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New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Profitable Photography

without the inconvenience Of trans.
porting to gallery their beruffled
oerioboned, screaming and kicking
darlings.
Inc plan worked so we'll that the
photographer began to follow IN tho
parents Of every new baby in town
She secured names and addresses
from the birth records. Owing to
the vulnerability of parental human
nature, she often sold extra prints
20 be sent to admiring relatives and
nearly always sold an album on
which she made profit.
The patronage Of 100 families
each month was her final record !
at this stage Of her business she
was compelled to contract with n
professional to do her developinp
and printing. When she married
she sold out her business to this
man, who ran it as side line in
connection with his gallery.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
At the Crane and Kettle

eggs, sweet milk, buttermilk, COT,
tage cheese, lettuce, berries ana
fruits in season, jams, jellies anu
thick cream.
Early in the season she had tne
following advertisement printed Oh
cards, which she left at a garage
half a mile down the road anu
mailed to all automobile owners
whose names and addresses she
could secure:.
Stop! At the Sign of the
Crane and Kettle sor Sup
and a Bite, at Pot-Luek Inn.
Country Food at Country
Prices.
The first summer she made money
enough to have one of her fronS
rooms paneiled in old English sty's
and fitted up with mission tables
and chairs. There was boardeu.
up fireplace in the room which sne
had opened. This was kept reaus
TO light on damp or rainy days, wne"
the porch was uncomfortable. Spe-
cial picnic suppers and unconveh.
tional feasts were provided 1of
young people who motored out u.
the autumn to toast marshmallows
and roast chestnuts before the open
fire. This house is open now no
greater part of the year and IL
waking mcoev, C., " W.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

There are approximately three
types Of dwarf tree--the pyramidal,
the urn form, the vase. The sim.
plest way is to choose which type
approximates nearest to your trees
natural shape, to decide on that
and then train the little tree ac-
cordingly, cutting of every branch
that does not conform TO the plan.
Dwarf trees can be successfully
grown against an ordinary back
yard fence; they can be trained on
wire to back a fence themselves;
they can be trained against house
wall; or they can be grown in the
open, set at strategic points in the
flower garden or in the vegetable
garden. They are ideal for the
woman gardener; the fruit is
larger, finer, more perfect, and in
their care it is skill and defines
that count, rather than brawn.
Spraying can be easily managed
merely because of the convenient
size-it is certainly easier to spray
thoroughly a tree that is four feet
high than one of forty feet
The passion for war gardening
may go as suddenly as it came, but
the love of a garden will stay. The
war garden will become the per-
manent garden, the garden which,
though small, viii be compact and
as rich in resources as kitchen
cabinet, one that, after the brief
frenzy of war gardening passion Is
over, will settle down into being
worthy, dutiful helpmeet in the
home and respected and beloved
accordingly.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
"Neighborhood SerUice'' Set to Nus;.
for Voice and Feet

the city's streets. Five centres for
this work have been established in
different parts of the city. These have
proved so successful that the idea
occurred to those who were inter-
ested in enlarging the programme
to include stereopticon pictures,
games and dancing and possibly
now and then simple historical
pageant. Knowing that their sister
organization, the Y. W. C. A., had
at the head Of it's recreation depart
ment woman who knows all that
there is to be known about games
and folk dances, they asked it's CO.
operation, and thus the two trian-
giles, the red and the blue, are joined
for the first time in this work of
neighborhood service.
A class was formed some time ago
by the Y. NJ. c. A. for the train
ing of volunteer song leaders for
this work. These song leaders are
instructed not to impose their own
musical preferences or tastes in any
way on the people in the streets
their object is not to elevate the
musical taste of the masses, they
are merely to lead them in the
songs which they, the people them
selves, like to sing.
Miss Mabelle Ford, the instructor
Of recreation of the Y. W. c. A.,
opened during the last week a
course of instruction for volunteer
play leaders. These young women,
the majority of whom are physical
culture instructors or teachers of
dancing, will make study Of the
games and folk dances of the diff
ferent nations, particularly those of
our own country. They will also
give exhibition dances themselves
in the streets, either singly or
in groups. When the work is
firmly established Miss Hazel Mac
Kaye, who has done such excellent
work in the organization of histori-
cal pageants, will give her services
for simple tableaus and entertain
ments along this line.
"Neighborhood Service" is moth
ing more nor less than glorifed
block parties, where the entire pop
ulation of the neighborhood, ire
spective of sex or age, temperament
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

