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Show 1 tSSe ' ' ! G L O R Y ' ' O F T r&L G I R L G A R, D E N I R, 1 I1 1 mf ' -- -" - HnI0T 0tily Do Floral Beauties Ftarisfi Under Her Hand' btst Roses f Heatth CMkM 1 I m&-- ' ' '" NM Jlfi Mcrimson Her Cheeks and She Develops Symmetry of Figure and a Slender Waist JSppp; I r. ' ICopj tl At. ' r Vork Ilcrald Co. All rfcMs rerTCl.) X :; j spi injr mu'i.nps then: Is .. .. -ae $) r wrJli worms burrow deep Into old Mother il : i:.u:!i t escape the enthusiastic attacks of ? fifty gaideii spades wielded by as many dainty palis gj of bands. ; For It Is garden tltue and debutantes have fore- ffl! sworn 1 te li .urs in bed, the toll (hat society claims !ti . from bo:- otarles. and are rising with the lark to dip jj"; and spado ii nd plant, and so reap the reward of rose I leaf complexions, abundant health and suppleness of ll . limb, to say uothing of the consciousness of tasks well JM i done. The sniden mania has attacked society, and girls KE who at this season of the year are doing nothing more 9! strenuous,. Ibnii, -QJUond Ing matinees or driving iu the L Purk arc' niinln their attention to the pedagogy of (j ! tho spadi-Mnl aie imbibing truths from the soil which y; h. Is doeinod will htund them in better stead than any IP fxporii'iici' tin1 dram.i or the automobile may instill ; Socletj mitr'u- as well have become garden cnthusl- I nsts, and thi. r.iik nf gardening as they talk of books I I ' and pictures now. and to l)e Ignorant of the one ia I ' quhe as much of a dereliction as to be Ignorant of Ibo "rt other. 1 In Cnglaud perhaps more than in this country agri- II culture has b.n taken up seriously by many titled m women and girls, who are cultivating large tracts of I "I land, and, if m are to believe all wc hear, frequently 51 doing a large part of the actual farm work themselves. 4 Schools of agriculture bac sprung up here and there I throughout the Urltish Iftles and smart girls are dolv- ing into the mysteries of the soil with more enthusi-I enthusi-I ' asm than lliey have cvr bestowed upon society. I'm , ; So impiirtnnl arc the results of the study considered r that m.inr of the more prominent finishing schools In IV the Iclnlty of New York ure considering the adoption J of a gaulen course intoahe curriculum as an Important j pnrt of a girl's education, for gardening is said to teach no end of valuable things which can never be gotten fioni books, and not the least of these Is devol- , opmont if character. I And o It Is that these fifty amateur gardeners are Wj I to be found at work on the grounds of the Xew York uJ t University 'most any fine morning just now, nnd with H the elf-possession of seasoned tillers of the soil go lOl ; about their prosaic Uisks with military precision. ln- 8nC ,iia i my7 it would be treachery to use that jl epicsslou after one had seen the sparkling eyes, the eager cotuitenauceH and the concentration of the lithe, I sujiple binlles as. with plot stake in hand, they waJt H : for the word of command to draw their seed furrows I nnd prepare for planting the seeds. B! What strike the visitor most torclbly, aside from ; the abundant enthusiasm exhibited, lb the very senHl- q blP dress in which the, young farmers are garbed, for ,. tills, according to Henry Grlscom Parsons, the august S personage w ho leaches the young Idea tho secrets of j - the ll. Is quite as Important as wearing a ball gown H ' Instead of a bathing suit to a party. nfcf Tlilf means, first of all, the removal of the corsets. I Now. .Mr Parsons Is a very direct person and the ruleK he has worked out for his garden class eliminate j supeilluoiis articles of dress. a.s they exclude any un- SJ ' ueccAMsirj movements, ne believer altogether In tho bai mony of dregs' but. he urges, make It practical. H -I don't'advocate a uniform or .inythlng ugly, but Htf the outfit must be sensible," said be, "aud for this I I reason I ask the class to substitute the corset waUt .Hi foi the mm' heavily boued affair. Any ordinarj' ont-JAJ ont-JAJ ,f lit such as would lx worn for tennis, golfliig or walk-wA walk-wA f ing- Is suitable, so tliat .Hie skirt Ib Rhort enough to WAV nold stepping on It when spading. When It comes j to digging in the garden I suggest a very Blmple con-H con-H I trlvunc-e. which answers the