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THE HOUSE __
BEAUTIFUZE3

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NOTICE TO READER
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NEW GIANT

CHRISTMAS”
KOcHIA.

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CHILDS’ NEW GIANT KOCHIA
(Christmas Kochia, or Kochia Childsi)

Anentirely new and distinct garden or pot annual, admitted to be one of the most decora-
tive plants grown. It is of solid pyramidal habit, ‘dense and symmetrical at all stages of
growth, of the most attractive light green color, changing in late autumn to a beautiful
claret-red and holding its color until about Christmas, regardless of snow orice. |The plant
is three feet tall and over two feet thick, a solid bouquet of exquisite foliage. It is the latest
show plant of the garden remaining beautiful long after everything else has faded and gone.
Its rich color shows to wonderful advantage after snow has fallen. No new plant on our
show grounds ever attracted so much attenticn as this during the entire summer and fall.
As a pot plant it is very valuable, rivaling the palm and the fern for decorative effect,
beauty and usefulness up to the holidays. t is easily grown from seed indoorsorout. We

can say without reserve that this New Kochia is one of the most magnificent plants in cul-
tivation, sure to succeed anywhere, in all soils and all climates.
Seed, per pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c.

THE CHINESE WOOLFLOWER

The most magnificent garden annual. Its ease of culture and long continued season of
bloom (early in July until frost), together with its massive bunches of wool-like flowers
and glowing crimson color, make it the showiest, most odd and novel garden flower.

10c per pkt.

AMERICAN MASTODON PANSIES
PERFECT MARVELS IN SIZE AND BEAUTY

These Pansies have a robust vigor unknown in other strains. Flowers larger than the
Trimardeau, with the substance and rounded form of the German strains, a touch of the
Masterpiece in the artistic curves of the petals, the wonderful colors of the Orchid Pansies
and a delicate fragrance like the violet-scented.

The enormous size of blooms, nearly four inches across, clear tones of color and with
wonderful tints and variegations and free-flowering qualities, even through the hot summer
weather, will be a revelation.

Mixed Colers—Such as 4 with dark center, dark blue and light blue, pure white,
black lavende r, violet, blue, t »yronze (new), royal purple (new), rose, ce rise-red, red with
silver rim, mahogany, yellow, wine-colored, red and a striped, margined, ete.
10c per pkt.

NEW ASTER AMERICAN BEAUTY
The finest type of branching Aster with immense, bright, rosy carmine blossoms on two
foot stems. It has the widest petals, largest double flowers, longest stems and best color
among Asters. 10c per pkt.
SPECIAL OFFER, 25c—These are the four greatest Flower Seed Novelties and we
will mail one packet of each for 25c (just one-half regular price) together with our little
booklet ‘‘How to Grow Flowers for Garden or Window,”’ and our big catalogue with a
dozen large colored plates. All for 25c, order now.

ORDER AT ONCE. THESE OFFERS WILL NOT APPEAR AGAIN

Address: JOHN LEWIS CHILDS,

ICE-PROOF MASTODON PANSY PLANTS
Have a Beautiful Bed of Pansies at Small Cost
We grow young, vigorous plants of the Mastodon Pansy in open ground from September-
sown seed that are ready for delivery from January to May. For the Southern and Pacific
States we can ship now. For colder latitudes shipments are made as early in spring as the
plants can be put out. ‘They are hardened by the ice and snows of winter, and in spring
are ready to jump into vigorous growth and bloom.
Price—Mixed colors, postpaid, 25 for 60c; 100 for $2.00; 500 for $9.00.
12 NAMED GLADIOLI CHILDSI FOR 5c
A collection of 12 distinct Giant Childsi Gladioli, named, all extra fine sorts and some
are new. All colors —_ white, yellow, blue, pink, scarlet, violet, variegated, et«
Collection for 50c, post
100 choice mixed Gladioli ‘iy brids for $2.50, postpaid.
7 EXQUISITE DAHLIAS FOR $1.00
All of the very finest varieties _ all classes and colors
7 named sorts, seene field tubers for $1.00, postpaid.
10 FLEUR-DE-LIS FOR 50c
All colors mixed. Fine Garden Iris for 50e postpaid.

The 5 Very Finest NEW CANNAS for $1.00

These are the finest dwarf, large-flowering Cannas in cultivation.
Fire Bird—Intense cardinal-scarlet, largest size.

King Humbert—Orange-scarlet, dark foliage. 30c each;
King Humbert Yellow—Finest yellow spotted. the 5 for $1.00.
Hungaria—Exquisite rosy pink. All postpaid

Panama—Orange with crimson and gold.

OUR GREAT VEGETABLE NOVELTIES

We are introducing this year some wonderful new vegetables, and especially recommend
the following:
Matchless Lettuce—Novel and distinct in every way and the finest Lettuce grown.

kt., 15c.

Childs’ Supreme Muskmelon— <A 20-pound Melon of a rich and luscious quality that is
unsurpassed. kt., 20c.
Tomato Top Notch—The earliest and in all respects the best and most wonderful Tomato
Pkt., 15c.

Hulless Pop Corn—A real novelty and wonderfully fine. Pkt., 10c.
Klondyke Watermelon—The acme of perfection in quality. Pkt., 10c.

SPECIAL OFFER—These 5 novelties of exceptional merit for 50c.
OUR CATALOGUE , Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Summer-flowering Bulbs, Win-

dow and Bed ding Plants, Hardy Perennials, Vines, rare new-
flowering Shrubs, and the greatest new Berries, free to all who apply. Many sterling
novelties.
We are the largest growers of Gladioli, Cannas, Dahlias, Lilies, Iris, ete. Our gardens at
Floral Park and Flowerfield comprise more than one thousand acres. | We are headquarters
for all Bulbs as well as Flower and Vegetable Seeds, and our stocks are large and complete.

Inc., FLORAL PARK, New York

March 1918 THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

Their Genius
made them great~

The Victrola

makes them immortal

In France, genius is eb ned by election to the French Academy. Members
of this brotherhood of the great are known as the French Immortals. In the
world of recorded music, there is a similar distinction in becoming a famous
Victor artist. None but the chosen few can win this laurel.

The poet and the composer endure on the printed page, the painter on his
eloquent canvas. The achievements of the statesman and the scientist remain
as lasting monumenis of their skill. But what of the famous singer, the actor
who has endeared himself to thousands, the beloved artist whose magic bow,
like the lute of Orpheus, has swayed and charmed the multitude? Is their
divine fire to be forever quenched? Istheir voice of gold to be forever silenced?

Before the Victrola, this was the tragic fact. Now great voices need never
die, great music need never perish.

Mankind loves to crown a Genius. The artists whose portraits appear -
this page have, by universal accord, been proclaimed the greatest. They
won the applause and affection of the public for the beauty, the comfort, the
entertainment, and the uplift of their matchless art, as expressed upon the stage
and to that far vaster, world-wide audience who knows them by their Victor
Records. As long as there are ears to hear, their Victor Records will preserve
their living, breathing emotions, their infectious laughter, the exquisite, trem-
ulous notes of their inspired instruments. Their art cannot die.

Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. U.S. A.

Berliner Gramophone Co. S Maatve al, Ca an Distributors

Victor
Supremacy

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For particulars and special advertising rates for this De- Y hs |

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| READERS’ SERVICE does not execute orders to buy ’ |

BERNE AREER OS) Ws; 19- ot OOO articles mentioned in these columns; please do not send at McCutcheon S
EXTRA DENSE money or stamps for such purpose. yoo
Coats, for Utility and Sport wear, $25.00 to 57.50

LONG-LEAF PINE Suits, of Novelty Cotton Weaves and Linen, $16.75

VERY unique offer is made by one of our to 35.00
(“THERE’S A DIFFERENCE’’) | H Daytime Dresses, of Taffeta and Foulard, $2:
THE MORE YOU’LL REALIZE THE VALUE TO

ode

» to

readers who wishes to sell a pair of Mother 39.50

| of Pearl shells, elaborately and delicately carved Afternoon Gowns, of Georgette Crepe in street shades,

YOU OF INSISTINGONIT. “BOGALUSA BY NAME.” | a c eee ee f ; | TI hell $39.50
“ ~ A 9986 ma. panis 1 design oO antique ace. ne sneius pigtivts
BOGALUSA"”is the name BY WHICH TO BUY the BEST i : ; C try Frocks, of Voile, Gingham and Linen, $8.75
LONG-LEAF PINE THAT GROWS. were brought here by the sea captain of a per MOCKS, OF VOUS, IDEAAMY Qne Hinen sy
FOR ALL STRUCTURAL USES, specify “BOGALUSA” whaler more than a hundred years ago, and are Separate Skirts, of Novelty Cottons and Linen, $5.75
—it’s your guarantee. Unless you can identify the lumber 5 to 14.75

” considered priceless. They would make quaint
mantel ornaments and will sell for $75.00. The
same reader has in her possession a child’s
dress of early English nineteenth century needle
work, which she offers for $50, and a cap, appli-
qued lace, in excellent condition, for $20. [414]

Blouses of Georgette Ci repe, Crepe de

Chine and Tub Silks, $5.75

delivered as real” Bogalusa” you’ llrefuseitas ‘“‘not per order.

WRITE US. (Cutting 1,000,000 feet a day still leaves us time to
take an interestin YOU.) Get the Bogalusa Book. (FREE.)

GREAT SOUTHERN LUMBER CO., 1609 4th Ave., Bogalusa, La.

BOGALVSA

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Orders by mail given

special attention. es
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James McCutcheon & Co. Fk
5th Ave., 34th & 33d Sts.,N. Y. »,,.°%.,..

OW that we are using grate fires so much, —
some of our readers may be interested in a
SEND 7; demon BUNGALOW BOOKS fire sct of wrought iron. The stand is de-
With Economy Plans signed on severe straight lines to match the
of California Homes shovel, tongs and poker which are suspended

voted for comfe yeau and Tk ° °
adaptability “ager gsi ela on hooks. The set is unusually good-looking
pong eee and would be an ornament standing by any
It is priced at $1o. [415]

GENUINE NAVAJO RUGS

Direct from the Indian to you. I am
a licensed Indian trader, licensed by the
U.S. Government, living on the Navajo
Indian Reservation. Can buy the best
rugs direct from the Indian. Each rug
accompanied by the U.S. Indian Agent's guar-
antee, that it is a genuine Navajo Indian rug.
Send for descriptive booklet and _ price list.

W. S. DALTON, Box 277, Gallup, N. M.

53 Plans. #2500 to $7000 — 60c

West Coast Bungalows "

72 Plans, $1200 to $2500— 60c
** Little Bungalows **

40 Plans, 8500 to $2000 — 40c

fireplace.

PECIAL $1. 50 ‘OFFER

Send $1.50 for all 3 books and get book of
75 special plans, te ee ee
oney back if not satisfie 2 et ; ; aa 5 : F -
E. W. Stillwell & Co., Architects, 670 Henne Pits Ries Anpslen Ca. HE old saying that an elephant brings good

luck to a house, has made that most intelli-

: : SS p4regses
a gent animal very popular these days and he is is = S2sq 2 Baer
5 a : i Lad eats D
Coats-of-Arms, 2°°* Plates, Steel Dies. to be found in all shapes, sizes and colors. 5S = a8e “Fis <
Oals-Ol-AIMIS, Genealogical and Heralds Some of the most substantial looking elephants RUS Seeks ose =
research. Specially attractive prices. age ye i ein 35 8 m. § | gS Qa >
are carved out of ebony and are made in Cey- | 25 FP “Swe S oop 7
ROYALE ARMS PUBLISHING CO. tae cote sires within the ceah | fi enet flies
30 East 30th Street New York City lon. Three moderate sizes within the reach Pi Sg *38 BEES 2
of all are priced at 75 cents, $1 and $1.50, so ao ae289,3 >
: ; ae | ams’ S35
eae we can all hope for good luck at this trying ° sEeSa58

[416]

time.

THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL - 3 Park Street, BOSTON —

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Enclosed find stamped and addressed envelope. Please TUNNING pillows and table PUES are
advise me where I can buy the following articles: | designed of Odessa tapestry, which comes S H B a !
in natural color, fifty inches wide and $1.75 a tucco Houses Beautified!
vard. It is a va riety of basket weave, Very Protect and beautify the exterior of your stucco or
handsome, and where a neutralcoloris desired, conerete building. Make it weatherproof as well as
NUMBER.............. NUMBER.............. NUMBER.............. it is most suitable. One pillow was trimmed | oven-colored, solt-toned and artistioin appearance.
with a six-inch circle of black felt, on which | TRUS-CON Stone-Tex
was appliqued gay-colored parroquette ol | isa liquid cement coating, especially adapted for brick,
felt. The result was charming. [417] | masonry, concrete and stueco. Not a paint, it does not
NUMBER... .. NUMBER.............. NUMBER.............. Seng Sued sh cpio? =o gaa of the wall,
So Made in several desirable colors. Write for Color
Card and information—free.
A LEATHER key pouch in which there are The TRUS-CON LABORATORIES
NAME... four or six small leather straps on which 133 Trus-Con Bldg., Detroit, Mich.
keys are snapped, is convenient for a man to Waterproofings — Dampproofings—Technical Paints
carry in his pocket. There is a pocket for the
keys to slip into and then the pouch fastens
STREET.. with a snap as flat as a bill case and there are
no rough kevs to rub against a man’s clothes.
The case with four straps is $1.50 and six E |
straps $2. [418] Ss
CITY ee STATE G LU E HANDY
TUBES
“WR USE COUPON FOR SHOPPING GUIDE INQUIRIES A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY

To designate each article use number given at end of each paragraph.

188

Better Roofs and Sheet Metal Work

on your home is assured by using |

! ot |
Look for the Keystone aided «*. It ind hat high

below regular cok is ” Key’ Ti : C sas Steel i “ us ; e |

Sade

and Roofing Tin

The copper steel alloy gives greatest durability
and rust-resistance for Tin Roofs and Galva-
nized Sheet Metal Work, Cornices, Spouting,
Eaves Trough, etc. Leading de ale srs sell Keystone Copper

Steel Roofing Tin Plates and Apollo-Keystone Galvanized
Sheets. You should use no other. Send for our booklets.

|| AMERICAN SHEET AND TIN PLATE COMPANY, Pittsburzh, Fa.

ASH BARREL
TRUCK

§ Wheels your ashes up or downstairs. Our Spiral Truss Ribbed Ash
Barrels cost less. Underground Garbage Receivers —seven styles.

Send crn an Geena oneach. It will pay you.
»ld direct. ,ook for our trade marks

WW"
Lynn STE RHEL z Mass

Ata vse par. orf

Cc. H. STEPHENSON, Mfr., 23 Farrar ‘+; Lynn, Mass.

artistic windows
made. They will stay where you
want them if you use

most

ee 1ea5 | | CASEMENT WINDOWS

Safe, noiseless, convenient. Easy to
use with screens.
sription and prices

al as Wilkins Casement Adjusters

Write for des

GEORGE LESTER WILKINS, 7071 No. Clark St., Chicago, Ill.

YOUR WAR GARDEN ..

ing directions and the two practical garde
for ittothe De LA MARE Co,
Countryside Books” free,

grand success if

expert plant-

n diagrams in this

our brand new booklet, Send Ic

446-C W. 57th St. New York. Catalog

| ALL DONE WITHIN YOUR ROOM

| Operated from the Inside
No trouble in win’ or storm

or breaking cf slats—does away with Bt

} Outside shutters opened and closed, bowed N |
| ineny position and locked, without raising N
| sash or screen if you use the \

MALLORY SHUTTER WORKER N |

no banging

| the usual annoyances of old fashioned
| fixtures and only costs a trifle more.
Thousands in use, endorsed by
architects. Easily put on any kind
of new or old dwelling.

UMMM ILA Ahi

Drop us a postal now for full informa-
tion and get all the benetit of your
outside shutters.

| Mallory Manufacturing Co.

| 516 Broad St. Flemington, N. J.

HOME - MAKING

AS A PROFESSION

—a 100-page illus. hand-book, FREE. Home-study Domestic
nce courses; Health, Food, House Planning, Manage-
Ment, etc. For home-makers, teachers, dietitians, matrons,

ete. Bulletins: ‘ ‘Free Hand Cooking,’ 0c. :
Cent Meals,’’10c. ; heatless-Meatless Meals,’

Am. School of Home Economics, 511 W. 69th Seset,

ee elnes, *? 10c. ; ‘‘ Five-

Chicago, Ill.

MALL round sweetmeat
blue china with a spray of
blossoms on the cover, are
table and cost only
An incense burner of rose or old blue china
may hold short-stemmed
flowers, the perforated cover acting
for the flowers. The price is
At the same shop a casserok
in stone color with handle,
tions on cover of rich green,

white hawthorn
pretty for the tea
50 cents.

also be used to
as a Screen
75 cents.

of Oribe ware
spout and decora-

s priced at 50

cents. [419]
UITE the most convenient clothes-pin bag

. seen for some time is made of strong white
canvas so arranged on a wire frame at the top
that it may easily be slipped off and laun-
dered. The frame holds it also is
provided with a hook to throw over the line,
a convenience much to be appreciated. It
costs 25 cents. [420]

ypen and

unusual
readers to

shops an

exclusive
is offered to our

I one of the

opportunity
secure a seventeen-piece china
and large tray to match, for $10
may be tinted to order, either rose color,
vellow or lavender, and the I:
is white with border to

breakfast set

The china
blue,
ree wooden tray

colored match the

china. The china is thin and dainty and
tinted entirely by hand. The set is most
complete and will be appreciated by those
who are looking for just such a bargain. [421]

knitting
sailors, there are all

OW that we are so industriously

for the soldiers and
sorts of fancy protectors for our knitting needle
tips, but quite the most appropriate are made
of brown suede leather in the sha
boots or hats, held together with elastic. The

pe of soldiers’

boots are priced at, 90 cents and the hats at
65 cents.
At the same shop a set consisting of a wrist-

nitting needle
priced at $1.50.
[422]

let holder for a ball of wool
tips, and a large safety pin, ar

WE have had service flags and buttons and

now many of us may write our boys at the
front on service paper. Thi
quality and the flag bearing one o
is in the left-hand corner. It
cents the box.

is good
r two stars

paper

is priced at 50

[423]

HE Fido Bank is a wonderfully intelligent-

looking dog and now at this time when we
should all save to buy Liberty Bonds or War
Saving Stamps, he will be very glad to take
good care of every penny in his keeping. Any
child might be induced to drop pennies in the
back of Fido’s neck for he inspires confidence
and teaches a child to save. He costs only
$1. [424]

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189

soxes of Chinese

DECORATIVE FURNITURE

is INDIVIDUAT in appeal, INEXPENSIVE
in the aggrezate, BEAUTIFUL in execution and finish

Our factories are near New York
QUICK DELIVERIES DIRECT FROM E
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Write to-day for our Valuable Catalogue ‘*E-3""

ERSKINE-DANFORTH CORPORATION =
2 West 47th Street New York

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I tical information. Estimates of
cost. Floor plans with all dimen
sions. Special sketches,

Designs costing $4,000 to $25,000. Price $2.00 Prepaid
WILLIAM DEWSNAP, Architect, 203 Broadway, New York City

WOOLIs 5; VALUABLE- Guard It

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Chest

Sent on

Every wo
man wants
a Piedmont
for a gift._
The grandest gift for the money.
Your choice of 90 designs and styles
of famous Piedmont Red Cedar Chests sent any-
where on 15 days’ free trial. We pay the freight.
Piedmont pays for itself in what it saves. Lasts ioe
generations. Protects furs, woolens and plumes from moths.
mice, dust and damp. Needed in every home. Finest birth-
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FURNITURE. WRITE TODAY

Colonial Fireplace Company

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Look over your walls

Count the dents, breaks and scratches. Then
recall the many times you had to repaper because
of them!

Avoid this continual expense and annoyance by
having your walls covered with the most artistic
and highest grade wall covering—

FAB-RIK-O-NA

Interwovens

Heavy woven cloth with characteristic weave
that will not wear off. Colors fade-proof. _Pat-
terns never lose brilliancy or character. A wide
variety to choose from.

Write for samples. Then call upon your deco-
rator or upon us for free suggestions.

H. B. WIGGIN’S SONS CO.
494 Arch St., Bloomfield, N. J.

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Each number contains 7 to
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On all news-stands 25c copy.
Twelve big house building numbers and your choice of

KEITH’S Dollar Plan Books

130 Plans of Bungalows | 175 Plans estg. below 36000,
104 Plans estg. below 93000. 135 * ‘over $6000.
ee - . $4000. 100 * Cement and Brick.
7450 “ “ $5000, 50 Garages, 40 Duplex & Flats.

KEITH'S, 979 Metropolitan Bank Bldg., Mi lis, Minn.

THE WATCH DOG
OF THE COAL PILE

I? keeps the furnace always within bounds. It pre-

vents the heating plant from burning up more coal
thanis actually needed to keep a uniform, even, health-
ful temperature throughout the house.

T7eAGINNEAPOLIS”
" HEAT REGULATOR

automatically controls the drafts and dampers day and
night. Works perfectly with any kind of heating plant
burning coal or gas. Guaranteed satisfactory.

Write for Booklet.

MINNEAPOLIS HEAT REGULATOR CO.
, 2745 Fourth Av.So., | Minneapolis, Minn.

Costs
Less
Lasts
Longer

Reinforced Concrete
Underground Garbage Receiver

Superior to metal construction. Positively will
not rust. Sold under written guarantee. No
extracharge for foot tripper. Five styles and
sizes.
Write for circular.
FELLOWS & CO.
234 Friend St., Boston, Mass.

T the French Shop where all the articles

are either made by disabled soldiers or
soldiers’ widows, there have recently been re-
ceived very attractive zigzag cut-out picture
puzzles of charming French scenes. The 100-
piece puzzle is $1.20 and one with 150 pieces
costs $1.95.

There are also sets of Trench Dominoes ina
box. They are made of cardboard, and the
dots instead of being black are made to repre-
sent small flags of the allies. The price is 25
cents a set. [425]

NEST of seven round scalloped tin cut-
ters come all nicely fitted in a small covered
tin box for $1.63. They are useful for cutting
vegetables, truffles, etc., to say nothing of
cookies and biscuits. [426]

A ROTARY mincing knife is very conven-

ient for mincing parsley, mint, vegetables,
etc., in a short time. Instead of one, it has
five or six circular blades very cleverly ar-
ranged. It is easy to manipulate and might
prove very useful to many of our industrious
housekeepers who are on the lookout for new
and practical things. It costs 60 cents. [427]

A PACKAGE of good Chinese tea comes

in a round tin box all well packed in a
prettily painted bamboo basket for $1. The
basket is pretty enough to be used long after
the tea is gone.

