TIDYING UP THE HOUSE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20560, 10 May 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)

TIDYING UP THE HOUSE.

To the woman with a " tidy complex" a household careless in this respect is a constant source of irritation. She spends her time puttings things straight and gathering up other people's litter. A litllo thought and arrangement will suggest ways of counteracting untidy tendencies. Books and periodicals are 6pecial offenders in this line. A small bookrack, or a pair of book supports, on a side table give room to magazines, library volumes, etc., which are otherwise left lying about. A portfolio, manufactured from two large sheets of strong cardboard, canvas, or cretonne-covered, is a ready-to-hand receptacle for newspapers. Another portfolio for the music, which was wont to strew the piano, disposes of that eyesore. A roomy letter-rack placed prominently on the writing table is a hint to' tho family that unanswered letters and invitation cards arc better kept there than put 011 tho mantelpiece, or making an untidy heap oh tho blotter. Tho unsightly array of bottles, glasses and other articles which usually decorate the bathroom shelf may bo accommodated in a small cupboard, in which each member of tho family is allotted a shelf.