purpose splendidly. Take K . the .string attached to tho measuring stako and after Tflh drawing the skiit up a bit fasten the string loosely j around, so that when kneeling the skirt Is Btlll free fM ) from the ground. On arlulng the etrbig can eaaily bf jM ' removed. This obviates having a spoclal aklrt made (a j or the use of any skirt holding attachment. O i Plots for Fifty Girls. wl ' For every one of tho Uftir girls a plot Is provided, a.s jh ; la the case for the test of the class, collating of some H t oy.e hundred older womeni Iu order to avoid confu- ' sion and save time, each girl Is given a number, which ' X corresponds to tho number jof a plot, and before tills 3 she stations herself preparatory for the lesson to gf h begin. There Is no fiibs oi excitement, but, on the 9fj n Icontrarj', the work goea on wlth all the preciHlon of 1 fia military drill a fact whldrh appettrs in no way to yAJ yi Hdampeu the ardor of the ha',lf hundred umateur gar- Jjl , U doners. 1' II 1 In order to present his own Ideas "more explicitly Mr. Parsons had an observation plot In which he demonstrates de-monstrates the problems his pupils nrc lo work out. First the plot Is speded, then the seed furrows arc darwn In with the plot stake; next the seeds arc planted, plant-ed, allowing one furrow to one kind of seed: then they are covered, the whole lesson lasting not more than fifteen minutes. Now all the fifty young gardeners go scampering off to their respective plots and bend to with the spade. And do they really spade themselves? Well, Just go up on University Uelghts one of thee fine mornings before the dew Is off the earth and see for yourself. Moreover, these charming joung society girls, most From Seed to Table the Vegetables Have Never Been Out of the Garden of whom know this agricultural Implement only from hearsay, use it selenllficallj. For the "podagogj of the spade" Is one thing that Mr Parsous teaches, and a most important pari of the training it Is. There Is quite as great a trick In using Jt as In dancing a cotillon, for tbcic Is a certain point on which the dainty heel Is to be planted In older to get the full expenditure of force, and there are certain cer-tain positions for the hands so the energy will be properly distributed The pedagogy of the spade," announced the garden master senteutlously as his fifty embryo farmers listened lis-tened attentively, "embraces the three laws of the lever. Remember that a small point will enter more easily than a largo one. Keep the back strnighU I.earn the economy of personal strength, Recognize the value of an Instant's relaxation aud know one's Individual speed limit. "Of theso points, nil of which may be applied to one's dally tasks about the house, none Is of greater value than to learn one's speed limit. For each person has a certain speed of working at which she will do her best, and If she works either fabler or slower the wqrk will not be so good." There followed the bpade drill, and the amateur fanners of tho brigade acquitted themselves like sol-dlerv. sol-dlerv. Here It la: Place right hand on top of spade haudlo, left beside be-side It Place foot on footrcst and press dovn firmly. TJso weight of body without Htamping. If ground Is bnrd, lnbcrt right corner of spade first. iWltli spade piwhcd down to depth of blade, lean backward on handle. As body bends over, slide loft, hand to within fow inches of blnde. Turn spadeful over, then stand up straight. As the girls, with cheeks athiuio over this vigorous exercise, stopped to draw breath they were told; "The garden Is the place to learn economy between the true and the false. Merely to avoid spending Is not i Preparing the Vegetables for the Class Dinner " turned to the bottle, for In Just such little details Is nuoiuy taught, of course there are Innumerable directions to be -lii-yed about the depth in which each kind of seed Ls ,'lantcd the radish and many others lo the depth of , e half Inch, the bean an Inch and so on but none . f the dotnlls Is omitted. At the end of the first le-- n each girl bad the satisfaction of knowing "that If . wont well she would later on be able to harvest a - pip of radishes, beau., beets, carrots, onions and let- ii' e. the result of her own individual efforts. Now comes the inspection of each plot to sec If the coeds