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city's general appearance. if proper effort
is made to improve it, He has gone a
step farther than those citizens who are
engaged in retaining unsiehtly back
yards by treating with impartiality the
front, back and side yards-the latter
amounting practically to an areaway-
which surround his house. 1t would be
difficult to determine which part is the
more attractive.
In the rear yard is an althea tree which
has grown to a height of thirty feet and
proba bly, is the tallest specimen of its
kind in the city. Here abundant shade
is to be found.
The home has been enjoyed not alone
by Mr.. Goodall and the members of his
family. 1t has been the scene OF fire.
quent gatherings of government officials
and employees and, in this way, it is be-
lieved that many residents of the city
have been stimulated with a desire to
similarly improve the lawns surrounding
their dwellings. Since the death of his
wife Mr.. Goodall has been assisted in
entertaining these informal gatherings by
his daughter, Miss Julia r. GOodall.
II is known that Mr.. GoOdall has under
consideration a plan which cOntemplates
the inviting of members of the police and
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work of Francis III. GOOdall OF ?j- Il
street northwest much to commend Ia
other citizens who would join in the
movement TO make Washington the un-
disputed city beautiful
Leaving untouched no spot of cartn
where a flower or shrub would be an
adornment Mr.. Goodall has developed the
premises surrounding his residence into
a garden of natures rarest creations, en-
ploying simple and inexpensive methods
that are within the reach of any house
holder Since 1871 he has devoted him
self 10 the work of making his home at
tractive that others might enjoy it as
we'll as himself. In the art of yard deco
rating he is one of Washingtons pioneers.
His love of flowers was acquired i'm his
boyhood home in Bath. y. H.. and. in
part. was due TO n serious accident which
befell his mother. She was injured by
forced to use crutches. One of her prin-
flower bed.
Seeing my mother SO often on her
knees working among the plants, L
asked to help her. and soon became in
tereSted in their care myself. said Mr..
Cioodall. Little had | realized until
then that there is SO much comradeship
in nature
The civil war broke out. and Mr.. Good
all enlisted. In 1871 he came to Wash
ington and obtained a responsible posi-
ton in the Treasury Department. where
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BY Inexpensive Methods Pioneer HAS Worked Wonders i'm Home Gardening

placing it with sand, good soil and we'll
rOtted manure.
first I cultivated principally hardy vines.
English ivy. Madeira vines clematis.
wistaria. Virginia creeper. cyprus vines
moon vines and Towering shrubs like
dutria, bridal wreath and Grape myrtle
l also had a few roses and other ordi-
nary small flowers, like Seraniums. CO.
leus saliva. petunias, golden glow, etc.
II began TO select the most hardy and
free Towering shrubs. like altheas. by
drangea plumes and the ordinary hydran-
geas (blue. pink and white). Grape myrtle
white and pink and a few Of the best
growing and blooming vines, like Glenn
ats. wistaria. Virginia creeper, honey
suckle, etc.
''In this way. with very little trouble
and expense. except to keep everything
we'll watered in dry weather you can
produce very satisfactory results. Then
it is very easy to raise many of the wild
ferns. including the beautiful maiden-hair
variety. jack-in- the-pulpit, wild column
bine. golden rod, lady slippers and many
others of hardy varieties.
Zone source of health, pleasure and
general enjoyment is to go off in search
of rare wild flowers xnd vines and bring
them home with the roots SO that they
may he transplanted. Then you can
gather the numerous pretty wild flowers
TO give to the sick, beginning in the
spring with the lovely trailing arbutus.
anemOnes, hepaticas. dog tooth violets,
Observation-Disclosures and so on through the
whole sea son.
You can take most delightful tramps
along the canal and upper Potomac. or
up around Great Falls, Difficult run. etc.
And with a good book wild flowers
and birds YOU will find that your com
radeship will increase immensely in a
short time, and more especially if you
can take good pictures with the camera.
