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THE SFXDAY OKEGOXTAN, PORTLA'nD, DECEMBER 17, 1923
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' ET A. GARDEN GROWER.
KEEN interest Is being mani
fested in the contest for the
best designed border for a city
lot, end during the week quite a!
number of designs have been sub
mitted in the hope of winning one
of the three prize collections of
plants offered by the Oregon Flor
ists' club. It is rather interesting
to noto that of the designs already
received the majority of them have
come , from readers of The Sunday
Oregonian outside of Portland, thus
demonstrating evidently that those
living in the rural communities
come much closer into personal con
tact with their gardens. Know their
plants and have some very interest
esting ideas as to flower arrange
ment. Names Secret to Judges.
In connection with the contest I
have been asked that, inasmuch as
the rules published two weeks age
provided that each person submit
ting a design shall attach his or
her name to it, would the name be
given to the judges when the de
signs are to be judged. In reply
to all such queries I would say that
names shall only be attached to the
sketch as a means of identification,
for when the designs are submitted
to the judges all namea and identi
fication marks will be removed. The
drawings are numbered and the
name of the person submitting the
drawing is recorded under the same
number. The judge will have no
means of knowing who submits a
drawing until after all the draw
ings are judged and the awards
made. During the period of the
contest I will pick out each week
one or more designs which make an
appeal to me and reproduce them
without giving the names of those
submitting the plant, but identify
ing them either with initials or the
names of the towns from which
they have been submitted.
Echo Sketch Selected.
For reproduction today I have
elected one of two designs submit
ted by an amateur of Echo, Or., be
cause It presents several interesting
features, as will be realized from a
study of the sketch. In the fore
ground is located a spring garden
of tulips, narcissus and daffodils,
and when these are through bloom
ing the space is to be filled with
geraniums, to provide summer flow
era. Taking this border all the way
through, without giving considera
tion to continuity of bloom or com
position, it shows a worth-while
effort toward balance, for the cen
terpiece calls for a rather large
planting of cannas of several vari
eties, and grouped on either side of
this mass effect are peonies and
phlox and back of these come a fall
garden of chrysanthemums. The bal
ance in the foreground Is maintained
by rather large groups of asters,
snapdragons and giant candytuft
planted in alternate rows.
Shrub in Background.
Th hnclte-round of the entire
planting l& made up of shrubs and J
tall-growing annuals, ana a iikjoi
Interesting suggestion has been
made by the designer regarding the
gunflowers and morning glories in
a combination planting, and that is
that as soon as the sunflowers
reach, their growth, which they will
do in advance of the morning glor
ies, the blooms and foliage of the
sunflowers be ' stripped off, allow
ing thtt stalk to-act as a pillar for
the morning glories and in this way
provide an effective screen.
It is from Such suggestions as
this that the real value of the con
test will be realized by the ama
teurs, for there is scarcely a gar
dener who has not some scheme or
device he has invented or has
adapted from some other garden for
handling flowers, and the free ex
change of thes,e ideas and schemes
will be of real'and permanent value
to other amateurs.
New Ideas Found.
In reproducing a design each week
It must be understood that the de
sign reproduced is not necessarily
the best one submitted during the
week or even the one that I think
best, for the matter of determining
which is best will be entirely in the
hands of the judges; but I select a
design because it may have 'a new
idea or a. scheme, and it is these
Ideas 'I want to get to the readers
of the department, and it is only
for that reason that some of the de
signs will be reproduced from week
to week. They may te entirely at
variance in color arrangement, com
position, scale and the other things
on which the designs will be judged.
I was largely influenced in selecting
the design published today by the
appeal the center planting made
and as I believe there are great
possibilities of starting at the cen
ter with a large, massive planting
and radiating out from it. Possibly
some of the readers have ideas along
similar lines but using different
kinds of flowers, and if they have
I hope they will give us all the
benefit of their knowledge and skill.
