Show r HOME TOWN HELPS I 1 AJ 00 0 o WEEK END IN ENGLAND from saturday until monday the eric eno lachman spends mot most of the time in his HI garden 1 T I think we have comparatively liv lit tie lie to learn from england about vigorous sports and pastimes the greatest lesson about outdoor living that she can teach us Is tho the necessity of having a garden for what we need most Is relaxation and there la is no way in which we can refresh ourselves for the worlds work like living in a garden as the english do we seem to think that whether a man has a garden or not Is a mere incident or elm alm ply a matter of taste but to an englishman a garden la Is as ao necessary as aa a dining room and from the standpoint of national health it Is perhaps quite as necessary nece seary to a family as 8 ant tary tait plumbing I 1 do not say this because I 1 am a horticulturist says a brooklyn engle eagle writer but because we cant be a pink checked nation until america to la one great garden as england la Is and until we adopt that splendid english idea the week end fr from om saturday noon until monday morning one halt half of england la Is enter the other halt half out of doors nothing but routine business Is transacted on saturday and monday mornings indeed weekend week end parties often last from friday night until tuesday morning and they enjoy cheaper railroad road rates than for the shorter period I 1 believe that our railroads can and will stimulate country living wonderfully by lowering weekend week end rates the english railroads advertise bluebell blue bell excursions so BO that london children may go out and pick these spring flowers the newspapers always remind people of chestnut sunday when every one goes out to bushy park to see a mile of horse chestnut trees in bloom already our railroads are beginning to advertise natures free frea shows such as ag the autumn colors on the hudson river etc the time will come when nearly all important business will be done by appointment and every one who can afford it will wil I 1 a allow I 1 low himself two or three days a week in the country from april till october |