Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-07
WOMAN AND HOME.
SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING THs SUR
ROUNDlNGS OF THE HOMESTEAD.

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the Housewife Notes aud Items.
Nothing in country landscape shows so
much the taste Of the inhabitants as the
adUrnment the lack, displayed in the
surroundings of the honest, al. friend
once said TO me in passing two houses Of
very opposite appearance, that She did not
need to 20 inside TO tell the character of the
inmates. ami her Judgment WAS correct
The household makes the home what 1t Is,
and its influence l. forever stamped upon
those who live by the hearthstOne, and will
live in the memory of the children through
all their lives The adornment of a country
home by planting trees, shrubs and fruit
trees, by keeping a well-cut gresnSwaTd,
and lowering vines and plants, can never
bs er-estimated But il must be done
with sy stem and with view to what the
result will be when they have grown larger
ani take more room
| know a cottage where one fine spring
the owner planted a row of Mountain ash
close to the parIor windows In "A few years
they grew so strong and dense a. To over
Sha low the house, the branches tapping ON
the panes Of glass at the bed room windows,
and last year he cut them all down and the
house stands now, bare and unshaied Ii
these tres had been planted outside the
sidewalk, they would still have been near
enough to the house, and a shade to every
pass.rby. Nothing gives a better tone TO
the appearance Of a country home than a
wel-kept lswn-but it needs persistant ef
fort, a good lawn mower, and the will to
work IL Boys as rule object 10 the lawn
moving as much as y dog does to churnIng,
and generally have dozen other things on
hanL il wanted for that PURPOSE But if
the lawn is not too large and there is Ii
promise OF regular II small, remuneration
every time the implement Is used, AMI the
boy pride in the neatness of the home
stead Is aroused, it Is very likely there will
not be any difficulty. There should, if pos
sible, be IA little slope iiatness is always
uninteresting and shrubs that flower at
various seasons can add great beauty at
little cost IL is not always money that
adds all the charm and grace to adorn the
home II is the individuality OF the inhab
ltAnts impressed by their work upon the
land, as the brush of an artist gives char
acter to the picture he paints
The home exerts an influence for good OF
evil upon the young and in after year,
children will remember the time spent there
as the brightest or darkest years of their
lives How important then t. make the
surroundings pleasant And if they ART
taught to help plant the grounds, TO tend
the garden and to plan for home improve
ment, they will have an added interest
in it
This is the tree | helped papa plant on
Neliies birthday That is the vine We
put in when Harry was 10 years Old, are
land marks in a life history that live TO it,
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know an orchard, too that WAS planted
by the growing boys and girls at a TIM
when help could not be procured, and they
take greater pride in it than in any Of tn
older orchards that were planted by hire
lIngs 1t is something tangible as a result
of their work SO let the children be
taught TO embellish the home, to learn the
art of adornment, TO keep neat fences, tidy
doory ards to avoid throwing rubbish about
or allowing unsightly objects to be abou.
the premises Ii is Just easy as the other
way, and forms habits of tIdln IS and thrift
that will lie a lesson well learned. Not
those homes where the most money is spent
but those where the most good taste is dis
played are best, and the own''r Of a coun
try home is amply repaid with interest for
every hour spent on useful and besutify ing
Annie l. Jack in Ou
Country Home.