Show Revelations I evel t of a Wife Vie THE Til OF A HONEYMOON By ADELE GARRISON I 1 WHAT MADGE I IGI GI I viIi COSTIL I EI I TO ro SAY SAV 10 ITOH H. H TO 10 1 hUlL HER 1 STRANGE In Gr Mb- Mb t What can I do for or you ou Mrs Had End Jad- Jad Hadj j I I Icy I asked cd tho the question perfunctorily 1 of Ut tho the visitor who sat rat fat opposite me mc I 1 had no rio 10 Idea what our great great cause j the the excuse she sho had given for calling upon me aught me-aught me might mean macan but I J wished of or course to be courteous to m my cutler culler culer even cn c though her disguised air all of or snobbery did irritate me rae She sat up a trifle trine straighter in iii her chair evidently bracing herself for or the tho I task of enlightening me mc Her action I confirmed m my suspicion that thal she he was was I unused to laJ talking to strangers A more j I nJ experienced worker would have leaned I comfortably toward me and have put pull j i me inc at my case j Tho r representative e women of C the county she began In Ia a nervous nor ous stacCato staccato stac stac- cato voice olce pronouncing each cacti word stac-I stac as ns though it were capitalized I I I had a whimsical idea that she sho was mentally adding of ot whom I am ama one have havo o ha I form formed d an organization for tor or the lag Ing of or war gardens garden Mrs A. A of oC O Oyster ster Da Bay Mrs Irs B. B B. B of or Garden City Mrs Irs C. C of Glen filen Cove Mrs Irs D. D of oC she she named four tour women women tomen whose hose names I recognized as social and philanthropic I I leaders leaders are aro members of oC the board of ot which I am tho the representative from Marvin tarvin Each Ech member Is supposed to divide her home village into districts and to lo entrust each to a leader I have o ha come to a ask k you to be tho the leader for this district What She A Asked I paid her a mental tribute Sho She might be inexperienced snobbish but she sho knew lenew how to come to the tho point She Sho had left out one vital item Iem how how- ever I had an unworthy feline pleasure pleasure pleas picas ure in pointing it out to her What hat work worl aro these leaders supposed supposed sup slip posed to perform 7 I asked smoothly And Just what luat la is the tho purpose of this war garden or organization She flushed and there thero was a l leam cam g of oC resentment In her e eyes es But lul sho didn't lose her self sel But you ou surely must have heard hearl o othe of oC the war gardens she said in a lL tono tone that put me mc distinctly without tho the pale palt I If I dared to reply in tho the negative I r have read abou them I returned suavely But Hut I would naturally 1110 I Ito to I know now just what you wish done Sho Slue considered a moment I We Ve are aro trying to Induce ever every owner owner owner own own- er of ot a s. a plot of ot ground round to plant It to i potatoes and other vegetables sho eho i said Each Ench district leader Is to set the example h by putting alt all her own wn I grounds into gardens and l is s j to canvass tho the residents of or her district and et the tho promise of or each to follow her ex ex- ex ample Youre You're a newcomer to Marvin I understand st Mrs Mis I Graham h but r l your d E i aL l LIU uru su V A J mur would make a starting point If Ir you ou could only be induced to turn them Into gardens To do tho the woman Justice I suppose she he didn't realize how offensive her manner was Sho Size bad given me clearly to understand that tho only re reason on for formy formy for my being asked to become a district leader was on account of or our OU unusually unusual unusual- ly h- hhugo large hugo lawns I determined to spar spara a bit with her Do you OU mean you OU would me to plough h up the lawn 1 I asked That is what what wo we are arc trying trying to get eer everyone one to do she sho said lawns tennis ten len I nis court golf links they're superfluous ous at this time dont don't you OU think 1 My Mistake Perhaps ps go so I returned but have havo you ou ever studied Mrs r Hadley the soil soi of or a tennis court or that of ot golf sol links No I have o not net sho returned I r think you'll find that they would be bo useless for garden purposes unless more mone money than the they would be bo worth were rc expended on them I 1 said And the waste of or mone money which has already been used in preparing them then would be bo enormous Ah Ahl she said paid ald disagreeably You have a tennis court I understand Yes one on which Mr Ir Graham has put a great deal of or time and monc money I returned Im Im sure suro ho wouldn't plough It up But Dut I J shall shaH bo be vcr very glad Iad to plant a large garden Indeed garden indeed I had already planned one But how much I of or our lawn I can give Io I dont don't know And I 1 couldn't possibly take talce the thc position position tion ton of district leader I. I have duties which would ma make c It Impossible Am Am m I to Infer Mrs rs Graham that you do not approve of oC the war garden garden gar gar- den work worl or perhaps of or other p patriotic patriotic patri patri- otic work j Tho The sneer was l c evident ent I thought of or work In 0 my the secret service under Lillian which so ab abI absorbed absorbed ab- ab I my time that I couldn't take talc care of m my sick mother law and I smiled in inwardly arlly But there was no rio on my 0 lips as I faced tho the intolerant intolerant woman before beloro meI meI meI me I certainly do approve of or war garden garden gar sar den work worl I declared with sis Eis I r believe belove that every household should raise ralso all the vegetables It can But I think It the th-o height of oC folly for forthe forthe forthe the work to be placed in the hands ot of inexperienced impractical hysterical persons who advocate such absurdities os as S planting potatoes on tennis courts and who with all an the vast tracts of 01 waste asto land an in our country would de destroy rho- rho stroy the beauty of or the home lawns ro- ro I trust you will wil p pardon m my mistake mis mis- I tal take o in coming cominS here she Said Sall stiffly c rising Good morning Good morning Mrs Irs Hadley adle adleI I re returned re- re not nol turned remorseful a n trifle ashamed of oC myself but but I r |