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Show Vf r. THE GARDEN SPIRIT pitf v The back yards of our city once'desert- H 8fr ' ' e 4re ne center of intense activity now, HZ fir-" Business men and housewives and me-...j me-...j l.2.ichanics are spaing. Neighbors whospre-H:'.l whospre-H:'.l aftl? ' y-ife0Vu' rotly ever spoke to each oth-, H4 Br' erexcharige advice across the fence. The , W-l $T ' instructions are-nconflicting. But the H; rt, ' ' - power of good seed to come"up and bear HRlci ' under unfavorable conditions is Bills'!.' often surprising. -v'"4' , Tne automobile that used to go out on Hf-lfv a pleasure excursion now comes back M'l" .loaded with garden tools or bean poles. B s i;V, The hardware and other stores are be- f ? sieged by seekers after seeds and imple-gM'S" imple-gM'S" ments. HJ fM.M v Some wh6 never handled a hoe before ' $fr " st year now wtn geat confidence I t -m ".'-'' '. to the correct scientific method, while ijiy others who really know more listen with I IVi' - OP611 mouths. ivr, ,r ' Chronic growlers complain at being MjsjV' dragged into a new and laborious pur- 4 fWfr ' - suit But soon they slip out to, the patch B t1 ", the first thing in the morning to see what mi . new little stranger has lifted his venture- H ', ' some head above the dirt. And the last. fv p moment of daylight shows them still try-f try-f !' ing to distinguish plants from weeds. H 2 - Man up to a few generations ago was Mr " 'an outdoor animal. When modern indus- - ,. trialism developed, we ignored the living B . ','" ' conditions to which our bodits were ad-;!' ad-;!' apted, and worked in congested build- ' B ill S3 with little fresh air; The race has R; II suffered enfeeblement. If : Now this, garden spirit helps1 to repro- Sit! Uce ne cnditions under which man f or- W! merly lived and thrived more vigorously. mm'-' There is a strength giving quality in. the Mm '' soil that communicates itself to human mm " mind and bodyC' |