have not been plnnted too deep or under too she-How u top soil, whether there are too many or too fi w. At the end of eaeh plot a sprinkler stands, water fi i tn which Is administered freely to the furrows to r the seeds a start toward germination, after which with Ibo remaining water the girls wash their hands, p r nST A A Problem in Amateur Gardening true economy, but lo i)eud iu such a way as to average the Inrgest returns in net profit is true economy. If, for example, the gaulen Is to be conducted for cash returns, It should give returns approximate to what could be earned In other pursuits. If health Is tho object, health should not be sacrificed for borne other form of profit, if knowledge Is the object, the garden should be made the laboratory for Investigation " Now, each garden plot after being duly spaded by the fifty vigorous pulrs of heels ls raked smooth and subdivided by tape lino aud slakes into plots four feet by e. About the Btakes a garden line ls drawn tant, forming a guide by which to mark the paths. Tbo hand stake to the gnrdoner secma quite as important as shears do to a tailor, and this tool comc3 agabi Into play to draw the furrows Into wlilch the seeds are to be dropped. And now comes one of the prettiest processes of all tho distribution of the seeds and their planting. Each girl Is requested to malte a cup of her left hand, Into which an assistant pours the seeds from a wide mouthed bottle, one of which she carries for each variety va-riety of seed. ,Wlth the thumb and finger of the right hand the seed is dropped Into the furrow, the left lelng kept for the seed receptacle. If any Roods remain re-main nfter the furrows aro filled they uro religiously dry them and the lesson Ls over. Next comes Instruction Instruc-tion ou the care of Uie garden the preparation of wind breaks, fences, water and what It means to the gardener, gar-dener, and so on until the plants hnvo come to maturity and harvest time arrives. Of the beneficial results from a course in ugrlculture or gardenlug its supporters have mauj good things to say. If, for example, a girl desires a bloom of youth and a perfect figure the advice nowadays ls to go to gardening, for Ponce de Leon's discovery, so Its advocates advo-cates assert, pales into Insignificance beside tho ad-vnntagoH ad-vnntagoH which acruc from a personally administered doso of "bnck to the poll" remedy. "Tho woman who wants a good figure can get It doing gardening," tho sago of University Heights gnrden echool will tell you In a manner that carried conviction with It. "It develops the limbs, rounds out the arms and shoulders, and, more than this" oh, yo disciples of rubbor garments, massugo and strenuous cserciae! "It make3 the waist small." Preserves the Figure. You will find In thlo counecllon that It was not ull happenstance thut the garden plots were made Just four feet across, for the stretching required by the novice to reach the middle of tho bed, though Insufficient In-sufficient to strain the muscles, ls adequato to train Gathering Vegetables for the Class Dinuac H the too abundant waist line to proportions such as IH comport with grace and beauty. H The trouble with gymnastic work, it is said, is that IH it does not attack the Intelligence. 'M "Gymnastics," explained the sage, "arc too auto- H malic, as a rule, and consequently unproductive of H results. Nor Is It necessary to go Into agriculture H extensively to reap the physical benefit, cither, for H you may be growing only a handful of beautiful H flowers and obtain the same effect. In any case It la H well worth the while. To be sure, the work requires H a certain amount of hardihood and endurance, but H not more than the average girl possesses, and thoao H who have not these qualities lo stait with will surely H acquire them before the season Is over. -H "Wc read and hear a great deal about the amount jH of rouge worn by Now York society girls and women, H but there would be none needed if the weareis would H tnkc paliis to acquire the bloom which contact with JH nature supplies. It ls the kind that won't come off H and its presence Is n sign of more abundan. physical H wollbeiug thnn any that could be acquired at the qH lobster iinlaces of Broadway or the tea looms of H Fifth avenue H "There Ls no greater satisfaction than In