The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26
THE SUMNER HOME.
On M Nsrth shore q Lnng Island ne
Real sample Lie IL Lived.


To rms EDIroR or THE suS-Slr: Win
the advent Of July and the warm weather
the magazines are full Of the simple Me-.
20 called. and how 20 live Il. To the avsFASe
person the simple LIE means living In .
hut. eating canned or fad foods from oil
cloth covered tables. on wooden dishes.
using paper napkins.
Nov this may answer very well for few
weeks vacation In the mountains or other
primitive spot. but IN the case Of = regular
summer home e h neither eEpedient nor
desirable II the men Of the family have %
20 10 business every day In the city.
The diiiiculty IL In maintaining q COM
Portable happy medium between tho
campllks way Of doing and the other e.
IRENE. fashionable cottage life. with ice
attendant miseries OF numerous servants
indoors and out.
The HOUSE. selected must Be near anough
20 a railway station 90 that the walk or drive
10 Il Ia not a hardship on the -mAstsr. and
there must BE- q garden. a few hens and =
horse We have proved by ave years
experience that an apartment dwelling
family can come out into the good whols-
some country In May and stay until OotO-
Der and can, have the things I have men
toned with no house servant or man for
outdoor work. We have good meals az
conventional hours on linen tablSclotha,
and pretty. inexpensive china We have q
great deal Of company. and We all work.
though not more than is good for u.s.
judging by many Of our nelghboru there
h a belief prevalent among amateur COM
muting farmers that just the employing Of
hired man insuFss a fruitful garden and vel
groomed horses and clean wagons and hAr-
ness. while a. matter Of fact Il does no such
TO begin with. the -master- being away
the -bossinR- must be done By the mistress.
and few men, however capable. like % take
orders from the women Of the family. More
over, almost all the efficient men are engaRed
by the year on farms or estates that are
open all the time, and such men are not 70
be had lust for the summer months, We
have found Il wiser. therefore. 20 limit the
SIZE Of the garden and the number Of
horses " the working capacity Of the
/ family. The same rule n good as regards
the house, which should be ~ furnished that
~ care q not beyond the strength % the
migtreaA
our garden is now about US feet By a.
and has grown 20 that size from q small BE-
| ginning q odr|boys have gained In age and
/ ability. We raise potatoes. corn, peas,
radishee, lettuce. string beans, spinach
carrots. bee,s, Okra, limas. tomatoes, musk
melons and Cucumbers. We have Early
peas about June TO- and the last Of our DO
tatOes are available until after November l.
We have found a capable neiRhboF who
I for a consideration plouRhs and harrous
our garden and plants he earliest ysee-
| tables the later crops wei plant oursalvesl
/ This labor and the seeds cost aomethinr
less than go. and last year by actual count.
we got over So worth Of VERSAILLES out OF
the garden, figuring values not al what We
/ would pay for the same things IN the village
shops but AZ what we would receive II We
were trying 70 sell
Opinions differ az 20 the respective inertia
Of horse and automobile, and the latter haa
much In its favor. bat where there are boys
J In the family the horse IA best There IA
no better time for a boy 10 learn 20 care for
and ride or drive q horse than when he Ia
young. and the knowledge will develop ali
hts abilities most benehCially, aside IRON
! is practical value. We have twelve hens
that lay on an average eight eggs a day, and
the feed for them costs only about 4 dollar
a month, ~ they eat table scraps.
The last member Of our farm family Il
the cat. that earns all he costs and more BY
keeping away the mice from the house and
barn. they were terribly annoying before
We got him. vi Ne could measure health
and happiness in dollars and cents our
summer home would be q wonderful money
maker. We unnualihedly recommend the
real simple life FLoRA e. T. HAZARD.
NORrHPORT. l.. /. June Is.