THE STOREROOM CLOSET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20137, 24 December 1928, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE STOREROOM CLOSET.

! Mother (opening Iho closet door) : Well, upon my word, something ought to Ijo done about this closet. It's ;i disgrace to the house. Things thrown in hero helter-skelter. Goodness only knows what's underneath. Toys, books, and games without end, and dust over everything. It's a shame we don't give some of these things away. There's plenty of poor children who'd he glad to get them, I'm sure, at Christmas. Here's a red-aud-hlue rubber ball and a cow that says moo; that was Albert's. I remember when we got them for him. And here's Molly's book of fairy tales with the coloured pictures, almost as good as new. And—my word!—if here isn't Eddie's soldier cap, tin sword and ono epaulet. The other's around somewhere, under something. Now,' every year we get appeals for tuvs and things from the. church and the. charity organisations, and here's this closet, chock full. I think the inost sensible thing we could do would be. lo clean out. the whole closet and give all this MilIV to homebody who could use it. It would make a lot of children happy, and what good is it doing here 5 No use doing anything now, but when Christmas < "ines—"

(Note: This is said every year during spring liuiisecleaning. In December the. closet is forgotten. Albert, who owns the red-and-bluo rubber ball and the Ntoo-cow, is at college. Molly, who owns the. fairy book, is married. Eddie, who has vested rights in the soldier cap, the sword and the epaulettes, is assistant receiving teller in a bank).