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Show Ilermsn llobdar Custema. There la one Christmas duty which falla to the lot of the German houae-wlfe houae-wlfe which we are privileged to omit In thla country. We ars content with the fall and sprlmt tiouiccleanlng and Willi the "aystetniilli" trtry-daf cleaning," clean-ing," for which the thnrrmgh Atnertcan bouaewlfu Is sometimes teiisurjed and aumetlmea comnie'tileit, gut not matter bow "clean" In every sense ff tha word the Germans may keep their homes, there must b a "regular tear Ing out" at the holidsy araavn, and thla la the most hthnrloiia taaai which Chrlstnuia hrlnga to tlietiermaq home. From purlnr to kitchen, from) garret to cellar, the Oertnan home mat ba awept mid scrubbed and poll" b" fore It l deemed ready for th Chrlstnuia Chrlst-nuia tree. Each house la, a Irving aaya of the H itch h inei, "in a tata of luuiid.it Ion. iin.ler tba dliilp' 'ne ' mops mid hriHiiiis snj sc ubblng brushes." Hoiueoiie hpeulis nf hoiisei leaning In Amerlci us "s.-inl-annual 1" anlty.'" The inanlii for rleimiiaesa ' th Uernian huiiaewife three time" a year, nut uuly In the aprlu( aril li 11, but also at Chrlatmaa time. T. ugh It taxes the temper and patli-e-'f ' the houaewlfe, It la a Biting pre aratloa for thla glad festival and can -a with It a beauiirul lesson The h'' rb la swept and the home made f' eh and clean to receive the Chrlstui' gueat. |