Tassed the man in gray. 1t was
theiy way Of thanking him for a
pleasant evening.
Lizzie O'Reilly and Madalina
Garlic resumed their old positions
on the tenement house steps.
"Some party" said Madalina.
Some party, all right" replied
Lizzie O'Reilly, "but it's got me
guessin'. What do you make out
Of it? No prayin', no hymn singin'
no preachin' an no questions
axed! It's got my goat fer fair.
Must be somethin' behind it. Wei
fare stuff er 'elevatin' the, woikin'
classes er sumthin', only they
didn't pull any NV that stuff. I
can't get the answer but it was a
good party, all right. Swell idea,
too. Ye don't hev ter go off'n
yer own street fer ter sing er dance.
Ye don't hev ter git dolled up er
even put on yer lid, ef yer don't
want to. Yer don't hev ter stay
home an mind the kids cause the
kids can come ter the party, too.
And say, kid, that there Portland
Fancy's got the Paul Jones lashed
to the mast. l feel all rested up.
l hope they hev another soon."
"Can't come too soon fer me-"
said Madalina. T amt goin' ter
worry over why. they're doin' it.
I wonder who the guy in the gray
uniform is. Amt got none NV that
parson stuff about him. Well,
give it up, but Pm fer him, strong.
Goodnight, kid; l bet I'm asleep as
quick as 1 hit the hay"
Are you, too, wondering what
it's all about and who the "guy" in
the gray uniform is? The party" is
the first of long series which are
to be given throughout the summer
by an organization which is com
posed of members of the Y. M. C. A.
and it's sister organization the Y.
w. C. A. banded together for the
first time in the history of the
two associations in the cause of
"Neighborhood Service" which, of
course, is merely another term for
"Community Service"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
The Apple Tree and Grape
Vine as Home Companion

Last years epidemic of thrifty
gardening removed from the minds
OF many of US the idea, which OBJ
tanned only in America, that a gar
den to be enjoyable or ornamental
must not by any peradventure be at
the same time useful. Every one
knows that there is no more DELIGHT
ful tree under which to sling a ham
mock than an apple tree which
seems to have lived close enouph
TO the home for SO long that it
knows exactly how to give shade
enough and yet not to keep out anv
preezes, yet never a suburbanite
thought of planting an apple tree
1t was not elegant enough; he would
rather have catalpa Bungeii.% So
with the grapevine, which, aside
from its abilities in the wav of
grapes for the table and grape jam
and jelly for the storeroom shelf.
is one of the best of shade giving
vlnes-ideal for pergola or an un-
covered porch or arbor. Of course,
when the vine is cut "hard back"
and kept low in height, the yield of
grapes IS greater, but even when
allowed to grow to the utmost of it's
ability and cover the side of a
house, it yet will yield grapes
aplenty.
1t is to be hoped that war garden
ing Will bring back again the whole
some, homely fashion of planting
frult near the house, and we shall
again have grape arbors and apple
trees.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Ten Dollars Worth of Time
On a 20 Cent Crop

If the tiny home garden is to be
of most use to the gardening house
wife she will consider two things
first, that the space is small and.
therefore, valuable; also that her
time is of value. There is little
satisfaction in spending hours and
hours of work and in giving half
OF ones tiny garden plot to a crop
like onions, for instance, which can
now be bought for 35 cents peck
and of which her whole crop
amounts to hardly more than two
OF these same pecks and the WELD
IN cash is 70 cents for her time
and labor. The garden of the nro-
fessional housekeeper will be no
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
~ List to the Sound Of the Big Triangle x