Preserved ginger from Japan nicely packed
in a little earthenware jar is also convenient to
have on hand. These jars are priced at 35
cents. [428]

HILDREN will enjoy playing with mag-

netic jackstraws. Wooden jackstraws are
old but the magnetic straws are interesting to
both young and old. They are made crooked
and straight with colored wooden heads, each
color counting differently. Two magnets
come with each set. The game is moderately
priced at 25 cents. [429]

N one of our favorite lace shops a wonderfully

beautiful luncheon set consisting of a square
centerpiece and six each of three size doilies,
was reasonably priced at $18. The Italian
linen was of the best and the antique Floren-
tine embroidery was exquisite, and would be
sure to please the fastidious. [430|

TRAPS for baby carriages are shown made

of satin ribbon shirred over a strong piece
of elastic and trimmed with ribbon bows or
small hand-made flowers. They are priced at
$1.25. Straps with a duck, ring and doll
attached are priced at $2. The colors are
pink, blue or white. [431]

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190

The song birds will prove a very
great asset in the present war. They
destroy the insects and save millions
of bushels of grain annually.

Itis your duty to protect them, fur-
nish them homes for raising their
young this spring. You will be re-
paid athousand foid. They will free
your grounds and garden from in-
sects and pests and gladden your
heart with their beautiful songs.

A DODSON BIRD HOUSE

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Contents

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March

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7 Ce re ree vaya! Ne errr rc rer pre 188
Frontispiece: An Arbor in a Salem Garden.................. 194
Practical Garden Talks......:0..hs.008 03 Elizabeth Eddy Norris — 195
Three Gardening Helps ... Louise Rand Bascom 199
MAY Garden ApTOn..... « <dssncus scinereereed \ Garden Worker 199
A Playhouse and Garage in a Flower Garden
F. Edgar Norris 200
Some Notes on Paths in the Flower Garden........ Julia Miller 202
A Desk Made from an Old Bureau...........1 Mary S. Hillman 204
We Build a House Ourselves—Chapter V—Putting on the Shingles
H. I. Shumway = 205
Iti Weal AROS s S65 seas cnn ein we Bertha A. Clark 208

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rhe Second Summer of Our Gardens. .............<0.<-- 211

What We Raised in Our Home Garden... .:..........2..200- 212

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The ‘‘South Chamber

A; Studio ma. Gardens... oo cece cos vos Ruth R. Blodgett 216
A Fown of Fares. 5s so oss cece .....Marion Clarke 218
Somewhere in New England—The Chronicle of a Hoover Recruit

m the: Ravab Diststets . co¢ ch.us conan Be eRe 210
An Experience in “ Hooverizing’”’ Housework.....Clara Zillessen 221
The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Allbright at Milton, Mass. 222
Planting for Quick Results. .................. Florence Spring 224
The Restoration of a French Village.......... Bertha A. Clark 226
Your eran bens c.<55. oss ces aweanawss caveat eee 230
Garden and Orchard... 2.6.6 chi occu: Clarence Moores Weed 232

Talks With

HIS is the time of year when we begin to feel that we just

must do things for our homes. We have been feeling it
for a month past—oh! more than a month, for we first
felt it on one of those pitilessly cold days in January when
our windows were covered so close with wonderful growths of
frost crystals that we could catch a glimpse of outdoors only
through one little, oval, unfrosted spot in an upper pane. But
that one spot was blue sky and, as we looked, a sparrow twit-
tered, and the fly that has been with us all winter—and whom
we couldn’t bring ourselves to swat because he’s the only one
that has lived over—suddenly came out of his hiding-place
(sometimes he doesn’t appear for days at a time, and then it
seems doubly wintry) and buzzed past our ear and began his
customary exercise of spiraling gracefully under the ceiling
light-fixture. And spring came for us then, and the winter was
past—in spite of the ten weeks of it with Garfield Mondays in
them that were still to come.

Nevertheless, it’s nice to have spring here with signs more
manifest. It’s pleasant to be able to tell that the sun is moving
southward again because we see that the old summertime patches
of sunshine lie on the walls of the north rooms in the late after-

noon. When we unscrew the storm windows and take down the

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storm porch we imagine that the house must feel as we used to
when the day came that mother put away our winter under-
clothes for six months in the camphor chest. In fact spring has
really come, and all at once, the house seems very full of light
and a little shabby and more than a little dingy, and, as we look
about us, we feel rising in us the everlasting and creative desire
of the homemaker to get for her house some new clothes or to
make over to some degree those it already has.

Let us all do things for our houses this spring. Don’t let us, be-
cause our hearts are heavy with anxiety, allow our houses to look
anxious, too. We must remember that our homes have become
the most desirable and beautiful places in the world to those who
have gone to fight for their country on a soil with an alien tongue.
Our homes are to them as much beacons of hope as are the trim-
med and shining lamps that the womenfolk of seafaring men set
high in their windows to guide the sailor through the dark night.

Get the little things that count: the fresh curtains, the new
cretonne slip-covers, the comfortable lounging chair on the
shaded piazza. Do the little things that make the big differ-
ences. Anticipate his home-coming with the daily gracious acts
of the woman who loves the home she has made because she
loves so dearly those for whom she has made it.

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PRACTICAL GARDEN TALK SgeAvih? gy
NO. I: WAYS AND MEANS "Gite a
By ELIZABETH EDDY NORRIS j |
Epitors Note. This series of articles will be of great help to any gardener and especially to women gardeners, for Mrs. Norris speaks with the

authority of one who has worked in her own gardens for many years and has found out from her own expertence the best and easiest ways to make
growing things thrifty and productive.

NOWING the delight a garden can give | desire deplored is the creating a bogey out of that most natural and

intl

J to bring the possession of one within the reach —_ spontaneous exercise of human faculties, garden-making.
§ = | ofall, and I hope that the telling of the ways Only time and the consequent growing consciousness of
= | and means which have made possible the garden rightness will in this new country bridge the gulf be-
2. | preservation and development of my own old __ tween the science of gardening and, | may say, its religion. Either
: t | garden may be suggestive to others. First of | without the other is incomplete. There are fixed proportions and
- =! all let me say that existing conditions “right ways’��� but these can always be reconciled with the highest
—*] size, age, shape, or place, do not make or spoil individual need, and believe me, garden-loving novice, you
a garden. The garden is as the maker wills. yourself can do this. Only love and desire greatly and work with-
“A little garden!” Has any phrase so short, so much sugges- _— out stint, and there shall come into being around you a living
tiveness? “A great garden” does not offer tothe imaginationatithe — response—I had almost said, to every craving of your heart.
of the outpouring color and fragrance. No need to ask why. The For a woman to work in her garden is no new departure, as
very words tell the story. We think of the little garden as thework witness the familiar phrase, “Grandmother’s garden.”” Lack of
of personal devotion physical strength has

ever been her chief
handicap. True, this
lack could often be
met by hired labor,
but there have always
been many lapses in
this arrangement.
Jack did not always
return promptly from
his “day off.” Illness
sometimes kept him.
Elections, fairs, fish-
ing—countless were
the distractions from
the garden work. How
many times have |
hailed the arrival of a
big case of trees or
plants demanding im-
mediate attention only
to find that “the man”
was not on hand to
help.

| remember when

and not the creation of
paid workers. We feel
the desire and the effort
which made of it a gar-
den and through the
power of sympathy we
rejoice with its maker.

“But not all who love
a garden, love wisely or
know how to work wise-
ly,”’ you will say, “and
many fear to trust them-
selves with the making
of their gardens.”

The present ten-
dency to consider a
garden as something
only produced scien-
tifically, planned and
planted according to
some abstruse law,
otherwise not a garden
at all, is a dangerous
one. The science of

gardening, noble and “Another helpful tool either to turn a furrow for seed or to mark a row, is the little hand plow.” working in a flower
beneficent in itself, is in garden was looked

danger of becoming a barrier between the would-be gardener and __ upon as a belittling way for a man to earn money. One man
a garden. The wise landscape gardener or garden adviser, will hired to dig, threw down his spade when told a place for flowers
be careful not to discourage beginners with occult criticism | was being made, declaring, “I ain’t got so low as to earn my
likely to bewilder rather than to enlighten. While the trained victuals makin’ a posey bed!”

garden-maker knows himself to be theoretically, and in most For years | hired, knowing that my work was considered
cases fundamentally right, he will direct and encourage rather “foolishness,” although usually the workmen humored my
than condemn the smallest personal effort. Of all things to be “notions” and were loyal to me personally. Little by little |

196

FHE HOUSE BEA TIF s March 1918

worked out my own
independence through
the magic of right tools
by which | have been
able to do myself what
before had always been
hired. The vicissitudes
of recent years wherein
the scarcity of labor on
the land has increased
beyond anything
known before, have
further developed my
small powers.

In relating these per-
sonal experiences | am
taking my readers
through the toolroom
and utility yard first,
rather than the flowery
ways of the garden it-
self. Surely the beauty

and comfort of the “The Old New England country place where little by little | worked out my own independence
garden are dependent through the magic of right tools.”

upon the homely de-

tails of procedure. Would we have it otherwise? No, not if we

have lived in this dear but sometimes baffling world long enough

to know that the doing is itself the largest part of the benefit of

the thing done, that is, if rightly done and in the right spirit.
Long ago | realized that the good workman did not use brute

“Only love and desire greatly and work without stint, and there
shall come into being around you a living response—I had almost
said to every craving of your heart.”

strength so much as intelligence. He put the spade into
the ground at the right angle. He lifted with the right
muscles. Unconsciously he called to his aid the laws of
physics and treated matter not as his opponent only
but as his helper as well. Watching him | noted how per-
sistently he sought out the proper tool for each job,
suggesting those | did not own. Indeed, my good work-
men—and | have had more good than bad—have been
my teachers, and experience was their teacher.

One of the happiest days of my life was when | dis-
covered | could dig a trench and all by myself plant
the lately arrived hedge-plants. The day began in utter

night, but a hot bath
and cold spray .cured
that more quickly than
the worry over lost
plants could have been
cured.

The possession of the
right tools is half the
battle. A fraction of
the money spent on
labor, often incompe-
tent, will provide all
the tools needed.
When the best quality
tools are bought and
rightly cared for they
have a long period of
service. | am using
tools used here fifty
years ago. Not only
can we get the right
tools for each kind of
work; we can find the
tools right for a
woman’s strength. |
do not mean the toy-like things so often shown as “ Ladies’
Garden Tools.” They must have been designed for the fairies—
they would survive no more actual use.

The spade, digging fork, rake and hoe shown in the illustration
are of the same make as their counterparts in men’s size, but are
much lighter and so do not use up energy so fast.

In garden work they are often handier because they
can be used in smaller spaces. Perhaps all garden
workers are familiar with the scuffle hoe. It is espec-
ially useful in freeing walks of weeds. | like best
that cf Dutch make. Its chief advantage is in its
form. Its weight rests on the ground, the extermi-
_nation of the weeds being accomplished by simply
shoving it to and fro. Thus its operation requires
less energy than the ordinary hoe, even a light one
like mine, which must be lifted to strike at the in-
truding weed. This may seem a small saving of
strength in one instance, but it certainly is not in
the aggregate.
For sifting soil | have found an ordinary wire ash
sifter of half-inch mesh the most generally useful.
With that | sifted both the ricn loam and the

discouragement at the non-arrival of my helper, but it “One of the happiest days of my life was when I discovered | could dig a trench and

ended in jubilation. My arms and back did ache that

all by myself plant the lately arrived hedge pla:

March 1918

leaf-mold just used in the remaking of the iris bed around the sun-
dial. For preparing a seed-bed | purchased another sifter of one-
eighth inch mesh, copper wire.

The French pattern watering pot has in addition to a most con-
venient long two rose spout, a brass bale handle of such shape
that it slips in the hand as the water in the pot diminishes and so is,
in a way, self-adjusting. It is astonishing in how many ways our
utensils can be so devised as to aid us. The “natural cussedness
of inanimate objects’’ sometimes complained of, becomes in the hands
of the gifted and skilled mechanic, the blessing of real helpfulness.

Long ago | began adding to the flowers native here on slopes and
in coppices. Snowdrops one must have. Life is very incomplete
without them,—and crocuses too. At that time | was favored with
that marvel of constancy, a gardener who stayed seven years.
Together we planted bulbs, he making the holes in the sod and |
dropping in the little brown things which were to work the miracle of
beauty in the coming spring. Yes, and all the springs after! When
later | had to make the holes in the sod myself, | planned a dibber

This little ‘‘Gleaner’’ does better and quicker work than
can be done by hand.

with a cross piece for the foot to press upon. It
is shown with the tools on the right. No need
now on some lovely October morning to be
downcast because the bulbs for natural planting
have come and “the man”’ has not. The fact

“Small Boy’s Size’’ wheelbarrow; Paragon Sprayer, capac-
ity twelve gallons; ‘“ Two Steps,” to supplement the heavier
stepladder; and Garden Sheets and Digging Cloths.

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_ “The Water Ballast Roller and the Leaf Rack.
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smoothest lawn without injury to the sward.”

that the bulb planting month is fast slip-
ping away has no terrors now that | need
wait for no one, it being the purest pleasure,
with this tool, todo the whole planting myself.
This homemade dibber is formed from the
stout handle of an old shovel shaved to a fine
point. It is twenty-two inches long: seven
inches from the apex of the pointed end, a
piece of hard wood was firmly set in. As
with this tool the force used to push through
the sod to the necessary depth is applied by
the foot directed only by the hand, planting
in the sod becomes a much easier process than
with the usual dibber offered for sale by nur-
serymen. The ordinary tool, however, is all-
sufficient when putting bulbs into the fine,

soft soil of carefully prepared beds.
On the right of the dibber in the photo-
graph will be seen a small tool marker.
When the tools have been selected with
care it is a real misfortune to find

that a borrowing neighbor has un-
wittingly returned another in place
of the tool “just right” for its in-
tended use. To avoid inconveni-
ence from such a very possible
occurrence this stamp of wrought
iron bearing our initials was made.
When heated red hot and pressed
against some wooden part of the
tool it leaves an indelible means of
identification, and saves all further
annoyance.

The lawn broom on the left in

things.

“Not only can we get the
tools for each kind of | out a handle of course) from Gras-
work; we can find the tools
right for a woman’s strength.”

the illustration came home (with-

mere, England, in my _ suitcase.
The gentle old gardener so faith-

fully using it on the lawn opposite the little church; the mur-
mur of the Rothay: the sacred spot so near where lies our be-
loved Wordsworth—all the sweet other-wordliness of a happy
stay near Dove Cottage when my own life was “whole’’ re-
news itself again as | take down this old brown broom to make
tidy with.

More GARDEN TOOLS

In a garden there is constant need of reaching to the tops of
The training of vines on arches and the pruning of tall
shrubs call for a little more height than we normally possess,
yet often not enough to warrant getting out the stepladder.

198 | THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

This need was supplied for us by an ingenious carpenter who
made a “Two Step,”’ as he called it, wherever he worked; pri-
marily for his own convenience, but always, he added, to the
continued satisfaction of his employers. We have a small one,
light enough to be taken anywhere, which adds twenty inches
to one’s reach, and a larger one that gives a “lift’’ of twenty-
eight inches. As the illustration shows, these “Two Steps”
are made by securely nailing together two wooden boxes of
the dimensions necessary to give the height wanted, a small one
upon a larger one. The top

March 1918

table garden, at least, must be brought through—it was one of
my “war bits,’ and a man was not to be had. The males of my
own family were working all day and part of the night in aca-
demic and military fields. | could only try again, even if | did
run the risk of “treating’”’ myself instead of the bugs.

Did you ever notice that where there is a real need there is
always something, somewhere, to fill that need? | have found
it so in great things as well as in the small ones involving only
my own convenience. | learned that there was a sprayer of the

same make, of twelve gallons’

of each “step” is strength-
ened by the addition of an-
other board. Neatly painted
some unobtrusive color they
are useful adjuncts to the gar-
den outfit.

The wheelbarrow in the
illustration is the one called
‘Small Boy’s Size,” and while
it is just as well made as the
full-size barrow, it is much
lighter and is invaluable for
a woman’s use. Plants, or
the fine, light compost, or
leaf-mold wheeled in this do
not tax one as when carried in
a basket. The ground takes
the weight; you only furnish
the propelling power,—a
small matter if the running
gear is kept well oiled. I[n-
deed, good machine oil is
often an excellent substitute
for the proverbial “elbow
grease.”

The matter of spraying had
been troublesome since | had
been thrown so much on my
own resources. Fighting the
enemies of both flowers and
vegetables forced upon my
attention the truth that my
brass rose syringe and French
powder bellows, while excel-
lent in their place, were inade-
quate weapons in my enlarged
field of warfare. I decided to
try the Paragon Sprayer of six
gallons’ capacity. The de-
scription read—‘“ This size
can easily be handled and
taken anywhere.”’ Of course | knew | could not carry six
gallons’ weight “anywhere.” “But,” | pondered, “I can
put the tank in my nice little wheelbarrow.”” So | sent for
the sprayer. The first time I sallied out with my new pos-
session I fancied all my spraying woes were ended. The
little barrow did carry the tank with ease—on level ground.
But my vegetable garden is on a lovely slope, “fair to the sun,”
and here the sprayer with its six gallons of Pyrox, the wheelbar-
row and myself tipped over and rolled down hill together. I was
convinced that Pyrox was an effective insecticide and fungicide
in short, could kill anything! | gathered up myself and my
utensils (all but the Pyrox) with all possible haste, knowing
that if some of my good farmer neighbors should witness my
plight they would feel justified in their disapproval of a woman’s
“trying to do what of course she couldn’t.”’

But there must be a way for there was the need. The vege-

“We think of the little garden as the work of personal devotion and not the crea-
tion of paid workers.”

capacity but mounted on a
strong metal truck and thus
easily moved and controlled.
This did prove the very thing
needed, for its capacity and
power were sufficient to do
the spraying of the home
garden fruit trees also, and |
can manage it from start to
finish. Indeed, it is no more
tiring or nerve-trying than
pushing a perambulator with
twelve pounds of precious
baby in it.

Long ago | discovered that
in the garden as in the house,
much work could be saved by
“taking thought.”” We used
to begin any piece of digging,
little or big, by throwing the
soil out upon the nearest un-
occupied space. This, if
grass, or worse still, if gravel,
had to be laboriously scraped
and brushed afterward. So |
provided what we call “dig-
ging cloths” which can be
spread over the space where
the earth is to be thrown and
in which the last of the soil
can be lifted and emptied
where wanted, a very great
saving of time.

There were in this old house
many beds, some of feathers
and some of down. They had
been carefully put away in
the attic done up in sheets.
One by one their contents
were used for pillows and
cushions. Their stout ticks,
opened lengthwise, made excellent garden cloths for shielding
the turf where a long piece of work is being done; to use as covers
to protect from frost in autumn,—in innumerable ways. What
a boon was the sound, almost indestructible cloth of the earlier
days! We shall have it again too, when the world has learned
its lesson and outgrown its childish haste and waste and
discontent.

Besides these long strips of ticking which have their constant
use in the garden work, for small jobs of digging | like small
squares of burlap to receive and carry the sod and soil and for the
taking of newly dug roots to their place of setting out. These
squares | get by ripping open grain bags. True, these cost ten
cents a bag now; but to buy a square of burlap as strong as this
costs more.

In the gathering of the fallen leaves we use what we call

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THREE GARDENING HELPS

By LOUISE RAND BASCOM

ALMOST anybody can give instructions for making a hotbed,

but the best way of managing the sash must be learned by
experience. To obviate the awkwardness, | tried several different
arrangements. Our first hotbed was covered with one big hinged
glass sash which was raised and lowered by pulleys. We found,
however, that besides being clumsy, the ropes invariably rotted
and were so slippery when wet that the glass was frequently
broken through unavoidable falls. We next tried hotbed sashes
which could be lifted off, but when they stood around, the wind,
or a prowling dog, or some other agent invariably knocked them
over, thus necessitating an outlay for new glass. After that we
experimented in resting the hinged sash on a rail at the back, only
to find this most awkward and unsatisfactory. At last | hit upon

the scheme of fastening hinged sticks to the front of the hinged
glass.
stick handles with safety and convenience.

In this way, the sash can easily be opened or shut by the
When the hot-bed is

A garden reel consists of two wood or iron sticks, one of which bears
a cord holder which turns as the cord is pulled—perhaps the collie knows
how to manipulate this one.

This picture of the black snake and the collie lying side by side is almost
as startling as would be one of the proverbial lion and lamb.

open the sticks are held in place by hooks on wooden blocks behind
the frame; when closed, the sticks lie in position on the sash.
The next aid to gardening is so simple as to seem almost silly.
A neighbor found that the birds were playing havoc with her
strawberries and green peas. At first she stretched strings here
and there believing the birds would think a trap had been laid and
so keep away, but they became so accustomed to a harnessed
garden that they merely perched on the waving cord and ate all
the harder. A hose was next kept playing, but the birds thought
it was rigged up for their particular enjoyment and combined
bathing with their meals. At last a snake was devised and there

have been no bird thieves since.

By means of a hinged stick fastened to the front of a hinged sash it is easy to open
and close the hotbed.

In order to make a snake, get an old stocking, cut it in two, length-
wise, sew up the sides, join two of the ends, and fill with smooth sand.
This makes a long and life-like snake which is better than any watch-
dog for keeping the birds away, providing its position is changed every —
day.

Another useful thing is a reel. It can be made by anyone with ingenuity,
or may be purchased for from fifty cents to one dollar. It consists of two
wood or iron sticks. One of these bears a stout cord holder which turns as
the cord is pulled. The other is attached to the opposite end of the string.
This is invaluable for making straight rows, for digging a straight ditch, for
laying small stone walls, for use over a small hedge that is to be clipped,
and for numberless things.

MY GARDEN APRON

By A GARDEN WORKER

HEN it comes to the question of aprons, | would advise a short one.

The long denim aprons are fine when your work is done standing, as
in. the greenhouse, when trimming shrubs or trees and when picking flowers,
ing on one’s
cushion or the
convenient bas-
particularly
or transplant-
where you nat-
along and reach
can before get-
weight puts:a
shoulder straps
free movements
happens to the
apron has been
to suit my work
for protection

but when weed-
knees using a
delightfully
ket affair, and
when weeding
ing seedlings
urally hitch
as far as you
ting up—vyour
strain upon the
and prevents
even if nothing
apron. My
slowly evolved
and is not only
but to carry what | need to
use and want at hand. It is
made of unbleached cotton with facings of plaid gingham for strength
and appearance and is short so that when I am using my cushion it does
not get under my knees. There are long strings that may be conveniently
tied in front and it has two deep pockets one on each side of a center panel
and so placed that my fingers can reach the bottom without change of posi-
tion should the other hand be occupied. Each gardener would have his own
arrangement for the contents but | keep trowel, tape, shears, and ball of
string in the right-hand pocket and notebook, pencils, knife, labels of paper
and wood, pins and other things that I need for my particular line of work,
in the other. When I come in from the garden, I stuff my gloves in a pocket
and hang up the apron with everything in it ready to tie on again when I
want to return to work; thus not a moment is lost in gathering implements
together, nor are any forgotten.

