The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-17

tess turned her back, pinched a lettuce leaf to see if 1t were alive It was. portion of this back yard is taken up with a rose garden. Every bush perfect and between them celery flour ishing in luxurious growth. At the back and along one side are the poul- try yards. About twenty feet across the back and as much along one side was devoted to this enterprise with two feet along the back left out to grow grass to feed to the chickens. A description of these yards is impossi- ble Just make a picture of white washed wood parts. with wire netting between. white sanded ground, more breeders, hen houses with all the com partments neat as lady's writing desk pigeon holes--shoulds. be--and, hundreds of pure white Wyandottes of all ages all penned off where each be- longs.
 l Of the 125 eggs purchased, S5 hens
 reached maturity and from December to April these laid 1000 eggs Miss
 Walton in that time had sold $S5 worth of eggs. had sold many a cock erel to fry and had used many on her own table, and the chicken family still numbered 200.
 The Servant Problem.
 Now all of this was very beautiful but was anxious to discover the expense of keeping up this immaculate and varied establishment, so I ''quizzed." asked How much labor do you employ in the poultry yard?''
 ''None." Miss Walton replied Alice, the cook, and l care for 1t. She feeds them, waters them, and every other day with her basket and trowel she cleans up the quarters"
 Doesn't your gardener help" I asked, end she informed me: We have no gard ener Alex. my brother, does all that early in the morning before his office hours"
 began to think I was dreaming in Fairy land, and expected my hostess at any moment to produce a wand and turn me Into princess or a proud white wyandotte. I bravely asked who did this and who did that, thinking I'd discover the butler. the maid or the man who must render some assistance. No; no matter what 1 asked the reply came, Alice does that"
 There Is no servant on that place save Alice. none Is needed with such a mis- tress and master of the establishment.
 T have never known the servant problem" Miss Walton said. Since my mothers death I have had only two ser wants. When I lost the first I felt her place could never be supplied but the same system that answered with her answers with Alice, whom 1 now regard a9 invaluable When she came some years ago I said to her. You will find the rules as to each days duties hanging on the pantry door; they worked beau- tifully with my last servant and you will find they vii! with you Allot cer- tain duties to each day and there is no crowding; nothing is put off and the re- suit is we have plenty of time and to spare"
 Host and Hostess.
 Judge and Miss Walton entertain a great deal. An avalanche of company dropping in" does not disturb the | equilibrium of the household. Rooms are | ih readiness and the pantry--without ex- | travagance-is also in readiness. They | are of one of the oldest and most dis | 'inguished families of the United States | Their father was a great grand nephew of George Walton, one of the signers of | he Declaration of Independence, whose lcme Meadow Garden. in the suburbs of Augusta. is now owned and kept up by | he Daughters of the American Revo- 'utlon. who give 8 reception there once ! year.
 Miss Walton is a perfectly charming woman. The dinners and other entertain 1 nents that she and her brother give are famous.
 Judge Walton is one of the most prom lnent men of Augusta. He is a delight fully genial host. This brother and sls- ter each gives to the other all credit tor the running of this wonderful estab- with one servant.
 Judge and Miss Walton are a nephew
 nd niece of Mrs w. w Screws of this -ity and they have, as has also their liece, Miss Eugenia Walton. on several occasions visited Montgomery, where they have many friends.