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Mr. John Burroushi
DODGING BANKRUPTCY
TO KEEP ALIVE
By JOHN HURROUGHS
THE high post of living is not worry
ing (lie country ho much as the cost
of high living.' Wastefulness, extrnv
ng.'ini'p ami n ilistorteil iloiniuiil for
greater convenience!, luxuries, improve
ments, ailvnntnges every ear, more nnil
more time saving and lalior saving ap
plitmces, more and more facilities for
transportation anil communication, more
anil more telegraph nnil telephone lines,
more and more trolley ami railroad lines,
more anil more devices for instruction
and amusement better houses, better
clothes, better foods, better tools ill"
fact, a higher stnndnrd of living nil f
around is at the bottom of the higher
cost of keeping abundantly nlive.
The fathers of our country produced
ninety per cent of what they ate nnil
wore. They made their own cheese,
sugar, bread, cereals, candles, soap, dried
their own fruit and vegetables, grew
their own meat, lied almost entirely
olT their own fnrms and passed sane and
contented lives. Now, their descendants
buy nenrly all these things nnd are
soured and discontented. Our fathers in
the cities and towns bought things in
bull; Hour, sugar, potatoes, and apples
by the barrel and other things in pro
portion. The grocery store around t he i
corner, if there was one then, was less(
depended upon. With their baskets t
they went more to tho general market.
In the large town near where 1 live, l
believe I ntn the only mnn ever seen
on tho street with a market basket on
his arm. To many people, 1 suppose it
is n humiliating spectacle. I did once,
see. a judge in that city bringing home
his Xmas turkey, but only once.
Inflating the Retail Price
pKOPMi in tho large cities buy their
potatoes nnd other vegetables by the
quart ten cents n quart, when m the
wholesalo market apples nro two on
threo dollars a barrel, potatoes fift1
cents n bushel, onions even less. In the
Connecticut valley the other day 1 saw
onions enough rotting on the ground to
supply n large town. I mvself paid re
cently forty cents a peck for potatoes I
in n country store just four tunes as
much ns the price in the open market.
Ycttho groceryman is not petting rich,
ho pays trilmtoiV so many inen behind
him rind around lurrt thcsnul packages
niiil fhe delivery system Tit necessity
doubles and trebles lus clerical help In
the great cities it seemVas if the apart
meat builders were in .caguo with the
food venders. My friends who live in
tints tell mo they have no place suitable
to store n bushel of npples or of pota
toes or n tub of butter or a barrel of
, Hour. Hence they are compelled to pur
tJiase their supplies by small measure
in Very limited quantities.
Plain Living and High Thinking
TT IS easier to givo reasons for tho
higher cost of living thaij to suggest
remedies. Qne remedy which is in the
hands of everybody is nn application of
the old doctrine of "plain living nnd
high thinking." We could nil be nour
ished more, cheaply. Recently n college
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COVER DESIGN PRESIDENT-ELECT WOODROW WILSON'S GARDEN .
DODGING BANKRUPTCY TO KEEP AUVE-Editorial JOHN BURROUGHS 2 .
THOSE WHO WORK IN GARDENS MARGUERITE 0. B. WILKINSON 2
A GARDEN TO LIVE IN ... 3
ROSES FOR THE AMATEUR 3
BEST PERENNIALS FOR THE HOME GARDEN 4
ANNUALS FOR THE RENTER TO GROW -I
GARDEN FERTILIZERS STUMBLING BLOCK OF THE AMATEUR . 4
FORTUNES INVESTED IN FANCY POULTRY 5
PLANTING TABLE FOR FLOWERS 6
. LANTING TABLE FOR VEGETABLES 7
TABLOID TALKS ABOUT VEGETABLES 8
THE AMATEUR'S SMALL FRUIT GARDEN 9
A NEW THOUGHT IN ROSES 11
PLANTING AND PRUNING SHRUBS 12
FLOWERS FOR PORCH AND WINDOW 12
GARDEN WRINKLES ... . 1G
COLD FRAMES AND FLOWERS 10
mAArvmnn
student boarded himself on less than
one dollar a week and nn analysis of- his
food showed it had nil the needed food
values. Another remedy is to bring, the
producer nnd consumer nearer together
and thus cut out the parasitic army of
middle men. The farmer gets three
cents a quart for his milk, the consumer
pays nine most of the cream sticks
to the hands it passes through. The mid
dlemen do not like to handle cheap pro
duce, therefore vast quantities of it ro
on the farm and prices are kept up to
the consumer.
