The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-08

Capt Parrish has planned a country
nome that IS mighty near a model.
Inc location is one that We might
hunt for dozen years and never find I
a better one. The treatment appeals
TO everybody who sees it The sug-
gesuon 10 the man who rides by is |
tnat an out Of town home is the |
proper paradise for the human race /
1t IS likely that If fifty strar gers |
should visit Durham and be shown |
about the factories and the big new |
bQldlngS and taken out the country /
road past Lochmoor when they 90
away they would speak Of the home
at Lochmoor oftener than of any
other one institution seen at Durham
FactorleS t are factories and of a Ger
tain interest Marble skvscrapers
are Of certain interest But homes
are Of universal interest And If
Durham goes ahead and builds more
Of these attractive country homes
along the roads out Of the CITY il
makes no difference how many more
factories may come. nor how many
more big buildings may spring I'D i'll
| town. the fame of the city viii rest
on the picture carried away by
| strangers Of the roads and the homes
| out in the suburbs and on the sur
rounding farms.
| MOI UoeS TINS Inln2 stop al Dur
| ham. Let Durham get q reputation
| for handsome homes and other towns
| are certain to take up the idea and
| try to equal the tobacco capital in
| the charm Of their rural SurrOund-
inCs and their attra ctive and comfort
able homes. And as the towns take
up the work Of home making the
farms eaten the infection. Capt.
| Parrish has shown the farmer how
farm home q .
Portable as a town home. The fact is
| tnat the farm home can he made
more comfortable, for the few ad-
vantages the town house commands
are not out of reach in the country
, while the country has so many ad
: vantages the town lacks that there is
no comparison. Capt. Parrish is g
missionary. He talks to his farmer
neighbOrs about making their farm.
more attractive. Some times they tel
! him that he has money to do thing
and they have not Then he pro
5 ceeds to show that it only takes abou
a quarter to buy a rose bush. ant
that from one bush slips can be Gu
a and other roses grown, an accom-
e plishment Mrs. Parrish has prac
ticed until many of the roses tha
n blossom SO prOfuSely at Lochmoo
are the creation of her enthusiasm
A dollar will so a long way in pro
y viding the seeds and plants TO star
Il a farm flower garden, and q few dol
IS lars will provide all the shrubber
6 that is needed for the beginning {
n what in few years will be a mos
elaborate plan. 1t is not the want
l. money that keeps most rural home
n from being attractive, but the war
Is of the effort In most cases it
le probably the lack of realization ths
le rural homes can be made attrac
" 7 l.,
n as an illustration. 1t shows anybod
who passes what can be done c
other country places, and it is prob;
} BILE that all over the State are a
10 tempts to beautify rural homes !;
n. a result of passing Capt. Parrish
'e home out from Durham.
Going To Be More.
Perhaps there are other countl
l. places in North Carolina that al
III more conspicuous examples Of VIII;
$ can be done with the farm home tha
this example Of Lochmoor. tt
i more such homes the better | kno
80 there are going to be more of tn
,e sort right along, and every one tn
A1 comes will bring others. 1t takes OF
-, | like this to get the people to cOmpr
:; hend what can be done in this dire
~, ton. but when that is once realize
r. the application OF the discovery
~ rapid. The climate of North Car
da lima makes all kinds of landsca1
decoration possible, and at the mir
mum of cost. | am not sure but tn
the suggestion offered by Capt Pa
rish's country home is the soluti
of the problem of kepeing people
the farms. An attractive farm hor
makes the farm home popular. :
,+o unattraCtive farm home makes I
es home unsatisfactory. An attract
a farm home breeds a desire for
nd tractive surroundings, and that lea
M to attractive country school hOuS
1e and neighborhood houses, and ples
nd ing country laloscapt: II incllheS
40 "t'i' q s70iioi 81 piiit - tiV ~
he SurfouhulnS lefiltofy. Every i
recruit who joins the army Of Sol
try beautifers becomes an enthusiast
ro- having every other neighbor lend
hla hand and the infection is an au
ant IntoAicduoh'