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The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
Option on Thousand Acres.

I'VE made a satisfactory arrangement on
that score and at his suggestion went out
and quietly secured an option on a thousand
acres OF desirable land adjoining my tract
at a price but very little more than what
had paid for the 100 acre tract in the first
place. This. Of course. was to protect US In
case the plan proved big winner and to in
sure our being able to put over an addition II
deemed advisable.
My real estate man had some money and
secured more. Work was started at once.
Five bungalows were built and furnished.
Streets were laid out so TO preserve shade
trees The woods formed a wonderful back
ground for the houses. Hundred foot lots
replaced the original acre tracts which had
sold and bungalow plans were made different
as TO AFFORD the variety necessary to pro-
duce a pleasing contrast In spring the five
bungalows were completed. We sold every
one OF them and booked orders for sixty more
That was seven years ago. Now I've forgot
ten all l ever knew about corporation law
and am now engaged in starting new sub
Urbs all over America And We are still stick
ing to our original plan of payment and build
ing
And the name Of your suburb here is--'
the Average Man inquired.
Shadywood.' was the reply.
Well said the Average Man. what's
your latest fad? Taken UP arts and crafts
furniture as a SIDE amusement l suppose"
You've hit IT." and the Contented Indi-
vidual smiled again. E" l am operating a
furniture factory that builds furniture for
our bungalows and a rug factory that makes
our rugs. We have our own architects and
landscape gardeners We are the largest in
dividual customers Of one Of the largest
millwork concerns in America And my latest
fad asSou call 1t. is my Notwithstanding
and furnishing homes. It's the most fasci-
mating fad in the world. Ten thousand
people in our suburbs today-1OOOO homes as
proof that a mans fad may prove his for
tune. Good day. SIR" and he leisurely arose
and walked away.
The Average Man seated himself in the
chair the Contented Individual had vacated
and. letting himself sink back into its depths.
closed his eyes. Most comfortable chair in
the club" he commented to himself and
promptly went to sleep.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
Worry Prevents Profit.

Such a man did finally buy little store
and set up in business, but he grew old and
less agreeable every day. One Of the rea-
sons for this was that for the first year or
more that he had the store he could not
sleep of a night for fear that 1t might burn
down and his $3.50 investment so up in smoke.
He boarded as a salaried man. several thou
sand dollars. but the prospect Of losing a
penny worried him out of all reason. He
works himself and he works his family, but
he gains not half as much with all his efforts
as he might could he grow bit.
There are plenty Of people who are actual
ly jealous when they see one Of their friends
or acquaintance more active than them
selves, especially II the friend is getting
things they want but won't pay for in the
particular sort of coin required. An ex-
penditure Of effort or good sense or money
itself may be the thing they will not give for
the sake of getting. They are perfectly
willing to get, but they are not broad enough
to see that they must pay a price. They will
not water their plants of ability and yet ex-
pect them TO put out new shoots. They
want the new branches but they will not
realize that they have to supply the soil and
sun and rain that will make them grow.
A good deal Of arborizing represents a
spontaneous sort of growth, quick bursting
Of the cell wall to let out a new filament, but
the wall ha, to be kept plant and the cell
content briskly alive.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
Succeeded in Work He Liked.