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the magazine points out, from these are covered with the cotton-like f
setfs "sprang up this felicltious substance. After laying the eggs i
JiMble of erythonlums. tamassias. the female dies, but the young carry j
brodiaeas, dodecatheons and fritil- on the work in - great number
ins. k,uj Kt. ohriihhv wild throuKhout the summer. I
currant " Another Illustration Unless the infestations are-very
bad they will not affect the vigor
of the trees and nature seems to
have provided a control, for the
scale. is preyed upon by ladybird and
other insects, so that It never seems
which covers nearly a page is a
spray or Mount nooa lines uu
shows- what a really beautiful
flower It is. Other illustrations
I C Ul LC w,u te era fir flnnnnh ntlnQ H f M,ia
trate the point that it has live, six " " ;"": m m ' t .TfC.
I or even more bracts, thus render- .,., . h,1hJ0 on f
ing it readily recognizable from its orJinary ker0sene or carbolic
four bracted relative of the eastern . acW emui8n3 sprayea on ln the
scales. , t spring, when the young are hatch-
Among the various native plants j wiu down nuisance.
mentioned in the article are: i .
wIliI fnrrsnt holodiseus
discolor or ocean spray, ninebark or j 1 Inclose a stamped envelope and will
, " , tt, oor,nth, rrmo yu please send me the names ot some
wnu uuuo.1 mow, w..uu.. "i Oregon nurserymen so I can Becuro their
rothyrus or mountain lilac called catalogues as I wish to enter the con
by the Indians "Shushuls"; bunch- test for the designing of a suitable bor
berry or creeping dogwood, trillium der tor a city lot? Will you pleasa
ovatum or . wakerobin, the wild ivem8 nam!S two everygroen
K.ii, ,,. -niid shrubs which develop about the tml
roses; winterbrisht, also called shape an(J BliSi one of"darlt green folIage
Oregon box; the rhododendrons w:and one that ha, the llght yellow ana
the Mount Hood section, ealal, ; green mixed waxy leaves? To nxe your
kinnikinnick, the wild huckleberry, garden department is the most inter
Mount Hood lily, a tiger lily classed I eating o The Sunday Oregonian.
now as lilium columbianum; pine MRa G. W.. Olymp.a, Wash,
lily or elk grass, the dark blue j Answer Among the broad leaved
camas, lupin, native penstemons, evergreens you will find the Aucu
varlous saxifrages and also sedums. bas, one with dark- foliage and the
Tt nniK, a Biirnnjse that Mr. -other with yellow spotted leaves.
Sharrard did not include in his list Daphne, with waxy light green fo
HEATHERS) HATE A SENTIMENTAL APPEAL.
habit and very delicate little
flowers which crowd each branch.
The mediterranea type is another
that is interesting for the flowers
are long and somewhat , trumpet
shaped and quite showy.
While both of- these will do ln
the garden on the Pacific coast
they should really be protected in
winter with some evergreen boughs,
but if anyone is seeking a real
hardy type and the one most popu
lar In English gardens he should
choose erica carnea, which Is very
similar to the mediterranea type
but much more hardy and very easy
of propagation by division. There
are also pale red and pure white
varieties of erica carnea, and while
it requires peat to - get the best
results from the majority of heather
the carnea type will do almost as
well in loam as it does in peat, and
for this reason makes it the mo-st
desirable variety for the garden.
Taken altogether there are about
500 species of erica or heather, and
of all of these about 90 per cent
are native of South Africa and the
others from the . Mediterranean
region. Despite the great number
of species only a few of the Euro
pean heaths are hardy In America,
and there are no native heaths at
all In the western hemisphere.
Although there are about 15 types
grown outdoors in Europe there are
only three on four that will do ln
this country, but in some sections,
particularly in the New England
states, the heath that has been
naturalized Is really calluna vul
garis. The heaths reached their
great popularity ln England about
100 years ago and continued until
about 1850, for in that time they
formed the chief feature of Euro
pean indoor horticulture.
One of the reasons they lost their
popularity was the great amount
of care they need, for the growers
could produce with less efforts
other plants which were taken by
the public. Should some friend
send you a potted heather see that
it is kept watered and in the spring
you can plant it outdoors. When
the plant finishes blooming prune it
well back to keep it bushy at the
base.
