The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 15, 1917, Page 13

3 i T [ { S RS Note the simple artistic arrangement of the flowers in picture No. 1. The shrubs and vines in picture No. 2 are too thick and too close to the house. The bed of petunias in No. 3 covers a bare spot near a road. The row of pines in No. 4 makes.a good windbreak. . ILWAUKEE'S third ward had been burned; desolation was everywhere. To this place C3RY4) came a tiny Italian woman who had but recently come to America. She was lonesome and home- sick for some of the beautiful flowers and plants of sunny Italy, but how could she possibly have them in a squalid tenement and just an alley? Not allowing anything to stand in her way, she finally succeeded in get- iing some soil, some pots and cans, a few seeds and slips, and patiently watched to see them start. Carefully watering and giving them plenty of sunshine, she was abundantly reward- ed by seeing her slips grow rapidly and the tiny sprouts peeping through the ground. So well did they respond to her love and care that everybody in the ward came to see them. Soon the pot-and-can flower garden was talked about quite generally and even the club women came to see it. Photos were taken of this little bit of Yeauty and the little woman felt well repaid for her work. She -not only gave pleasure to her friends, but she also proved that where there’s a will there’s a way. G .. CONSIDER THE WHOLE ' Flowers, shrubs and’' landscape gardening are now classed as an asset to any place and enhance its value ac- cordingly. Someone has said “the de- gign’s the thing, the comprehensive scheme which takes the house with the grounds and coaxes them into one gatisfying whole.” Woman is taking her place among men as a landscape gardener and also she has done some really marvelous things in bringing to life many varieties of flowers. _ ‘The: rigorous climate of the North- west does not give one an opportunity to have such a great variety as farther gouth, -but there are many which do well. A few flowers carefully selected will give much more pleasure than a lot of poorly assorted ones. By plan- ning ‘ahead, one can. have flowers blooming constantly from early spring until heavy frosts in the fall. & DON'T PLANT TOO MUCH Mr. Meller, ‘superintendent of parks of Fargo, gave me many interesting facts regarding the scope and variety of his work, in a recent little talk I had with him. In landscape gardening many things must be considered, such as the general plan of the buildings, the lay of the land, the size of the place to be improved, etc. The latter applies to farm homes particularly, for people are prone to put too many things on a small plot of ground. > As park superintendent, he of course does not have work in flower garden- ing alone, but many other things, such as the designing of park entrances, wad- ing pools, swings, seats, driveways, etc. He often does a little extra work—as for instance a little girl came to him greatly perplexed about her rose bush. Apparently this was something new for her and she wanted to get some ideas from one who knew. He called and found she was taking too good care of it. Too many leaves and not enough flowers. She received some very practical ideas from him, and made a success of growing roses. SOME PLANTS TO CHOOSE Mr. Meller’'s message to the women ° of the Northwest is this: “Don’t at- tempt too much. Take into account- that our season is short. A few well- chosen flowers, artistically arranged mean much more than a lot carelessly chosen. Time may be gained in some cases by planting in windows, but for this climate it is better to keep out doors. “Annuals are a constant recurring ex- pense. Occasionally invest in some hardy shrub. If a woman has but 25c ‘to put into flower seeds, after a season or two, invest the sum total in some shrubs. “The lilac, fhawthorne, mock orange, - high bush cranberry, tartarian honey suckle are some of the shrubs that do well in this section. The tiger lily, peony and iris are herbaceous peren- nials which once planted are there to stay. “Do not be in a hurry to buy the newer varieties; they are expensive and frequently not satisfactory. Shrubs and perennials are permanent and in- crease the value of property. Study catalogs. For the prairies first plant dwarf iris, then German iris, next Si- berian iris, now the peony, the phlox and lastly asters to give constant bloom.” | For the Boys and Girls---The Days of the Week l Have you ever - met Mr. and Mrs. Day? A more useful family you'll never meet from one year’s end to the other. We must make their acquaint- ance. The seven-room house in which they live is called “The Week,” and it stands in Month Street which is one of the twelve roads running through Year Town in the wonderful country of Time. We will enter the house and go through the rooms together. .Mr. Day lives in one room and Mrs. Day in another and each of their five children has a room. They are. only separated from each other by the walls of Sleep and they talk to each other through the telephone of Dreams. Now, this is the first room occupied by Mr. Day, who does less work than the rest of the family, but who is very far from being idle. He puts on a sur- plice and holds church service, and he also has to provide much of the human race with amusements and recreation. He is known by the name of Sun Day. And this is how he got his name. Let him tell his own story. “Far back in the history of the world, people could see nothing so wonderful, nothing so - beautiful and nothing so useful as the sun. They had in them what is called the “instinct of worship”—that is to say, they had a feeling that there was something greater, stronger, and more glorious than themselves—something that they ought to fear, reverence and worship. The sun seemed to these first people the sign or token of that Some- thing and they worshiped it. “The sun, in fact became the visible expression of God. When the world got wiser, and men and women knew more about the true God, they still kept the old idea of the heathen in their heads, and called the Christian Sabbath—which means the day of rest —Sunday. They no longer worshiped the sun, but they called the first day of the week after him. and that is how I got my name. “People loved me then, and I gave rest and pleasure and festivity to hundreds of generations. But, as time passed on, many people began to make - . ELEVEN ° me anything but a sun-day; they made me a black day. Their children were not allowed to play; books and games were put away and locked up in cup- boards, as something wicked; and all my precious hours Wwere spent in gloom - and solemnity. = » “Then it was I got a thoroughly bad name, for many other people said Sun- day was the gloomiest day in the week; they ate too much and sat about vawning and grumbling. Just lately I've reminded them that the great founder of religion said that the Sab- bath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. They don’t quite under- stand just yet what that means. Some of them are noisy and wild and foolish on the Sabbath; they have gone to the other extreme. But it will come right soon. People will use me for rest of body and mind in a proper way, and my good name will be restored.” ‘Well, let us pass to the next room and see what Mrs. Day will tell us. “I've no time to stay to gossip. I'm a busy woman. Everybody knows I'm the busiest Day in the week. It's coming after Sunday that does it. Ah, he’s a lazy fellow, my husband is. I don't believe in holidays—except East- er Mondays. Let every one do his work. “We musn’t interrupt her,” said Mr. Day. “Her name of Mon is short for moon. She is really Moon Day, the ‘day sacred to the wife of the sun. In ancient times the people called the goddess of the moon Diana, and tem- ples were built to her in nearly every part of the world. They used to think that Pheobus Apollo, the sun-God, drove his flaming chariot across the sky by day, and that Diana drove her silver chariot through the sky by night. They loved Diana’ because she was gentle and beautiful. Woods were sacred to her because she could be seen walking through them. Round cakes were made on her feast day, with can- dles stuck around them. Boys and girls considered her their own particu- lar goddess, and loved her very much.” (Concluded next week.) Lo