Brandman's employers were in the ad-
vertising business. Brandman got job and
became interested in It. 1t was brain work
II required breadth OF vision. That was
five years ago. Brandpan is today drawing
a salary Of S125 a week. And il is commonly
agreed that he has a great future before
him. Ask him how he found his success
and he will tell you:
Because ! followed my inclination, and
never stayed in a place or position that l
did not like simply because other people
thought the position attractive. I wanted
TO find the work that would appeal to me
and interest me. found it. and you cannot
help succeeding when your work is a part Of
yourself
What Brandman said in simple words Car
lyle has put into literary language some
thing like this: Give us. o. give US. the
man who sings at his work. He will do
more in the same time: he Will do it bet
ter: he will persevere longer"
There are many men nowadays who choose
their occupation carelessly and as a result
Go not get nearly as far ahead as they
would II they had given their choice of a
life work more attention. more thought
I'm take anything SO long as it will pay
me living" says the young man.
Yes, take anything so long as it will give
you a livelihood. This is the proper way
to proceed. But do not be satisfied with
that anything. While sticking TO the Job
which pays you a living wage but in which
you are not interested. look about yourself
to find not merely a job but your life work.
II you are pent up as a clerk IN a store, and
clerking does not agree with you. either
physically or mentally, while the job OF a
delivery boy appeals to you. take the job
which will give you the most satisfaction.
1t is a bad recommendation to have to
look for Jobs frequently because you have
been discharged by each of your employers
for incompetency, but 1t Is not a disgrace
TO change Jobs often because you are looking
for the sort Of work which will appeal Ia
you most. Life is long, and to be hitched all
your life to job which is at variance with
your tastes. with your physical and mental
makeup. is a perpetual inquisition.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
Sold Acre to Friend.

He thought a second and then said, Now
don't know just exactly how you're going
70 take this, but here is what I'd like 10 do.
You know the wife and have an apartment
down on the road. Well, she's kicking be-
cause don't stay home enough, and really
there's nothing to come home to. With
place like this it would be different Icould
have a garden AID a house to take care Of
and there'd be something waiting for me at
the other end when started home nights.
I've got the money and I'd like to duplicate
your place II you'll let me have little Of
this land. Ny wife would be company for
yours. and I'll be glad to pay you profit
on what the land cost. Ionly want one acre,
and I'd like to have 1t next to yours
II jumped at the chance. He would AXE
a good neiyhbor and I was beginning to
realize that my wife might set lonely there
during the long winters. l had 100 acres.
and the land had cost ME $50 an acre. I
offered him the one acre adjoining where my
house was for just what II had cost me, but
he insisted on paying me $50 for It. Said 1t
was worth 1t and made me take il. To sum-
marize the thing. within two years we had
a select little colony of ten homes, all people
you would be glad to know and glad to live
near. and the profits on the ten acres Of land
1 had sold had Melted me enough to clear of
my Indebtedness on the entire 100 acres.
We had two great big stone posts at the
entrance and a driveway past our houses and
nowhere would you find a prettier little
colony.
lone day received a call from promi-
nent real estate dealer down in the city
Without making any bones about 1t he SUBJ
mitted his proposition to me. He offered 20
plat the hundred acres of In streets and
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
, BUSINESS BUILDING BUNGALOWS.
Chronicled by IRVING R. ALLEN.

alleys. put in sewerage and water lines all
over. and start selling lots. The idea came
to me in a fash. I turned to him and said:
Our land Is practically clear profit.
We can afford to wait for our money on that
A bungalow similar to mine costs completely
furnished. $500. Why not sell the outit
complete-bungalow furnished. land. every
thing. for IS COO and take a cash pa ynent of
5000. which gives US 500 margin. Then
take the balance. which is clear profit, in
time payments to suit the purchaser?
He slapped my knee Great said he.
i can get the capital and the thing will go
over. There are thousands OF people who
have been saving their money for a chance
like that. Now the only thing that remains
is to fix up a division Of the profits
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
Notes from the World of Science.

Several German cities are using street
washing machines driven and operated by
storage batteries.
Two new British battleships will be ftted
with anti-rolling tanks. the first war craft
SO equipped.
Twenty-nine states have made or are max
ing laws for the official supervision OF weights
and measures.
The trackless trolley system is being util-
lied for coal, wood, and general freight traffic
in Germany.
Large. detachable mud guards which need
not be carried on good dry roads are a nov
city for automobiles.
One part vinegar to three parts water ap-
piled with a brush will freshen gilt picture
and mirror frames.
Open air physical culture classes for the
free instruction Of women and girls are held
every Sunday in Berlin.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
False Notions of Growth.