In a recent ramble among the white
hills of New Hampshire in September l
walked nineteen'al one-half miles in one
day. from the White Mountain House
through Crawford's Notch to Bartlett, al
though | am now nearing seventy-fve
years of age. I mention this to show that
l am still in vigorous health. a fact
which l attribute to the exercise get on
my long walks into the country
In approaching the Goodall residence
one is impressed with the fact that, al
though the arrangement of flowers.
vines and shrubs is a particularly
harmonious one, the general plan of
resorting to groups and designs has
been eliminated. 1t is explained that
the purpose of this was to give nature
a freer hand and do away with all
Semblance of artificiality.
The front yard has width of only twen-
ty-two feet with a siXteen-foot depth,
but in this Enclosure are to be found
twenty varieties of shrubs and vines.
all in luxurious growth. Virginia
creeper and moon vine, the latter now
in bloom, cover an arch which has been
built over the front door Half way
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Gloves and ThimbIeS.

"ONE of the hardest TIN, things s., for shop, p,
gloves and thimbles do no coincide" said
a Pennsylvania avenue salesman IF the
woman who wears a No. glove asks
her husband To buy thimble for her
she tells him to get No. @ thimble. IL
he takes that size the chances are IL will
only stick on the tip of her little finger.
She needs No. s. OF course. there are
exceptions TO the rule, for i'm thimbles,
as i'm gloves, there are great differences
in the make, and great deal depends,
too, upon the peculiarities of the hand.
But, a rule. thiubies run about two
sizes larger than gloves.
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ing shrubs. contribute to make the area
way veritable floral coy corner.
The treatment of the back yard. which
is but little larger than the 'front.' IN
closure, has made il productive of an
equally pleasing effect The althea tree,
already mentioned. occupies considerable
space near the west fence and is sur
rounded by numerous small flowers Near
the south fence are to be found Il straw
berry shrub, Towering almond and wild
canal roses. English ivy, rambler roses
and small flowers take up most of the
space near the east fence, while next to
the house is huge bower of clematls.
AS already pointed out, the results OBJ
tanned by M. Goodall are valuable in
that home owners can find in them prac-
teal suggestions for making similar I'M
provements. After the initial expense OF
preparing the soil has been incurred the
cost of providing "A moderate-siZed front
yard with a sufficient number of shrubs
and vines to make it attractive should
not exceed 81
y front yard the size Of his OWN could
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Tor Thirty Years He Has
i Made the Yards of His
Premises Bloom With Shrubs
and Vines-What He Has
Accomplished in a Limited
Space and by Simple Meth
ods-Wants Others to Share
the Comfort of His Back
Yard-Takes Long Tramps
in the Woods, Both Winter
and Summer, to Find Rare
Plants-Details of His Work.
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he is at present employed. His first
residence was at 914 + street northwest,
and it was there that he became in
terested in flower garden of his own.
Later he moved to his present resi-
dence. and Immediately began imprCv-
ing the appearance of the place by plant
ing many of the shrubs and flowers that
his mother had taught him to love.
Although now in his SeVenty-ffth year,
Mr.. Goodall is as active as ii young
man, and never allows a week to go by
without taking long tramps along the
slopes of the Potomac or banks of the
canal in search of some new plant.
These trips he has taken regularly ein
winter and summer for more than thirty
years. as result of which there is to
be found a greater variety of wild
shrubs on his premises than probably
on any other spot in Washington.
He has demonstrated that cost is
small factor in the identifying of ones
home and that any yard. no matter how
small. can be made to add greatly to Il
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some irrelevant passagc-it may have
been ludicrous on that somber occasion.
but the very somberness preserved its
sanctity
You may wonder why We did not hurry
hack and string the murderer UP from "a
yardarm. I'll tell you why We did not,
there wasn't a man of MS who did not
prefer ~ see civilization again TO spend
ing the rest of his days i'll Prince Alberts
Land. and In" captain was the only one
who could take us away.
The shippers next concern was to get
rid of witnesses. He arranged hunting
expedition. for which | was scheduled
But il happened that the day before the
start | took off my glove to open door
and my right hand instantly froZe.
could not be included. of course. but the
captain took Detroit, the second engineer.
and a native.
went out with them to the ridge of
the island. and just before they left US
Detroit took me aside and said:
Aren't you going to tell me good
bye"
why, j have already" / exclaimed.