199

The sun dial,
pool and bird
bath are placedon
the long axis of
the garden. The
dial and bath are
simple but effect-
ive ones of stone.
The pool is a flat
ring of cement
set in a border of
turf.

Between the
garden and the
street is a stretch .
of lawn fully as
deep as the gar-
den but there was
not room to in-
clude this in the
plan shown _ be-
low. The Boston
Ivy covered gate-
way is the street
entrance.

ORR EN ere

A PLAYHOUSE AND GARAGE IN A FLOWER CARDEN

200

March 1918 SE BEAUTIFUL
GARAGE is decidedly a necessity
in these days of the ubiquitous

automobile, but it is also, all too

often, an aesthetic eyesore. In this
combination of playhouse, garage and
flower garden, the garage is under
the same roof with the playhouse
and is hidden behind vines and
shrubs up to its roof. The land on
which ‘this garden was made was an
uninteresting field adjoining the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hannigan.

This field had a gradual slope but

was very wet.

In order to drain this land, several
lines of earthen pipe were laid (with
loose joints) about two feet below
the surface. The terrace level was
obtained by building a retaining wall
and filling in to the proper level,
which was fixed by the drive from
the street. By keeping this level

The garage has space for two cars and all the conveniences.
A concrete floor was laid for the entire building with a wood
floor on top for the play room

A curved bench of stone and a stone table are charmingly
set in the semi-circular bay that adioins the brick terrace
adjacent to the playhouse

some ten or twelve steps above the
garden, the effect of the garden below
was very much enhanced.

It will be seen that the axis line of
the walk on the terrace terminates in a
circular bay with a concrete table and
two circular seats. Just opposite on a
lower level in the garden is a bird bath
so placed that the birds may be ob-
served, but at the same time not be
frightened away. A garden can hardly
be called complete without a pool,
which in this case is 9’ 0” in diameter
on the inside and about 18’’ deep. The
masonry is of concrete water-proofed.

The building is of stucco on wire
cloth over a wood frame. The planed
sides of the boards were turned in and
the studs dressed; all was then stained,
making a very inexpensive treatment
but at the same time an attractive
interior.

SOME NOTES

HE prime reason for making paths in a

flower garden is, of course, that they
are so useful. However, they not only
provide such comfortable and inviting
means of getting about that in most
kinds of gardens they have become a
necessity, but they are so conspicuous
and can be treated in so many interesting
ways that they have become real parts
of the garden design. As such,
they should lead up to or frame
the different points of interest
in accordance with the size and
character of the garden and its
various features and in pleasing
proportion to the immediately
adjoining areas.

Just how comfortable and how
useful a path is depends upon the
material of which it is made, the
directness with which it reaches
its destination and its width in
proportion to its use. Brick and
stone will dry more quickly after
a rain than gravel or tan-bark,
and gravel and tan-bark more
quickly than grass, while grass,
under other circumstances, will
be the most pleasant to walk
upon. One person, picking his
way slowly through a flower bed
to weed or gather flowers, will
need no more than a row of
stones to step on, set at easy
intervals in the bed, whereas,
if he saunters for pleasure, a
path two and a half to three
feet wide will permit his passing
without constant care to keep
from brushing the plants. A
width of four feet will be quite
comfortabie for two persons.

When it comes to the question
of fitting width, material, and
ornament to the size and char-
acter of the garden in general and the
immediately adjoining areas in par-
ticular and to the varying points of
interest, the possibilities are increased
and the difficulties multiplied. A large
and elaborate fountain must be ap-
proached by a walk broad enough or so
emphasized by intricate pattern, edging,
decorative pots, seats, special arrange-
ment of plants or other ornament as to
be in keeping with but not to detract
from the importance of the fountain. A
simple bird bath would look quite insig-
nificant if made the feature of a ten-foot
path, and a six-foot walk bordered by
six-foot beds loses variety and interest
by the sameness of the widths. A de-

ON PATHS

signer ought to ask himself such ques-
tions as these: Does my walk underrate
my fountain? Does my bird bath look
quite lost in its setting? Are my flower
beds mere spots in a setting of grass or
gravel? and, if the answer is yes, set
about it either to widen or emphasize
the walk to the fountain, narrow the path
to the bird bath and change the propor-

A gravel path which has proved itself eminently satisfactory in the
author’s own garden in which the subsoil was of gravel.

tion of path and flower bed, and conse-
quently, perhaps, reduce the entire num-
ber of paths in the garden, so that flowers
and not path predominate. He must
remember, too, that in the matter of pro-
portion and appropriateness, material
and edging count as well as size, different
kinds being used even in the same garden
for the sake of emphasizing an important
path and subordinating a less important
one, that in considering material, not only
its dryness and comfort will be deciding
points, but also its color and texture, its
combination with different edgings and,
last but not least, the cost of upkeep.
It may sound exaggerated but is never-
theless true, that, at least in this north-

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IN THE FLOWER GARDEN

By JULIA MILLER

eastern part of the country, there are
more uninteresting gardens with grass
paths than of any other sort. The at-
tractions of grass seem to have been its
own undoing. Because it is so pleasant
to walk upon and to look at and because
its color is so in harmony with the foliage
of plants, the idea seems to be—the more
of it used the better. So we find little
beds of flowers set in broad plots
of grass like so many polka dots.
Often too, a person does not
want more cultivated space to
care for and does not realize that
all that superfluous area of grass
might be thrown together into
a single central panel of lawn
with flowers as a frame, thus
avoiding the path question com-
pletely, or that the entire garden
might be made smaller and the
superfluous path added to the
lawn outside the garden bound-
ary, greatly to the advantage of
the garden. Every now and then
we find a garden too large—but
never a garden too small—to be
charming.

There are, however, some real
drawbacks in the grass path
itself. It will be wet for some
time after rain or dew and it
will soon show wear if used a
great deal and if the soil has
not been exceptionally well pre-
pared and underdrained. It
should be plowed or spaded and
forked to a depth of at least

eighteen inches and _ enriched
with artificial fertilizers or
manure. Then there is_ the

upkeep—bugaboo of all grass
paths—for grass must be con-
stantly mowed and weeded and
its edges clipped, else it looks
ragged and slovenly, and if plants hang
over the edge they must be carefully
lifted and replaced when the trimming
goes on.

Harmony between foliage and path is
often desirable, especially in the unpre-
tentious garden, but at other times con-
trast is necessary. Certain important
lines in the garden will need greater
emphasis than grass alone can give and
this may be brought about by placing
flags in the grass path in single or several
rows, all degrees of formality being possi-
ble by the use of different kinds, from
flat, rough-surfaced, irregular field stones
through all the grades of hand dressed,
natural flags and symmetrical, artificial

MATERIALS,

Photographs by
Clifford Norton

Here a grass verge and clipped eunonymous hedging form the con-
necting link between brick path and bed of tea roses.

blocks to the finest cut and polished bluestone. An un-
usual combination recently noted was made of four
pairs of bricks set basketry pattern in a block of con-
crete which framed the bricks as well as held them
together. These blocks led directly from a_ brick-
paved terrace, thus making a pretty transition from
house to garden. Flags used in this way not only

serve an artistic purpose but a
utilitarian one as well by making
it possible for the path to stand a
greater amount of usage.

A less conspicuous use of the
stepping stone is made in wild
gardens and in the so-called
“sneak” path—meant to be used
and not seen in the formal design.
They should be no less than twelve
inches square if made of artificial
or cut stone and set into the soil,
level with the surface, at an easy
pace apart—about twenty inches

CONSTRUCTION, PROPORTION AND HARMONY

from center to center. In the
“davs before the war’ simple
concrete blocks 12 x 12 x 3 inches
could be bought for from fifteen
to twenty cents apiece and a
favorite way of obtaining material
for natural stones with a dressed
finish is to buy up old stone flag-
ging where city or village author-
ities are replacing old sidewalks with
concrete. These are either broken

into irregularly shaped pieces of
similar size or cut into symmetrical
flags as the occasion demands.

Irregular, dressed sandstone flags set in regular

suburban lot.

A broad grass path between two of the thriftiest of perennial borders that parallel the dividing line of a

The simple vine-covered trellis makes a lovely screen and background.

pattern with grass in the points.
suburban garden is not a year old.

This little
Louis

Brandt, Landscape Architect.

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If we lay another degree of emphasis
upon the grass path, it disappears en-
tirely and becomes the stone walk with
grass joints with as many, if not more,
possibilities of variety. All sorts of
designs and patterns of regular and
irregular soft-colored flags and the in-
teresting possibility of substituting tiny
perennials such as the creeping veronica,
low growing ferns and certain species
of sedums, armeria, thyme and saxi-
frages
provide fascinating opportunities for
making attractive and original walks.
These will of necessity be gardenesque in
appearance, but entirely appropriate for
most gardens for only the artificially of
a very architectural garden would permit
the use of a formal arrangement of regu-
lar flags with cemented joints.
arrangement is of cemented brick, which

for the grass in the joints

Another

204 T
combines. well, with cemented stone
but does not soften the striking, hard
and artificial effect, whereas _ brick
alone, especially if laid dry, has good
soft color and texture combined with
other requisites of proper garden paths:
good drainage and neatness. With a
well made foundation beneath it, it
will make and maintain an even walk
for years to come. Such a foundation
may be made of ten inches of sandy gravel,
broken stone or cinders well packed down,
with a two-inch layer of fine, clean, dry
sand on top to serve as a bed for the
bricks which will be laid directly upon it.
After the bricks have been laid and
rammed down, fine, clean, dry sand
should be swept over them until the
joints are filled. The placing of bricks
simply at right angles to the length of the
path, in basketry or herringbone pattern or

Re BOUSe

variations of these, are all standard ways
of brick laying, but it should be remem-
bered that the simpler the garden the
simpler the pattern should be with, per-
haps, a more intricate design about special
features and at intersections of walks.

Other materials of good soft color and
texture and only slightly more conspicuous
than stepping stones in grass are tan-bark
and the short-leaved pine needles, laid over
a foundation of broken stone or cinders.

And last, there is a path having some-
what more glare than brick it is true, one
more conspicuous than grass or tan-bark,
but of colors that are no more than pleas-
ing contrasts with flowers and foliage,—
a path of gravel. This will not be the
washed blue and white beach gravel sooften
seen which never becomes compact but
continually rolls and-crunches under foot
and the polished surfaces of which reflect

PEAT PP 4

March 1918

every ray of light, but tan, brown or red-
dish binding gravel. We have seen such
paths surfaced with a half inch of dark
brown coarse sand but do not know just
how prevalent this surfacing material is.
Paths of gravel are laid three to four

‘inches thick if the subsoil is good, but if

it is very heavy or spongy, three or four
inches more should be excavated and the
extra depth filled with crushed stone,
clinker or screened gravel of large size.
The surface will be of fine gravel one
quarter to one half inch thick and will be
crowned one half inch to every foot of
width. A scuffle hoe and rake will keep
such a path as neat as can be desired with
very little effort.

All of these are only some of the many
kinds of garden paths which may be sug-
gested by the different sorts of native
material one is likely to find at hand.

A Desk Made from an Old Bureau
By Mary S. Hillman

FOR years I had longed for an old-fashioned desk for my bedroom;
but alas! every time I looked one up either in an antique shop or
at private sales they were far beyond my pocketbook.

As the months went by, the desire grew stronger and I conjured
my brain to find a way to procure one. At last | sawalight. It was true
to the old adage—‘‘ Necessity is the Mother of Invention.” [I remem-
bered that there was in the family attic an old discarded bureau. [
had not seen it in some time; | thought the lines were good but could
not tell much about the wood or its condition. At my request the
bureau was packed and sent to me and with it came a discouraging
letter saying that, ‘(| was welcome to the old thing but they were
certain | would not be able to use it.”

So it was with fear and trembling that I went to the cabinet-maker
to whom I had had it sent directly from the freight house. I confess I
was quite upset when | saw it; but the cabinet-maker was hopeful and
asked me to come back in a-few days and see the bureau after it had
been scraped—we could get no idea of the wood, as it had at least five

If camouflage weren’t a word that needs a little vacation, we'd say that this
desk was a good example of it.

Showing what happened to the top drawer.

different coats of stain and varnish on it. When I went back in a few
days, I found it had turned out to be an unusually good piece of
walnut. After replacing one of the turned wooden knobs and putting
castors on, the cabinet-maker turned his attention to the top drawer.

From drawings which I gave him, he made the face of the drawer to
let down on hinges; when the drawer is pulled out and the face let
down, it makes an adequate shelf. for writing. The five pigeon holes
and three small drawers were made of rosewood the length and height
of the drawer and twelve inches in depth. .

When selecting the knobs for the small drawers, 1 was given my
choice of glass or brass. The cabinet-maker kept his samples of knobs
in an old spool case such as they use in country stores for sewing silk; |
noticed that each drawer had a turned wooden knob the exact counter-
part in miniature of the knobs on the large drawers, and he let me
have three of them for the desk.

When all the cabinet work and repairing was done, the desk was
stained a dull reddish brown which gives it much the appearance of old
brown mahogany. The desk, including repairing, hinges, knobs, castors,
the building of drawers and pigeon holes, and scraping and staining,
cost me twelve dollars and fifty-five cents,—the fifty-five cents being
freight charges,—and without exception, it is one of the most satisfactory
and pleasing pieces of furniture that { own.

WE BUILD A HOUSE OURSELVES

Narrated by Harry Irving Shumway

of THe House BEAUTIFUI

CHAPTER V—PUTTING ON

CASH ACCOUNT—

SHINGLING a house is a
simple task without much
interest. Indeed? Perhaps
with ordinary shingles, the
machine-made kind. But the
hand-split variety* is another
matter. Each one has its own
little problem in the fitting.
They are of all sorts of widths
and their edges are not at right angles. And some have rough
places. And when they are put on they are about the hand-
somest thing in the shingle line that the eye could desire.
They were new to the carpenters working on House Beautiful
Homes Number One. These men had had plenty of experience
with the regular wooden shingle, the kind that are as similar to
each other as one little green pea is to another little green pea.
But these shingles weren’t all alike by any means; each shingle
had an individuality of its own and was a proof of the theory—
held by some people—that a hand-made thing has more char-
acter than something made by machinery—for these shingles
were split by hand.
In the first place
the distance between
rows was to be about
twice as great as
usual. The common
shingles are laid
about five inches “‘to
the weather.” The
hand-split are laid
ten inches “to the
weather.” They also
vary in_ thickness
somewhat. They are
thickerthan common
shingles, being about
five-eighths of an
inch at the butt,
while machine-made
shingles are three-
eighths of an inch.
It stands to reason
that a piece of wood
split with the grain is
not going to hug a
ruler’s edge with any

ie * 7” .. ae Peer

*Creo-Dipt Company, lhe fireplace going up at last.
Inc., North Tonawanda, look of coal is not coal at all, but bits of brick and mortar.
N. ¥. up the row of bricks above; an iron bar does the trick.

JANUARY,

Just to make a little explanation: that which has the precious

205

Staff

THE SHINGLES

great amount of affection. So
the sides have to be fitted. Con-
sequently a plane is an éxtra
tool which a carpenter carries
in this particular operation.

Well, after a workman ap-
plies a few of them, the task
becomes almost as easy as with
the other kind. And even if
it is a little harder, the effect is well worth it. Anybody can
have the common kind. But if one wants the exterior walls of
his house to have the mellow look of a hundred years’ weather-
ing, with the additional satisfaction that they are there for many
years to come, he must expect a little extra trouble.

These shingles really do look a hundred years old. As they
come from the factory, the color is not uniform; there are
greens, browns and silvers in them. Looking at the house from
a distance of a hundred feet, if it were not for the spick and span
lines of the trim and the tell-tale evidence of a building in con-
struction, one would say the house was a very old one.

Personally, | would not touch a paint brush to them. They
produce an_ effect
that is very novel
and very pleasing.
The house has an
element of natural-
ness in its appear-
ance that makes it
stand out like a gem.
I can picture it fin-
ished with its back-
ground of giant pines
and it is a picture
worth looking at. |
suppose it will be
painted. Whenit is,
| don’t want to be
there, because | shall
probably weep into
the paint pail and |
don’t suppose salt is
good for paint.

While the edges
forming the rows of
shingles may be more
or less uneven, a true
and even line must
be formed in places
such as the corners of

Nor is any mysterious force holding

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THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL March 1918

Rs? te. S-Ni a ~ * ae ~
. . tom : eR Pain 7 <:. >.

Look at this hard and try to visualize what green Jawn, flowers and foli-
age would do for it. Does it look as you thought it would? It is gratify-
ing to notice that the heaps of material which composed a good deal of our
foreground have taken their different places in the building.

must be carefully fitted around ali the windows and door
frames, and one sheet should lap over another at least two
or three inches.

Weather is an element that enters into the process of build-
ing a house and has its effect. It was particularly cold while
this chapter was being written. Putting on shingles with
the temperature six degrees below zero ought to fit a man for
work on a hotel at the North Pole if they ever build one up
there. Cold also slows up the work in countless ways. It

stopped the chimney on the east end of

The front doorway. Don’t these shingles
have a truly aged look? Well they are fresh

Starting the shingling on the sunny side.
Not a very pleasant task in winter weather.

the house and the overhang on the
front. The corners are mitered,
that is, one shingle is brought up
against another at the corner and
trimmed off. Thus one shingle
really laps over another instead of
being mitered to it, though the
effect is mitered.

Of course, good quality sheath-
ing paper is applied between the
rough boarding and the shingles.
It is this layer of paper which adds
greatly to the warmth of the house,
for no matter how carefully the
shingles are applied, if the paper
underneath is not tight, cold winds
blow through. Sheathing paper

from the factory in spite of their weather beaten
appearance.

This end of the house has quite a finished
appearance. The effect of laying the shingles
ten inches to the weather is very noticeable
here.

March 1918

The front hall looking towards the kitchen, showing stairway and some
of the plumbing. No, the characters on the pipe are not Chinese or hiero-

glyphics, but plain American figures.

The carpenter can sit down while putting on the shingles even if it is cold.
He is trimming the edge of the shingle preparatory to fitting it in place.

the house. Mortar will not take hold in freezing weather
and for three weeks not a brick was laid. When it is cold
even the sand has to be heated to mix with the cement.

Lathers will not work in cold weather unless the house
is heated. The materials with which they work are small
and require much deftness and speed of hand. The nails for
this purpose are tiny and cannot be handled with cold fingers,
even though the nails are previously heated by being carried
in the mouth of the lather. It isn’t to be expected that he
can put both the nails and his fingers in his mouth for this
warming process. This would be too much. Thus the house
must be heated.

Speaking about heating,* the pipes to carry the heat are
already fitted in. They are of heavy tin, covered with asbes-
tos, about four inches through one way, and fit quite nicely
between two 2 x 4 uprights, so very little cutting has to be
done.

The registers on the second floor will be vertically placed,

*Kelsey Health Heat, installed by Fiske Corporation, Natick, Mass.

THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 207

the baseboard being carried around the sides and top to
form a border. Those on the first floor will be flush with the
flooring.

lhe refrigerator, that unclassified piece of property, has
not known its own mind for years. Once it thought it was
furniture and vied with the horsehair sofas and nobby what-
nots in the mad race for supremacy in ornamenting the house.

At other times, it must have decided that a utilitarian
career was the one and only thing for it. It was meant to
freeze and not to shine. Then along would come some cab-
inet maker and design a beautiful wooden coat for it, and
presto,—it was furniture again. This is hardly fair to the
refrigerator; it should be told where it fits.

Ours* is going to fit in the pantry where it belongs and like
a trolley car, will have a front and rear door. Whether it
will be a “‘pay as you enter” or not remains to be seen. The
ice man will not make his entrance into the house at all, but
will deliver his product off-stage. He must sing his gay song

* McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendallville, Indiana.

(Continued on page 230)

The sleeping porch partly finished and a bit of the snow clad view outside.
One can get a good idea of how attractive a place this will be in the summer.

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Interior of one of the back rooms. The pipes are sealed ready for the fixtures
to be fitted. The affair which looks like a periscope is the end of a furnace pipe
and radiator.

“LITTLE WAR GARDENS”

By BERTHA A. CLARK
Secretary of the Society of Little Gardens

“THE desert shall rejoice and bloom as the rose.”’

By ever so little stretch of the imagination those
who have a weakness for discovering the fulfilmen
of prophecy, can read the work done during the
past season into this text.

The various societies already organized for doing
garden work responded nobly to the first call of the
government for an increased food supply.

The School Gardens of Philadelphia, under Miss
Caro Miller, turned all their strength towards raise
ing and conserving food. In September, sixty pub-
lic schools combined to give an exhibition of their
summer’s work with the School Gardens. Home
and Community Gardens were inspected and
judged, and the jars of fruit and vegetables there
exhibited numbered many thousands. How many The daughter of one gentleman-farmer is taking care of his sheep and cattle and has young
back yard owners were inspired by this work and ee
sought to emulate it, none can say.

The Vacant Lots Cultivation Association continued its | den Teacher was sent to any of the branches which asked for
admirable work of previous years with increased activity. The her instruction.

report of 1916 tells of 611 families having gardens assigned them; The usual words of encouragement were not wanting. To the
in 1917 they numbered 1,145. Too much cannot be said in officers came more than one kind friend to say, “ What can you
praise of this excellent organization which reaches, on the one possibly hope to do among people who live in a city? You
hand, individuals who are eager to do the work, and, on the know what Philadelphia back yards are.”” “All that you can
other, utilizes for their crops, waste places that would otherwise possibly accomplish is such a mere drop in the bucket,” said
be dump heaps. another well-wisher.

The Boy and the Girl Scouts, the Garden Clubs, schools, True enough, the Society can probably do but little and, deal-

colleges and institutions have all shown their zeal in raising ing as it does with individuals, few reports are made, so it is
vegetables, while the National Food Garden Commission an-
nounces a gain of 1,175,000 acres under cultivation.

When war was declared the officers of the Society of Little Gardens called
a meeting to consider how they could best do their share to meet the nation’s
need. Lectures—open to the public—on Bee Keeping and on Vegetable
Growing in Small Spaces, were at once arranged for, and in June a demon-
stration of canning, preserving and drying was given. A Garden Chart was
published, of which nearly two thousand copies were distributed. Sales of
plants were held, with practical talks on intensive gardening, and the Gar-

In this small enclosure a corner is carefully fenced off in which sweet corn and basil are
successfully cultivated.