There is a world of so-called business
which fattens on men, especially young men,
who have false notions Of how to grow.
These businesses propose, for nice round
sum TO fit any man by some very short cut
TO be a railroad president or a high Official
in the transportation business, for some bust
ness where quite supreme judgment comes
al the result of solid accretions, with the time
warrant. Or, again. they offer a man a
mercantile training or a doctors degree in
some brief period of months, the charge be-
ing all out of proportion 10 that of long
and thorough discipline with the false prom
Use that the fake training will take the place
of the legitimate and long, and is therefore
worth a large sum.
We may be glad that we are not Of the
nation where man has put all the years
of his life into the doing Of beautiful piece
of carving, but there is a lesson for US in
the thoroughness of such discipline. His
product does not perish with him. 1t lasts
centuries after he is dead and gone He
leaves a memorial Of fine workmanship be-
hind him, one large element In which was
time
The great number of organizations pre-
tending to have the power to clip time -four
ish, for the trapping Of gulls, and they could
not :live day did not men have a false idea
of how to grow and how real attainment is
gained. Real growth is fundamentally the
same as that of the tree. Magic art never
produced a real tree, with its roots firmly
bedded in the soil and its wide branches
touching heaven. The magicians and the
takers are always ready to promise to pro-
duce such mighty crea tions. but they have
not succeeded in thousands of years OF ef-
fort, nor will they succeed.
Real growth is one of the most fascinating
things in the world, whether 1t be OF mans
body or mind or Of the plants. A whole and
a wholesome family will take as much
pleasure in watching pea vines come up
and branch out, arborizing in their delicate
way, as in seeing a show, and the pleasure
is a much less transient thing. 1t is almost
as much an event in the family Of a sensible
sort when Willie outgrows the yardstick
and has to be measured on the door jamb
with the others. as that when the Roman
boy assumed the toga, sign OF manhood and
Of one step of completed growth.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01

-HE seeding oak grows to be the sap
ling; the Sapling natures, and we have
the old storm warrior Of the forests
and fields. with mighty limbs stretch
ing out to receive volumes Of wind and
rain and sunshine. 1t has arborized enor-
mously. Starting with only a puny stem.
seeming scarce strong enough to hold It's
spreading leaflets, 1t has not only doubled
and redoubled its main bulk. but II has
reached out in every direction as far as tree
could reach.
That beautiful Latin word for tree. aroor.
has, because Of this type Of growth, re-
ceived a SUNK that makes the dertvative,
arbori1e, a most significant word for GER
tain way Of growing. The growth Of the
brain cell is described as an arborizing. That
infinitely complex thing. the brain. begins
with the simple cell, which arborizes in
every direction, sending out ailments or tiny
branches and ultimately making a tissue
that is sthe most sensitive Of almost any
known.
Those who understand the problems Of
physiology land have. as a result, a due de-
gree of reverence for the wonders Of crea-
ton as exhibited in our human frame, say
with Profound emphasis that our bodies are
just as fine as'olIr souls are a miracle. The
miracles OF bodily growth. as well as the
miracles of defense and adaptation are
things to inspire our " free wills " to emu
late their makings, TO reach toward a per-
lection that is equal'to that in our organs Of
sense and action.
When wear or tear. or accident or disease.
destroy a human limb or tooth or eye. there
can be grated on to the body certain sub
stitutes, things often quite admirable in their
own way. but when compared with what
nature buiIt by its eternal process Of arbor-
jzing. poor and clumsy indeed.
There are men. however. who rather fancy
these sorts of additions to themselves; are
actually vainer over a gold tooth than over
a natural one. And so II is in less concrete
and tangible things. Men think to graft
upon themselves something that has been
made elsewhere than in their own incompar-
able factories. When quite degenerate they
become nothing but grafters, adding to
themselves profits they never earned. fasten-
ing to themselves false limbs or growing by
proxy. When exposed TO the full daylight
this always shows up as disreputable form
of growth. yet not only the degenerate and
the man without a model background try to
grow this way, but others are perpetuaIly
a.tractcd to the method.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
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OF a Chicago house. I was run
ming little furnishing store and
thought was prospecting nicely. But what
does this Chicago man do but up and say;
Why. young fellow, you're on the verge
Of bankruptcy.
"'Me?' I asked, astonished. Why, I'm
making good money
So:' says he. What did you figure the
cost Of those socks are? see you're selling
them at IS cents pair
"' Cost me IS cents said I.
I'll bet YOU said he. I can show you
they cost you every cent of your twenty-five
And, what's more, he did show me. I
was a young fellow then. and didn't know
what figuring costs was. Twas losing money
on nearly every sale when I thought / was
making good profits. This was the reason:
I owned the building in which did business.
and so figured I didn't have TO count cut
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
Use Best of Material.