Yes, but | mean-good-bye he re-
turned in low tone, You'll never see
me again"
] protested. and told him he would be
back very soon. but he only shook his
head.
No he said. II won't come back
you'll never me again "
And l never did.
Some days later III the midst of an inn
penetrable snowStorn, | heard "A faint
-'Halloo, in the distance. l sent back the
call. and kept il up until two figures
climbed out of the whirling whiteness and
the rail of the Olga. They were the
captain and Feathers.
where are the boys?" / Queried.
What do | know about them" he de-
manded. If they amt here they're under
the snow.
He told US that he had started the pair
back with sleigh and a load of deer,
but we always thought that he had pur-
posely given them the wrong directions.
He could not have shot them, for then
the native would have told on him: but
il meant nothing to alter a fracti :. from
the compass-nothing but two starved
and frozen bodies in the center of a froz-
en- sea.
The end of Mitch was different His
reason had begun to WAIVER under the
strain, and when he froZe his feet one
day he made ready to warm them by
building fire in bucket on deck right
next to the ga soine tank. 1t was a pre-
posterous thing To do. of course, for the
Olga might have finished up in a fash
The captain. running forward. threw the
bucket and burning rubbish over the rail,
and pitched Mitchell headlons after them
When the man had gathered himself up
on the ice the captain ordered him put in
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American Enterprise.

nOBERT Lorraine, the English actor.
N was asked by a reporter if he liked
America.
yes" Mr.. Lorraine replied, Il like
America very much. / especially like
American enterprise American enterprise
makes the enterprise of other nations
look like Tommy Price.
Tommy Price was a grocer in my ma
tive Australia. / entered his shop in my
boyhood once. and asked him for bar
of a certain kind of soap.
"'Ah. I've stopped keepin it. said
Tommy with a facial movement that was
half a yawn and half scowl
STOPPED keeping it, said |. Why.
Tommy, it's the most popular brand of
soap on the market.
That : the trouble. said Tommy Price.
People KEEP comm and comm for it. BY
crinus I'd get sold out fast Id
get stocked up. So / jest stopped keepin
it f"
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down the walk, leading from the arch
to the street pavement is square
frame which has been transformed into
a tunnel as "A result of being COM
pletely covered with "A growth of moon
vine and sweet-scented Japanese
clematiS.
In the center of the yard and to the
left of the walk. one approaches the
house. another arch has been construct
ed, this one being covered with climb
ing roses and clematis. Along the
fence hydrangeas, coleus, petuniaS,
verbenas. salvias and other small flow
ers grow in rich profusion.
The establishment of the areaway be-
tween the GOodall residence and the
dwelling adjoining it is particularly eff
fective. Large flower baskets have been
suspended from poles that are fastened
across this space. Sea shells,1each con-
tanning small plant, are arrayed along
both sides of the walk. Quantities OF
Maderai vine. English Ivy and many wild
flowers, including wild ferns. golden rod
the-pulpit and one or two flower
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she might have been, crushed in the Ice
or have driftcd toward the pole"
K i;
The widest rumors and stories con-
corning us evidently referred to reports
of the copper island, which DIR. Amund-
sen. as scientific man. disdained to en-
ter in his book. but he probably also had
reference to a more gruesOme rumor, to
judge from the following statement:
That things on board some of these
American wha!crs were not as they
ought to be there can be little doubt, but
having no positive proofs l perfer not
to mention the many and queer tales
heard during my sojourn here tat Her
chel lsland)."
One afternoon on our way back from
the copper island the captain had called
the kid down into the cabin. He was
sitting at the table with a six-shooter by
his hand. He had also sent for member
of the crew who could write. BY s1gnlfi-
cant questioning, he induced the boy as
a witness to dictate and sign in the log
an account of the engineers death which
thoroughly exonerated he captain.
The Canadian mounted police. having
heard some reports of the shooting on
the schooner, brought the captain to trial
when he reached port, but the kids am
davit in the log book cleared nm. But
this much is a fact-they refused TO al
low me to tell my story. This fact may
also be mentioned in passing: \ boat'oad
of valuable fox and bear skins were
sent ashore from the Olga at Herchel
Island.