Mrs. Liano has a successful vegetable garden in a concrete
yard. A vine is being cultivated against the screen wire.
Boxes of flowers and vegetables are at every window.

March 1918 THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 200

window several flower pots, sowing four
grains of corn in each. As soon as the
weather was warm enough, her window
garden was transferred to a back yard,
some seventeen feet by forty, well fertilized,
and there it grew and flourished. Thanks
to its early start, her crop matured earlier
than that of her country neighbors and she
had the pleasure of eating ears of corn she
had grown in the very heart of the city.
Did she count how many ears she har-
vested? Did she not! Thirty-two came
out of that back yard, and a fine lot of
tomatoes as well. What one can do, an-
other can do.

The lecture on bees so excited another
Little Gardener that she rushed in where
the better informed might have hesitated,
and bought a hive which she kept on the up-
stairs porch of a summer cottage, of which
she only had the use for three months, be-

lo visit Mrs. Caruso’s garden, one must climba ladder. She has
a fine crop of vegetables in spite of this difficulty. A border of
flowers hanging over the sides of the opening, and a fine oleander
make her garden a thing of beauty

seldom that the officers have the satisfaction of know-
ing that their work has helped anyone. But like the
foundling in the Bab Ballads who, not knowing who
his parents were, decided that he was of royal lineage,
the Society of Little Gardens prefers to believe that its
efforts are generally successful.

That some of the lectures promptly bore fruit we
know: one enthusiast, after listening to Mr. Parson’s
inspiring talk on vegetable growing, placed in a sunny

pnt 5 ard in Philadelphia, where the owner is raising tomatoes and beans in
spite of poor conditions.

Grand ther and granddaughter vie with each other in cultivating this back yard.
ae

__ Notable is the amount of agricultural work done by women.
The owner of this plot is its sole cultivator and has.harvested
a fine crop of vegetables.

210

ginning at the end of
June. At the expir-
ation of her lease she
found it impossible
to take her hive with
her to town, as she
had intended doing,
sogave it away. Did
she get any honey?
Not a spoonful.
Nevertheless she
maintains that the
experiment was a
success. She had
great pleasure all
summer in watching
her bees and hearing
them hum. She
boasted of the fact
that they never stung
her, and she gave the
hive in excellent condi-
tion to a friend who is
an expert bee keeper
and the happy owner of
a fine garden wherein is
every comfort that a
somethin ten coubl
require. Therefore she
considers she has made
a successful contribu-
tion to the food supply
of the nation, even if
she has not tasted the
honey, thereby proving
that a contented mind
is a continual feast far
exceeding the sweet-
ness of a dish of honey-
comb.

One skilled gardener,
who was already grow-
ing his share of vegeta-
bles, decided to increase
his sphere of usefulness
by raising Belgian hares.
His efforts were crowned
with success. His hares
throve and grew and
multiplied, but — alas,
and alas!—they all
promptly learned to
know and love him,
and rushed joyfully to
meet him whenever he
appeared with such per-
fect confidence in him
that he found it impos-
sible to go on raising
innocent and affection-
ate creatures in order to
slay them, so he gave
away his hares and re-
turned to garden truck.

A similar experience
befell an amiable woman
who undertook the care

THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

Scout Camp on the Clarke Thompson farm.

Bennie Matino couldn’t go to the Clarke Thompson farm but that didn’t keep him from
having a garden.

March 1918

of poultry, Each
chicken was named
as soon as hatched
and all were affec-
tionately regarded,
especially the cocks
as being the more in-
telligent and good-
looking. Her chick
ens increased stead-
ily and so did her bill
for feed, but her
larder waxed leaner.

Finally her husband

decided that her tal-

ent layin other direc-

tions, and the chick

ens were given to

those who would

make better use of

them. But she is
the exception, for strik-
ing work is being done
by women in the fields
as well as in their own
plots of ground, in the
orchards and in the care
of cattle.

A great deal of fine
community work has
been organized which,
successful from the be-
ginning, will certainly
be enormously devel-
oped in the future.
One community passed
a resolution that labor
being scarce, it too
should be economized
by each member as far
as possible doing all ‘her
own garden work, and
faithfully was this car-
ried out, the spring
ploughing alone being
done by hired labor.

One town dweller
who had only a city
yard, albeit a roomy
one, in which to raise
her crops, so utilized
her space that not only
did she supply her table,
but each day she canned
the surplus, thus lay-
ing aside an enormous
amount for the winter.
But she was of course
an expert cook as well
as gardener.

Noteworthy is the
work done in towns and
the waste places that
have been laid under
cultivation. Tiny back
yards, window boxes,

(Coz:tinued on page 250)

THOSE of us who started gardens

for the first time last spring are
beginning to overhaul our hoes and
trowels somewhat as a fisherman over-
hauls his tackle at the approach of
the trout season. It’s just as much
fun to gloat over a sharp silver-bladed hoe, its handle polished
by delightful use, as to turn the leaves in our book of fishing-
flies. Both represent and recall wonderful outdoor days of
hard labor that wasn’t work at all because we enjoyed it.
And yet as regards gardens, a warning might be sounded; for
a garden is like a baby—sometimes it’s rather hard to get it
through the second summer. After all, gardening is as much
like love and marriage as anything else. First comes the
romantic period—the period of seed catalogues. Back and
forth from the office we travel with those fascinating booklets
next our hearts. Everything is interesting, just as all girls
have a mysterious attraction for us when we're first in love.
Are they not all cast in the mold of the fair, the chaste, the unex-
pressive she, and hence sacred to usr How we pour over the
lineaments of a rutabaga, how our hearts expand before the
Rubensesque contours of a cow-beet! We get very knowledgous,
too. Catch us saying larkspur, when we can say Delphinium
formosum, or columbine, when we can say Aquiligea; even the
humble, half-wild but wholly friendly Bouncing Bet becomes
Saponaria officialis. We sink to sleep murmuring “ Eschscholt-
zia!”’ and wake with the enchanting syllables “ Tritoma Pfitzeri”’
on our lips. We know just the kind of spines a well behaved
cucumber has and how beautifully blond and buttery the head
of a lady-like lettuce is. Oh, we know all about it,—just as we
knew all about love before we got married.

Then comes the actual, practical experience. We have to
prepare the ground, lay out the garden, sow the seeds, and cul-
tivate. My goodness! we didn’t know there was so much to it,
more than in any book and more than could be put inany. We
had an idea, in spite of our book-learning, that about all we had
to do was sow the seeds and leave the rest to Providence. But
now we find that we have to become a partner with Providence,
that Providence needs us just as much as we need Providence.
If we left Providence alone in the garden, there would be nothing
in it but “pussly’’ and pigweed, Providence being partial to
these wayward sons of hers.

At first we sow the seeds with one hand, and hold the
book of instructions with the other. We are like the man
pictured in Punch, learning to fish, sitting on a river bank,
holding a book in one hand while a fish dangles on a line in
the other.

“Why don’t you take him off?’’ queries a bystander.

“| want to find out whether | ought to take the fish off the
hook or the hook out of the fish.”

But it isn’t long before a sort of divine despair seizes us. We
throw our book of instructions into the bushes. How can a
person sow seeds four times their depth? How can a man
measure a seed unless he uses a pair of calipers?

“Well!” we say in effect. “Let ’em never come up! We'll
sow ’em anyway!”’ We are like a person learning to swim, all
mixed up and scared to his marrow, who at last says “ Drown

me if you want to!”’ and throws himself into the water. And,
lo! he floats miraculously.
So it is with the seeds. For they do come up, after all. One

morning, there they are as thick as spatter: potatoes, with their
green ears flat against the ground, beans bringing their hats
with them, the fairylike fronds of carrots. This is an epoch in

one’s life, for the first sprouting of seeds is like the birth of the
first baby—it never can happen again.

But the sprouting, like the birth, brings new troubles with it.
A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot, but not when striped

EDITORIAL

THE SECOND SUMMER OF OUR GARDENS

211

beetles invade the squash vines and
we have to dust them with plaster of
Paris; not when we have to Paris-
green the potato vines; not when we
have to track to their lairs in the
tomato vines those smooth, green-
and-yellow zebra-like centipedal, horned, and reputedly poison-
ous worms, as large as your finger, that make you feel like
crawling like them every time you see one. If it isn’t spray-
ing, it’s hoeing; and if it isn’t hoeing, it’s hilling; and if it isn’t
that, it’s something else. We feel—or our back feels—that if
somebody took a snap-shot of us, we would bear a striking
resemblance to the Man-with-the-Hoe. This is very different
from the romantic dreams of our seed catalogue days. Now
comes the period of readjustment.

We suppose that during the Balcony Scene, Romeo didn’t
think very much about coal and croup-kettles. We believe that
if he had been fortunate enough to marry Juliet, he would have
found that marriage isn’t all moonlight and nightingales. He
would have been surprised at first, but if Romeo was the kind
of man we think him, he would have held the croup-kettle very
gracefully. He would have trotted downtown and got a job—
possibly selling Romeo slippers—so he could buy coal for Juliet.
Probably, on their wedding anniversary, he’d bring home a
nice, thick sirloin steak. What fun they’d have broiling it
together! And they’d have to look in the almanac to know
whether it was a full-moon or not.

And so it is with gardens. Are we to be nothing but a fair
weather lover? Are we going to join the ranks of those who lead
a sort of half-life, living wholly in their imaginations, and lacking
the hardihood to bring their dreams into the actual world of
concrete things? Most assuredly, we are not. So we spit on our
hands, and the first thing we know, we have become absorbed
in our work, instead of our symptoms, and the garden’s weeded
and every gentle denizen of it is thanking us in its well bred
way.

In gardening, as in everything else, we learn through doing,
and our technique becomes perfect as it becomes imperceptible.
How do we learn to distinguish sprouting seeds from sprouting
weeds? How do we know how deep to sow things? We develop
a sense for soils—their dampness, their friability. We lose the
fussiness that characterized our early efforts. We work from our
instinctive centers, swiftly, surely, simply, with a pleasure we
would take in play. We have the gardener’s touch which some-
what resembles the touch of the musician. We know when to
be staccato and when legato. Thinning a row becomes a series
of crisp arpeggios.

One of the nicest things about a common garden is that we
don’t have to wait until autumn for the harvest—it’s harvest
all the time. Scarcely has the third leaf appeared on the radishes
before the earth opens to disclose delicious scarlet globes;
scallions have barely taken root before they are ready for the
table; and it isn’t any time before we have the youngest and
most innocent lettuce in all the world—a million plants to make
a single mess. It seems like infanticide to pick them but thin-
ning will help the row.

And, oh, the pleasant eating of one’s own vegetables! We
have made personal experiments and we have found—as every
one else must—that our own vegetables taste better than our
neighbor’s although our neighbor’s are just as fresh and were
grown from the same variety of seed. At first we fancied there
was a fatuous pride in this, a silly, egotistic sense of possession.
But we have thought better of it. We know those vegetables of
ours and they know us. We have lived with them, we have
worked with them, and they are simply giving back to us in
crispness, in tenderness, in flavor, the love we gave them during
their ere wth.

WHAT WE RAISED

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HIS is not to be a story of an old-

fashioned flower garden but just a little
sketch of a very practical garden, one
filled with the everyday needs of life, a
plain vegetable garden

We have always enjoyed having our
own kitchen garden, supplying us with
delicious fresh vegetables in their season.
Last summer, when the nation asked us to
be patriotic and plant every available
piece of ground, we decided to dispense
with our lawns and turn them “into an
extra garden. By doing this, we could
increase our supply of winter vegetables.

We did not keep an account of the cost
of the fertilizer and seeds, as our thought
was more of conserving food than of gain
for ourselves. We knew that even if the
garden cost us more than would the
corresponding amount of vegetables
bought at market prices, we should, by
supplying our own table, leave in the
market that much more for those who
were unable to have a garden. Long
before time for planting,
we drew a plan of the
garden, scaled +” to 1’,
arranging the ae in the
manner best suited for
the different vegetables.
When the time came to
plant our seeds, it was
comparatively easy.
Our rows were measured
off and marked with little
stakes, prepared in ad-
vance for this purpose.

First, we planted our
cold-frame with radishes,
lettuce and tomatoes,
later transplanting the
lettuce and tomatoes and
filling their place in the
frame with squash seeds,
which we left there to
mature. In that way
the squash vines were
kept within bounds.

Some of the crops
were planted for succes-
sion, the plantings being

crops consisted of peas, beans, corn, beets
and carrots, and we were thus supplied
with fresh vegetables over a long period of
time, and we also had young, tender beets
and carrots to can for winter use.

For our own pleasure and to reward
ourselves for our time and labor, we
thought it would be interesting to keep
track of the production of our garden
In our kitchen was kept a little book with
a page for each vegetable and on these
pages were marked the number of bunches,
quarts or pecks with the date of
harvesting.

We had planted approximately 4,000
square feet of land divided into rows
containing the number of feet of the
different vegetables found in the table

IN OUR HOME GARDEN

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opposite. And from this “ War Garden,”

as we call it, we had an abundance of fresh
vegetables all summer. Besides having
the pleasure of supplying our table daily
with these delicious fresh vegetables,
we were able to give to friends many of
the good things, and you can see from the
table on the other page how many cans
of vegetables we added to our winter
store. Then in our store-closet, in boxes
and barrels, were beets, carrots, turnips,
onions and potatoes.

We wish it might have been possible
to estimate the value of our products.
During the summer months the market
prices change often according to the
supply and demand, making it rather
difficult to keep in touch with daily prices
unless one is producing for the market,
consequently we did not attempt to keep
a price list.

Although this little garden produced
so much, the time of actual labor in it
could be easily spent by anyone thoroughly
interested in doing in-
tensive gardening for
their own as well as their
country’s sake. We had
three gardeners, deeply
interested, each devoting
faithful hours to this
work, and the success
of our garden was due
to the vigilance and care

of our gardeners. After
each heavy rain the

garden was thoroughly
mulched, thus keeping
the soil light, free from
weeds, and the moisture
well at the roots. Then,
too, they were ever alert
for the many enemies of
garden crops which, by
diligent spraying, they
were able to keep well
under control, and thus
make our garden yield
its best.

One man by system-
atic application of two

from ten days to two
weeks apart. These

Our garden ended at the hedge-bordered path which shows in the middle of the photograph.
A neighbor’s garden adjoins ours.

2t2

hours a day could care
for a garden of this size.

March 1918 THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 213

WHAT WE CANNED

223 qts. green beans

4 qts. shelled beans

1 bushel green beans, salted
15 qts. corn

133 qts. small carrots

20 gts. beets

2} qts. green peas

24 qts. ripe tomatoes

5 qts. tomato soup

1 pk. green tomatoes made into mince’ meat
3 bushel green tomatoes made into pickles.

“With a hoe in his hand,
And a tongue in his head
A Scout 1s as good,

As a man shooting lead.”

WHAT WAS PLANTED IN 4,000 SQUARE FEET

130 ft. green peas in double rows yielding 23 bushels
165 ft. beets = 130 bunches
220 ft. carrots = 150 bunches

120 ft. beans
36 poles of stringless green beans |
15 poles scarlet runners
8o hills of Golden Bantam and
White corn a 30 doz. ears
65 ft. onions by 25 lbs
New Zealand spinach " 2 bushels
36 tomato plants 200 Ibs. about
75 celery plants
1 bushel potatoes = 12 bushels
Strawberries—small plot marshalls
Radishes, lettuce, turnips, squash, indefinite amount.

7 bushels

At the side of the garage, in front of the vine covered wall of the drying-yard and beyond
the stepping stones, was our flower-garden.

Our corn grew as high as the roof of the garage—twelve feet.

This photograph and the one above show about all of our garden.

It is a very small room which would be oblong if the walls did not abruptly angle into a little fireplace.

THE

4\1IRST of all let me say
that Daniel Webster
was not born in this
house, that his father
did not build it, noram
I, to my great regret,
ae : | in any way related to
———————— I} Sooour most distinguished

American statesman.
| frankly tell you all this to spare you,
perhaps, a certain grief, for there are
pilgrims who come to my little cottage,
pause on its threshold, and, when they
have learned all these disheartening
truths, say, “Thank you, but I think
we won't come in.”’ Others there are,
also, who view my old furniture and
remark, “So Daniel Webster had _ all
these interesting things when he was here
in college.’”’ And they are disappointed
when | tell them that he was poor, so
poor in those early days that the farm at
Salisbury had to be mortgaged to send him
to Dartmouth; that he eked out his
scanty resources by contributing to a
little local journal, earning thereby fifty
or sixty dollars, enough to pay his board
for a whole year. If your interest is as
theirs you must not read farther. No, |
don’t believe that Webster then could
have owned even my modest treasures,
and the rent of the little south chamber
that | am going to show you, where
tradition tells us that he spent his
sophomore year, probably was not more

“SOUTH CHAMBER”

Where Daniel Webster Spent His
Sophomore Year at Dartmouth

than a dollar a month. Can | make you
see him as really as I do, | wonder; this
young lad in his middle ’teens, full of
ambition, “long, slender, pale and all
eyes”; this wonderful youth that in later
life made Carlyle think of a “cathedral.”
Truly, | wish he had been here in his
senior year for, in reading an old history,
I have found such a delightful fragment
of a letter written then to a classmate,
so delightful that | want him to have
composed it in this little room before this
little fireplace. May I quote itr It
seems to be about a charming visitor from
Massachusetts whose fascinations were
then enthralling Hanover.

“Salem! enchanting name! who would
have thought that from the ashes of
witches, hung a century ago, should have
sprung such an arch coquette as should
delight in sporting with the simplicity of

Daniel Webster.”

Doesn’t it make him “come alive’’?
You see, with us here at Dartmouth, his
memory is very present in many ways
besides buildings, and I wish | could show
you, back of my house, the lovely Vale
that bears his name because, they say, he
used to pace up and down there, studying
his lessons.

The little south chamber that you are
looking at is very small, so small that |
don’t think that Daniel Webster could
have had a roommate while he lived
here; smaller even than “The Prettiest

214

ALICE VAN LEER CARRICK

Room’’—which is just across the hall—
and | had to plan and contrive to get in
the necessary pieces of furniture. Most of
it is Empire, a few years later than the
type Webster must have used, but how
could | put a self-respecting, twentieth-
century, eleven-year-old boy in a canopy
bed? The paper, however, is a reproduc-
tion of an English pattern that might have
been on the walls in this eventful year of
1799; a light paper with interlacings of
grays and lavenderish blues because the
room is directly south and always sunny.
The ceiling is low and rounded; there are
three doors—one opening suddenly upon
a steep, unexpected stairway; do you
know, | can’t for the life of me see why
my little “story’n’ half’? house should
have five whole pairs of stairs!—and the
room would be an oblong if, at one end,
the walls did not abruptly angle in a
little fireplace. That is the first thing
you see as youenter. The andirons came
from a Vermont village, one of those
hamlets tucked away in the shouldering
hills, and I paid a dollar and a half for the
pair. They are just handwrought iron,
made by some country blacksmith |
suppose, but they suit the fireplace as no
elaborate pair of brass andirons ever
could. Above the plain narrow mantel-
shelf hangs an engraving of Daniel
Webster in middle life—not one of the
rare ones, of course—but a good, charac-
teristic picture, and this | picked up at an

eo & as oe ae Ba amie ot

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March 1918

auction, frame and all, for a dollar and
twenty cents. The small mahogany
mantel-clock came from a Dutch settle-
ment in Pennsylvania and was a present
to me, so | can’t count that. The little
pewter candlesticks at each corner are
really whale-oil lamps with the wick-tops
unscrewed, and for one | paid a dollar
for the other a dollar and a half, and they
were bought at the shop of the old man
who had “corresponded considerable
with Mr. Wanamaker.” How |
miss that blessed, beguiling abode
of bargains! The little table, stand
ing at one side of the hearth—for
my son thinks that it is such a
pleasant thing to read and study
beside a friendly fire—is plain Em-
pire, with very well-turned legs and
a pretty worked brass pull on the
drawer. It is made of cherry, and,
| think, cost me three dollars.
Above it hangs the early nineteenth
century picture of a ministerial
great-grandfather, and its note of
gold is repeated in the modern read-
ing-lamp and the little gilt photo-
graph frame. The stenciled chair
just beyond came from that charm-
ing old vine-hung house “up t’
Etnyway,” and | paid fifty cents
for it. It doesn’t sound true, | know,
but the dear old lady insisted it
wasn’t worth more than a quarter,
and | had hard work to make her
take half a dollar! | had to have
it rush-bottomed again; you rarely
find these chairs with the old seats in
good enough condition to use, and
that added two dollars more—the
work was cheaper then—to the
chair’s cost.

Next we come to the bed; to one
of my difficulties, too, for my son
had given me strict orders as to the
masculine effect of the room. Well,
of course a bed of this kind simply
had to have a valance—they always
did—but it took my most masterly
argument and persuasion as well as
the promise of a pair of military hair-
brushes to do away with the chagrin of
what he calls “frills.” The counterpane
is made of seersucker in creams with two
shades of blue, an ecru stripe and a tiny
thread of red, the colors that are repeated
in the window curtains, for | long ago dis-
covered that a white coverlet and a small
boy are a contradiction in terms. The
material cost twenty-five cents a yard, and
it took twelve and a half yards to make it.
As to the bed, it is a good, plain maple
“low-poster’’ with a very engaging head-
board. Beautifully finished in the full
“cherry” tone it came from the shop of the
man L. and | call “ The Nicest Dealer We
Know,” and cost just fifteen dollars. | am

THRE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

rather proud of the way | concealed my pil-
lows. Ruffled shams were denied me by my
stern son; white would be the wrong note
against the counterpane, so | bought—
what do you think? Two and a half
yards of blue-bordered crash dish-towel-
ling. A little cross-stitch red line runs
just above the blue, and in the corners |
worked formal, miniature trees in the
same shades. The small cherry light-
stand beside the bed was three dollars

Over the mantel-shelf hangs an engraving of Daniel Webster and
at either end of the shelf are pewter whale-oil lamps with the wick-
tops unscrewed to make room for candles.

more. On it an old brass candlestick—
another gift—and a much-adored and
worn copy of “Treasure Island,” my
son’s bedside choice. The straight- hang-
ing curtains at the windows were made of
cotton crepe costing fifteen cents a yard—
ten yards made them—and the colors
and effect are charming.

The little black Windsor rocker | want
you to notice especially, for it is one of
the best of the kind that | have ever seen;
admirably proportioned and a thoroughly
comfortable chair to sit and read in—the
reason why it has its place near the win-
dow and beside the book-shelves. It is
joined with old wooden pegs, and you will
realize my luck when | tell you that it
cost only two dollars. It is earlier in type
than the rest of the furniture, but, some-
how, it fits in with the feeling of the
room.