There' are quite a number of
plants which have a heather-like
appearance and which many persons
so class, and in fact there are two
native Oregon plants which are
frequently referred to as heath or
heather, and while they look con
siderably like the real heather they
differ in several respects and par
ticularly so in the formation of the
blooms and also in the habit of
'growth. One of the native nlants
At this time of the year, when which is found all along the Pacific
we give thought to house plants ' coast and generally called heath is
and look longingly Into the florists' really cassiope, and for a number
shop and only wish we could take
home the whole window full of
flowers and potted plants, our
attention is frequently attracted to
the heather and for sentimental
reasons, just hardly what it is none
of us can definitely tell, it appeals
of years was classed as one of the
andromedas. Another Oregon plant
frequently classed as heather is
bryanthira, formerly listed s and
romeda bryanthus, but is now listed
by Bailey and other authorities as
bryanthus, and the type found in
to us. This appeal is particularly Oregon and usually called one of
strong to anyone - who has had
either English or Scotch ancestors,
for somewhere wrapped up ln their
lives is something with which the
heather is associated. So closely
, woven has been heather in story,
song and history that it always
seems like an old and true friend
when we meet it As the florists
make a specialty of having heather
the native heaths
empetriformis.
is bryanthus
Among '-a great number of ama
teurs there seems' to he an impres
sion that dahlias from seed will not
bloom the' first year. This is Incor
rect as I know from experience dur
ing the past summer. The latter
ln bloom at this season, many of ! ?art of Marcn seed was sown in flats
enm iuc u x tiiu name, wiitjre tney
germinated and by the later part of
May I had quite a number of sturdy
little piants, which I transplanted in
the open. I put these little plants in
about a foot apart. Some did not
develop or show vigor so I pulled
them out, leaving the great number
of the plants about two feet apart.
I got some very interesting and sat
isfactory blooms and when I dug the
roots a few weeks ago I found on
some of them more than a dozen
the shops have a strong urge for us
to come ln and carry home a potted
plant with its little flowers, and
one who is fortunate enough to
secure such a plant has much pleas
ure in! store.
While these gay little plants are
generally called heather by the
public and to a few "heath," very
few, even though the plants may
have been associated with them
from birth and they have seen it
growing in its native habitat, -ever
call it by its proper name, Erica,
and that la the way it is listed in
the majority of catalogues, but
according to Bailey the heath or
heather of English literature and
history belongs to the closely allied
genus calluna, but so slight is the
difference that for practical and
commercial purposes all types of
these interesting shrubs are grouped
tinder erica or heather. '
There is also another group of
"heaths," widely cultivated, but
these belong to the epacris family;
but no matter to which family they
belong they are - regarded by the
public as heather, and it is as
heather they make their appeal.
Of the many beautiful plants now
being shown and suitable for
Christmas, those of the melanthera
type are particularly attractive be
cause of their more or less upright
tubers which will be good to plant
next year. As something easy to de- j
velop, dahlia seeds prove very inter
esting. . ' ' , 1
Due to the continued war in China
and the various disturbances among
the natives of that empire it has
been difficult to get the usual supply
of the Chinese sacred lilies. As
mnch of the trouble seemed to center
around Amoy, which Is the export
ing center for these lily bulbs, the
agencies there have had much
trouble In securing supplies. In ad
dition to this each of the warring
factions has imposed and superim
posed taxes on the bulbs and this'
has added to the quotations for the
coming season, making the market
very unstable. Formerly all the
"bulbs for export were inspected at
Hong Kong, but due to the rebellion
the Japanese, who largely handle the
export, seized upon the war to have
the bulbs transferred to Yokohama
and Inspected there.
A Christmas flower box that is a
novelty Is being shown in a number
of the florists' shops. As a rule they
are stoutly built wooden boxes cov
ered with crepe paper and this is1
ornamented with bright-colored rib
bons and frequently with sprays of
holly well covered with glowing red
berries. The contents of the boxes,
however, are of real interest as they
'epresent a collection of growing
plants, which Willi ast for a long
time and many of them' after doing
duty as house plants can be trans
ferred to the garden. One of the
boxes noticed was filled with cycla
men, Jerusalem cherries, primroses,
ferns and tail-growing grass plants
They are really well-filled porch
boxes in miniature and the majority
of them contain a dozen or more
plants, embracing practically every
type that is suitable for indoor cul
ture during the winter.
There has been considerable dis
cussion in horticultural publications
over the relative merits of various
trees for city planting and from the
letters being written it appears as
if what is referred to as "the plane
tree," but which probably the ma
jority of us will recognize under its
other name, "buttonwood," is leading
in popularity. It at least has a great
many ardent supporters and the city
of Bowling Green, Ky has adopted
it as the tree of the city.