\
We brought the story of the new race
with us. and l remember that the major
and sergeant of the Canadian mounted
police there took notes of 1t. And L
also remember that we sold one of their
bows and arrows to a young man in
half civilized eastern clothes. who looked
like a Cheechawker, and told our adven-
lures to him.
BY this time l was very sick man
and paid small attention to the delay
of our schooner by the Canadian au-
thorities. But when they let US go We
sailed around Point Barrow into Ber-
ing sea- Here We encountered the
United States revenue cutter Bear. and
as her captain realized that ! would have
to be hurried out of the north he con-
scented to take me, the kanaka and the
kid on board bound for San Francisco.
Our landing in that city is worth re-
cording even in this medley of adven-
at the ferry house, and when l went on
through and looked around could not
believe my senses. I thought that Arctic
insanity had overtaken me at last. All
l could see in any direction was brick
strcwn desolation, relieved here and there
with blackened fragments Of walls and
chimneys.
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chains. So they fastened him in the hold,
and closed down the hatch. Orders We're
issued that no food or water should be
given to him.
Can 7 ever forget those horrors. For
three days and three nights Mitch
stayed chained in the hold. pleading.
moaning. raving for water; his Shricks:
like walls of the damned. reVerberated
for miles through the Arctic si!dnce. And
so. chained in the hold, he died
Do You wonder that / came to loathc
the copper island? Wrctched with sour
Wy. sick to the soul, starving. fearful of
Arctic insanity, stepped in the atmos-
phere of DEATH could only look upon
that CHASTITY horde of wealth with indie
scribablc aversion curse seemed to
hover upon it. 1t was simply a lOadstOne
of evil. Not ''all the gold of Alaska nor
all the gold of the world. indeed, seemed
to be worth its fatal possession.
As soon as there was thinning out of
the ice We worked our way from our ref
uge. and set sail for the south. Only five
men Of the original ten were with us.
hcartening delay, we V1ally made port at
Herschcl Island.
Here, with ii big whaling fleet. includ-
ing some of those vessels We had spoken
on our outward voyage, We again met
DIR. Amundsen twho, since these notes
were taken down. has announced the dis
covery Of the south pole). Concerning our
arrival. DR.. Amundsen wrote in his
Northwest Passage" Cvolume ii, page
212,:
ION august .. 1909 gale
swept in from the north. At l pm. the
long-eXpected and anxiously awaited
Olga entered the harbor. She had win
tered in the Mimic inlet in Prince Albert
Land. where they had met some Eskimo.
Probably these were kilnermum Eskimo
from the Coppernine river of the same
tride that Hansen and Ristveldt had met
their sledging exhibition in 1895. The
Olga had lost several of her crew, and
il was particularly unfortunate that both
engineers had died, that the crew
could not get their engine to work. They
had to depend entirely on their sails.
The crew We're two whole days out in
their computation of time. They had
seen a large number of whales. but were
too few in number to make any catches"
1.-THE long-expected Olga he has refer
ence to an earlier passage in his book.
written the preceding fall In this he
says volume ii. page 100:
LAS to the other whalers the sledge
party knew that four of them had reach
ed Bailey Island, but they knew nothing
about the fifth one. The widest rumOrs
and stories were in circulation all the
winter about the disappearance of this
snip, 1t was a small schooner, no bigger
than the Ojea, called the Olga. The last
time she was seen she was going north
ward. and there was much anxiety lest
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for my rent before I could convince her
that 1 was the man down from the
north"
Well. that is the story. l never went
back to Nome. 1 was through l stayed
lons enough in San Francisco TO get
cured of the scurvy, and then returned to
New York.
What about the copper island? Why. it's
there It's there for anybody who wants
it can go and claim it, But so far as
am concerned. it's very welcome to stay
there until a place considerably less arc
tic freezes over.