Lizzie O'Reilly and Madalina Ca
rillo stood in the very front row, and
how they did sing Song after song
war songs, popular music and the
national anthems--were all beloved
Justify. In less than thirty minutes
after the motor truck had taken up
it's stand on the corner there were
ten thousand people in the surround
ing streets. Extra policemen were
on hand, but their services were not
required.
A space was cleared for dancing.
and suddenly from somewhere in the
throng Scotch lassie in full High
land costume stepped forward ana
danced the Highland fling. Then a
young woman in the uniform Of the
Y. w. G. A. volunteered to teach the
intricacies of the Portland Fancy.
and soon the space was dotted with
sets of eight, joyously obeying the
leaders commands, Forward and
back" "ladies change" and "grand
right and left" Men and women,
young and old, all joined in the
merry old-time dance.
Lizzie O'Reilly was daintily step
ping along in the "grand right and
left" when suddenly her gaze fell on
a couple in the next set. She stopped
and stared. "Gee," she murmured,
~ must be gettin' nutty" Then she
looked again. She was not "nutty."
There, sure enough, was her mother,
skipping merrily around the circle
toward her partner, big Tom Nc
Grath, who lived across the hall and
with whom she had not been on
speaking terms for months.
While the elders were dancing in
the open space around the truck,
another space further down the
street had baen cleared for the
children, who were forming in four
long rows, each of which was sup
Piled with ball which was passed
on from hand to hand, each child
who received it running with it to
the goal before passing it on to the
next, the line that finished first be-
ing the winners.
The dances and games were
"spelled" by ten minutes Of stereop-
ticon views, composed of pictures
of historic places or bits of natural
scenery, all pertaining to our own
country. No lecture accompanied
these pictures, but once in while
,he man in Oxford gray would ask
question Of one of the boys who
stood near him, as, for instance.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Dwarf Fruit Trees in
The Home Garden

One Of the charms Of fruit grow
ing is the skill it involves. For the
woman to whom gardening is a
recreation, or who sandwiches it in
between the varied duties Of a busy
life, that type Of gardening which
requires skill is far more interest
ing than that which requires simply
muscle. There are times when
wedding or even hoeing pals on the
most patriotic. 1t seems probable
that one Of the most interesting re-
suits of war gardening will be the
hundreds and thousands of charm
ing little gardens which will come
into being, and the development of
real horticultural skill on the part
OF their owners. Herein lies the
charm Of fruit growing. We shall
see fruit grown espalier fashion
where otherwise there would be no
room for apple or pear or plum.
Dwarf trees, the delight of the
skilled horticulturist, will appear in
the home garden. These little trees
are by no means difficult to manage.
nor IS their pruning much of an
undertaking; all that's necessary is
to keep in mind the shape you desire
and then trim the little tree to con-
form to it.
"Reshape it nearer to the hearts
DESIRE" as the poet has it, although
he was not referring to dwarf fruit
trees. The yield Of the dwarf tree
is very large in proportion to its
size, its demands on the soil less
and it comes into bearing much
earlier than the standard tree.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

larger than she easily can care for,
but highly varied.
First, she will grow precisely
those vegetables she most cares to
have within easy reach. If woman
be anything Of cook she likes to
have salad readily attainablc. She
does not want one large crop Of
lettuce, but, if wise, will plant
several sorts of lettuce, sowing
small quantities at intervals of two
weeks; she will plant endive, ro-
maine and cress, as we'll, and have
her salad bed so arranged that
always it may be depended on to
yield something. When thinning
the plants, pulling out the interven-
ing seedlings that crowd the rows.
she will use the thinnings-the un-
wanted baby lettuce-for salad. To
grow into well-shaped heads the
plants must stand six to eight
inches apart in the rows. When
the heads of romaine are beginning
to form, the thrifty gardener will
tie together the outside leaves so
that the hearts will be properly
blanched; this is a very simple proc
ess and adds much to the appear
ance Of the salad. Endive is treated
in the same fashion.
Other useful accessories of the
salad bowl are the little green onions.
These are especially good in the tiny
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

ering almond, and harmonic best
with certain regularity Of plant
ing. They can be used with charm
ing effect in the vegetable garden
very much as pyramidal evergreens
would be used in the formal flower
garden; the tiny yellow flowers
which dot the branches in May and
the brilliant fruit clusters make
them exceedingly attractive. The
amateur gardener, however, must be
sure to dust the leaves with helle-
bore or with Paris green early in
the season to keep off the currant
worm, which otherwise is fairly GER
tain to appear-and then the bush
is not so decorative!
Red raspberries are not practical
for a small yard, nor blackberries,
unless these are grown against a
fence. If trained carefully, how
ever, the prickers will not be more
troublesome than those Of roses.
Strawberries can be used as a bor-
der to the flower bed-and a very
pretty border they make. The
plants may be close set aad if the
runners are kept clipped they will
bloom and bear again without re-
setting.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
BY CORRINNE U. WELLS