As corporation counsel l naturally had a
varied circle Of scquaintances. all OF Whom
were more than willing to favor me for the
sake OF my busine IS good will. First Of all
got hold OF a young architect. told him wha
! wanted. showed him my rough plans. and
explained that this was not to be sham >
IN any sense OF the word. In other words,
no cheap woods. grained or veneered or
stained to match mahogany-not a bit of Il
just plain. well seasoned timber as its own
natural self and wherever We could econo-
mize without sacrificing durab ility wanted
II done.
1t was certainly surprising how We cut
down cos; on that house. We used cheap
but well seasoned lumber for our trims. then
painted them 18th a beautiful fiat dull finish
paint that was Just coming into general use.
We used this fiat paint as a tint over plaster
walls On the floors. where our rugs we're to
go. We used boards OF soft wood and simply
bordered the edges that showed with hard
wood. On the roof we used a slate coated
prepared roofing at about one NTH the cost
Of wooden shingles and ten times more dur
able. The outside was finished of with a
red concrete stucco and we used solid logs
for porch and edge trims outside.
When that house was finished IL was
beauty. And. best OF all, Il cost less than
one-third what the ordinary house gifts kind
does. Then II came to the furnlshing-we
bought all our new furniture at wholesale.
eliminated the useless things. and put every
thing in for comfort. The living room car
ried most OF the furniture. In each bedroom
We had a heavy iron bed. white enameled;
white enameied pine dresser. a white enam-
eled dressing chair. and a grass rug. with
light, bright curtains on the windows And
when the house was completely furnished It
cost less than It had to furnish our city
apartment. My wife and l went down to
spend a week at the new home. taking along
the maid, so as to get things ready for
housewarming we proposed to give. The
night of the housewarming arrived, and a
more enthus.as site bunch than we had there
l never hope TO see again.
About the time guests were getting re ady
to 20 my architect called me TO one side and
said: Fred, I've been doing some thinking.
Have you got the total figures on what this
house cost you exclusive Of the land?
Il had. and told him, $500 furnished
complete.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
No Limit to Arborizine.

But here is another trap for the mind
Growth is never really complete, though We
may say OF a boy he has got his growth. In
extension maybe he has. but In intension he
never cen. Arborizing never stops. The
oak puts out new leaves and branches every
season, and the branches grow into strong
limbs Because its trunk is inclosed in the
hard. bark OF years, there is no reason
why at its tips and points 1t should be any
thing but as keenly alive as when It had
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01

About one tree In each twenty planted lives
to maturity.
Goldfish are dried, beaten into powder, and
made into bread in Iceland.
A slanting aerial In wireless telegraphy is
less efficient than a horizontal one. q.
Foreigners living in Siam will establish a
Pasteur treatment hospital at Bankok.
Pay-as-you-enter street cars have been in
troduced into England by Newcastle COM
pany.
, Tile sewers have a carrying capacity just
about twice that Of brick ones Of the same
size.
Thirteen women and one man who had lived
more than 100 years died in Buenos Aires last
year. .
A scholarship In the chemistry Of baking
has been established in the University OF
Pittsburgh.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01

from the railroad station located a hun
cred acre tract-just right for my purpose
wooded, with a creek running through 1T
springs-in short. the ideal place. So bought
II for $50 an acre-paid part cash. gave mort
cages. and started out TO build my house.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
Planned Bungalow Himself.