That municipality has ordered a
five-mile avenue of these trees and
In commenting on the adoption of
the plane tree one of the Louisville
papers said:
"The Greeks and Romans, whose
taste impressed Itself lastingly upon
the world, looked upon the plane
trees as being especially suitable for
making fine avenues. They delighted
In it as the Japanese delight in the
cryptomeria, whose ever eye-resting
trunks of soft gray, make-pillarc-d
ways to famous temples. The
temples by no means match " the
grandeur of trees between which
they are approched. Plane trees
planted by the Greeks 2000 years ago
are pointed out as showing that
green arches upheld by living col
umns may be almost as lasting as
chiseled stone."
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The December number of the Gar
den Magazine is of particular inter
est to residents of this section, for it
not only reviews a number of gar
dens in California and places in the
Pacific northwest but has a very
fine article on "Gardening with Ore
gon Wild Flowers," by Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Sherrard of the National
forest service. Mr. Sherrard, who
livs at 676 Ravensview driver Port
land.Heights has specialized in wild
gardening, using flowers native to
this section. One of the photographs
in the magazine covers a full page
and illustrates a corner of an Oregon
wild garden.
Seeds were scattered broadcast
by Mr. and Mrs.-Sherrard and, as
of plants eriophyllum paespitosum,
which is one of the most satisfac
tory of the wild flowers, either for
a rock garden or for a mass plant
ing. I have it at a number of
points ln my garden and its bright
yellow flowers on good long stems,
coming Just about rose time, have
always excited admiration. It was
discovered by Douglas about 100
years -ago and is probably used
more extensively in England than
in this country, for I have failed
so far to find it listed in .any
American catalogue, either as to
seed or plants. It wlU grow al
most any place and a combination
of it and Spanish iris, both hloom
ing at the same time, make a most
striking basket or bouquet of flow
ers. ,
Mr. Sherrard points out that the
avalanche lily of the high moun
tains and the other adder's tongues
found at lower altitudes are all
easily cultivated. In speaking of
those who ruthlessly destroy wild i
plants and flowers he Bays: !
"There is being formed in Oregon
a society, similar to those in ex
istence in certain other states, which
has for its object the education of
the public to a real appreciation of
our native floral treasures.. When
people so love wild flowers that
they can enjoy them and leave them
growing they have attained a far
higher level of appreciation than
that of the Sunday motorists who
go ln droves to the country and re
turn with armfuls of wilted blos
soms. And people who will take the
trouble and time to naturalize 'the
wild flowers in their own gardens
not planting them In straight rows
or painful geometric designs, but
in masses of shrubbery, in colonies
of bulbs, in bright patches of color,
as nature does have done some
thing to stem the tide of wanton
destruction, and have gained a
clearer realization of the eloquent
beauty of wild flowers."
Notes of the Garden.
Mrs. W. M. Ladd of Dunthorpe,
who has had much success with
lilies has added to her collection
lilium Henrii or the so-called Mon
golian lily, with the idea of seeing
if it is suitable for this section.
E. C. Wells has had quite exten
sive plantings made at his new
home, Ainsworth avenue and Gar
field street, including a well se
lected assortment of , evergreen.
Among these have been planted tu
lips, while the front of the planting
is edged with English primroses and
forget-me-nots.
H. Rustad of 423 Magnolia street
has finished his planting of bulbs
for his spring garden and expects a
fine display, aB he planted six va
rieties of hyacinths and about ten
varieties of tulips.
Mrs. J. L. Kipper of Philomath,
Or., has Improved her garden with
a large mass planting of Van
Houttii spirea and a choice selection
of Japanese snowballs.
. A. W. Maxwell of 354 East Forty
eighth street, has added to his house
planting clematis Jackman and the
sinensis purple .wistaria.
- E. C. Demke of 126 Florida street
has enlarged his rose garden with a
planting of about two dozen bushes,
including a number of the new va
rieties.
E. A. McKfenna,.who lives in the
suburbs of Vancouver, Wash., has
added a number of new roses to his
garden, including such varieties as
Hoosier 'Beauty, Lady Hillingdon,
airs. Artnur tt. waddell, Betty, Wil
lomere and Los Angeles.