Ny
~~

The bureau is one | got for eleven dol-
lars and a half at an autumn auction with
L.; quite a wonderful auction, for she
bought a large mahogany mirror-frame
for twenty-five cents and an etched lamp
globe for a nickel, while | secured my
warming-pan, and the loveliest old brass
latch you ever saw for a dollar and a
quarter. | think we started at day-
break; on such quests we are like Chau-
cers heroine, “up rose the sun and up
rose Emilie,” and we were equally
matinal. Itwas an old, old house by
our North Country way of reckon-
ing; and | talked to a kinsman of
the people who were moving away,
tired of farming. He lamented
their lack of interest in the old
place, and the decay of the family
fortunes, and told me that his great-
great uncle, a country cabinet-
maker, had built my bureau himself.
It is of birch with the drawer-fronts
of beautiful bird’s-eye maple, and
time has darkened and enriched the
color of the woods so much that it
goes perfectly with the mahogany
mirror hanging above it. The mirror
represents one of my “trades,”’ but
| know that its value—the glass was
in it—was two dollars, and having
it put into condition was two dollars
more. | am getting almost super-
stitious about this number for the
old drawn-in rug at the side of the
bed was two dollars, also, but |
am breaking the spell because the
leather, brass-bound, nail-studded
trunk that you can barely catch a
glimpse of, and that affords such a
splendid place for magazines and
oddments, | bought at another
auction for ten cents. The rug,
however, is quite unique in design,
and made of drawn-in yarn, a type
rather less common than the
hooked-in rag style. The other two
rugs are braided, both new, and done in
colors that tone in with the scheme of the
room. The large round one in front of
the fireplace was three dollars, and the
other, the most attractive braided rug |
ever saw and an example of the finest
work, cost six dollars. In it are
blended our sartorial hopes and fears
for years past. Do you realize what a
family record a braided rug may become?
| think you would if you could have be-
held the Littlest Daughter the other day
lying flat on the floor, and chanting a
litany that ran something like this, “And
here’s Mama’s green velvet, and my blue
dress, and Sister’s blue dress with the
white dots, and the used-to-be hall cur-
tains, and Daddy’s gray trousers!” Just
try saving your old rags and see what an

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HEN “the April wind wakes the call for the soil,’ Dallas

Lore Sharp says, “I hold the plough as my only hold upon
the earth, and, as | follow through the fresh and fragrant furrow,
| am planted with every foot-step, growing, budding, blooming
into a spirit of spring.” A great many of us, who did not know
this contact-with-the-soil creed before, have learned it since
the war began. We have learned that more of the “earth-
earthiness’”’ would solve our social problems, remove many isms
from our vocabulary, and purify our art. And so we often wish
that those who interpret life for us by pen or brush would buy a
trowel and a paper of seeds. They don’t all do it. However,
last summer | went on a delightful voyage of discovery in a
sleepy country town, and received a rich reward: | found a
studio in a garden!

It was not April, but late July. | was wandering aimlessly
along a broad, elm-shaded street. There was little to see and
not much to do; and there was plenty of time in which to do it.
A tall, austere house of lugubrious complexion sat primly by the
board walk. The tall lilac hedge behind intensified its lugu-
briousness. Then | noticed a little board walk that ran up
through an arched
opening in the hedge.
The ability to resist
openings in hedges is
not within my powers
of self-control. And
why should | not take
up this challenge to
explore a mysterious
Beyond, even if it
meant only a clothes-
line or a woodpiler
Thankful for an elas-
tic conscience and for
the absence of horrid
signs to discourage
trespassers, | marched
straight up the walk
and through the
dusky thickness of the
hedge. And there |
studio in

found the
the garden.

A STUDIO IN A GARDEN

“The veriest school of Peace; and yet the fools
contend that God is not-—not God! In Gardens!”

By RUTH R. BLODGETT

“A muslin curtain fluttering in the open casement window seemed a beckoning finger, and a black
knocker is no more to be resisted than a hole in a hedge.” everywhere,

It was down at the other end of a grapevine, woodbine covered
pergola—a wee bit of a house in a pink ruffled petticoat of sweet
William. <A big iron knocker on the half-open door urged me
cordially to rap, and a comfortable hammock on the little porch
invited me to rest and meditate. The gingerbread house of
Hansel and Gretel! Perhaps a witch inside! So | did not take
the broad highway of the pergola path, which might lead to a
witch’s oven, heated for a dainty human morsel. Instead, |
lingered in the garden.

For on both sides of the pergola there was a garden that
brought forth an unconscious “Oh” of delight—a_ lovable,
livable garden. The smooth lawns, the carefully tended flower-
beds which fringed them, the dainty informal garden furnish-
ings, all spoke of loving hands; and the whole effect spoke

of a feminine personality—a woman’s hands without a
doubt. Lilac hedges and a neighbor’s orchard gave the
place a sweet seclusion and restfulness. Although the

dimensions of the whole garden were small, it being built
on a Petit Trianon scale to suit the miniature house,
nevertheless there was a sense of the dignity of space.

In the middle of
the lawn at the right
of the pergola was the
rose garden. “Roses
ranged in a valiant
row,’ —rows of them
in fact. “She loves
you, noble roses, |
know,” | added aloud,
as | breathed the fra-
grant air. Courtly
delphiniums ran along
at a right angle to the
roses — ladies-in-wait-
ing, making stately
courtesies in the sum-
mer breeze. And,
beyond the roses by
the house, snowbanks
of spirea shut in a
bird bath on three
Lilac hedges
shutting

sides.

March 1918 THE HOUSE BEAU

out—what? At last my curiosity was at rest, en-
closed by a lilac hedge. No glory of the There could
transcend the roses of the Here.

The garden at the left was in reality a green ex-
panse of fresh-mown lawn with a sun-dial for a
center-piece, and, all along the further side, a glori-
ous, wide flower border, embroidered in riotous
shades. Leaves told of flowers gone and flowers to
come, iris, poppies and forget-me-nots earlier, phlox
and monkshood not yet in bloom. At present,
hollyhocks, Canterbury bells anchusa, English prim-
roses and foxgloves were all “tossing their heads in
sprightly dance.”

Their joy was intoxicating. | would have danced
with them on the fairy green, if Pan had piped a tune.
Instead, | sat down on the garden-seat and envied
“her” for whom these flowers bloomed. For even
on the faces of the flowers there was an easily
imagined pleasure, a pleasure because they could so
richly reward some one’s devoted care.

And now for the witch’s oven! A muslin curtain
fluttering in the open casement window seemed a
beckoning finger, and a black knocker is no more to
be resisted than a hole ina hedge. I picked a daisy
from the border. “Shall 1? Shall | not? Shall
I? Shall | not? I shall.” And I did. A little un-
certain about my form of introduction, and some-
what surprised at my boldness, | walked across the
lawn, stepped up on the little porch and rapped.
No answer? | crossed the threshold. It was a
studio!

Pictures, paints, pots, palettes—all the P’s of a
painter. And inspiration pouring in with the happy
sunshine through open windows and door; vistas on
all sides of vine-shaded walks, restful lawns, dazzling
flowers and lilac hedges. No wonder the pictures
on the walls and easel spoke of happy and joyous

“A wee bit of a house down at
the end of a grapevine, woodbine
covered pergola.”

“* Pictures,

paints, pots, palettes—all the P’s of a painter. :
demijohns and jugs, fascinating studies for still-life.”

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things; no wonder that there was no affectation
and a simplicity, refreshing in this day when we
are all trying to be “ individual.”’

[here was the same simplicity about the studio
itself—a feeling of plenty of space filled with
plenty of air from the wholesome outdoors.

The bareness was relieved by the muslin
curtains and rag rugs, by cretonne covered
window-seats and a few pieces of old furniture,
by the high shelves holding old demijohns and
jugs, fascinating studies for still-life.

Some one was singing outside. | stepped out
on the porch. She was coming down the pergola-
path. I felt sure it was the “she”’ of the garden.
Strange to say there was no embarrassment in our
meeting. She did not seem surprised to see me.

“This is your garden,” | stated, rather than
inquired.

“Yes; do you like it? | have made it all
myself.”

“T love it!” | exclaimed.

“So do I,” she answered simply.

high shelves holding

GARDEN is
a panacea for

many ills and
often a solution
of problems for
grown-ups. For
children it ought
to be a source of
vast happiness
and develop-
ment.

I say “ought
to be” advisedly.

In the average
little will-o’-the-
wisp, intoxicated
with play, it is
not always pos-
sible to arouse
anything more
than an_ inter-
mittent interest
in so serious and
responsible a
matter as a garden. But Little Son and
| have found an inspiration. At least,
we think we have, and, for us, that serves
just as well. It peoples our garden with
fairies, with real little personalities whose
careers we follow with absorbing interest,
of whose ups and downs in life we never
tire.

And this is the way we set about it.

Our garden space is a plot twenty feet
square. It is in a corner so that two
sides are bounded by a high fence. And
our undertaking has been no less a one
than to lay out and people a town. It
is a fairy village, to be sure, with streets
and lanes and parks and little squares
where the wonderful flower and vegetable
families live!

We drew our plan first, in the most
business-like way. Then we staked off
our parks and squares in strict accordance
with the plan.

In the very middle of the village is a
round bed, a park of course. In this is a
small cement bird bath of fountain shape.
The little people who spend all their time
strolling or sitting about in the park are
ragged vagrant Poppies, feathery frivo-
lous Bridal-wreath, and, in a procession
around the border are staid Candytuft,
with their children out for an airing.

The two main streets, Poppy and Pansy
Avenues, run at right angles to one an-
other. They bisect the plot each way and

end in the middle at the circular walk

A TOWN FOR FAIRIES

By MARION CLARKE

These children love to work in this garden because it isn’t just a garden to them but a home for fairies—a
“fairy village with streets and little squares where the flower and vegetable families live.”

which surrounds the park. Both avenues
are bordered with hedges of Ageratum.
These little people, we decided, would
have to be regularly employed by the city
authorities. Else they could not be
expected to give all their time to this
purely decorative field of endeavor.

These two main avenues divide the
town into four sections, square, except
for the concave corners made by the
circular walk inthecenter. In the middle
of each section is a smaller round bed, a
little park. The strollers in these rep-
resent more or less each family living
in this part of town.

The ground about these parks is divided
as mathematically as possible into square
and rectangular beds for residential
purposes. Never more than four families
live in one block.

Back against the South fence live the
Trumpet-vine family, old-timers, and
along the East fence live the showy and
flaunting Hollyhocks.

Now | must bring out the fact that one
half the town is given over to the work-
ing people. Here live the Radish and
Turnip families, the aspiring dwarf,
Green Peas, the Carrots and Parsley,
trying to look like ferns, the splendid
Lettuce and the substantial Beet families.
Even the Egg-plants are here and Mr. and
Mrs. Tomatowith their numerous progeny.
We did not put in corn or string-beans
as we wanted only low-growing plants

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that would not
attempt to dom-
inate things and
spoil our aes-
thetic effect. So
the vegetables
are the workers
and the flowers
are the rich
and leisure class.
And, lest you
think I am in-
culcating snob-
bery, let me
explain that right
here is a chance
for a very deep
lesson.

If one is born
a radish, with a
radish father and
mother and
purely radish an-
cestors, it is use-
less to attempt to pass oneself off for
anything but a radish. But that need
not hinder one from taking advantage of
all the air and sunlight and richness of
soil to become the very finest and most
perfect and most desirable radish that
ever grew. If, on the other hand, one is
born a lily and common service is not
required of one, then how much more is
it the lily’s duty to fill its leisure with
beauty and perfume and all the things
that make the world more attractive
for others.

While we were platting the little homes
for the Violet family and for Mr. and
Mrs. English Daisy, two little round heads
peeped over the fence and two sturdy
bodies threatened to land precipitately
in the precious garden.

“Get out!” shrieked Little Son, “Get
out! Don’t you dare come in here!”’

But I said, “Oh yes, boys, come on in
and see what we are doing.”

In a moment they were so interested
that they were busy with trowel and
spade, smoothing our walks, squaring the
edges of our beds, and helping us plan.
They saved me a good bit of back-ache
(for gardening is hard on grown-ups, at
first), and they made some splendid
suggestions.

One was the desirability of a_bird-
house in the mulberry tree at the corner,
“so that the birds and fairies might get

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November 24, 1917.
MOTHER, MY OWN:

It is rather a sad offspring who is pen-
ning you this today, for we have had our
first snowstorm of the sea-
son—a beautiful bit of fairy-
land. In my fifty-mile trip
this afternoon, | had to
pinch myself to make sure I
was not floating away off
into Mother Goose’s kingdom
where she was picking her
flock and carelessly scattering the fluffy
white feathers all over her wonderful
country. The heavens and the trees
all tufted with white were holding my
attention so exclusively that I almost
ran over a “hoppity”’ little Molly Cotton-
tail with my faithful Ford. Somehow |
could not feel | was in a land of my own
for all nature had suddenly changed from
rosy, golden and brown fall to blue and
white winter.

| said sad—yes, truly so in spite of the
beauty of it, for Dame Nature was forci-
bly reminding me that all the year was
not spring, or summer or gorgeous fall-
time, and that very soon | would have to
view the wonders of the universe from a
railroad train, just like a caged bird. No
longer would | be privileged to feel and
smell and hear and touch the beauties of
a wooded, brook-bound road as | went
about my business through the hilly coun-
tryside. It just sort of hurts to give up
the rattle and bang of the old Ford.

It seemed woefully prosy to leave the
beauty of the world outside and go into a
movie theatre where | was scheduled to
perform. The curtains were all pulled
down, and red, green and white lights
were going full blast, so it was quite possi-
ble for the audience to forget the rival
drama Nature was staging outside. You
know | have always boasted that Fortune
has been my closest ally all through the
past season—in case you don’t believe it,
just listen to this. Had not my destina-
tion been at the foot of the hill, never
should | have reached it, for every bit of
machinery stopped at the brow of that
hill—everything except the wheels, and
my faith in the steed! “Henry” had no
gasoline, so we coasted the rest of the
way and found ourselves when we stopped,
directly in front of the meeting place.

The folks seemed to like the carrot
marmalade which | concocted for them
there in the movie theatre. I know that
you do not like carrots, but this time once

SOMEWHERE

To share is to serve,
To serve is to save!
Let us all be at it!

IN NEW ENGLAND

The Chronicle of a Hoover
Recruit in the Rural Districts

November 28, 1917.
MOTHER DEAR:
Another week has gone into history,
but | go on forever. Every day is so
different, and yet | have the

more take my word for it and try it out.
I defy any of the rest of the family to
analyze it successfully. They will invaria-
bly say oranges, and like it better than

marmalade. Just try it! That barrel of
carrots Father is puzzled about using up
can well offer its quota for service in this
form, for | strenuously believe we must
have a certain amount of sugar in our
diet or we are going to find ourselves
magnetically drawn to the candy counter.

In making carrot marmalade use all
brown sugar or a combination of brown
sugar and corn syrup and try serving the
marmalade with bread in place of butter.
Use the old woody carrots in making this.
If the carrots are too old, peel, slice and
parboil them for two or three minutes and
then proceed as directed in the following
recipe. If-you happen to have ginger root
on hand, use it. The marmalade is quite
as good without it, though it may lack
that “different’’ taste we housewives are
ever aiming to obtain.

Carrot MARMALADE
Ic. carrots
1 lemon
1 c. brown sugar
1 t. ground ginger root.

Cover and cook slowly until of a marmalade con-
sistency—one hour or less. If the marmalade is
not to be used for a week or ten days, pack it in hot
cans and sterilize it 20 minutes. It will then keep
indefinitely.

| will anxiously await your returns on
this recipe and will be most unhappy if
you do not give it a trial, in spite of your
distaste for the homely vegetable. |
always feel like a beauty doctor when
prescribing this, for, to clinch the bargain
with my audience, | have merely to sug-
gest that carrots are a great aid to one’s
complexion—then you just ought to see
them get interested in my wares.

Such is my business, Mother. You
must get tired of listening to my tales,
but really if you could be in it as | am,
] am sure you would love it.

Always

put through the meat grinder

same story to tell from one
month’s end to the next. The
only thing that wearies me
is hearing myself talk, but
others are kind enough to
listen, so | meekly keep on.

When I was tripping away
back over the hills today, | found that
there were others who had become excited
and worried over the promises of winter
given last week. Ata bend in the road, a
most unexpected sight met my eyes! It
was amusing at first, and | almost
chuckled, and then it became so humanly
pathetic that it made me all weepy inside;
but finally | appreciated that life is but a
matter of change—continual and usually
for the better—so | ended by rejoicing for
the good folk who had just passed me.
The party consisted of a number of men,
women and children, a huge hay-rack
piled high with beds, chairs, wash-tubs,
a nineteen hundred model of a talking
machine, a skeleton of a one-time sewing
machine, robes, bedding and an abun-
dance of everything else ungainly and,
for the most part, useless, that attaches
itself to a household in the course of a
generation. On top of all this was
strapped a crate of hens. A one-horse
hitch followed, with the father driving and
three of the boys tucked in beside him,
one of them steadying an old-fashioned
churn, roped on to the back of the outfit.
Next came two sisters, one a very little
one hugging her dolly for all she was
worth, with a big brother attempting to
coax the pails, bedding and general col-
lection of everything else that either
couldn’t be wished on to the hay-rack or
which had, in the progress of travel,
tumbled off, to be reasonable and hang
together for the remainder of the trip.
To make the picture complete, came
Mother holding the littlest one of all, and
such a little one, followed by the hired
man and the faithful cow.

Anxiety and care were written on the
features of that over-tired mother, deter-
mination was in the father’s face, curiosity
and joy in the faces of the “kiddies.”
They were migrating towards the city!
Perhaps they would be able to hear a
train whistle once in a while, perhaps the
Rural Free Delivery would pass their

pe teehres

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door, perhaps on Saturdays they could go
to town. There would be a real school
where a pretty citified teacher would
reign as queen. It was the most wonder-
ful trip of the young folks’ life. The
caravan of the plains of years ago still
crawls over our back hillsides, the huge
picturesque canopy is lacking—all else is
there—and the load of all their earthly
possessions is still followed by all their
hopes, fears and ambitions.

It was amazing that day, to find away
off in A—— that even the country folk
could not have eggs and milk in super-
fluous quantity, for feed is so high that
the stock has been reduced. As one good
soul expressed it,—‘ The hens always
seem to strike when eggs are the highest.”
I was especially glad to be able to give
them a rule for Liberty Cake, which is
white, sugarless, milkless, eggless and
butterless, but, nevertheless, good! So
many times the audience gasps when |
give this rule and then they look pityingly
up at me! However, | have learned to
have faith in my fifty-seven varieties of
ovens, for somehow when | put this cake,
apparently made of nothing, in the oven
and close the door I feel assured that some
magic will be at work and that when |
reopen the door, a real cake will appear,
a beautiful brown in color, of a light
feathery texture and with oh! such a
spicy luscious odor. Then | pick out my
most triumphant smile and use it accord-
ingly for the group in front of me invaria-
bly seems mystified but clamours for the
recipe, which | am sending to you. | like
this cake especially weil, for, unlike most
Liberty or what some more crudely term
War Cakes, it does not call for boiling of
the ingredients before baking—it is made
like any ordinary butter cake. No frost-
ing is required as it is a spice cake and, if
made in the form of a Washington pie, it

is very good with jam between the layers -

and a dusting of powdered sugar on top.
It costs only ten cents! But, Mother do
remember that when we omit eggs and
substitute baking powder and use water
instead of milk we are subtracting good
bodybuilding material from our food, and
we are really using a camouflage on our
family.
Liperty Cakt
2 |. shortening (use two parts beef suet and one
part vegetable oil melted together
c. brown sugar
c. molasses
t. salt
t. cinnamon
t. clove
t. baking powder
c. flour
c. Water
ribbon like consistency
1. Melt shortening
2. Add sugar and molasses
3. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with
liquid.

4. Bake in moderate oven about 25 minutes

eae OS Bie me me ele

and enough more to make mixture of
°

THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

| hope you will like this—if you do, add
it to the next blank page in your Hoover
note book.

December 3, 1917.

Again, Mother dear, | am talking to
you:

Don’t you dare shiver for me, as | fear
you have been doing through the past icy
week, when | tell you | took a thirty-mile
sleighride when it was thirty degrees
below zero here yesterday! | hardly have
the courage to tell you that | was very
comfortable, sandwiched in between two
fur robes, and all bundled up in a fur
coat with a “comfy”’ firestone at my feet

but truly | was, for the weather man
was kind enough to keep the wind at
home. I had little time to consider my
creature comfort,—the country was such
an all-demanding spectacle.

You have been out in beautiful snow-
storms but have you ever been out in a
sparkly star-storm, when the very atmos-
phere was gleaming with myriads of
glistening particles as if the very atoms
of ether were frozen? We came to a
mountain brook and in spite of the ex-
treme temperature, the water was sing-
ing, in an icy key, a version of its summer
song. It appeared most comfortable and
happy as it gurgled along, for from it
arose such clouds of steam that, had | not
been spoiled by the accurateness of my
dabbling in science, | should have vowed
it was warm, in spite of the border of
shimmering ice on either bank. The trees
along the side were dressed in their most
wondrous best and the carpet on which
they stood was an intricate design of in-
terlaced rabbit, squirrel, and deer tracks.

All this was a picture and a sermon tied
up in one, but its true significance came
over me, fairly swamped me, when after
going around a bend in the road, | found
a cozy home nestled at the foot of a hill.
A path was shovelled out to its back door,

that is where all paths lead, to the heart
of the house—the kitchen—up in this
country. Evidently the front door is not
opened after the first snow flurry until
house-cleaning time in the spring. This
house was a bit unusual, not because it
had a Hoover Card in the window, for
these we see everywhere no matter how
far back we go, nor was it unusual to see
a Service Flag in the same window. It
was the number of stars on this flag
which made me tremble, for they spelled
the immense sacrifice of the mother
within. Three stars were there and there
was room left for another. Nature was
doing her best to make life beautiful, but
this very beauty was bringing pain to the
mother within those walls. She knew
that her boys on the other side were hav-
ing no comfortable fires to draw close to;

March 1918

she knew their beds, such as they were,
were not heavily blanketed, and she
feared that their meals were bleak and
tasteless. The Ogre of War had come to
take possession of her life—never would
she be able to shake off its influence! One
knew that she was not wasting fat, that
she was not eating meat even though she
was raising pigs, that she had a wheatless
day every day in the week, and that her
sugar supply was not going into thickly
frosted cakes. Every free second that she
could steal was going into wristers, hel-
mets, mufflers and socks for those cher-
ished men she had given her country.
Even if the dust should collect a bit more
in the spare bedroom it mattered not
these days; possibly the dishes were
washed only twice instead of three times
a day, if it meant a few more rows of
knitting—and well so! This is a time of
huge and little things—the “ in-betweens”’
must go. Some day | am going to talk
with her—but I’ve not the courage yet—
not until | have done something!

| pitied my audience that day, for my
soul was stirred. Some people seemed so
anxious to learn a way in which they
could steer around the wheatless day.
| trust that before | got through they
were steering directly into the wheatless
and meatless days with all their might.
It was necessary for me to make plain
to them that the government is empha-
sizing, for the present at least, the use
of one-fourth to one-third of the material
in bread-making as a substitute for wheat
flour—and that it was perfectly proper
to serve such breads as these on wheaten
days regardless of the high content of
three-fourths to two-thirds wheat in
their make-up. It seems to me that with
such leniency we should at least be willing
to serve wheatless bread, so-called, every
meal, every day!