Well" the Contented Individual pro-
ceeded "Of all the times l have ever had
I cannot bring 10 mind any period that held
as much real genuine pleasure as the time
spent IN planning and building my bunga-
low It was designed after my own ideas
had all Of the advantages Of all the bunga-
lows had inspected. and none Of the draw
backs. First OF all, laid out my plan for
the living room. / put nearly all the floor
space in the living room-no reception hall
just a great big living room, full Of cor
ners and window seats and places where a
man could drop right down and land in solid
comfort. A fireplace Of course-a big one. A
fireplace that would hold logs to flame and
blaze into plays and scenery that would
surpass any a theater could furnish-a fire.
place that. would warm your mind as well
as your body-you know the kind-the old
fashioned type that you seldom see nova
days. And a great big bookcase-right across
one wall Of the room-large enough to hold
a big library.
And the bedrooms-well, while planned
to make them cheerful and bright, I elm
mated all useless space-large bedrooms are
unnecessary and the space was put to much
better use in the room we spent our time
in-the living room. or course We were to
have a great big summer porch screened in
with a place for plants and flowers and
facing SO that it cornered all the cool breezes
Of The neighborhood. Our furniture was
old and wife and l decided to furnish the
new place in harmony with>the plan 1 had
laid out. And believe me. that plan and
the furniture We selected were to make our
house little garden OF Eden.
"My wife was enthusia stic-so were our
friends. And as for myself-well. words fail
to describe my mental attitude on the SUBJ
Ject. We hadn't taken cost into considera-
tion-not yet-the thing was to find the loca-
ton and this started out to do. Prop
erty In the suburbs was too high-I wouldn't
locate the new nome in the city under any
circumstances-my wife and weren't keen
on neighbors. any way, and so l started out
to locate a new suburb Of my own. After
two months careful search I found it
forty-fve minutes from the city.
II was in farming community pure and
simple-but a charming spot, About a mile
The Washington herald., 1912-09-01
You Must Learn to Arborize;
How to Make Most Of Yourself.
Bye. 8. MADDOCKs.
By C. 8. MADDOCKS.

but one little tip. the point to q stem most
newly and vigorously alive to It's very outer
cells.
One reason why a great many men and
women are undressing to themselves and
to others Is because they have no sense Of
this arborizing sort of growth. this growth
thai may not be of their main life. but of all
the branches that reach out and connect
them with the whole tissue OF the world
They somehow fancy themselves, II they
let their minds grow enough to reason SO
far, rather like q nice smooth and finished
column; or perhaps their figure for them
selves is something little more dressed
up and fussily ornate. But at any rate,
whether smothered or covered. the offshoots
Of interest and activity are not in the pic
ture.
Even the evergreen trees renew their
youth by arborizing. The gloomiest Of them
send out the most dainty and fragile clouds
Of greenness. willow tree will arborize
after It is chopped down and lies PROSTATE.
and this Is typical Of the man who reaches
out as long as there is a live cell in him.
grows rather than lives q life in death.
Another man will lie down and employ all
sorts Of agents, the electric battery and all
sorts Of human skill Of others to keep him.
SELF alive while MS hanos sWeu ana stlHen
and his whole body Is self drugged. With
no great effort the lie In MIN might In
crease by leaps and bounds. but his MIND mas
stopped arborizing. II that was sending out
new growths he would be matching II in his
bodily activities. Sometimes men have real
ly drugsed themselves for years and lived
q alternating sort OF existence, keeping
inert power Of such high degree OF vitality
that after years 1t has enough OF itself left
to revolution:ze the mans whole life. With
new arborizing every latent drop OF energy
has come to the front and sometimes
seemed miraculously great.
Exertion Generates Enerov.
1t is astonishing how much of energy q
man who says to himself while live l will
De alive" will find in himself. The more he
reaches out to do always within reason, the
more energy and strength he will find de-
veloping He begins to utilize the energy
makers he Is putting into his body in the
way of food, instead of taking them In and
allowing them to utilize him Just as the
new leaf bud pushes OF the old leaf he will
find his new energy pushing of a helpless
ness that had been entirely a matter OF
imasination.
As with the body, so with the mind. The
mind has the power of arborizing to the day
of a mans death, vet one man or another
will claim that he is losing his memory or
has lost the power OF concentration or the