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Show ! SPRING HOUSE CLEANING IIouso cleaning l8 n stock subject , fr tho nowspopor funny men. From H ,fj ' tbolr point of view It Is nn annual craze, irrational and distressing, that H ' in spring takes possession of tho wo- H I I "lon- Thoy turn tholr homes topsy B tu"vy, upsot all of the old man's com- H ) fortablo lurking placos, disarrange H j bis desks and his closets, sq that ho H ' enn And nothing for a weok. H U la of courso not wholly Joyful to H ' como homo and llnd nil th0 furiilturo R ' u"t in tho yard. But Judging by the H looks of the uvoragu editor's desk, H it Is easy to see why ho does not H caro for hotiho cleaning. It some H times Booms ns if ordor was distinct- m ly unplonsaut to tho newspapor mind. H Cortnlnly two out of thrco of tho men H i'i "ir profession maintain working H j places In which tho broom and dust H' j brush have only tho most partial (li . away. Tho "dovll" swoops down tho con- H tor of tho room oory woek. Hut K , I'1 the corners and around tho odgos, K thoro arc heaps of trutk, old papers P and discarded material, that nro no- H '' or disturbed and around which dust 1 nnd dirt accumulate. Tho avorngo K editor's dosk is similarly a mess of H Pigeon holes stuffed with nhclout pa- H ' I'urs, clippings, and circulars of no H present uso to hli husinoss, but which m ( sorvo to assemble grlmo. H , y Dut nt homo cleanliness Is still H ' j ono of tho Idoals of housowlfory. Tho H ' -womou may nogloct to learn to cook, B I thoy may turn off thoso housowlfoly B ' cares on Ignorant and blundering ser PH ants. Dm most women do havo all H of tho old antipathy to dirt. Tho PB J humblest homo may be Insldo "neat wR l" , nB wax," ns tho old saying goos, tho BflK ' Paint worn olf tho boards by tho PH v periodical scrubbing. Ono euspocts H , that tho porHlstenco of this feeling B ' t la ono of tho greatest safeguards BBj ngainst tho spread of disease. |