Use 3 lights at the
old cost of One
the
same money
now pay for
For
that vou
current for the old-style
carbon lamp, you can have your choice of
3 limes as much light in each room or
3 times as many rooms lighted or
3 times as many hours of light
if, instead of the carbon lamp, you use
Edison Mazda Lamps
Do you know the difference between the Edison
Mazda Lamp and the old-style carbon lamp?
Look at the pictures. Note the difference in the
internal construction of these two kinds of lamps.
Then look at your lamp. Which kind are you using ?
Your nearest electrical dealer or lighting company
will gladly show you the various sizes of Edison
Mazda Lamps
General Electric Company
Largest Electrical Manufacturer in the World
S)ct Offices in ll l-artfe Cilici Atfcncict l-.verywiiere
mm Sy mho ton nil Hi.
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THOSE WHO WORr IN
GARDENS
By MARGUERITE 0. D. WILKINSON
HOW STRONG nnd sane and sweet
ilo they become who work often In
gardens, for the sheer love of it!
They are always learning, loving, seek
ing to understand nnd to utilize.
They foster the loloved weak and fight
tho inimical strong.
They root out the fulness which is a
fault and (ill the emptiness that cries for
more.
They are able to beget and breed
beauty.
Those who work in gardens plant
other things than seeds and bulbs, tubers
and cuttings. They plant hope and faith
and love.
They gather in more than crisp vege
tables, lucent fruitN, and Hushed flow
ers, for they gather hardihooJ and
health and a rich fulfillment.
Haling planted according to the law,
they expect geimination according to the
law, and the (lower and the perfect fruit.
They do not worry lest what ought to
be will not be. They havo the confi
dence of seers, wherefore they are sel
dom disappointed.
Those who work in gardens work in
the laboratory of life. They know as
much as any one of its coming and its
going; and far more tlo they know, than
most of us, of its growing and striving,
fighting, winning, blossoming, becoming
and being. They see many meanings un
intelligible to others.
God has given into their hands a book
of secrets.
As they press the earth with kindly
hands they smile inscrutably, and the
earth yields up her smiling strength as
their reward.
In a garden there is as much chanco for
self expression as in any art, if only the
soul of the gardener bo freo of a money
bond.
For a garden may bo compact enough
to reveal the careful soul, whimsical
enough to show the dreamer, stately for
the proud, homelike for the hearth
lover, fragrant for the serenely religious.
The variety is endless. The combina
tions can not bo counted.
But always, those who "work in gar
dens, make them, in something, . like
thtfinselves.
fim there is in a garden as great a
chance for altruism as in any philanthropy.
The sick of soul will lag beside a.slop
ihc lawn, or under the generous, s)iade-
bestowing tree. Tho weary of heart can
find a bit ot pence m nenevoiem amors,
or in bowers of friendly shrubbery.
Nauuhtv children sometimes become good
when they peer through hedges and are
surprised ly tho signt ot a ionwam.
The noor can forget their debts, for a
space while they watch bewitching pop-
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pies uuiiiiiiiK iii i-iii-n unit-. .
there not a few convicts who would be
gentler with their arms full of roses!
How natural it is that those who
work often .in gardens, should be strong
and sane and sweet! They nro very
close to the heart of life. Perhaps, also,
they are close to Oodt
TlioKp wlin lirnnrr Aili rrlUf mr nl (nil olinrt of tlirlr opportunltim.
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