Copyright, 1912. hy !. G.. Lloyd,
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Hen the clean city
committee of the
District of Column
bia, which is en-
deavoring to raise
the municipality $
standard of SANTA
ton. begins con-
sideration of the
more e 5 [ N e I G
problem of beauti-
flying the capital
ii will find in the
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The Wife's Saving Scheme
That Did Not Work Out

the form Of tcn-cent pieces. NJ the emu
of th.. second week he was Obliged 10
go to the bank and draw out SINAI.
amount to pay back loans ne hau op-
tanned from others in the office Tor cigar
roncv and MONDAY lunches. Tho foiioNs
ing Saturday he was again onlSen 10 -
to the paying tellers Mlhoo~-he n .
almost forgot by that time where the
receiving teller stood. M,
Thus the system went on out NV
linr's reward WAS coming. One evening
his wife ca in beaminS. after nhisn'hs
ND the dinner dishes. and asked MN now
much he thought shed pun III the paan
since their new saving scheme went into
effect He made rough guess or Two
and hit below the mark. much To her de-
light. She had saved up Sls4o every
cent of il out of the sugar DOW. Her'
there was the bank book showing the sew
cral deposits.
Uivlinr expressed himself as greatly
pleased The only thing that marred his
satisfaction over the success of her plan
was the recollection that he had been
obliged on several occasions To draw from
his own meager saving account whic2
by the way. he had not
mentioned to his wife Just for the sake
of satisfying his curiosity. he took his
own bank book and counted up the sew
eral Withdrawals he had made since the
installation of the new saving system
They totaled $3.50.
Hiyiing went further, after the manner
of "A methodical man. and figured up the
interest he had lost by drawing out
money at odd times during the quarter.
1t amounted to about cents, practically
making his total Withdrawals Sls.2s.
From this. as may readily be noted by
the keen student of mathematics, II APP
pears that the Hivlings had been taking
money out of one pocket and putting II IN
the other. and that i'm addition they hao
amassed the sum Of L. cents.
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I stepped up to Il policeman III the ferry
plaza. -
where's Market street," l asked
He turned around. and L doh Know
whose face was more astonlShed he
fell away from me-
Market street, he exclaimed, why
there amt no Market street,!
where's it gomez l Sasred.
''Whcrc'd you come from. lie "e-
manded.
"Oh saw. now ! broke in. I'm just
down from the north. and I'm sick. and
l want to go to hotel.
"Ain't no HOTEL he answered. Ain I
really no San Francisco.
When he saw that l was really puz-
zled and also very ill, he explained about
the earthquake, no news of which had
reached us.
"But say" he added. you're a stranger
sight than the town.
I had forgotten that l was standing
there in the same Arctic furs had
worn for two years, and that hau not
known a shave for as long.
..rll tell YOU, though. If you so out
to the mission over on Valencia street
YOU may be able to get Il room. There -
some houses left there.
do the cars start here:
Cars he laughed, "ain't no cars
either. You got to walk.
The mission was five miles away.
I started up Market street, and l doubt
if ever there was sight more grotesque.
The broad and once rushing thorough
fare was now deserted. save for piles OF
masonry between its skeletons of build
ings, and the figure of a manbear making
a dazed and solitary Roadway through
the ruins
After / had gone mile L became COM
pletely lost. 1 stumbled around in will
derness of debris until I managed to find
myself again by discovering two upstand-
ing pillars. with a keystone. which read
'Tivoli Opera House." And here is a
very singular coincidence, five years aft
erward and here in the east, on one of
the few occasions that l have ever told
this story, my auditor exclaimed:
Il was in San Francisco. too, and try
ing to find my way out from the ruins. [
got lost and located myself by that same
stone on those pillars. And you are the
only man whom l have heard speak OF
them"
At length l dragged myself to a board
ing house in the mission, and after d
great deal of persuasion l got a woman
to take me in.
/ had sewed several hundred dollars in
my furs. SO I was well enough supplied
with money. Thrusting the price of my
room into her hand while she was still
refusing me. l inquired the way to bar
Der shop
When l rang the bell again arrsyed in
my new clothes from head to foot
shave and the first bath in two years,
the landlady opened the door and said
I'm awfully sorry, but we haven't
room left. man down from the north
took the last one only little while ago"
! actually had to show her the receipt