Dr. M. F. Fenton of 142 East Sixty-second
street, has specialized in
narcissus and daffodils for his
spring garden, having 'this yea?
added a number of bulbs of the
Van Waveren Giant, Golden Spur
and Pheasant eye varieties.
Mrs. A. G. Young of Oakland, Or,
Is Improving her garden with plant
ings of cotoneastere, "using the hori-
zontalis and also the Slmonsii types.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur P. Reid of
1355 East Stark street, whose gar
den is always attractive, will have
as a spring feature 200 parrot tu
lips and a large bed of mixed
hyacinths.
Mrs. C. A. Sheppard of 272 Alber
male terrace, for a brilliant color
note for her spring garden, has
planted a large number of the Far
combe Saunders variety of Darwin
tulips.
Problems of the Garden. ,
Last spring I noticed a white sub
stance on some of the branches of the
trees in my garden and some one, said
that it was a scale and I should spray
to get rid of it. I did not want to spray
at that time for fear of disfiguring the
foliage. Now that the leaves are all
gone 1 cannot find the scale and 1 won
der if it will appear again next spring,
and if it will damage the bushes?
J, H. D Mt. Tabor.
Answer Possibly what you refer
to is the cottony scale, which seemed
to be quite noticeable in last spring.
When Professor Peter Bisset of the
department of agriculture was in
Portland in the spring he called my
attention to it on some cedar trees
iti Washington park and also par
ticularly to some vine maples which
seemed to be quite extensively in
fested with this scale. The cottony
scale is quite common in the east
ern states, but it is likely to be
prominent anywhere. According to
the 'experts of the department of
agriculture the eggs are covered by
the cotton-like substance, so notice
able, and the young settle on the
leaves and smaller branches. They
mate in the fall and the females
settle for the winter on the small
twigs. They lay their eggs and these
liage; camellia, with dark waxy fo
liage; escallonla, laurustinus, Eng
lish laurel with light colored leaves
and the Pdrtugal laurel with dark
glossy leaves. There are also the
magnolia, pyracantha, the veronicas
and the everygreen snowballs.
Thousands have found a way to
regain the radiant joy of health
Your department has been 6uch a ben
efit ana a source of pleasure to-me that
I keep a scrap book of your articles for
future reference. I would like to ask
some questions, I planted my Easter
Illy after the foliaga has died as you
directed and was rewarded by a beau
tiful bloom. Shall I cow leave the bulb
in the ground? Also Is the' climate of
Portland suitable In which to grow the
single asters. I do not see them listed
to the Portland catalogues?
MRS. A. S. P.
Answer I would not take up the
lily bulb again, but leave it in the
garden as it will probably do better
there than If you lifted it and tried
to force it again, which would be
necessary to bring it into flower for
Easter, for having been forced once
so much of the vitality has been ex
hausted that it is doubtful if it has
recovered sufficiently in one season
to be forced' again. Single astera
and I judge you refer to the Chinese
single aster, do very well in this
section, and if you consult your
seed man he can supply you. The
seed should be planted from the
middle of March to the first of Anril
and handled the same way as other
asters. - , .
The feature of the garden of Mrs.
Fred--W. King of 340 East Twenty
third street North will be about
300 crocus in yellow, white and pur
ple. Va Waveren's giant narcis
sus, four varieties of tulips and a
large plant'ng of hyacinths will add
much to the charm of her garden.
I note with Interest what you said
tbout lilacs, but wonder how old a bush
gets before blooming. I am caring for
mine very tenderly, hoping it will bloom
while I still live to enjoy them. Also
Una Oregon grape slow to grow, but have
never pruned it. Should I do so, and
how? My bushes are three years old and
lo lncnes high. 1 saw some grape as i
hedge about four feet h Kh and the own
er said it grew fast and that he pruned
It back, so I wonder If he started with
big bushes. I started with tiny shoots.