Our corner seems such a small one,
but when some tiny figures are multiplied
for us, you will realize why | said ours is
a day of little as well as of huge things.
Do you realize that if a slice of bread,
which by the way contains about three
tablespoons of flour, is wasted in each
of the twenty million families of the
United States a day, we are throwing
away 875,000 pounds of flour a day, or
enough flour to make 319 million loaves
a year, or if we pay six cents a loaf, a
money waste of $21,900,000, or the prod-
uct of 470,000 acres of land? Now aren't
we forced to believe in Jittle things and in
the comparative magnitude of our small
corner?

So many conscientious folks ask me
about graham flour, for they appreciate
that, though it is a dark flour, it is all
wheat. It is a “ Hooverish”’ flour to use

(Continued on page 245)

AN EXPERIENCE IN

RY Instead of the

HEN the Food Administration sent out
its pledges, we gladly signed up our
household and did our best to follow Mr.
Hoover’s instructions. It wasn’t difficult.
It didn’t cause any particular upheaval.
3ut when the neighboring munition fac-
tories lured

“HOOVERIZING”’

The Story of a Family Who Decided to Use Electricity
Maid-Servant

HOUSEWORK

They Could Not Hire

oe By CLARA ZILLESSEN

Tuesday instead of on Monday, if Monday happens to be the
day Schumann-Heinck or McCormack is at the Academy of
Music. They will most certainly feel like branding us as slovenly
housekeepers when they hear that we wash the dishes only once
a day. But such is the case, and here is our general routine
in so far as it touches the four major household’ operations.

lf the washing is to be done on

the maid-

o KS, servant

ig 4 fromour

—_ homes

with

their promises of big wages, it

looked to us as if we should have

to “ Hooverize’’ our housework as

well as our table or to make some

mighty big changes in our manner
of living.

First, of course, we scoured the
city for a maid-of-all-work. Our
little family consists of three adults,
all women, and the house is modern
and rather small, but we could not
procure a girl who would do the
work, including the washing and
ironing, for less than $7 a week
and board. Those we interviewed
expressed themselves as willing to
wash dishes, clean, and cook a bit
if necessary; but they were all un-
alterably opposed to the idea of
doing the washing and _ ironing.
We decided then and there to do
without help—permanent and
transient—and to rely on such
labor-saving devices as we could
afford for keeping the household
wheels turning.

We analyzed the problem and
decided that there were at least four major operations which
could be better and more economically accomplished by a
mechanical agent than by human labor. These are washing
clothes, ironing, washing dishes and cleaning, and we knew that
there are electrical appliances that do this work. Also, we
decided to ‘“ Hooverize”’ our household routine somewhat and
simplify our methods of living by eliminating non-essentials.
Instead of using the big tablecloths and napkins for all meals,
for example, we could substitute doilies and smaller, simpler
napkins at breakfast and luncheon.

So we invested in an electric clothes washer and an electric
dish-washing machine, for we already had an electric suction
cleaner and an electric iron—and the experience began. But
new equipment breeds new methods. We were astonished to
find that the old housekeeping ways which had been in use
sO many years were cumbersome and inconvenient in the
electrically operated home, and we had to formulate for our-
selves what amounts to practically a new way of keeping house.
Housekeepers of the good old-fashioned type will rise in holy
horror to hear that we now do the washing and ironing on

oy \\.

\t six o'clock in the summer and seven in the winter, | put the
first cylinder of clothes in the washing-machine, and the clothes are
rinsed, blued, starched and out on the line by half past nine or ten.

Monday, the clothes are put to
soak Sunday night. Early the next
morning—at six o’clock in the sum-
mer and seven in the winter—I put
the first cylinder of clothes in the
washing machine and_ start it.
Then | go up and prepare break-
fast. Our washing consists of
about three cylinders full, or some-
times four or five in the summer,
and it is rinsed, blued, starched and
out on the line by half past nine or
ten. If Monday happens to be a
clear, sunny day, a goodly part of
the ironing is finished by late after-
noon; if not, most of the ironing
will probably hold over until the
next day and be finished before
luncheon.

Then there is another perfectly
good tradition which we have set
We have no regular clean-
ing day. Every day
iscleaning day! The
rugs are gone over
every day or every
other day with the
electric cleaner, and

aside.

\ ‘ the hardwood —
4 are wipec

y | < ~ every day
iF » B=: 4 with an

oiled mop. We do this / ¥ se on the
principle that it is easy = aa to keep
a clean house clean; but ' = that it is
unnecessarily hard and : discour-
aging work to clean a more or
less dirty house thor- ; oughly
once or twice a week. ; A_ house
that is gone over every ’ E dayisalso
much less liable to col- | lect dust.
3ut we have voted < y that the
electric dishwasher is : \ really the
work out

appliance that takes the
of housework. A Gold Dust Twins advertisement not long ago
stated that if the dishwashing time in the average home could
be lumped together, the housewife would find that she had
been spending forty-five eight-hour days a year just washing
dishes. That’s a lot of time to put into non-creative work,
and we don’t do it any more.

As | said before, our dishes are washed once a day—right

(Continued on page 238)

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The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Albright at Milton, Mass.

ME: ALLBRIGHT, who is an architect of Boston, designed this house

for himself, which makes it doubly interesting for we are apt to feel
that an architect can build for himself a house more nearly embodying
his ideals than he can when he must make a compromise between his
ideals and the requirements and predilections of a client.

Mr. Allbright chose for himself a simple Colonial house carried out
in red brick with a slate roof, white trim and green shutters, the four-
square mass of the house being relieved by the graceful semi-elliptical
entrance porch and by the white columns and latticed railing of the
living-porch set against the background of an old orchard.

The house has many admirable features which can be studied in the
plans and in the pictures shown here, such as the breakfast room which
also may be used as a serving-room and the alcove in the second story
hallway which is the cheeriest of sewing-rooms. The window-seat in
the alcove is an admirable stowaway place for the innumerable odds
and ends that accumulate in a sewing-room.

All contemporary housebuilders are interested in living-porches and
Mr. Allbright’s is an excellent one with a brick patterned floor, slightly
raised from the garden lawn, accessible from the living-room through
two French doors, and which may be glazed and used as a solarium.

The formality of the front
elevation of the house is ac-
centuated by a hedge running
across the entire front, and is
relieved by the semi-elliptical
entrance porch, Colonial door
and side-lights.

The hall is large enough to
give an air of hospitality but
not so large as to usurp any of
the space legitimately belong-
ing to the living-room and the
dining-room on either side of
it. The stairs have white bal-
usters with a hand rail of
mahogany and a wainscotting
made by applying wood
moulding to plaster, both
painted white. An alcove in
the second story serves as a
pleasant little sewing-room.

March 1918 THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 223

Second Floor Plan

An excellent idea for the housekeeper who wishes
to save time and steps is found in this gayly papered
little breakfast room, which also may be used as a
serving-room.

One end of the large, well lighted living-room showing one of the two French doors, the
group of windows and the Colonial mantel extending around the chimney breast. The
hangings are deep rose English printed linen, and the furniture is mahogany covered with
gold-green velvet. The deep cornice is of wood.

Pale blue, the color note in the large bedroom over the living-room, is relieved by a rose-
colored border on the hangings, by a tint of the same color in the design of the wall paper,
in the lamp shades and in the tiles of the fireplace. The furniture is mahogany.

PLANTING FOR QUICK RESULTS

The Photographs Illustrating this Article Were Taken on the

HEN laying out

the grounds of the
new place, a problem
second in importance
only to what is best for
a permanency is, what
will produce desired
results most rapidly?
What will most
quickly subdue that
obtrusively “new”
look?

To begin with
vines: plant the per-
manent ones at once,
filling in with annuals
and quick growers to
take temporary pos-
session while the “ per-
manents”’ are making
root and preparing for
a good start. Of
course care must be
taken not to choke the
to-be-old - inhabitants
by the parvenues. In
regard to the ones to
be selected to live with
us from year to year,
tastes vary so greatly
that each must follow
to some extent the dic-
tates of his own fancy.
Nothing is more lovely
than the various climb-
ing roses: the old-fash-
ioned “Baltimore
Belle,” “Shower of
Gold,”’ deep yellow, as
its name indicates; the
various Ramblers; the
“White Dorothy,” a
charming relative of
our pink favorite; the “Farquhar”; and the “ American Pillar,”’
a beautiful variety rather recently brought to the front, with
glossy, apparently insect-proof dark green leaves and showy,
beautiful clusters of bright pink single flowers with numerous
bright yellow stamens.

Where deep shade is wanted, there is nothing better than
“Dutchman’s Pipe.’ and the favorite “Hall’s Honeysuckle”
should perfume the air wherever climbers are used at all. Wild
clematis is lovely both in blossom and seed (you can find plenty
of roots in the woods, if you wish) and, together with Clematis
paniculata, has the very desirable attribute of greenery until
very late fall. These four, besides being valuable permanents,

growing flowers.
from the appearance of gardens.

“ ‘

Grounds of Mr. Ernest Wood’s Home at Worcester, Massachusetts,
and Show the Luxuriance of the Growth at the end of the First Year

FLORENCE SPRING

are of rapid growth.
Euonymous, although
it certainly could not
be included among
rapid growers, is inval-
uable for setting near
foundations and in
rookeries, and _ being
evergreen, is particu-
larly desirable; al-
though of treelike
growth, it clings
closely to brick or
stone. Euonymous,
Wistaria, trumpet-
vine, Ampelopsis, bit-
tersweet, and the
beautiful compara-

qiitht

ot ume aneert
. s “

tively new clematis,
“Montana Rubens,”
may be mentioned

among the best vines
to set for permanents.

Now for the “fill-
ers’’: morning-glories
and red bean we use
freely—the latter
enchanting with wild
clematis, and | should
always keep a vacant
corner for the former
if only for the sake of

its cheerful “good
morning.” We plant

a screen of it near our
summer breakfast
room, which is a cor-
ner of our southeast

anes piazza, and never tire

The vegetable garden was part of the general planting scheme and was bordered with high of its delicate and

\ splendid example of planting for permanent results combined with present Cf ree SiR ae

attractiveness and of obviating at the same time, the obtrusively new look that detracts so often ethereal lovel ine SS.
The annual Cobea

Scandens is invaluable
for supplying exceptional rapid growth and beautiful, large,
purple, bell-shaped flowers. | have seen a porch on a new
house entirely covered by the middle of the first season with
its thrifty and graceful sprays of leaves, buds, blossoms and
abundant curly tendrils. Purchase good plants at a nursery
and set as early as possible after danger from frost is over.
Nasturtiums, if set in good rich soil and “strung”’ when they
first begin to “run,”” grow very rapidly and are valuable as an
annual screen.

Shrubberies should be set with reference to their permanent
value, filling in the foreground with perennials, annuals, and
bulbs for quick results as to color effect an? zener! luxuriance.

March 1918 THE HOUSE BEAUTI

Looking from the brick porch, one of the prettiest corners is planted with Japanese iris, Cam-
panula carpatica and persicifolia, Madonna lilies, foxgloves, a wonderful group of larkspur, and
3aby’s Breath for “filler.’

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to
tu
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ing in bloom and ornamental at all times.
These may be the by-product of a trip into
the woods or a paddle “down river,” standing
transplanting easily. | have pulled up roots
of the former with no care, at any time during
the summer, with invariable success.

When we come to flowers, both perennials
and annuals, we have surely an embarrassment
of riches from which to choose. We may plant
annuals in all vacant spaces without commit-
ting ourselves as, if not approved, of they need
never appear again after the first season.. Per-
ennials should be chosen and set with more care.
As for that more uncertain class, biennials, the
line between it and the perennials is waver-
ing.—many biennials making themselves prac-
tically perennials by often tenaciously clinging
to life after the two-year limit, and by their
convenient and lavish habit of sowing them-
selves each season. This class, however, con-
tains some of our most valued and ornamental
garden inhabitants; for to it belong foxgloves,
Canterbury bells, Delphinium, etc. If one has
time, all perennials may be easily and success-
fully raised from seed, and in the planting of
extensive grounds where the plants are needed
by the hundred and economy is an object, it
is both interesting and desirable to raise many
perennials in this way. Often a portion of the
plants may be purchased and set and the small

There are many shrubs, however, that may be interspersed with self-sown seedlings conserved and transplanted, the number of
the must-have slow growers, which both make rapid growth and borders and beds being increased from year to year. Of course
are valuable in other respects. | cannot refrain from suggesting it is quicker, if rapid results are wished, to purchase good-sized

the Azalia mollis which, although a slow grower, blooms the plants of perennials and one-year seedlings of biennials, which
spring after it is set; its brilliant blossoms, of gorgeous sunset will bloom the first season set. A combination of both these
colors, making each plant a flaming torch. It is particularly methods is often possible and successful.

valuable for supplying color in partial shade. Forsythia,
although omnipresent, will always hold aera ae
its own as one of the very best shrubs
for effective planting and rapid results.
Prune after—instead of before—bloom-
ing, and get the full beauty of the
graceful exuberant sprays; Buddleia,
fine for late fall blossoming, with its
long racimes of delicate heliotrope flow-
ers; the various syringas; Tartarian
honeysuckles; Spirea Van Houttei,—
the very best of the spireas to my mind;
Sambucus, both the “ golden”’ and the
native variety; Weigelia; Japanese
snowball; Spirea Anthony Waterer,
with its large clusters of brilliant rose- |
colored flowers appearing all summer; F
and both the pink and white Rosa
Rugosa, are among the best of the fe
rapid growers to be set among those of
slower development. Of the latter, se-
lect lilacs freely; and include as back-
ground for masses of brilliant color
and for our delight during the winter
as large a proportion of the evergreen
shrubs as the size of your grounds will
allow. Of flowering shrubs, | am par-
ticularly fond of the combination of
Clethra—“‘sweet pepper’’—and_ wild

(Continued on page 242)

rose, both rapid growers, which may atin Rs = ama seem

border or fill out a corner, are enchant- Here peonies make an effectiv

yackground, with phlox of carefully selected shades for later bloom.

THE RESTORATION OF A FRENCH VILLAGE

The Society of Little Gardens has Adopted a Village and is Bringing Healthful Con-
ditions out of Devastation—a Work Especially Appealing to all those who have Gardens

N the land of glory and desolation,
when the Germans, as they re-
treated, destroyed the beauty and
usefulness of all within their reach,
lies a sad stretch of country, where
homes have been blown up, trees

! and vines cut down to the very roots,

fields laid waste and fruitful or-

I chards blasted.

@ To this land the Society of Little

Gardens now stretches out its hands.

In the village of Villequier-Aumont, in the Departmentof the
Aisne, a band of devoted women is striving to bring back some
degree of comfort and decency. This village is situated about
twenty-five miles back of the present firing line. When the
Germans took possession of this region in the early days of the
war, most of the inhabitants had fled, but there remained the
old and infirm and the women who could neither travel with
their young children nor leave them behind. There was also a
convent in which the nuns remained, probably supposing they
were in sanctuary—and therefore safe. The Germans retained
possession for twenty-two months. Then they began their
“victorious retreat,” but first they thoroughly destroyed every-
thing within reach. The houses were blown up, the trees were
cut down, all growing things were uprooted. The young women
and children were carried away. The convent had long before
been broken open and all the nuns between the ages of fifteen
and thirty-five were abducted.

In the path of the invading army was a small chateau in which
the owner was living. Word was sent to him that the Kaiser
would make that house his headquarters. He at once moved
out of it and into an outbuilding. When the Kaiser took pos-
session, he sent a message to the owner that he might return, as
there would be room for him in the chateau. “| would rather
live with my dogs,”’ was the bold reply. For this insolence he
was made prisoner and afterwards sent toGermany. His sub-
sequent fate is unknown.

The reconstruction of Villequier-Aumont having been under-
taken by the French War Relief Committee of the Emergency
Aid Committee of Pennsylvania, a band of workers under the
leadership of Mrs. J. Willard Rodgers, is now living in the vil-
lage, doing their utmost to bring some comfort into the lives of
these unhappy people.

The population numbers about a hundred, but refugees are
returning at an average rate of ten a week. From her stores,
Mrs. Rodgers has given clothing to the needy ones and, when-
ever they had a shelter, a little furniture—a bed and table, a
stove and one or two chairs. Food has also been given to
them. . But an effort is now being made to provide work for
them at a small wage, that they may as soon as possible be ren-
dered independent and at least partly self-supporting. A work-
room has been opened and some sewing machines purchased,
and there the women are employed in making garments for them-
selves and the destitute in neighboring villages. A pair of iron

bellows has been given to an old blacksmith, now living ina
piggery which is all that remains of his fine farm buildings.
This enables him to repair the agricultural tools of the laborers.

It was deemed advisable to open a school without loss of time.

226

BERTHA A. CLARK

One room in a partly ruined house has been repaired for this
purpose, and there about a dozen little boys and girls are being
instructed by an old soldier. A mandate having been issued
that no child should receive any presents who was not attending
school, a sudden desire for education developed, and every
scholar has been given some warm clothing and a pair of sabots.

The church, though damaged by shells, is still standing and
some devout Catholics are raising the sum of money required for
its restoration, that the inhabitants may have the consolation
of religious services. About four thousand troops are stationed
in the neighborhood and the commanding officers have urged
the need of the religious influence for their men. For them, too,
a canteen has been built by the Y. M. C. A. which is being run
by the Committee on the lines recommended by them.

The Committee has also opened a small shop where both
soldiers and natives may purchase supplies.

Whenever a house can be repaired it is willingly done, but
frequently the owner forbids it, knowing that, at the end of the
war, some compensation will be given by the government for
damage. This compensation the peasants are inclined to rate
very high and, in the hope of obtaining it, they decline to have
the repairs made, preferring to live in the cellar or in any other
refuge that offers. Mrs. Rodgers has made arrangements with
the government to have some portable houses sent her, some of
which are already erected and one of them shelters the workers
and forms the center of their activities.

The whole undertaking is financed by the French War Relief
Committee which sends a monthly sum for the running expenses
and forms sub-committees as fresh needs arise. One of the most
active of these is the “ Animal Committee”’ which collects money
for the purchase of cattle, pigs and poultry. Much interest is
felt in this work and already cows are installed at Villequier-
Aumont, being cared for by some young women. Pigs, goats
and poultry have also been given. This live-stock belongs to
the community, but if a larger supply be given than is required
for their use, the surplus will be used to re-stock the farms.

The Secretary of the Society of Little Gardens has been
appointed Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, that she
may bring this part of the work before the members of the
Society, who are scattered through some twenty states. She
is in direct communication with those who are laboring at
Villequier-Aumont, and hopes to report their progress as well
as their needs through the Bulletins which are issued to the
members from time to time. To collect money for the needed
tools, for seed with which to plant the wasted fields, for fruit
trees for the blasted orchards, for flower seeds for the gardens
and for the graves, is their part, and to all who love their gardens
is offered the privilege of contributing to this wonderful work.
Donations, no matter howsmall, will be gratefully received by the
Treasurer, Miss Ethel Smith, 1703 Locust Street, Philadelphia.

But gifts of canned goods, tools of all kinds and flower as well
as vegetable seeds are also most acceptable.

All articles sent to the French War Relief Committee, 1122
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, will be forwarded to Villequier-
Aumont free of charge. The work of this Committee, as well
as that of the Society of Little Gardens, being entirely voluntary,
all donations will be given to the objects designated without
deduction for expenses.

March 1918 THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 227

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greatness of its owner and the charm of its artistic and mature setting

he fine old trees on this beautiful estate were intrusted to
the skilful care and masterful art of Davey Tree Surgeons.
The results have been more than gratifying. Among hun-
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Mr. THOMAS E. WILSON Mr. JESSE ISIDOR STRAUS
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Mrs. K. DEXTER McCORMICK Dr. ANNA SHAW

The saving of priceless trees is a matter of first importance on
every estate. Davey Tree Surgery is a fulfillment of the maxi-
mum expectations of those who love and value trees. A careful
examination of your trees will be made by appointment.

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Branch Offices, with telephone connections: 225 Fifth Avenue, New York

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Canadian address
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Permanent representatives located at
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Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Harris-
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HOUSE RATS AND MICE
VERY interesting booklet with the above
title, written by David E. Lantz, Assistant

Biologist of the Bureau of Biological Survey
for the United States government, has been
added to the many valuable bulletins gotten
out by the government for the benefit of the
householder.

In the United States rats and mice each
year destroy crop and other property valued
at $200,000,000; and a nation-wide campaign
to exterminate the rodent should have the
hearty co-operation of every citizen. If you
are building, make your house rodent-proof.
If your present house isnot rodent-proof, make
it so. Both are easy, and Farmers’ Bulletin
No. 896 will tell you how to do it.

“First in importance,” says Mr. Lantz,
“as a measure of rat repression, is the exclusion
of the animals from places where they find
ied and safe retreats for rearing their young.

“The best way to keep rats from buildings,
whether in the city or in the country, is to
use cement inconstruction. Asthe advantages
of this material are coming to be generally
understood, its use is rapidly extending to all
kinds of buildings. The process of mixing
and laying this material require little skill or
special knowledge, and workmen of ordinary
intelligence can successfully follow the plain
directions contained in handbooks of cement
construction.

“Many modern public buildings are so con-
structed that rats can find no lodgment in the
walls or foundations, and yet in a few years,
through negligence, such buildings often be-
come infested with the pests. Sometimes
drain pipes are left uncovered for hours at a
time. Often outer doors, especially those
opening on alleys, are left ajar. A common
mistake is failure to screen basement windows
which must be opened for ventilation. _How-
ever the intruders are admitted, when once
inside they intrench themselves behind furni-
ture or stores, and are difficult to dislodge.
The addition of inner doors to vestibules is an
important precaution against rats. The lower
edge of outer doors to public. buildings, es-
pecially markets, should be reinforced with
light metal plates to prevent the animals
from gnawing through. Any opening left
around water, steam, or gas pipes, where they
go through walls, should be closed carefully
with concrete to the full depth of the wall.