A WOMAN in a Western city
n was good amateur photog-
rapher, averaging $50 a
month profit from photographing ba-
D'es and young children in their own
homes. This woman started out bv
securing patrons among her NEIGH
oors and friends. She agreed TO co
TO their homes once a month and
photograph the baby-or the Young
children in a group--the idea being
70 furnish record Of development
from month to month and wear +o
year. She agreed to furnish two un-
mounted prints, suitable for an al
bum, for 81 a month.
The advantages Of this plan were
obvious. The children we're nor.
fectly natural, because thew were
snapped while playing with their
own toys in their own homes. and
tsse family secured photographs
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Onions and Peppers,
Tomatoes and Mint

Two or three plants Of peppers
will be found of value. 1t is much
simpler for the amateur gardener to
buy the young plants ready to set
out than to grow them from seed
The Chinese peppers are very deco
rative, and the clever gardener will
place them where they will look we'll.
They need space, and should not be
set nearer than three feet apart.
Even If the yard is small, half q
dozen tomato plants Will be found
worth while. These can be trained
to single stake, if space is scant.
So grown they reach an impressive
height and are quite as productive.
Another important consideration
to the housekeeper besides her salad
Dowl Is her soup kettle, and in per-
manent garden, however small, a
tiny herb bed has place. A three
foot row of parsley will be enough;
in fact, single plant will be found
great convenience, and the house
wife who has no ground at all will
enjoy having parsley growing in a
pot in her kitchen window. A bit Of
thyme, of summer savory, of tara
gon, occupy but little space and are
worth having. Thyme, by the way,
is excellent in the flower garden and
makes very pretty border to any
garden bed
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
BY the Mistress of Pot-Luck In,

A WOMAN who lived on a
~ farm situated on well
travelled road furnished her
large front porch as summer tea
room for the convenience of auto
mobile parties. In the garret she
round a huge copper kettle, which
she polished and hung from a crane
over the front gate. This highly
polished object, hanging in the sun.
attracted the instant attention of
passersby and stimulated interest
IN the porch beyond, which was dec
Grated with Chinese lanterns and
parasols and covered with vines.
The idea of offering the conven-
tional tearoom menu did not seem
10 be practical, because the inn was
so 81, 1ar from the source of provisions
lhat any unusual or unforeseen de-
mand would deplete her larder. She
SEEDED, therefore, to call the place
,,Pot-Luck Inn" and serve whatever
she happened to have on hand. de-
pending almost entirely upon the
products Of the farm. She always
Kept on hand homemade bread. mo-
'asses cookies or cru'lers. chickens
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

garden may afford room for one or
two roots. There is nothing difficult
IN It's culture. Just plant it and
let it grow.
Next to pies, perhaps before
them, come preserves. No gar
dener but takes peculiar pride in
putting up" her own homegrown
1rult. If wise, she will grow what
shc likes best and what is most ex-
pensive.
For instance, she will have a
ounce bush. 1t is hard to under
stand why ounces are So rarelv
grown in the home garden. In
flower, the ordinary ounce of the
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

all cooks know, takes the oujnce
llavor readily. Ounce is no more
difficult to grow than Hydranpea
faniculata, or any other commonly
grown shrub--except that at the
tlme apple trees are sprayed it is
we'll to spray the ounce bush also
Inc japanese ounce, by the wav
lalthough the fruit is not often used
for that purpose), makes an excel
lent preserve.
Currant bushes, if the yard af-
lords room for them, give a fine
yield of fruit in proportion to the
space they occupy. They are stiff
bushes, as stiff in habit as the flow
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

when picture of Mount Vernon
was flashed upon the screen he re-
marked, "I'll bet you don't know
who lived in that house" Quick as
a wink every boy within earshot
responded with the name of Wash
ington, and, what was more aston
ishing, at least half of the number
jerked off their caps as they said it.
Another short programme of
songs followed, closing with "The
Star-Spangled Banner" The man in
Oxford gray climbed aboard the mo-
tor truck and looked into the up
turned faces of the throng in the
street,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
Rhubarb for Pies, Memories
And Decoration

