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News of New Storage Gadgetsâ€"Tips on Efficient Closetsâ€"Finding a Place for Everything. We always perk up our ears when we hear a man talking about his wife. Because we‘re interested in finding out what men think of wives anway. They always reveal more than tney actually say, as for instance Mr. F. M. S., who is in the rug business; we encountered Ahim the cther day when we were pickâ€" ing up bits of news about the important colcurs and patterns. Then got to talking about other things. Slick as 2 Whistle Said Mr. S., "You know I‘m just disâ€" covering that Alice is pretty unusual. Because she‘s really content to be a housewife. And makes a business out of her job. Why she plans the running of that house as syst>matically as I do my business. And gives as much thought to the changing seasons as I do to getting in spring or fall stock and rearranging the show room. iIn the spring, for instance, all my winâ€" rer clothes disappzar and in their places hang my spring and summer things all pressed and fresh as paint. And in the fall, out come the winter things looking as good as new. All without martyrdom or mothballs. The children‘s toys are organized the same way, so that we don‘t sumble over tennis rackets all winter and over ice skates all summer. Everything on the place runs like that. Say, after living in the house she keeps for 15 years, I wonder how a lot of men surâ€" vive with the gloomy Iâ€"wishâ€"Iâ€"hadâ€" somethingâ€"interestingâ€"toâ€"do talk of so many women we meet around." Hes Suggestions: Can‘t you just picture Alice, having theâ€" time of her life about her. house and delighted to discover any new ideas for organizing and keeping the "things‘" that seem to collect around the house. We asked Mr. S. if we could call on Alise and get some of her suggestions. So we did, and found her as excited as if she were an artist just finishing a new piciure. BETTER HOMES . EDITION "See the cupboards I‘ve got for winâ€" What a pleasant division of cloest spaceâ€"this is, with shelves of diff â€" erent sizes, mirror dressing table unit ard curtainedâ€"of section at the bottom for the unpresentables. Since this closet occupies such a snallow space, it might be built into any odd spot in a halXl of large room. A drspery could be made to cover it from public view if there would not be space enough for a door. Or French doors with ponges curtains shirred top and bottom could close this off nicely and presen{ a dignified front to the world. Or close it by Venetian blind or a dA@esorative window shade.. PLEAsANT HoMES Like a Roll Top Desk She had three of themâ€"composition toard they weoere on strong . wood frames, all mahogany finished and dust tight. But the main thing about them was their opzsnings, which slide up and down like the cover of rollâ€"top desks. It makes a lot of differenceâ€" when you want to tuck something like this into the corner of a regular closet â€"not to have a door to swing out in the way. ter coats and suits," said she. "They don‘t have clumsy doors to get in the way, and I have moth humidors inâ€" side." Then she lifted up the bedspreads and showed us the srorage arrangeâ€" by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin This utility box is the answer to the need for space to keep your little odds and ends. It fits into most any shelf or drawer, and should be a delight to the tidy soul. With No Ado THE PORCUPINE. ADVANCE,.TIMMINS, ONTARIO "I don‘t have a sewing room," she explained, "but I do have this extra size linen closet. I had these special shelves built hold mending things. Ses this cute little sectional cabinetâ€" it holds thread, thimbles, needles, butâ€" tons and the like,.each in a separeate ccmpartment." She held lup a little tier cabinet that swung open and out to reveal five different compamrtments for mending ~oddments. "Then I keep my sewing machine in here too. It can ko rolled out> for big. sewing jobs, but for odd seams and snares, I can use it here because of this specia! light we had built in. My little carâ€" perver built me these drawersâ€"the top one holds clean good rags and all the family can help themselves. The midâ€" dle one holds clothes to be repaired with a little mending basket fitted out specially for darning. (I have also a small mahogany sewing box in my top dresser drawer, and another in the guest coat closet). A Good Enough Reason "The bottcm drawer nere holds curâ€" tain and upholstery odds and endsâ€" rings, hooks, tacks, weights and the like as well as odd curtains tied in bundles. The open shelves of course hold the usual household linen. I‘m a crank about sheets of the right size, so I get them marked and keep the singles and doubles in separate piles. And I‘m not apologizing.for the ribâ€" bons to snap the stacks together. I know they‘re kind of silly, and yet they do help keep the shelves straight and organized. And they‘re pretty. which is a good enough reason I guess. I have an extra liitle hidden shelf back in the back of eack of the deep linen shelvesâ€"one holds a big