I notice Mrs. R. H. P. inquiring about)
y'liw kunpa. x wisn 10 say i nave
grown them for about ten years and out
of a dozen kinds I have Just one (Bronze
wueeni-wnicn breaks, and only about one
sixth of that variety breaks. This year
a mend sent to Holland thoueh a seed
house for some of the same kinds of
tulips as I have and we compared the
bulbs she received with mine. They are
no larger tnan mine and she purchased
for the best imported, so I feel that we
can proauce just as good tulio bulbs
this section as any place. I have planted
about 40 bulbsthls year, representing
soma 16 varieties, as I want to try out
a few of the newer colors and be sure
of the shades, as they frequently .look
different in the garden than when' you
reaa aooui inern in tne catalogue, 4
mks. j. ju, c. Vancouver.
Answer The time it takes for a
lilao to bloom depends upon the
type you are trying. Lilacs which
have been grafted or budded and
properly forced will bloom in from
(-two to three years, but if on their
own roots takes twice that time.
If you took it from a cutting it
may be sterile, as I 'have heard of
such a thing, but have never seen
it myself. On large transplanted
suckers I have developed blooming
bushes in four years. If you desire
to have your Oregon grape thick
and, bushy It should be pruned, but
you do not want to cut it back un
less it gets so large as not to serve
the purpose for which you. planted
it. I have a number of bushes and
each year I find that I have to cut
some of them back, but do the
pruning immediately after the blos
soms have disappeared in the spring.
I quite agree with you that we can
produce good tulip bulbs in the
Pacific northwest and hope some
day we will see the Willamette val
ley . a center of this industry
The charm and magnetism of perfect phy-
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ceptional: ebbing strength and vigor iare
always due to some violation of Nature's
. law. ' '
Thousands suffer because they neglect
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daily the poisonous waste and building
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BOEDER PLANTING SUGGESTED BY ECHO AMATEUR.
X, Bridal Wreath Splreaj 2, Summer Cosmos; 3. I.IlaC) 4, Sunflowers and Morning Glories; 5, Japanese Snow
ball; 6, Sunflowers, and Morning Glories; 7, Flowering Almond; 8, Summer Cosmos; 8, Blue Spirea; 10,
Chrysanthemnms ( Lnka and Smith's Advance); 11, Chrysanthemum (Early Frost); 12, Cannaa Evolution,
uinuiimni, iviiik nuramrn, iniun "vinj mi inum; 13, jnryant brmumN, Harvard, Yellow ssnow ana
Pformnmliei 14, Golden Glow; 15, Asters Crego and New Royal with Snapdragons Queen Victoria and
Empress and Giant Candy Tufti 10, Peonies Festiva Maxima and Golden Harvest and Phlox Elizabeth
Campbell and Miss LInKard( 17, same as 16 18, same as 15 19, EaxlT and Late Tulips, Daffodils, Kar
ctoaus, Followed by Geraniums and Gladioli,
THE heroine of this story was
the daughter of a well-to-do and
prominent professional man. Her
parents wished her to go to a fash
ionable girls' college in the east, but
she preferred to enter the university
of the state in which she had always
lived.
She was a reserved, unassumrng
girl, but took great interest in her
studies and the activities , of the
university. No one knew just why,
but she was always voted an offi
cer in heT class. . '
Hot first three years in college
passed quickly, without any- great
excitement. She was busy and
happy. In her senior year she en
tered a class of public speaking,
thinking she needed training along
this line. ,
To her surprise the professor
opened a new road for her, over
which she found herself traveling
with enthusiasm. She soon became
the leading character in the amateuv
plays given by the class. Sometimes
the Instructor himself took the part
of the leading man, if the character
was a difficult one to portray. Then
they acted side by side and often
sauntered' home the same way.
It was not until' the week before
commencement that the professor
asked her if she would consent to be
his partner for better or for worse,
through life: - ' -
He said, "Do not answer now for
I know this comes as a surprise to
you, but tell me' your reply in one
week. .This will give you time to
consult your parents, if you so de
sire." She did" think about it, and soon
realized her enthusiasm was, for th
professor as much s for his subject.
Her parents were none too-eager to
have yieir only daughter marry a
poor college professor. However,
they assured her that they would it
no way interfere.
On commencement day, without
any hesitation, she gave her answer.
And you know what it was, but you
do not know that for a wedding
present her mother-in-law gave the
young couple a check for $10,000 and
her father-in-law gave them a cot
tage in the east, where they were to
enjoy their honeymoon.
So her poor professor proved to be
sa o wealthy parents, C. J.
