THE ETHICS OF HOUSE CLEANING.
The melancholy days are come, the fussiest of the year— " A weary, wretched world it is—house-cleaning: time is here! . Heaped up in stacks the household goods are piled limit the room; The mistress and the servant girl get out the pan and broom. They bustle round the premises and make the microbes fly. And not a corner of the place escapes their watchful eye. The master of the : house comes home amid the rush and din— He marvels at the state of things he finds his family in. For him no smiling greeting waits! His dinner en is cold! His homo is topsy-turvy, and lie hears the mistress scold. So mortal man can stand the test: he gazes in dismay. And then he turns upon his heel and sadly • walks away. He'll lunch in town and not return till evening shades appear. For " Home, Sweet Home" is but a. desert drear! The brightness that in other day makes it. the dearest spot Is in innocuous desuetude! Eepose lie knoweth not! And she. the partner of his joys—and of his sorrows, loo— Has no time for tenderness till house-clean in? fuss is through. JosurniNE WEATHBBX.Y.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12654, 7 September 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)
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