. ‘ ‘ . $ ’ ,-oi . ’ ' . , ‘ _. . , ‘ . ‘ ‘ 39% -‘.5-In-~'rs-t lQ"\q;~ $ ', I... r _ .§_ _ __ ’ ‘ 0‘ l . I 1 . 0 _ \ _nnless you have a “Old woman. old woxa-Oh. whither so high." "Sweeping the cnlnusbs out of the sky." No one need laugh or make fun of the old woman of Mother Goose Land sailing along in her little basket up in the clouds with her broom raised ready for action. For sweeping ed»:-ebs is one of the most necessary and one of the most neglected jobs in the world. Her only mis- take was that she should have swept the earth clear of them before she went to the sky. But she had the right idea. - Soon it will be time for the grand old spring cleaning. You want to sure to get all the cobwebs. In the corners they gather—-little gray filmy things that make the wplls look dingy and so untidy. How easy they are to brush away! And what a change the brushing makes!' _ .But, if you are -a careful and a thoughtful hounwife, and of course you are, you will°go further. It is the cobwebs that you cannot« see seen. ‘Huey ieougbt to be full of sunshine. all sunshine. for getting rid of cobwebs is easy -—whcn you find them. You don't have to look far for the first one-‘—the worry-cobweb. Just sit down at your dressing table and look at yours house- keeper that you are, you will have the table top faultlessly arranged and the mirror spotless. but lready been cobweb-hunting. you will probably find some little frown lines in your forehead which ‘show that inside you there is a worry-cobweb. _ Of course there are things to worry about. Billy Junior coming home from school across that crowded street might any day be run over by a street car or automobile. There are so many automobiles. Billy Senior (you always did love that wavy hair that he was so asha of—and it's still as heavy and pretty as ever) well. might start to get bald-headed just any day. And bald-headed men are so unromantic! Then. any night (olg horrible thought!) the house might catch fire and burn home and family to cindera. But, to ask a hackneyed qdestion, did worry ever accomplish anything? You can teach Billy Junior caution. you can the wipe away the worry-cobwebs. It mak ' «cross and when Billy Junior gets home‘»'from school, he will want to go out and be run over. A and Billy Senior will want to pull out all of his house is so gloomy. , too. He comes home from work. linty with the businesseo 93 are I011 o ones about money matter-3. long itisuptoyouto themiofffijustas you would remove his coat or brush the dust off it. . Needless to say, you must not 8139‘ HP‘ ‘mhv 8!! w---'-'' ':'..':.''.r::*...... E \- u ’. .w O._ . l . . ~,-r.a—. on-— webs will collect, and the children will go else- where for the information and entertainment that should come from mother. Another kind of cobweb that you can almost see—and a very hideous one it is-—is the dinner- table-cobweb. Don't you recall some times when there seemed to be-a positive blanket oom over the dinner table? A You w& tired, Billy Senior cross, and the ch exasperating. Everyone was silent and the knives and forks went “clink, clank." and you could hear the water swallowed and the meal was a miserable failure. A meal like that always makes the children hurry away, makes Billy Senior want to throw things and makes you want to cry. should. The meals of civilised people are not mere eating. The dinner hour should be the happiest and most cheerful one of the day. Laughter is - pleasanter and more nourishing than chocolate gay conversation better than blue ones, Sunday-co webs. But oh, what lighter, brighter homes you will have when they are all gone‘. You will really be ready for spring with its sunshine and . flowers and bird songs Inexpensive Books for Reading Books may be expensive. the kind of books. that is. that one puts in the library, and points to with pride. intimate books. the friends thatareslippedintothe etsandaretahen everywhere. whether one is fishing, hiking. tra - eling. or on s -end party. need not be ex- pensive. in attractive leather bindings of hased at the low price of ten volumes for ninety-five cents. Al- though the books are very small, only about three inches long and two inches wide. the print is easy to read. ~ These tiny books can be bought in a small box, containing the complete set. They in- clude some of the historical plays. and some of the comedies, among them "Ttwelfth Night.” and “Much Ado About Nothing.” but none of the tragedies The modern library is a series of excellent --. - 7 . H . ...n ._ .-.- _.....-..—4........—.. ..—.......«»~ 4--— - THE MISSOURIAN MAGAZINE, APRIL 18, 1925 5 Brush All Kinds of Cobwebs Away When Cleaning Up for Spring books in cheap bindings, books that cover a mul- titude of subjectsand authors. And since its publishers vs started a new project. the Chil- d.ren‘s Ifodern Library. the field which they cover will be even wider. there are the Halderman-Julius books. little blue paper-backed volumes which may bought for five cents apiece. These books cover many subjects, and although they are not par- ticularly attractive in appearance. the print is large, and the books are well-edited. n this series one may read anything from Dante's “In- ferno" and the “Meditations of Marcus Aureli- ous.” to essays on agriculture. and the care of children. ' Larger books, and books which contain a wealth of literature. rnay be bought for ten cents at a ten-cent-store. These books are in the Reader's Library, published by the, J. H. Sears Company. Many classics are found among them, ‘especially books which boys and girls would be glad to read. Some of the titles are Stevenson's “Treasure Island.” Scott's "Ivanhoe." “ Musketeers." “Black Beauty." “An- derson's Fairy Tales,” and “Alice in Wonder- land." _ Books for adults are also included in this set and one may find “Pilgrim's Progress," “Tale of Two Cities,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," “Jane Eyre.” and many others Books by popular authors of the day may be bought cheslilv. too. at almost all the book stores there will be found a shelf of books which havebocomeaoiled,onwhich theco ' five cents each. Books which are strictly new, but which are still good may be sedfromthisgrocp. In init are such books as "Babbitt," “The Ten Command- ments," ".Ila_instreet,” “West of the Water Tower." “The Sheik.” “Innocents Abroad," and _ “If Winter Comes.” The old-style library would have had no place for these inexpensive books. In fact. the cheap appearance of them would have been rather a slight on the buutifully bound volumes which were found there. However, in this mod- ern day when a great tage of families live in apartment houses and others move fre- quently as the cities pow and districts which were restricted become open for business of- fices. the old-fashioned library is also passing. There is no room in the apartments and smaller smaller volumes are mu The smaller library does not contain the in- spiration and air of literature which its more stately predecessor had. ,..‘¢;‘ Spring Homes deserve new and attrac- tive furnishings. We have. . ’ everything here for your \. -4 c. l tastes. Distinctive char- ' _i. \ acber as well as quality} a willbefoundinourstock, Parker Co. ‘ ~- __a .; I . ,s