“In constructing dwelling houses the ad-
ditional cost of making the foundations rat-
proof is slight compared with the advantages.
The cellar walls should have concrete footings,
and the walls themselves should be laid in
cement mortar. The cellar floor should be
of medium rather than lean concrete. Even
old cellars may be made rat-proof at com-
paratively small expense. Rat holes may be
permanently closed with a mixture of cement,
sand, and broken glass, or sharp bits of crock-
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Dear NeicHBor:—In a city block of brick
houses jammed together with a continuous
frontage, no one of them wider than a ferry
slip, their little terraced lawns, 18’ x 30,’ were
cared for or not, as their owners decreed.
Some were kept neat and trim. Others were
more pretentious and supported privet hedges.
Still others bloomed with a profusion of

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and the neighbors, personally, their families
assisting, even little tots four years old, had
soon accomplished the carpeting of the bare
little yards with living green. Thus was joined
to the quickly popular garden movement, the
more vital one of general block improvement.

The next step was beyond me. I was for-
tunate, however, in securing the free services
of a lecturer on the proper treatment of lawns,
and invited the whole neighborhood to my
home to hear him. With lantern slides, he
illustrated how each lawn should be treated
as a lake, not so full of flowers that no green
could be seen, but as a clear sheet of water, its
wooded shores simulated by shrubs banked up
against house foundations. Where more than
this were required, a corner lot for instance,

flowers, but the majority, sadly neg-
lected, were allowed to’ grow into
down-trodden and ill-smelling city hay.
Into this uncomely block, yet with
houses of good character, | came from
the green woodsy country to make
my home.

A few years and | had stood the
block’s neglect of its one opportunity
for beauty, just as long as | could.
Someway, somehow, the neighborhood
must be educated to a love of nature.

The children of the block who raced
wildly up the terraces and slid madly
down, seemed the first place to begin.
We had on the block a vacant corner
lot 100 x 150 feet which might serve
two purposes. Converted into a “Chil-
drens’ Garden” it could be utilized, not
only as an outlet for their childish
spirits, but as a stimulus

Ferns, berberis and chrysanthemums banked up against the house

foundation. The climbing vine is the Actinidia.

the shrubs should not be scattered but grouped
in clumps.

Following up this same idea toward. land-
scape education, | next sent out invitations for
a lawn lecture, given free of charge by an
aesthetic agricultural expert. This was in the
early spring, the day mild and sunny, the
neighbors, trailing after the lecturer from lawn
to lawn, were well represented.

For the foundations the lecturer advised
first, for low ones, ferns, and with them or with-
out them the Berberis Thunbergi, green all
summer and red with berries in the fall. In
front of these might be planted the German
iris, white for the red brick fronts, yellow for
the brown, and lavender for the gray, and
in front of these the dwarf variety of Pompone
chrysanthemum.

As climbers, he suggested as a neu-
tral vine the satin-leaved Actinidia or
the dainty Clematis Paniculata and by
way of variety in conjunction with
these, the white waxen Jersey rose for
the red brick and the pink Hiawatha
for the gray. For the brown brick he
advised the climbing hydrangea and
for the white pillared porches the Wis-
taria vine.

For grouping in clumps, hydrangeas
(Hydrangea Paniculata), Japanese
quinces, Mock Oranges and the Ber-
beris were advocated, and for un-
sightly corners, by the steps, the
Canadian hemlock and Japanese yew.
Hedges, he cautioned, should be ta-
booed, not but that under some cir-
cumstances they may be desirable but
where there is so little land, and where

the block in its land-

to their pride for a more
sightly home environ-
ment. As an initial step
toward this end, | called
on their mothers, invited
them to my home and
presented the garden
plan. The result ex-
ceeded my expectations.
In less than two weeks
we had a garden club of
twenty-eight children.
Quite as a side issue,
though in my own mind
the main issue, | sug-
gested to both grown-ups
and children that before
the ploughing was done,
we cut and transfer the
sod from the vacant lot
to the ground, wherever
needed, in front of our
houses. The idea took,

A vacant corner lot 100 x 150 feet was converted into a garden for the children of the neighborhood.

230

scape treatment should
be considered as a unit,
they serve to break the
vista rather than har-
monize it.

Sixteen families out of
thirty-six fell in with this
block improvement idea.
This was its beginning,
four vears ago. Since
then the idea has spread,
and now our block, its
vacant lot bordered with
flowers and neat with
vegetables every year,
and its children having
been taught respect for
green grass and a love
for growing things, is
one of the most attrac-
tive in the city.

V.N.

Washington, D.C.

THE HOUSE BEAU’

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home that the spring
would come again, even
on the battle-scarred
fields of France. It is a
comforting thought just
now to remember that the
inherent beauty of the
earth still exists and that the snowdrops and
the crocuses, the snowflakes and the daffodils
will soon reveal to us again their promise of
better things to come. Fortunately most of
these silent apostles of the gospel of beauty
are perennials—holding over from those hap-
pier days when we had the impulse and the
opportunity to plant the crops that “feed our
souls.”

The best garden book to read when one
wishes to learn the deeper meanings of these
harbingers of spring is Forbes-Watson’s
classic Flowers and Gardens. There seems
just now a special message in this paragraph
concerning the snowdrop:

“The snowdrop is a very star of hope in a
season of wreck and dismay, the one bright
link between the perishing good of the past
and the better future which has not yet begun
to follow. All around is troubled; the beauty
of the snow has vanished, whilst that of the
spring has not yet arrived; and here is a
promise that the lower form of purity shall be
replaced by a higher and more perfect, the
purity of a nobler form of life—better, as the
flower is better than the snow-crystal, the
man than the child, the sinner redeemed than
the angels, if such there are, who have never
needed repentance. And this less perfect
old must perish, that from its death may arise
the more perfect new.”

THE SEED SITUATION

There has never in the history of America
been such an impulse to plant garden crops
as there is this spring. To a vast number of
our people this seems about the only outlet
for the pent-up patriotism to show itself and
the garden season begins with an earnestness
of purpose that promises great results pro-
vided only the materials to work with are ob-
tainable. Seeds and fertilizers are the vital
things necessary to give this patriotism an
effective result. The situation in regard to
seeds is difficult to determine definitely.
There is unquestionably a shortage of those
vegetable seeds which in the past have been
grown in various European countries and it
may be difficult for amateurs to get them

at all. There is no doubt also that a great
many seeds of poor quality,—due either to
alack of proper selection or to their having
been kept over from previous seasons,—will
be upon the market this spring. Apparently
one must look around and do the best that is
possible under these extraordinary condi-
tions, getting the seeds in time to test their
germinating quality in advance of the plant-
ing season. In the case of squash it will be
easily possible for anyone to save the seeds of
good varieties bought in the market, but with
most vegetables the seeds themselves must be
purchased.

It is quite evident that we shall be much
restricted in the selection of varieties. In or-
dinary seasons it is advisable to put on the
seed order the phrase—No substitutions please

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The Snowflake is like a larger Snowdrop, more
robust in leaf and flower and blooming a little later
in the Spring.

—but this year we can’t afford to be fussy in
this respect. By early ordering we may be
able to get some of our favorite sorts but in
many cases we are likely to have little choice
in the matter.

This is asplendid vear for garden clubs to act
as centers of distribution. Some members
may have a surplus of seeds of choice varieties
to be exchanged with others.

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It is probable also that there has never been
a season when it was so worth while to test
garden seeds as the present. In the first
place it is important to utilize all seeds left
over from previous years which are now in
the hands of planters and in the second place
it is necessary to test seeds which are bought
without a guarantee of their growing qualities,
because as stated above it is probable that
large numbers of old seeds will be put upon
the market under the stress of the present
scarcity. Consequently every — gardener
should know definitely what to expect from
the seeds he sows. In case the seeds have
high percentage of germination they may be
sowed sparsely in order to make the available
supply go as far as possible. In the cases of
those having a low percentage of vitality they
may be sown thicker than usual in order to
insure a fair stand of plants.

The testing of seeds to determine their
germinating quality is a very simple process.
It is only necessary to furnish air, warmth and
moisture to start an ordinary seed into growth.
Air of course is always present under normal
conditions so we only need to give them mois-
ture and warmth. This is easily done by
placing the seeds between layers of blotting
paper upon a plate or saucer and adding just
enough moisture to saturate the seeds without
drowning them. In order to prevent evapo-
ration another saucer or plate should be in-
verted over the blotting paper.

Seeds thus placed in a germinating dish will
soon sprout and after a few days of growth
may be counted to determine the percentage
of viability or ability to grow. This will be a
helpful guide as to the planting of the seeds
at all or the thickness of sowing them.

One of the very best germinating chambers
may be made by taking an ordinary granite
ware pie plate or some similar broad, low
pan and two ordinary earthern flower pot
saucers, one a little smaller than the other.
Place an inch of water in the pie plate, and
set the larger saucer in the water. Put the
seeds to be tested on the bottom of this
saucer and invert the other saucer over them.
The moisture will seep through the porous
bottom and sides of the lower saucer in suffi-
cient amount to moisten the seeds and the
upper saucer will prevent evaporation suffi-
ciently to keep the air in the chamber satu-
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very easily counted to determine the percent-
age of growth.

In some respects a more satisfactory way of
determining the planting value of garden

(Continued on page 235)

March 1918

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THE MONTH OF OPPORTUNITY

The garden program for the entire season should be well in mind
before the end of March. Plans are now to be completed, catalogs re-
quested, seeds, plants, trees, fertilizers and spraying materials ordered,
seedlings started and everything possible done to save precious time
when the season for outdoor work really begins. In every line of
activity old things are now being tested by new standards and many
are going into the discard. It is well to take a look at our gardens
with this in mind. Are we getting the most in beauty or production
from them? Would not radical changes bring improvement? If so,
why not make them?

THE DWARF TREE FRUITS

With the idea of keeping the home grounds bearing why not plant a
dwarf tree wherever there is a little spacer Such a tree costs only a
fraction of a dollar and it will pay for itself the first year in the added
interest it gives your garden. After three or four years it will give vou
beauty of bloom in spring, foliage in summer, and fruit in autumn, and
will continue this happy succession probably as long as you live. You
can have for the asking catalogs not only of dwarf fruit trees but also of
those started in training for special forms,—as bushes or pyramids or
for growing against the wall.

VEGETABLE NOVELTIES

Many desirable new varieties of vegetables have been introduced
within the last few years which are worth trying in the home garden
To get them one will need to order early, especially this year when
seeds are so scarce. Some of the most promising are these: The three
Golden Bantam sweet corn hybrids—Golden Cream, Golden Giant and
Golden Rod, Golden Ball Carrot, Coreless Carrot, Sixteen Day’s
Radish, Pimiento Pepper, Early Detroit Tomato, Hutchinson Carrot,
John Baer Tomato, Early Blanching Celery, Solid Ivory Celery, Carter-
cone Savoy Cabbage, Honey Dew Melon, Blue Hubbard Squash,
Twentieth Century Cucumber, Early Fortune Cucumber, Dalkeith
Brussels Sprouts, Hodsdon’s Long Pod Bush Bean, Crested Bouquet
Parsley, Epicure Vegetable Marrow.

THE GARDEN BUYER’S REMINDER

HELPS TO AN EARLY START

Many helpful devices are now available to start various vegetables
early. Hotbeds and cold frames are of course the standards and are
offered by many dealers at very reasonable prices. Then come the
numerous small frames for rows and hills—the pony frames and booster
boxes which are very useful in giving sunlight and shelter to early
seedlings. The smaller protectors designed for individual plants are
even more useful because they can be applied on a larger scale. In
fact one can get ready for use anything from a portable greenhouse
ready to set up to a little booster for a single tomato plant. Hotbed
shutters, frame slats, hotbed mats, pit frames and lean-to greenhouses
are also available for the ordering.

EVERGREENS FOR PERMANENCE

A few evergreens well placed add greatly to the home-like effect
of the grounds around the house. Do not place them in the middle of
the lawn. They make admirable backgrounds for landscape pictures
and are useful as year-round screens and wind-breaks. The dwarf
sorts are most desirable near buildings serving to break the severe out-
lines of the walls and the taller forms are desirable to accentuate the
outer borders of the yard. The evergreen catalogs are filled with help-
ful pictures of the scores of varieties of conifers now available from every
good nursery.

TOOLS FOR TILLAGE

Garden success after the crop is planted depends largely upon the
frequency with which the soil surface is stirred. Repeated tillage that
keeps down weeds and produces a good surface mulch helps in many
ways. The labor of doing this depends largely on the tools used.
With the modern apparatus now easily gotten the drudge is largely
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Norcross long-handled cultivators are even cheaper. Such scuffle
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GARDEN AND ORCHARD
(Continued from page 232)

seeds is to sow them in soil indoors in a flower
pot or window box. In case one has the use
of a hotbed or greenhouse the test may be
made in the soil of the bed or on the shelves
of the greenhouse. In this sort of test it is
only necessary to plant the seeds as usual and
to keep the soil moist and warm enough for
favorable germination. Those which come up
compared with the number of seeds sown will
determine the percentage of growth. As a
rule this method will give more certain results
than the other because some seeds are likely
to have sufficient vitality to germinate with-
out being able to push through the soil and
make a vigorous growth.

For ordinary home conditions the window
box makes an excellent seed testing device.
To insure uniform planting make a furrow by
pushing the square edge of the ruler half an
inch into the soil, thus leaving a small drill of
that depth. Along the bottom of this drill
place the seeds, one at a time, and cover them
uniformly with fine soil. Press the soil down
and be very careful in watering simply to keep
the soil moist but not wet. As the plants
come up let them grow for a week or two to see
what difference there is in the vigor of the
seedlings. When each has shown sufficient
vitality to make a good plant pull it up, keep-
ing a careful record. At the end of the testing
it will be a simple matter to determine the
percentage of growth.

Seeds vary greatly in their ability to grow
when thev are kept for more than a year.
Consequently it is more important to test
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vear it is worth while to test everything. Two
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(Continued front page 207) . »

at the back door, but no longer can he do his
merry, hob-nailed jig upon our varnished
threshold and spotless floor.

PIPES

Plumbingf is no joke. You realize that
when you see it going into your own house.
It is so grim and earnest looking. Other
things of a house are pleasant to contemplate;
the lumber smells sweet, the nails are fascinat-
ing things to look at, and even the cement has
all the attractiveness of a mud pie. But
plumbing is different.

Yet the success of the house depends on it.
Ask any home owner who has ever personally
ministered to the crying needs of the plumbing
in his own house at odd (and inopportune)
times, and he will tell you how important a
thing good plumbing is. It must not only be
good when it goes in, but it must stay good.

We hope ours is of the everlasting kind. It
certainly has that appearance. It has been
tested and not found wanting. Like every
other part of the house, the plumbing, to be
successful, must be designed to carry its load.
And here is where a great many jobs fall down,
or apart. The pipes should be big enough and
strong enough. The joints, where the strains
come, should be made with the greatest care.

The main pipes in the house are, of course,
galvanized iron. The hot water supply pipes
are brass. Brass is the best metal for this
purpose since it does not corrode easily, al-
though lead, tin lined, and white metal are
sometimes used.

Y fittings were used in the drainage pipes
and the line kept as straight as possible.
There must be some turns, but they do no
harm provided they are not too sharp and a
clean-out is placed at each turn. Joints were
made water and air tight by first calking with
a littlke oakum and afterwards pouring in
molten lead.

The first part, the ‘“‘roughing in,” is done
and ready for the sinks, bowls, etc., which are
to come later. The ends were sealed and
then the test applied, to see if the work was
sound. Two tests were made, one under city
pressure and one with a machine which applied
a pressure of 160 pounds.

The method was to fill the system with
water until it reached the top of the roof.
This was done by plugging the bottom of the
line where it extended through the basement
wall, and inserting caps on all the openings.
The water was then allowed to stand for some
time. All joints and, in fact, every inch of
the system was observed for leaks. After the
city test, the additional one of compression
with the machine was applied. No leaks
appeared, and that is the end of that.

To be continued.

we told how we came to
start on this building venture. Then followed
the description of the selection of the site, the
financing of the operation, the building of the
cellar and foundation, the erection of the frame-
work and the boarding in.

+ Pierce and Cox, Boston, Mass.

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Residence, Dr. J. D. Odeneal, Biloxi, Miss. H.H. Roof, architect,
Biloxi. Stained with Cabot’s Stains (see letter below).

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somer than paint, and the Creosote penetrates and preserves
the wood. You can afford to use Cabot’s Stains; They do not

Cost Half as much as Paint
You can get Cabot’s Stains all over the country. Send
for stained wood samples and name of nearest agent.

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March 1918

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AN EXPERIENCE IN ‘“HOOVER-
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(Continued from page 221)

after breakfast. The luncheon dishes are
scraped as they come from the dining-room,
and immediately stacked in their proper
places in the rack of the dishwasher, and
the cover of the machine put in place.
Ditto the dinner dishes. After breakfast the
next morning, the breakfast dishes are put
into the machine, hot water run in, soap pow-
der added, and the job is completely finished
in from twenty-three to thirty minutes,
depending on the number of the dishes. The
flat silver is washed after every meal and our
pots and pans—mostly of glass and aluminum
—are washed whenever practicable during the
cooking operation or while the dishes are in
the machine being washed, and there is nothing
else for us to do. Keeping the dishes in the
machine between mealtimes does away with
any objection as to the undesirability of letting
the unwashed dishes wait.

You can easily gather from my story of our
experiences that we have taken a lot of unnec-
essary drudgery and work from housekeeping,
and have added considerable enjoyment and
satisfaction. For more and more every day,
we are finding that housework, when properly
and efficiently done, is a real joy. We’re only
sorry that we didn’t start to “Hooverize” our
business of housekeeping long ago. More-
over, since we have installed this additional
equipment, we have not paid out one single,
solitary penny for extra help in the household,
with the sole exception of the colored man who
comes to take the ashes out of the furnace.

It has not cost us a great deal to run our
home on this basis, either. In fact, we feel
that in a couple of years we will actually be
saving money. These are ‘paper profits” to
be sure, and I doubt if they will ever appear in
the family bank account; yet when you re-
member that you pay from $25 to $35 a
month in cold cash to a maid, besides the
money you spend for her food and lodging,
you can easily see where even a goodly
amount of electric equipment would show a
saving in two years. Our equipment is listed
on our household accounts as follows:

PGCHHCUCOOh oss. asa 6 at $4.50
Blmciric Swen? «ui. 5.5 scicceceescte nas 25.00
PICCISIO WV ARNEL 5.65 fox ol s08 oie 30 100.00
Electric Dishwasher............. 67.50
Electric Sewing Machine Motor.... 15.00
Electric Heating Pad." .... 24.5600 6.50
Plecttic Pencglator « 2266. oe ns 7.50
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Lio) EURASIA PTA he $236.00

Some of these prices are ante-bellum and
may be a trifle higher today. Our stock of
electric equipment also boasts a chafing dish
and curling iron which were Christmas and
anniversary presents and do not, of course, ap-
pear on our accounts. However, this gives a
fair idea of the investment.

As to the monthly expense, friends and rela-
tives who visit us can always be relied upon to
ask, in awe-struck tones, whether we have
mortgaged the house yet to pay the electric
bills. They are usually very much surprised.

(Continued on page 244)

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“garden sheets,” made of the strongest
unbleached cotton to be procured, two
and a half yards wide, torn off two and a
half yards long. They are finished with nar-
row hems firmly stitched on the sewing ma-
chine. I find three a good number. Whereas
the leaves used to be raked and put into the
leaf-rack to be taken out and put into the
leaf-bin a forkful at a time, we now dispense
with two handlings by raking the leaves
directly on te one of these sheets. The four
corners are knotted together and the “‘carrier”’
swings the huge, but light, bundle to his
shoulder and empties it all at once into the
leaf-bin in the utility yard.

In the old days when we did not need to
count so closely the time required for each
garden process—when labor, if sometimes
irregular and unsatisfactory, was still plentiful,
we thought little about the whole days spent
upon the trimming of edges in this garden of
four acres. More and more that time has
been stinted. This restriction proved not an
unmixed evil for it has brought about better
planting,—grass and over-hanging foliage have
been blended and the hard, shaven border line
made to take on nature’s more graceful form.
However, when the summer of 1917 found no
man at all to “trim,” a substitute was sought
and found in the little “Gleaner.” Another
helpful tool, either to turn a furrow for seed or
to mark a row, is the little hand plow.

Thus far the tools considered have been
those which bring that part of garden work
usually thought beyond a woman’s strength
within her comfortable accomplishment. But
I do not wish to seem to insist upon the con-
tinuous performance of the strenuous part of
gardening by women. I only want to show
that we who love gardens are not entirely
dependent for their preservation in times of
stress upon hired labor. Neither do | for a
moment imply that the making of a garden is
impossible without a large variety of tools.
I have sought rather to show how “inanimate”
can be substituted for “animate” help.

The roller, leaf-rack, cart and water barrel
shown in the photograph are all used here by
men. The leaf-rack, often made now of wire
instead, as in this case, of wooden slats, is most
useful on a small place where as here, the
family horse has been superseded by the auto-
mobile. The same wide wheels carry the
rack, or the cart, or the barrel, over the
smoothest lawn without injuring the sward.
The water-ballast roller is, in practical use,
two rollers in one, weighing as it does three
hundred pounds empty and six hundred when
filled with water. While the first cost of a
roller of this sort is considerable, one such roller
is sufficient and thus is saved the purchase and
storing of two. In the proper care of turf both
the light roller for early use when the ground
is still soft, and the heavy roller for later use,
are needed. The little cart body (shown at
the extreme right in the illustration) is easily
slipped upon the wide-tired wheels. Into it
the leaf-mold and loam are sifted directly from
the bins in the utility yard.

I can never look upon these forms of soil

(Continued on page 242)

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INSECTICIDES |

RSENATE of lead, which may be obtained

as a powder ora paste, has been found to
be one of the most effective substances for use
as a spray against leaf-cating insects. It isa
deadly poison and should be handled with
great care. About one-eighth of a pound of |
the paste or one-sixteenth of a pound of the
powder to 10 quarts of water makes a solution
of the proper strength.

Sucking insects obtain their food by sucking
the sap. Aphids are usually on the youngest
growth at the tips of the branches, both on the
stems and on the under side of the leaves.
When badly infested the leaves curl and pro-
tect the insects on their under surface. Thrips |
injure the flowers, while scale insects usually
inhabit the woody portion of the bush and are
capable of killing it. Insects of this class
have to be killed by the insecticide coming in
contact with them. Materials used for this
purpose are 40 per cent nicotine sulphate,
pyrethrum, fish-oil soap, kerosene emulsion,
and lime-sulphur. The material should be
applied in a fine spray, with considerable
force, so as to find its way under the foliage
and strike the culprjt. Death comes from the

House on Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge, Mass., Charles R. Greco, Architect, Boston, Mass.