co-operat- H Ing with nature, for every move ou make she moves jH many times for you, and through the iKssesslon of a JIB little kuowledge of her methods any womau can reap iH a generous reward One woman student has devel- H oped a rare and beautiful garden on her plnce In West- JH Chester, auolher has taken up landscape gardening, H one of the younger girls has been tempted to go to H Cornell Agricultural School and still another ls putting H 1d(o operation a plan she ha.s long cherished of running H a market garden for commercial purpose, not so much H becnuso of the necessity ns because of the love for H agriculture. And nil nrc absolutely well and lndescrlb- 'H ably happy. H "To gel back lo the soil after having suffered ennui H and been prostrated by the demands of .society is to ,H be newj born. It means, too, so much in the general H economy of things, nnd If every womau could be H brought to realize thai any saving in the cost of any H step or iu the production of anything means an increase H in wealth it would bo time well spent in trying to get H back clot-e to nature. For by careful planning nature iH will assuredly give you a valuable profit over the cost IH of the effort that Is, If the work la well done. H "If not there may be loss In every move. Among the H mas of people this perhaps Is the difference between H those who are going ahead and those who are falling IH behind. Those Who succeed make a tiny gain in every IH move and l constant study to improve the efficiency of wlml they do they steadily reduce the cost of move- ment and Increase the cost of product. Aud as a result, IH in saving slops, labor, lime, money, strength and H health, one gains larger net returns In vegetables, H fiowera, health", strength, pleasme and knowledge for H ones self as well as one's fellow men To rise with the sun Is u doubtful Joy to the minds of most -persons, but once having acquired the habit m no one will ever forego the pleasure," went on the H lic. "In fact, 1 think the person who studies agrl eulturo becomes a sun worshipper, for when you come to millxe how all the energy come.s lrom the sunMilno, and how everythiug we eat. whether animal or veg- etable eels Us nourishment, either directly or iu- H directly, from the sun, we can't forbear to give It our m obeisance. "In the gnrden one cots next lo the real things of life m and away fi oni the man made crafts. You can't live In III! the "MHlen without coming to see how It readjusts your H eoral?phllosophie of life and the basis of this pbll- osophy is that It teaches one to lake the middle course, m to avo'ld extremes. For example, we come to see how loo much wind spoils the plants and how too little causes stagnation. We learn sanitation, too. from p'lanUng two heath of letlui e, one of which Ls covered with a length of tiling The one open to the ulr and H sunaltluo grows sturdy and strong, while the other be- comes pnlo and anaemic looking, aud its roots, Instead ! of exhibiting a healthy condition, are deca.-ed and at- tacked by fungus growths. H "One learns to master nature lu mastering the tweu- H ty inlnuto garden plot, and tho same priuclpies hold true when applied to large gardens. Ily controlling H nature we learn lo control tho forces within ourselves, nnd lat, but not least, we learn the dignity of mnniiil H Inbor, which we will afterward always hold in rovei- H ence " H One of Ibo Joy lo which the amnteur ganleners are lookbig fonvartl Is Uie final lesson In the course. jH when the sun and the rain shall have douo their part H and the product of the fifty little plots will have loached maturity aud stand ready for harvesting. For H the harvest dlnuer Is the culmlnntlon of the season's H work, and It la probably true that never did a vegela- rlan dinner tabte so good as the one In which every IH article on tho menu was grown, picked, prepared and i IH cooked by the girls themselves. From mhkI to table tho vegetables never leave the garden, and under tho i IH arbor hung with bunches of half ripe grapea tlio picnic IH dinner is eaten to the accompaniment of a very cgn- sclous feellug of pride in tho nchlevemenL It will H Indeed bo a red letter day in the calendar of the d6bu- rante class when they shall have completed their H course uud pass Judgment onlhe work of their own IH bands. H |