Evening star., 1915-05-29

obtaining help b indicated by the
fact that Mrs. Will Turner has fled
application for job. The Turner's are
boarding with the Robinsons, who
moved out here this spring. VIII Tur-
ner and Joe Robinson are both en-
ployed in my division. and they were
among our best friends when we lived
in the city. 1t fs great pleasure to US
to have them near us, though l don't
believe either the Turner's or the Rob-
insons have yet been quite able to ad-
just themselves to the new conditions.
derstand the change that has come over
Jane. l am not sure that Mrs. Turner
and Mrs. Robinson fully approve Of 1t.
Jane Has other Friends.
In the city Jane had a very limited
circle of friends and seemed to lack
either the disposition or the faculty
of making new ones. ! take 1t that Mrs.
Turner and Mrs. Robinson assumed
that their coming to the country would
be godsend to Jane: that It would
rescue her from loneliness and isola-
ton. Instead they found her a leader
constantly sought after by others and
as busy as any little bee ever dreamed
Of being. She welcomed her city friends
cordially. but didn't exactly hail them
as 1ifesavers. And they don't seem to
know just exactly what to make Of 1t.
Jane is doing ali she can to get them
acquainted with the neighbors and to
make them feel at home, and 1t may be
that after a while they will get their
viewpoint Strengthened out.
the Turner's and Robfnsons was that
Mrs. Turner was to help Mrs. Robinson
with tho housework and Will was to
help Joe in the garden as part pay
ment Of their board. but they Cancelled
that after q couple Of weeks. don't
know what the dif,culty was, but there
didn't seem to be any i'll feeling in the
matter. The result is that the Turner's
now are just plain boarders. with moth
ing to do. and in consequence Mrs. Tur-
her hands. That's why she wants to
help Jane. She hinted at a partnership
arrangement, but when Jane failed to
agree to that she offered to work by
the hour whenever she was needed.
No Friendship in Business.
But" Jane told her you want to re-
member that friendship is ono thing
and business Is another. This is busi-
ness, and unless your work is satisfac-
tory TIL not be able to keep you"
I thought Mrs. Turner would go way
up in the air when Jane said that, but
she didn't. Although 1t was plain Jane
meant Just what she said, there was
something In the way she said 1t that
took the sting away.
Joe Robinson. who was born and grew
up on a farm. used to assume a very
superior air whom he discussed agricul-
ture, and I stood not little in awe of
him and his wisdom. That awe now
has been wholly dissipated. The gar
den he IL making this spring. in COM
parison with mine. is a hilarious joke.
Not that he hasn't a good garden. what
there Is Of 1t. for he seems to be very
successful in growing stuff. The Joke
and the fuss he makes over working. it,
It is. perhaps, about one-fifth as large
as mine; but to hear Joe talk at the Of
! fce ono might think he was cultivating
at least ten acres all by himself. He
always speaks of 1t as a FARM
My self esteem has not suffered any
from tho fact that several times have
been able to give Joe pointers about
gardening which he admitted were an
Improvement over the methods he had
case Of Joe having forgotten since his
gardening days, but several times I
was able to tell him of better pra cticea
that have been developed In recent
years.
Not Urging the Turner'S.
The Turner's are still talking of rent
Ing b pldCS VI SAAoiA OWH IOF next year,
| but doubt very much II they do It. Ar
was the case with us. they both have
always lived in the city, and although
they like the country and think farm
ing must be Tot Of fun." 1 am afraid
| they have no real earnest purpose of
| becoming farmers. expect they would
make splendid gentleman farmers. .
with a mansion and plenty Of money.
but don't believe they have 1t in them
to get down and dig a living out Of the
| soil. ] don't mean that in disparaRe-
ment at all. They simply are like thou
sands of other people who are not
adapted to farm life. Since we have
had opportunity to size them up out
here in the country. Jane and 1 have
carefully refrained from urging the
Turner's to make the farm-life expert
ment. I am afraid they may think we
are not anxious to have them as perma- :
nent neighbors. but it certainly would
not be fair to urge them to do some-
thing which We are satisfied would be
an unwise thing for them to do.
I don't know whether the Robinsons
are going to like 1t well enough to
stick through another year, but they
at least knew what they were doing
when they undertook the experiment
Country life was not novelty to either
of them. The only one in the bunch
who seems to have real, genuine en-
thusiasm for rural activities Is BUS
ter" the Robinson boy. He refused to
be discouraged by the discovery that
planting eggs in the garden would not
grow baby chickens. Instead. he took