading to tile the solution 0 of thefts and crimes should they have tia v e a chance to exercise them they seldom think ot of things the other way around with an appreciation of how easy it would be tor for anyone to track them down they lire are constantly leaving trails of what they do in the simple and innocent lt activities of their days yet they wonder how it Is that mother father some one in the faintly or one with whom they are boon companions discover discover what they have been doing or what they tire are up t to 0 11 it may ho be with no wish to conceal cc a their actions that things are not t spoken 0 of f earlier but opportunity may not have arisen or the right time for which they were looking has not come then when they do speak of the thing it Is they who anre nixa zed tor for they can a see ee the information Is not totally a surprise to tn the hearer leading signs illow how does mother always know when v lien I 1 have b been pen st t ller work basket even for a needle e and thread Is the query ot of surprise often voiced by some daug daughters lites how indeed I 1 the needle Is loft left on oil table or bureau wherever the sowing sewing stopped in tier her rounds of straightening rooms one such needle Is generally genc rully discovered on putting it away the Is found to bo be lying open and the end of the thread on tile spool no not t fastened off these are not characteristic act ways of the mothers they are of tha daughters who thus leave clues cities about praiseworthy as the work its itself if probably Is who tins has been writing at fathers desk not that it would in itself be disliked but the hie stopper to the ink bottle is off and that Is annoying the ink gets dusty and the next time father writes he Is bothered with tiny specks on the pen which make strokes uneven ile he does docs not have to ben be n sherlock holmes to know who Is tho the culprit and lie or she bile gets taken to t task and the cluce tice are not it ig ce w wrong r 0 which led lea to tit the d discovery I 1 sc overy S silent I 1 1 c clues 1 ls n or when t there h e r la 1 pasting sting to be done und find tile top Is not replaced on the tube or the cover on the pasto paste jar clues tire not wanting to point with insistent accuracy to some soine one not tho the owner of the tube or jar having been using sald said paste when tile the cracker jar lid la Is not put on straight mother does not have to look inside an and find the lowered contents to know somebody tins has had an especial treat nut but it nl al ways children who leave trails of their activities in their wake older people share with them the alio same traits ot of leaving trails which simplify detection of activities careless trails nrc are untidy find make extra work for tile the homemaker 0 1933 dell syndicate lc |