NE great service that the war is already
rendering the American people is that

insecticide closing the breathing pores and it is giving us a keener sense of values.
suffocating the insect or penetrating to its We are learning that it isn’t the cost of a com-

vital parts, or both. Great thoroughness is
needed in applying these insecticides. The
aphids may often be knocked off by a strong
stream of water from a hose where available,
and this treatment, frequently given, is often
all that is necessary to keep them in check.
An abundance of ants on the plants is always
suggestive of the presence of aphids.

Forty per cent nicotine sulphate, a liquid
procurable in most seed stores under various
proprietary names, diluted with about 1,000
parts of water in which a little fish-oil soap or
good laundry soap has been previously dis-
solved, is now recognized as the most efficient
aphid remedy. For small quantities, add 1
teaspoonful of the nicotine to each 1 or 2
gallons of water in which about one-half an

modity that counts half so much as its value—
its service per dollar.

Lack of knowledge of the values of various woods—lack of
knowledge in the proper use of woods—leads to a tremendous
waste in home-building; and to many disappointments.

Wood always has been, and still is, the most economical build-
ing-material in America. And a well-built wood house, in
which woods have been selected with regard for their proper
uses, makes as comfortable, durable, and weather-proof a
home as can be built of any material.

We do not recommend that you use Wurre Pine for every
part of your house—other cheaper woods may answer some
purposes as well. But for outside uses—where the wood is
exposed to the weather—no other wood is so durable, or

ounce of soap has been dissolved. One de ee —_ holds its place so well without warping, cracking, splitting or
thorough application is usually 100 per cent information and suggestions on home- decaying, 2s Wuire Pine,

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Some of the Americans now in Europe are :
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food-saving by sending to this country near- | AMERICAN-GR(¢ IWN i} Are You Running Your Home,
facts and incidents which seem to show that TREES 0 '
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the allied nations are not short of food. |

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great food problem of France. =

The American visitor in Paris is often able UR. stocks of trees. shrubs
to get pastries and other dainties, and the and plants are not cur- Are you, as a housekeeper, lost in the maze of
American soldier writes home about the hos- | tailed by the stoppage of groceries, clothes, rent, fuel, ice, milk, carfare,

ae, Picea a . . lei > 1 > | ° . ies at incidentals, doctor's bills, medicines, presents,
peat + Fen poopie. daagoeed a rics foreign ship ments. W e sell recreation, charity, meats, service, cleaning, cook-
understand that the French are putting their A ndorra-grown nega itassiie pigarenan , sits
bes : : <3 . 8 ~ ing—or are you in full command of the situation?
sest foot forward to show their appreciation Catal , ‘ :

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NITRACO

to Fertilize the

Average Garden and

Lawn for An Entire Season

4% Ammonia, 8%, Available Phosphoric Acid, 2°% Potash

ITRACO is a universal fertilizer in such highly concentrated form

that 100 pounds are ample for an entire season, for a garden con-
taining 8,000 square feet, if planted entirely to potatoes. Or for one
of 12,000 square feet of general vegetables or flowers.

It will give abundant food, the season through, for a lawn containing

12,000 square feet.

Or to say it another way, 100 pounds of NITRACO are sufficient for
both the average garden of 4,000 square feet and a lawn of 8,000.

Altho highly concentrated, it will not injure
the most delicate plants, unless used to excess.

It is so perfectly balanced in the foods it
contains, that it can be used with highly satis-
factory results on anything that grows.

Being odorless, it can be used at any time
without offense.

Being finely pulverized, it is easy to use.

Being so highly concentrated, every ounce of
it is actual plant food.

Keeps from year to year.

Its use means conservation and economy in
every sense of the word.

With NITRACO, you can give to your veg-
etables, flowers or lawn, just the right amount
of nitrogen, phosphate and potash they need.

For your garden, sow it in the seed drills,
scattering a little dirt over it. Then put in
your seed and cover with dirt in the usual way.

100 Ib. bag .
50 lb. bag
25 Ib. bag

As the season advances, if you want extra
fine results, sow a little NITRACO along the
surface near the roots and cultivate itin. The
increased growth will be quickly noticeable.

Send us your $6 for 100 pounds of NITRACO
and we will pay the expressage anywhere
within 150 miles of New York. We will do
the same on smaller amounts.

The congested condition of the railroads
makes even express deliveries; slow, so it is
important that you order early.

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Informative “‘Hand-Book of Fertilizers”’ is
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And whatever your fertilizing problem may
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We handle Nitrate of Soda, Fertilizer Materials and Insecticides of all kinds

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March 1918

PRACTICAL GARDEN TALKS
(Continued from page 240)
without seeing visions of translucent color in
silken petals and sensing, almost actually, the
sweet flower breath which is to come from this,
the sustenance of beauty. The very sight of
my tools fills me with delight. So incorporate
are the means and the processes with the result-
ing bloom, one cannot separate them—indeed,
should not, for the tools and the materials and
the work are all one with that burgeoning of
the Divine—the flowers themselves.

PLANTING FOR QUICK RESULTS
(Continued from page 225)

Hollyhocks should be massed in corners or
borders, where their places may be filled after
they become shabby and are cut, by later
bloom. | myself prefer the single variety.
They are enchanting in front of a stone wall or
as a background in piazza planting. The hardy
asters, Michaelmas daisies, should be largely
used in planting for quick results. Their feath-
ery masses of starry bloom range in color from
pure white through all the lavenders to the
deep, beautiful purple of the large ‘‘ New Eng-
land aster.”’ | have a long, tall ““hedge”’ of the
latter variety forming one boundary of my
flower garden, a brilliant mass of purest purple
until the hardest frosts conquer it. Not the
least of its attraction is the hoard of honey bees
and butterflies that constantly hover over it.
Sneezeweed (Helenium), the best varieties of
Heliopsis, Rudbeckia, Helianthus Maximiliana
—one of the very best—should be added to
make gay the garden during the fall.

In the spring, plant annuals in abundance,
to fill in every corner and for color masses.
Start in boxes in the house or in cold frames
be sure and have two or three at least of the
latter in connection with even a small garden
—your verbenas, cosmos, pansies, asters,
marigolds, both French and African, in large
numbers, and transplant where wanted as soon
as danger from frost is passed. Add to these
mignonette, sweet alyssum, poppies in great
numbers—start the red French poppy the
first season for all time; it and the beautiful
Iceland poppy give us some of our earliest
bloom; Scabiosa, Salpiglossis, annual lark-
spur—not forgetting the “Invincible,” a new
strain, double, of great beauty, and blooming
until hard frost, bachelor’s buttons, and
others according to fancy. The ones above
mentioned | consider ‘‘first choice.’”’ Also
tuck in all the bulbs vou can afford! And
add to them each vear. Remember the lovely
Spanish iris which is a bulbous plant. Ger-
man irises should be freely planted, selecting
the varieties blooming at different times,
thus extending the enchanting Iris season.

The question arises in reference to time of
planting perennials; spring or fall. I think it
depends largely upon the time the garden is
ready. I usually prefer spring planting. If,
however, places are ready in the fall, by all
means set your shrubs and perennials then.

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The grounds illustrated were planted in the
fall, with stocky two-vear plants, which made
rapid'’growth and furnished abundant blossoms
the next spring converting in one season the
bare stretches of unoccupied ground into
masses of beauty and bloom.

March 1918

THORBURNS
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You want a better
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OR the best results in

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for the most delicious flavor
and richness, for correct size
and splendid shape and color
of the products you grow,
it is essential that you get
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Thorburn’s seeds have been
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They are selected and tested
and will produce a garden
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Growing your own tood
helps win the war.

Send 10¢ for a generous package
of Delphinium Newport Rose, a
very beautiful annual pink Lark-
spur: or 10¢ for a package of the
beautiful, brilliant, scarlet Celosia
Plumosa Pompon (Chinese Wool-
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Yes it costs more to build NOW than it did
one, two or five years ago. The cost of lumber,
however, has not increased more than twenty-eight
per cent since 1914, while other building materials
have advanced as much as seventy-five per cent.

In terms of farm products, present
prices received for hogs, wheat, corn,
oats, cotton, etc., will buy twice as much
lumber this year as in 1914. Likewise
prices received for nearly every com-
modity in trade represent a greater buy-
ing power in the lumber market today
than at any time in the past decade.
Therefore when we say

BUILD KOW—WITH WOOD
We are urging you to build the home
you have longed for at a price that repre-

sents a smaller per cent of your surplus,
than when the entire scale of commodity

prices was materially lower. Over One-

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are produced by this organization. That
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ARKANSAS SOFT PINE

is the ideal wood for complete homes.
The framing material is light, strong
and durable. The interior finish sup-
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the most fastidious housewife.

WE will send on request booklet containing attractive home designs, brochure
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More Heat—Less Coal

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A Little Coal
_—" AND Dunham
does the trick

The Dunham Radiator Trap—the Equalizer

More heat, less coal, surely a most desir-
able goal for the householder—and at first
thought an unattainable one.
next to impossible to obtain and the boiler
frantically demanding ton after ton, it looks
like an impossibility to get more heat and

still burn less coal.
But wait a minute!

even in the severest
weather. That way is
The Dunham Heating
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This trap, which has been
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and converts it into genial,
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side of each and every radi-
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the air and water to escape
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Right here, at the point
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coal this year. Howisit to be done? There
is only one way. Thatis to make the coal we

have go twice as far by
using only as much as
is absolutely neces-
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necessary shovelful.
With every shovelful
of coal you waste you

—Lower the efficiency of
the man on the firing line.

—Lower the temperature
of the camps.

—Reduce the speed of the
submarine destroyer.

—Diminish the force of the
projectile.

—Slacken the speed of the
munition plant.

In other words you prolong the
War. Rememberthis—every half-
heated radiator, every pounding
radiator, every sputtering, hissing
air valve on a radiator is a coal
waster.

Look to your present heating
equipment. Find out if you are
getting sufficient heat for the
coal you burn. Ask a responsible
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March 1918

AN EXPERIENCE IN “HOOVER-
IZING” HOUSEWORK

(Continued from page 238)
For figured on the basis of a rate of eight
cents per kilowatt-hour, our lowest bill has
been $2.08 and the highest, $5.12. This in-
cludes lighting; the use of the percolator every
day, the use of the sweeper, washer, iron and
dishwashing machine as described, frequent
use of the sewing machine motor, heating
pad and toaster, and occasional use of the grill,
chafing dish and curling iron. Of course,
we have learned the knack of operating these
appliances and do not waste current. In
view of the recent coal difficulties and fuel

civilized man.

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The mechanism and the bowl

embarrassment this makes us feel that we are
doing our bit to help.
ELECTRIFYING YOUR POTTERY
If you have a cherished piece of pottery
that you would like to have transformed into
something useful as well as ornamental, con-
vert it into an electric lamp. It is a simple,

The completed lamp

inexpensive process, as the picture shows, that
does not endanger the vase itself in any way.
This vase is a lovely bit of green-gold-gray
pottery, thirteen inches high, about the right
size for a reading lamp or center-table lamp.
The electrical fitting simply slips into the
mouth of the jar and the silk-and-reed shade
rests secured on the top of the fitting. No
drilling of any kind was necessary.
(Continued on page 246)

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SOMEWHERE IN NEW ENGLAND
(Continued from page 220)

on one basis, and that is, that we are asked

to use more of the feed which we are throwing

to the stock in our daily diet, and we are ac-

complishing this when we use graham flour, as__ |

1 will try to make clear. When we send to

the mill and have

100 bushels of wheat ground we receive 100
bushels graham flour

100 bushels of wheat ground we receive 85
bushels whole wheat

100 bushels of wheat ground we receive 72
white flour

Fifteen bushels of perfectly edible material
is turned over to the stock in the case of whole
wheat, and twenty-eight bushels goes to the
same source when we have white flour milled,
hence our use of graham flour is much more
patriotic than that of white or whole wheat
flour. Many people are using what is known
as “‘Red Dog”’ flour, which accomplishes the
same result of recalling some of the cattle feed.
‘This flour is made from the lowest milling of
the wheat, has excellent food value and costs
but two to five cents a pound. The flavor is
stronger than that of white flour, so its use
is advised in spice cakes, gingerbreads, in fact,
wherever a strong flour predominates.

Are you tired of hearing me preach? It
isn’t all preaching, | can assure you! The
other night a party of us drove up into the
back hills to attend a coon supper! It was a
happy disappointment to find that coon did
not taste very unlike other meats, except that
it was sweet, a bit greasy, and the meat very |
dark. Coon served with squash, mashed |
potato, and unsweetened cranberry sauce with |
a moonlight sleighride before and after, is |
what we call fun up here. The dance which
followed the supper was most amusing and
everyone obeyed religiously the warning on
the wall:

“No tangoing or fancy dancing.”
On order Selectmen.

Truly, Mother, this is real living full of sur- |
prises, bracing air, sleighrides, and good honest
folk who are emphasizing the necessities of
living and letting the frills and furbelows go.

| am tucking in a rule for Bran Drops, a sort
of cookie with but little flour and sugar in it,
but a muchness of raisins caught in the shape
of a cookie. A- and the rest of the kiddies
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This is a most appropriate way to utilize
a handsome vase and greatly increase the
enjoyment which its beauty brings. It makes
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Some of the smaller “squat” shaped bits of
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THE “SOUTH CHAMBER”
(Continued from page 215)

account of the everydayness of your existence
they will sum up for you.

My pictures are not many; besides the two
] mentioned is a pair of Valentines quite as
delightful, though more robust, as the two
in “The Prettiest Room.” They sing the
loves of an early-Victorian soldier and
sailor, in verses that breathe a noble senti-
ment, but that do not always rhyme. | wish
that space permitted me to describe them to
you a little more in detail for | am a great be-
liever in the value of these old, charming,
inexpensive prints for maintaining the proper
“feeling” of a room of this sort. Over the
trunk hangs another black-framed picture, a
vivid scarlet note that gives interest to that
rather blank wall-space.

All told this little south chamber cost
slightly less than sixty-five dollars. Do you
like it? I hope so, and yet, when you come to
see me, it may look different, for now I am
showing it to you unadorned by my son.
Then it may be the banner-hung, trophy-filled
room of the admiring small boy who lives in a
college town. You see, our cottage is fairly
ringed round with fraternity houses, and they
all have ash-piles, and when a student throws
a thing away it is ready for its last long home,
goodness knows! | don’t think that any of
you can imagine how quaintly antique the
Venus of Milo looks until you see her without
her head. Besides, my son is suffering at
present from an acute attack of what Mr.
Tarkington calls ‘‘ Bingism.” Only the other
day I surprised a frowning arsenal of wooden
revolvers nailed up against fhe wall. Oh well,
a boy’s will is the wind’s will and sometimes
it does blow into a hurricane! | am endeavor-
ing to lose my interior decorating instinct, and
trying to be just a good mother. Why should
I resent his mechanical constructions spread
broadcast over the floor? They are the little,
tangible symbols of his dreams and ambitions,
and | confide to you a secret. I am hoping
that the mantle of greatness of our Elijah
is going to fall upon his shoulders.

A TOWN FOR FAIRIES
(Continued from page 218)

acquainted.” And the littlest lad suggested
that we might make an arrangement with the
fire-flies to light our streets at night!

Since then other children have come to
help, until all Little Son’s friends are as in-
terested as he is to see the new families
moving in and to watch for the new babies
to poke their heads out of doors. Children
love to personify and these are not little tots
either, but boys and girls. The youngest is
nine, the eldest thirteen.

Our latest plan is for some little seats at
the ends of Poppy and Pansy Avenues, where
we may sit when we want to get better ac-
quainted with both birds and fairies. We
even wish that we might add a little concrete
pool for the Water-lilies and Mr. Bull-frog to
live in. But that will have to wait for a time.

March 1918 THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL 249°

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March 1918

“LITTLE WAR GARDENS”
(Continued from page 210)

the roof of city houses have been pressed into
the service.

Italians excel in this intensive gardening.
If there is room for a single flower pot, they
rarely miss the opportunity, and their toma-
toes and salad grow in a surprisingly small
space.

We have reason to be grateful for having
cast our bread on the waters a year ago in the
shape of flower gardens, for much of it has
returned in the form of edibles.

Last summer a good many of our branch
members did manage to raise flowers with
much trouble but greater pleasure, in most
unpromising places. One enthusiast whose
small back yard was entirely paved with con-
crete proved her ingenuity by making a border
as well as a centerpiece of boxes filled with
earth, with which she labored to such good
purpose that she had cut flowers for her supper
table all summer, for the first time in her life.
This year she had vegetables as well.

In telling of her work of the past season
from her point of view, Miss Exley speaks of
the pleasure and inspiration she derives from
some of the Girls’ Friendly Classes. She
demonstrates as she talks to them, showing
them how to fill a small box with soil in order
to plant their seeds, and they listen with close
attention. We are now hearing the result of
these teachings from the members and we are
told that in some instances they not only had
vegetables for themselves, but enough to give
away. ‘Truly this has been worth while.

Hitherto the Society of Little Gardens has
refused to furnish a garden teacher to any
center unless within easy reach of this city,
but when a plea came from Parkersburg,
Pennsylvania, for help in starting a community
vegetable garden, the officers decided that in
war times they must do all the work that cir-
cumstances permitted, regardless of precedent.

Miss Exley accordingly paid a weekly visit
throughout the summer months to Parkers-
burg and showed one hundred children how
to cultivate vegetable gardens of twenty-five
square feet each. It is satisfactory to learn
that only four or five of the gardens were
failures; the majority were highly successful
and many bushels of vegetables were harvested.

Holiday House, Cape May, has for its
chairman an enthusiastic Little Gardener, who
each year takes a few penny packets of seed
with her when she superintends the opening
of the house, and her zinnias and other annuals
have been the admiration of the neighbor-
hood and an unfailing source of pleasure to the
working girls who come there for their holi-
day. A vegetable patch was added as War
Work and very fine results were obtained, in
spite of an everchanging band of inexperienced
gardeners.

From Southern Little Gardens comes an
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community work and activity in canning.
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson writes that North
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cans of fruit and vegetables than any other
state, and this does not include the work of
housekeepers, who make no report but who
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THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

for APRIL

will heartily respond to the spirit that now rules the
American home—the spirit of economy, practicality
and careful conservation. We have little time or money
in these days to spend for things that don’t count.
That is why the editors of THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
are trying to give to their readers a magazine that will
be of real service in helping them to solve the problems
that must be met by the average American family.

The leading article in the April number is entitled The Working-
man’s Home from the Workingman’s Point of View, by Ralph E. Wins-
low. In the words of the author, ‘‘this article deals with suburban
and rural communities, and also with high grade industrial workers
who are educated and want to live in home-like homes.” Mr.
Winslow, who is a marine draughtsman, has not stopped at stating
the needs of workingmen, but he has worked out definite house plans
designed to meet those needs. ‘I believe,” he says, “‘that we need
four, five, six or seven-room bungalows and cottages that can be
built to rent for $20 to $32 or $33 per month.” Then he shows just
how such houses can and should be built, and how groups of these
comfortable homes may be developed into industrial communities
architecturally attractive and harmonious.

Perhaps there is no better way to find inspiration for the improve-
ment of our moderate-priced American homes than to study the
homes that people of other countries have built. And France is the
land of inspiration! The second of Eliza J. Newkirk’s series of
illustrated articles on domestic architecture abroad will appear in
the April number under the title of Individual Expression in the
Smaller Houses of France. ‘Our hope,” she says, ‘‘was to discover
in these minor examples of French architecture suggestions in the
handling of simple compositions—the grouping of house and barn,
points in honest, straight-forward construction, and details that
would be beautiful and useful for adaptation to modern needs.”
Mrs. Newkirk illustrates “‘the unerring architectural instinct of the
French” in her descriptions and pictures of these wholesome homes.

Another excellent article for April is A Cabin in California, by Mrs.
B. C. Hill. The description of the home that she and her husband
have made in this ‘“‘little oblong box of a house,” the total cost of
which, including fur-
nishings, was only
$175, proves that a
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HOME. AND SPRING-TIME CALL FROM THE APRIL COVER

suggest gardens. Our government suggests gardens. April sug-
gests gardens. Therefore gardens will occupy considerable space
in the April HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. In The Best Vegetables to Plant
in the Small Home Garden, Florence Spring will show what vege-
tables to plant, how to plant them and how to make them grow.
Inexperienced gardeners—and others also—will find this paper a
safe and helpful guide and a saver of trouble and expense.

The second article in Elizabeth Eddy Norris’s series of Practical
Garden Talks will be published in the April HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
under the title of Garden Helps. It will be filled with suggestions
on the ways and means of tending a garden and will be welcomed
by all who love to work with growing things.

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A frame house of twelve rooms, three baths
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The house, which has been built about ten
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On Lake Champlain, two miles from Essex
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man to place the milk in the place provided
for it, and when he closes the door, the milk is
safe from inquisitive cats and dogs as well as
relatively safe from themilk thief. The house-
wife takes the milk by opening the inside
door. The milk doors are easily installed in a
new house. The space between the inside
and outside doors is usually about 5 inches.
The height of the opening is about 18 inches
(inside measurement), and the width about
12 inches. During the winter months the
protection afforded by this device keeps milk
and cream, and especially buttermilk from
freezing, and in summer the food is protected
from the sun. The housewife is not obliged
to go out on the porch to get her milk, and she
also has a convenient place in which to put
the empty bottles after they are washed. It
is suggested that butter, the morning news-
paper, and other small articles can becon-
veniently deposited in the milk door.

One of our subscribers has sent us this
pleasant picture of her house-plants:

“Perhaps some of your plant-loving readers
would like to hear about my three winter
windows.

“In the north window, I have fuschia,
emerald feather, German ivy, impatiens, and
aspedestria, these plants like just the glint of
sunlight in the morning. In the east window
(all morning sun) | keep ‘‘love-in-a-tangle”
(which blossoms in vellow about February),
cactus, geraniums, gillvflowers, Oxalis, scarlet
sage (blooming all winter), and trailing vines.
In the south window, geraniums, Coleus,
Irish shamrock, petunia, Nicotiana (tobacco
plant), Oxalis, and date palm. Hanging
in center of window, have a six-inch pot con-
taining three yellow Oxalis plants (drooping
habit) and one Freesia standing erect sending
forth exquisite perfume from its lovely white
blossoms. They bloom about Christmas.

“On a bracket to the right where they catch
the slanting sunbeams | have a pot with trail-
ing vines and an air plant the trailers of which
hang three and four feet long. To the left,
my bird sings continuously mid sun and
flowers.”

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