The woman' who prides herself upon never destroying a letter or Dill is a-hoarder who causes an appalling amount of trouble: to herself—and to other people. Her handbag is crammed with (usually unanswered) letters, her writing' case bulges with bills, receipts, and circulars, while more and more papers of every description strain capacity of her writing desk. found only at the cost of upsetting} the whole household that she! reluctantly consents to have belated "tidy up."
'Mistaken sentiment is usually at the root of the trouble, and when! the hoarder finds passion for harbouring useless relics of the past} growing upon her she must be very' firm with herself, and having decid-upon those articles which are definitely "rubbish," should proceed at once to "make a clean sweep" of them with, if necessary, the assistance of the nearest jumble sale.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.