The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

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,hor. was speaking. She makes fire.
auent visits from her home in Ten
nessee to this part Of the int
and while she pours tea for her
friends al the National Arts Club in
New York she discourses enthusiastic
cally OF her latest hobbies. Just now
she is interested In a back to the
and scheme.
Everybody needs the dirt" she
went on. There's a sort OF psyche.
chemical effect TO be had from rotting
caves in garden loan. and l feel very
certain that now is the time, the psy-
Geological moment. II you will. for all
Of US in America to consider It. 1t Is
time to get back to the land. We
American women all have pioneer
brswn and brain in US and we don't
want to lose It. We are none OF
Us more than three or four genera
tons away from the pioneers"
Miss Daviess possesses already the
titles Of short story writer, novelist,
miniature painter. artistic %photogra-
pher. craftsman and playwright. Still
she Is not satisfied; she wants to add
farmer to the list, and so she IS
practising her doctrine OF getting back
" ~. t,nl
.I .rnnos. 1, .. IN 49,, n,,oa. 49,.
1p.ained. MY grandmother man.
aseo a thousand acre blue grass farm
N Kentucky and a household Of $50
slaves. to say nothing Of bringing up
a family Of ten children and a hus-
band!
nr,,o- sna no,i,,c,or cr.na,
49, -, ,ho o,,ar go .r,.r,,.sn
-, ,o,au -, 49, go "a ~. 80
.,,.s en-. ,ay. a., Iii ~. msst
ana other nrovi.,on. with her own
,.ns. hod al, IN. c,othin- for tho
s.nssho,a cr, an, ana mad. r,eht
,s.r. IN ber own house ana .unerin.
,.,sea the bIrth 81 every p~,ckaninnv
a, the Manhattan.
an addition tn all these dutiss.
which must have made her life q
rather one. abe found time
m write n history Of that blue erass
region Of Kentucky which has always
heen considered An authority, She
was one OF the pioneer women writer's
IN her state and wrote much on agrl.
cultural matters. Up to the time Of
her death at the Are Of So she was
regular correspondent Of the Roms
aNd Farm.
MY name 10 the same - horn
Maria Thompson Daviess. One Of my
Arst novels had a later se%rialization
IN that same paper, and when I once
went up to Springfield to see about It
found that some OF the Old COM
p~ositors recognized the name. and re-
membered grandmother very we'll. I
suppose I inherit my farming propen-
sites, too, from her. Somehow I'm
not happy II I'm away from the land
very long. ! do not enjoy cities a.
I used to.
Just a little while aso I bought
eighteen acres Of land-a wilderness
OF virgin forest not far from Nash
Vile, Tenn. From the top Of the hill
In my pasture can see on clear
days the spire Of the Capitol, eleven
miles away. Oh. you should see my
farm in the springtime with dog
wood. wild cherry and locust bios
SONS. And this fall We shall have
plenty Of nuts, walnuts and hickory
nuts. There will not be very much
fruit at first except wonderful persim-
mons, but we are planting fruit trees
and expect they will bear year after
next"
II Is a picturesque place. TINS
sweetbriar Farm, Miss Daviesss new
home. She named II after the nome
OF one OF her herolnes, mary In
Rose OF Old Harpeth'" From nor
veranda she looks on upon those same
Harpeth hills which clustered aoout
tho Sweetbriar Farm OF the v
But I must tell you about our psck
70 the land scheme MISS Davies
said. We have formed q CLUB. a
number Of other women living u
my n~e!ghborhood have agreed with me
that beginning with the nrst OF octo-
her. 1915, and until the lst OF octooer
"iN we VIII eat o! Ia'neI ee','
our ladies' oniy such iooo - -.
raise upon u rarms' anu o"is
VIII we feed 10 our men anu u"
except Tor conee, Tea aho rieo.
lhose tour Things we cant raiso' %
We VIII allow ourselves 10 puy 'hen
~ TOT macaroni' we are soihs 10 mar.
INA i'r ourselves out OF pea'eh u'soui'
dough rolled very tn'n. we shai' 'AN
me corn ano wheat tnat wo tA,so "
10 the MIL on FTo'ioehce Foao eh'
nave II ground
This summer we are going to pre-
serve the wild berries and wild grapes
We pick. Also We shall dry peas ant
beans from our gardens. nat