. The long ago. as thescreen hemisphere. Gee! I havent thought of thatthing for years, have you? Of course you rememberit—absolutely fly-proof—one clapped over the butter,another over the cracker-bowl, another over thesugar. And say! I almost forgot! . . (Yes, Iknow you were just going to speak of it!) . .That conical screen fly-trap—where the flies seesomething good inside, crawl up to the top and thenover and in—and then cant get out—but just buzzand buzz and buzz—and make a lot of fuss aboutit—bluebottles and all—no respecter of persons—andwhen it gets full of the quick and dead in flydom,B
. The long ago. as thescreen hemisphere. Gee! I havent thought of thatthing for years, have you? Of course you rememberit—absolutely fly-proof—one clapped over the butter,another over the cracker-bowl, another over thesugar. And say! I almost forgot! . . (Yes, Iknow you were just going to speak of it!) . .That conical screen fly-trap—where the flies seesomething good inside, crawl up to the top and thenover and in—and then cant get out—but just buzzand buzz and buzz—and make a lot of fuss aboutit—bluebottles and all—no respecter of persons—andwhen it gets full of the quick and dead in flydom,Bridget takes it out in the back yard and dumps simple . . clean, peaceful, effective. My, My! But its a far cry back to those days,isnt it? And wouldnt you like to right this minutesneak into the cool, curtain-down, ever-so-qulet din-ing-room again . . and nose around to seeif anything edible had been overlooked—and see oneof those dear old round fly-screens guarding thesugar!. The Autumn Leaves There were three recognized uses for leaves inthe Autumn—first, to be banked by the wind alongfences or sidewalk edges and provide kicking-groundfor exuberant youngsters returning home fromschool; second, to be packed around the founda-tions of the house as a measure for interior comfortin winter; and, third, to be pressed between the pagesof the big Bible and kept for ornamental purposesuntil they crumbled and had to be thrown last-named use was always questioned by everyred-blooded boy, and more tolerated than accepted—a concession to the women of earth, from littlesister with her bright-hued wreath to mother andgrandmother with their book of pressed leaves. Even for purposes of comfort their use was moreor less secondary—granted because the banking-upprocess was a mans job and an out-door , too, it was a lot of fun to rake the big yardand get the fallen leaves into one or two huge piles;and wheelbarrow them to the edge of the
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