Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-15
New Idea for Boys and Girls Of
the United States School
Garden Army.
WHO IS SOLDIER YOU KNOW?
Name the Little Plot for the One You
Think of When You Hear THEM
Singing THE Long. Long
Trail"
BY WINiFREp BLACK,

Ffom the department OF the lnter1orJ
There is a new idea in the United
States school garden army. It's this:
What are you going to name your
own little plot of ground, little sister.
II you are lucky enough to have one
OF your own In your back yardf
What are you going to call your POI
tato patch, brother. you with the
bright eyes that weren't so bright the
day you went down to the station to
see big brother off with his regiment?
Oh. yes, you fell in behind the sol
diers and kept fine step to the music
of the band and held up your head and
felt big enough and strong enough to
march thousand miles and take
million German prisoners-but when
he had gone and you went home and
mother put her arms around you and
laid her head on your shoulder and
asked you to help her to be brave
something queer happened to your
heart and you have never felt quite
the same since. have you?
And now they are beginning to tell
you in school about Russia and what
a rich country 1t Is and how much 1t
will mean in food If the Germans real
ly get possession of it-and at home
sometimes your grown folks look pretty
serious and you wonder II 1t could be
possible-no, 1t isn't, and you are 60
Ing to help make 1t impossible. You
and those strong little brown hands of
yours. You and your brave heart and
loyal soul. You and your war garden
that you are cultivating for Uncle Sam.
What VIII You Name Your Gardenf
You'll have good luck with your gar
den or good success with II. There
isn't much luck in the garden business.
1t all just SINNERS down to hard work
and the right kind Of care, and IL Is
going to be hard work, too.
There will be hot days when your
back aches and you want to go swim
ming; and cool days when your knees
ache and you want to curl up in the
loft Of the barn and read, or go out
In the lot and play baseball, and you
will have to stick to the garden and do
your work for Uncle Sam.
What are you going to name that
little garden OF yoursf
/ will tell you what I am going to
name mine-mine is going to be called
Sam Brown-because Sam Brown Is
boy who never had chance In life
till the war broke out, and then he
saw his chance and took 1t, and he is
over there In France today fighting for
you and for me and for Uncle Sam,
and / am going to name my little gar
den after him.
What are you going to name your
garden? Who is the soldier you know7
Who is the one you think of when you
hear them singing lover There" and
'sThe Long, Long TrailT Lets name
the little garden in our own back yard
for him.
And You, Little Sister.
Come, little sister, you are doing
your part, too, and doing It faithfully
whether you are tired or not or whether
YOU wish you could go down town and
have an ice cream soda and forget that
hoe In the world. You are the COM
fort of your lonely fathers heart now
adays. Where's that picture of the
boy in uniform? Your own particu-
lar soldier7
You wouldn't take anything In the
world for 1t, would your How hand
some he is, and how brave. 1t makes
your eyes fill with tears Of pride even
TO think of his name-call your little
garden after him and write to him
over there In the trenches and tell him
about 1t, and just wait till you get
back his letter in reply.
"Sam Brown" that is going to be
the name of my garden.
What is going to be the name Of
yours?