Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-14
PURSUITS FOR CONSERVATIVES
One of tho Days Best
Ky FREDERIC }. HASkIy,

WASHINGTON. p. G.. April 10
There is woman in Ohio who is earn
l'G her living by raising dish cloths
Not long ago. she invested 10 cents
in some seed and started growin: the
luna plant which iiourshcd easily and
required but little attention. The en-
pertinent was such a financial success
that she bought more seed, and now
she has small farm of luna, which
is thick. spougy gourd in great de-
Inand for dish cloths and bath sponges
Last year she sold over a thousand to
ono garage company alone, 10 b" used
in washing muddy automobiles
The dish cloth Ia not tho only use
which can he made OF the luffa rourd
Cut into strips. it makes a sort OF
race stra" used in the millinery busi-
ness. and is admirably adapted TO IN.
making a! flower baskets for which
there is large market. especially
around Easter. Yet, IN spite OF its
u,ilitarian value and the fact tina, i,
WI! grow in almost any part OF the
United states. few persons are engaged
In raising II. and this woman probably
never would have thought OF II had
she not been IN need OF outdoor en-
p!nNincnt because she had tuberculosis
There are many outdoor occuuatious
practicable for the tuberculosis ma
tent II II Is only driving machine
running street car, policing traffic
or acting as bait in a sightseeing car
'he tuhcrcular Is better off IN his own
hh'INe surroundings than those nfflict.
ed, VINO without sufficient funds rush
t" Colorado. aud the Southwest where
many Of them become dcpcnd.ut on
charity.
Climate Isn't Only Reauisitc.
ih",e Is no doubt but that tho West
err climate has tremendous health
giving Qualities bu, II canno; do b,i-
panied by homcsickncsS, lack OF en-
F!oHinen ana consequent lack of rr.n
or f""d. some cnterrrising persons j..
me lnSipicnt stage, II Is true have
.o"'.n con gem al occupation during their
SoJoNrn III the tubcrCulnr colotics
number Of women fo,. cx,,nIo r
opened outdoor boarding houses ono
woman who went to Arizona -four vcor.
n6o 10 DC cured OF tuberculosis liycd
~ tent, preparing her own food as
ptSt shc could. AS she grew stronger
Ah" TOOK Il couple OF boardcrs scrv5r
the meals in her own small hah;,n
'FauHally The fame OF her cooI,ju
spread until now she has a largo ,c,t
accommodating forty boardcrs wI,h :,
small adjoining tent containing ,b.
"it'hch Here she has two oil stove.
one OF which Is equipped with AN o,o,
ana employs Mexican girl - hoi,
her with the cooking "''i'
w ofk Tor the tUbercular nathan ,,,,.,
vi necessity be Hight and of AN iutcrni,
,eht nature. so that he may disro,,
49, ~ ia case OF hcmorrhage or 9TH
CT iiicdpaclty. The inuIor;,T a,
Sic'ais advocate ch!cker-rojsi,
practical occupation for ira -, ="
."neIru!ar patient, rcuuirjp, M
VI maj investment and minimum ~
i '.Id' cNcftioi The work ar nix
'"e naIi! food supply. sc,tjn,, RI.
of ~ s me eggs ana disposinr
al
'.,he any great demands on ,ba -,
.n''H The patient should I;vn
''ch or tent even more acccc.i,i
III Dp'h AR IMAM is the shelter or ,i,
ana cat many fresh eggs
:. f""'frE Hnising proftnhIc
,nhE p"hitrr establishments oi,;
haiiY underNkcn bv tuLnrn,'I. vi
''''hS OF hnrc existence huv. he 49,
'"Sp'r"uS business ventures In ,r,,
rn 'nr iupcrcuiar poultry raisers have
, ,r" an association which holds ito
meetings in the rooms of tho (,hnmhor
Oh Commerce. subscribcs for pu,nnro,,.
po"iirE journals and gives advice In
''"'fS ~ has u monopoly on the
J.! n.cHh-cSg and poultry industry OF
Tucson "
io"cr raising. too, is an attractive
en-" rclhuhcfativc employment for. the
invalid whose cure is the omen mir II,
southern California the amateur flower
CARBON has become an institution
among tubercular patients who soil
mower decorations TO the popular res
laurahts In fact, the amateur garden
is SprinSinB into existence in all parts
ot inc country, so that now profcs-
sion has been Great cd-that Of tho gar
den specialist. There Is IA tremendous
popular interest in gardening The
womens clubs have taken II up and
are holding regular classes i'm which
they employ the specialist to lecture
and certain towns have established
community classes for children when
gardening is not included i'm the public.
school curriculum.
A Chicago school teacher, diSplavinc
symptoms OF tuberculosis. was advised
by her physician TO adopt some sort Of
outdoor employment The teacher had
heard OF the special training in gard
ening work carried on upon the large
estates of England. and she decided to
spend summer there, attending one
OF the castle schools. Her profession
learned. she returned to this country
and set up an establishment in Il small
country place near Chicago. From here
she travels 10 each suburb OF the city.
instructinS classes in amateur garden
ing and discussing the horticultural
possibilities Of that particular COM
munity.
Farming Ideal Occupnti0n.
Farming of any kind is an ideal oG-
cupa ton for the tubcrcular the ma
jority of the working routine being
conned to the open and, IL handled
properly, is more rcmuncrativc than
| most other outdoor professions.
When two sisters, who had been run
ming stenographic Office Middle