suppliy of hand soap. Another has tollet papsr. Another has light globes in their cardboard wrappings so, ®they stack easily. IT‘v> had to coordinate a lot of things in one closet you see, because our houss isn‘t so big. And these are things I like to have at hand. and not away off in an attic corner. I papered this closet in a plaid beâ€" cause most of the stuff in it is whit=s and plain looking. Out of Toddlers‘ Reach "Do you want to see the baby‘s closâ€" ments under the beds. Sh>‘d bought a composition chest for each bed, also ciust tight and made to hold a moth humidor. It had ballâ€"bearing casters so it slid in and out with no ado. A grand place for blankets and bedding during the summer, as well as the year around, because it would always be right there at hand when needed, yet completely out of the way. "I alâ€" ways put things away cleaned, brushâ€" ed or washedâ€"it‘s so much nicer to find them that way when you get them out. et? Each one of the children has used it in turn, and it‘s worked beautifully. It‘s quiet and ordinary closet in size, but I‘ve had it divided up with this shelf built thirtyâ€"six inches from the bottom and coming all the way out to the door. That bottom space makes good place for toys. And above that shelf gives me a little working placa out of a toddler‘s reach. Another deep shelf (but not all the way out to the acor) is buill thirtyâ€"six inches above this first one; here you see I have a rod for children‘s clothes hangers. And along the side of this section ars small sheives with transparent boxes to hold shirts, panties, suits, socks andg shoes. Above the second shelf are sevâ€" eral shelves to keep little used baby things and the stuff you want safely out of exploring fingers. I painted it all white inside becaluse that would seem fresher . . . then dressed it up with wall paper borders in this red and blue It‘s easy to do it over when it gets dowdy. Fresh and Quick "Our own closet is just another stoxv of shelves. I dote on them and my carpenter can do wonders with them. See, on that side are shelves specially mad» for Fred‘s hass, shirts, shoes, and the like. The transparent boxes keep the shirts and hats fresh yet quick to locate. On my side I have shelves built for my thingsâ€"this one to hold the box for my fur neckpiece., this one for my scarfs, this one for my gloves, those fur shoes, and see how my little wallpaper drawer cupboard fits in this spaceâ€"that‘s for stockings, and underwear. The middle space I‘ve left open so a person has room enoush. to turn around, and oh, yes, cthat light there is easy to reach and always has a good strong bulb in it. The clothes rod is a metal one, I blew myself to that, but it‘s such a comfort, and this closet had to have an extra long and strong rod because it‘s so wide. Th reason I papered the walls in silver was I thought that would make it seem bright and dressy. Then I got those bright red velvet coat hangers and painted the wood trim bright red to give ic a masculine accent. All through hr kitchen, Alice has worked out the arrangement of her storage space to be most efficient. So it‘s no wonder that she has time to make an art of her job. And no wonâ€" der that her husband appreciates her. Though we must say that Mr. S. contributes more than he realizes to Alice‘s good housekeping. In giving her a specific household budget. In coâ€"operating with her in teaching the children to rospect the house and Co their own share. And most of all i:mn thinking she‘s swell. Do not use very large pieces of furâ€" niture in a small room. Put the largâ€" »st piz2ces so that they parallel the structural lines of the room. Furniâ€" iure plazsed diagonally always gives 2 restless feeling to the room. Larg» pictures or‘ a group of small pictures should be hung over heavy furniture: small pictures should be hung singly in conrection with small pieces. (Copyright,. 1938, by Elizabeth Macâ€" Rae Boykin.) "Down in the kitchen I‘ve had racks made for lids right in reach of the stove. I think it‘s awful to have them. put away in a drawer. where you have to fumble for them. There is also rack here for longâ€"handled stirring spoons and forks. But most of my imâ€" plements hang on this rack over the kitchen tableâ€"my carpenter fixed that for m», too, out of this thick piece of unpainted board. Then he got chromâ€" um plumbers‘ pip2 for legs and added cassers. These legs extend through the table and on up above it to supâ€" port a bar across each end where I had hocks for the pans andâ€"the spoons and utensils that would be needed here. I have another row of pans anc long spoons hanging ‘by the sink. I think they‘re really decoracive when they hang out in plain sisht like that. And it‘s so much handier than stackâ€" ing them in a cupboard. I‘ve spiurged a bit on my aluminum, but it‘s been it in the end. And I take pride in keeping it shining." About the Relationship of Furniture and Pictures Ink Spots: Remove at once. before thoroughly dry. Cold water} is ~iten all that is necessary. TO REMOVE INK SPOTS FROM GARMENTS THURSDAY, MAY 12TH, 1938