PERILS OF HOARDING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 285, 1 December 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)

PERILS OF HOARDING.

Are you a hoarder ? So many women are. They put away for a problematical "some day" frocks, china, pictures, furniture, and various odds and ends for which they have no immediate use. Because a certain hat or dress was once becoming, or because a coat is made of such good material that it will not wear out, they refuse to give it away when they grow tired of wearing it. They forget that what is no longer of service to them may still be of good use to someone not so blessed with clothes as they arc. It is the same with a piece of furniture that has become oldfashioned, or pictures that are no longer in keeping with the style of the house; because they were given as a wedding present, or someone once admired them, or they cost a large sum of money when bought twenty or thirty years ago, they cannot be given a.way or even sold. Such a drastic step is unthinkable? Instead, the attic must be cumbered with furniture that no one uses, books that 110 one reads, pictures that 110 one looks at, and clothes that 110 one wears! Yet, how much more sensible it would be to give up being sentimental and to give away everything for which one has no longer a use. Someone else is sure to have a need for that carpet which is too large or too small for your present rooms, that old armchair, and the overcoat which is too shabby for your husband. Some women hoard in a different way. They keep everything for "best." Their prettiest frocks and hats rarely see the light of day because tliev are kept for a very special occasion that rarely occurs, and when it does often 1 they have become old-fashioned. How , much more sensible it is to wear on . things while they are in fashion and "l,.bW li»« : vllcS ™, l,svo I or keep all your pretty china and . for extra special occasions. Oct piea sure out of seeing them frequently.