HE WAS a shy, sensitive and
lonely bachelor, whom we al
ways included in our family
parties. It always seemed to me he
must feel left out of It in the midst
of our family demonstrations of af
fection, so I told my small sister
that I thought it would be nice for
her to give him a kiss on Christ
mas morning.
She wasn't enthusiastic, so I told
her I would give her a quarter If
she would.
As I entered the sitting room
Christmas morning, where the whole
family was assembled, little sister
came running up to me and an
nounced, loudly and proudly, "I did
it. I kissed Mr. Lee. Now, Where's
my quarter?"
Everyone was nearly convulsed
trying to hide their amusement and
Mr. Lee, blushing a furious red, was
the picture of embarrassment. I
doubt, though, whether he felt worse
than I. - B. B.
Horrified Silence Ensued.
Mine occurred while I was dining
at the home of a friend. There were
I several others at the table and the.
conversation had turned to table
manners.
"Why," said I, "I once knew a
woman who ajways ate leaning on
the table on one arm as if she were
tired to death. I thought she had
shocking manners."
At the horrified eilence that en
sued I glanced across the table and
there sat a woman leaning on one
arm in just the attitude I had de
scribed. " '
Suffice It to say, I have never
since discussed manners of any sort
in public. M. V.
Frank and Fearless.
,One winter I rented our house fur
nished to some teachers, and upon
my return was quite indignant over
the strenuous housecleaning neces
sary to put it in, livable condition
again.
One evening, in calling upon a
newly-made friend of ours, I ex
pressed my opinion of schoolteachers
as housekeepers in frank language,
only to have our hostess, whose
house is always immaculate,, say,
with a twinkle ln her eye, "I was
a teacher for ten years before my
marriage."'
She and husband had a hearty
laugh at my evident embarrassment.
T. P.
Helping Her to Forget.
.' My most embarrassing moment oc
curred when I asked my boss to go
home, as I was suffering with a
dreadful toothache. He granted my
request.
, . Leaving the building, I met a
triend of mine. He offered to drive
me home and I accepted. We were
just turning the corner and he had
told me something flinny, "to make
me . forget the ache," as he said,
when there stood the boss. And to
make; matters worse, he , saw me
laugh. E. D. '
Jim'a Mind Elsewhere.
Therewere' 30 member's of the
band. At a certain time all were" to
stand up and give an Indian .war
whoop. However, at the last min
ute the leader gave orders, to omit
this from the programme. Jim's
mind was elsewhere when orders
were given and when the appointed
time came he stood up, threw his
hands in the air and gave a loud
and lusty yell all by himself. The
audience was highly amused, but Jim
could 'play the horn no" more that
evening. C. K.
Before She Thought.
The suburban train was crowded.
I was standing in the aisle and in
the course of the journey became
deeply interested in the morning pa
per which a young man sitting in
the seat by which I was standing
was reading.
I Finally lie looked up and offered
me his seat, and I said, "Thank Vou,
but, I can see to read better looking
over your shoulder."
The kind commuter offered me his
paper as well as his seat, which I
was forced to accept amidst the
many grins and chuckles of my fel
low passengers. M. B.
Before going on a trip I supplied
myself with many new clothes, and
was anxious to wear them at least
once before leaving town, so I
dressed up and went to church on
Sunday.
This church had been cleaned the
day before and the pews and kneel
ing benches were not exactly in
place, but I remembered I had to
take just one step backwards before
sitting down. As I got through most
of the service, reaching the seat eas
ily each time, I became a little heed
less of the step backwards each
time, and then came the crash.
When the other people sat. I sat
and away down to the floor, my
head striking the seat and my fee:
many seats ahead.
Instantly three men took me out
bodily, thinking I had fainted. When'
I reached the outside air I was ready
to faint and looked much disheveled.
J. L
Kindergarten is dismissed earlier '
than the other grades. .i ..,r
I met Dorothy coming home, and .
said, "O, you are out early. What
time do the other children get out?"
She replied, "They don't go by the.
time; they go by the bell." W. A.'
Mike was watching his older'
brother cut the lawn, and asked a
number of questions about some
young morning glories. ......
"What are morning glories, any
way?" When told they were creeping
vines, he answered, "Well, of course,
they only creep, they ain't old,
enoue-h to walk." E. T. ' ' '
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