The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-11-17
HAVING BAD LUCK
WITH The GARDEN

Il yoz- bzck yzrdy ssEed lte ezllel
c.rlo1Ely.
der hostess glanced from the /
trsry window iLto ! sad-looking ga
ceu and fgowned. Those" she IL
formed her guest tartly. are p,
enu-zl sweet pinks~
"Pinks?" echoed the visitor, VII
lived il 2 suburb.
AS ! said. they are pinkE," repea,
ed the hostess IL gloomy voice. !
+ yOu don't believe ne you can lool
o. the envelope the seeds came IN
/ They came two years ago, but ! hav'
[ preserved the envelope in the drawe
Of the kitchen table for the specih,
/ purpose Of convincing scofers lk'
you"
The caller laughed. Were theI
ever pink she inquired.
They we're not said the other
passing plate Of sponge cake. But
for the matter Of that my sweet will
liam was not sweet and my forget
nenots forgot 70 bloom and my climb
Ing yerbena grew into a bush"
What pity" said the caller sym
patheticslly. You must have had
uncommonly bad luck with your gar
den. We raised ali the vegetables We
could eat this year"
"Oh. We raised vegetables, too, but
We couldn't eat them" said the hos.
tess. You see. a vegetable garden
ia one OF the joys We promised our
selves when We decided to stay in
town this summer and save money
got out the old grocery checks for
last March and April and figured them
over and found that what We paid
for vegetables for those two months
was y per cent. Of our entire table
expenses. So. Of course, Edward and
] estimated that by saving that y
per cent all during the summer we
should have lot Of money to use in
some other way"
But" objected the visitor, does
that follow exactly? You know, yege-
tables are terribly high in March and
April, because so many of them are
hothouse grown"
"Oh, dear, yes" conceded the city
housekeeper. but | couldn't find the
grocery bills 80 far back as summer
Of last year and anyway, there was
no harm done, because the more you
think you're saving the happier you
feel about It."
so you planted vegetables"
prompted the caller
we did, answered her hostess. I'VE
hired a gardener at 81 day TO put
in the seeds because we thought it
would pay to have IL done scientifical
ly. I found out afterward that the
gardener was a tinsmith out of job
The tinsmiths were having strike, OF
something. and he was union man,
gardening to kill time Possibly he
wanted to get near to nature. But
] think he must have had an unsym'
pathetic disposition and then-well,
probably they were nonunion seeds,
because they came up a month later
looking as If they begrudged the ef
fort"
The visitor appeared scandalized at
the others ignorance. "Of course,
DEAR" she said, suavely. you must
have realized that it was due to the
cold weather that your seeds didn't
come up. You shouldn't have put
them in until later"
"We put our potatoes in later, .said
the hostess, "and they grew SO that
and | felt sure they, at least
would repay us for our trouble. u
watered them twice a day and they
grew four feet high" She sighed.
Did they decay in the ground?"
inquired the suburbanite
"No, indeed" said her hostess
There was nothing to decay We
had company to luncheon one day
and ! went out to our own potato
patch to get some potatoes to bake |
was sure they must be ripe and
had planned special treat. pulled
up the stalks and dug a foot deep
and sifted the ground and / got five
potatoes the size of French peas" She
smiled ruefully And the cats ate
our parsley" she added
I'm so sorry" murmured her
friend. with superior smile, but,
after all ! suppose one cant expect
much from city garden You'll
nave to come out to our little village
o live and then you can enjoy your
,wn garden stuff"
I'm sure we should" assented the
'ity dweller, politely, but, you see,
we already resigned myself to buy.
ng our vegetables. They seem SO
heap, now that I've tried raising
binpS mVself"