WASHING UP.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20258, 29 July 1937, Page 5

WASHING UP.

generosity with plates. Tlic psychological effects of washng up vary with different mentali.ies. so much so, hidccd. that it is a rood Index to character, states an ex•hangc. There are generous - oils who wash up ami jel ronlinuu lo contribute a perfn-i glut or plales in the general meal. They provide plates for bread alone, for bread and boiler, for small portions of relery. They contribute spoons even to llo.se who have refused sugar tor years. They press led jdales and eold plales upon the gu mis. J«sl as lli.mah plales washed themsell es up or lh.it ll were , pleasure lo dabble slieloths Slid mops. I till, r pie. II -daily ilo of' a plate us. d tllllieeessarily. They spend Ihl-lr lane wal.-llin* plales that are not used, making do with one plate for t«". pulling salad on the | same [dale as cheese or at, orca,j(i„;i!lv. When there is nobody Hint ,tier- Using the dish itself instead I of dirtying another plate. \\ ,i>!iiug up. in short, makes them | la 1 ior;oiis in the sense of nut washing up Mlhcrs strike a middle way L» j v, i i.oiitinued in next column.)

out to dinner their instinct is to pile !up I heir hosts’ plates, lipping the j debris on to a solitary plale, as hapj eral .scraping of plales with a rubber j tool, a general rinsing, and then a I comfortable wash in soap and water. : II is so scientific that il becomes a ! pleasure, almost a distinction. This. I of course, only applies lo one’s own | washing up. If it were a question | of washing eternally for others more I plates might ”001110 a-lwo" in the j hand or might he put smudgily to I bed; they might transcend ail labour J saving devices. Perhaps washing .up j which is commuted by the furlunalc bid which at bottom is heartily dis>l liked by all the world.