Mint will come up year after year
II a strong root is established, and
a single root will yield mint sauce in
abundance, quite enough for all the
spring lamb that rejoices the average
household. and mint jelly besides
mint fresh from the garden is espe-
cially delicious, very different from
the article when faded or dried.
a single root Of rhubarb will be
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
a lZZIE O'REILLY and NADIA
b lima Garlic sat on the steps

lima Garlic sat on the steps
of the big tenement house
and discussed the important ques-
ton of how and where they should
sScnd the evening. 1t was the first
really warm evening Of spring and
1t seemed pity not to stay out-of-
doors and enjoy it. There was q
dance at the nearby settlement and
a new Fannie Ward picture at the
movie palace just around the cor
ner of Tenth Avenue, but neither of
these appealed TO the two young
women, who had, spent all the lovely
spring day before a table in the
badly ventilated loft. of a garment
factory.
I'D rather sit here on the steps
an rest an git the fresh air." said
Lizzie, "only know what'd happen.
Ma would come down an see me
an make me mind the kids SOS she
could go over to Mis- McCarthy's."
1--WE cd go fer walk on Tenth
Avener only fer them fresh guys
that's always insultin' any respect
'ble girl that goes BY" said NADIA
lima. Gee, I wisht the Recreation
Pier would hurry up and open. +
feel just like dancing out in the
open air, don't you?"
Sure, I do" replied Lizzie,
well, guess we'd better be git
tin a move on somewhere er Mall
be down and then it's goodnight
fer me-"
Just at this moment the metallic
ring Of triangle rose above the
rumble Of the elevated, the clang
of motor horns and the shouts of
the children in the streets.
Look Who's Herew
Out Just for Fun
Look who's here" exclaimed
Lizzie O'Reilly, pointing to a motor
truck which had stopped on the op-
posite corner.
Madalina looked. On the truck
stood a man in an Oxford gray
uniform with the insignia of the
y. M. C. A. on his sleeve, holding
aloft big metal triangle by means
of which he was acquainting the
people of that noisy neighborhood
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
The Leader of the Gang Said
"Shake-Some Party"

Goodnight, folks" he called, as
the chauffeur threw in his clutch. 1t
was just at that moment that Jim
Greedy, the leader of "the gang"
stepped forward. Jim was notori-
ously a tough kid" who had led
his gang to victory against all the
other gangs Of the district. He
stretched grimy hand toward the
man in gray, "Put it there, Boss"
he said; "git in line, fellers," and his
faithful followers obeyed, forming
a line, each shaking hands as they
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
The ''Y. N" and the ''X. w." "Sfarf u
Series of Block Parties
Dy ELENE FOSTER

of his presence in their midst
There was little trench piano be-
hind him on the truck and before
this a young woman, also in Oxford
gray, was sitting.
A big white screen was being
stretched across the front of a near
by building and stereopticon ma
chine was being adjusted in the
space at the end Of the truck.
Lets beat it," said Lizzie
O'Reilly, "while the bcatin's good.
It's a .meetin an I'm too tired ter
listen to prayin' and hymn singin'." -"
BY this time a crowd of children
had collected around the truck and
questions were hurled at the man
with the triangle, who smiled Sc
renely as he explained his pres
ence.
"No, we are not the Socialists
or the Bolsheviki or anybody else
who is sgoing to talk to you or
preach to you or teach you any
thing. We're out for fun and we're
all going to have a good time to-
gether. We're going to give party
if you will allow us to do so right
here in your own street, and we in
vite you all to come and bring all
your friends. In fact, it's your
party. We brought a piano so that
we can sing and we might have
little dance music, too. How about
it,"
BY this time the tenement houses
were beginning to contribute their
quota of grownups, the "gang," COM
prising most of the younger male in
habitants Of the street, came en-
masse, and the crowd around the
truck spread to the length and
breadth Of the street and even ex-
tended across Tenth Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27

backyard garden. They are grown
from onion sets, instead Of from
seed, which requires u whole seasons
growth. "Onion SETS may be had
by the quart in the spring, and when
planted in the home garden are
grown easily and rapidly. After thew
have been sacrificed to the salad
bow! the space is ready for other
planting.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
By FRANCES DUNCAN

NN 7OMEN who last year went
w enthusiastically a war gar
dening will this year gar
den with as much enthusiasm, but
with a little more care in the selec-
tion of their crops. Having learned
how valuable was the war garden
as first aid to the kitchen larder
, there is no housekeeper but will
wish to repeat the effort, but she
will also profit by her experience
and fit the garden more carefully
to her individual needs.