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IR PoWHATTAN UPPER
FLOVR RED CLOUD LOWER
FLOWER

se'no reason why any one with a
sn space of ground cannot do as
We as she has. The first year she
lathe garden out in beds arranging
tlplants symmetrically to adjust the
spes for easy picking. The pepper
M bed was the largest, with rUotg
set intervals OF two feet. Peppermint
splds rapidly. One corner of the gar
deHas planted with sweet smelling
her. After the beds were once
stald they were easy to care for, re-
quhg very little fertilizer and tbriv-
ingith no irrigation but the natural
rail- Tho bulk OF the work c6mes
whit is time TO dry and pack. which
muibe done systematically and at
the oper season.
Citing a market for the herbs IL
the ost particular part OF the bust
ness This woman's home is about
two,urs ride from New York. She
harmed with the keepers OF first class
note tea rooms and restaurants for
her 'sh products, and with druggists
and ndy makers for her peppermint
The 'eet smelling herbs were put up
In all packages and sold to gift
shor&c. Sage was very readily dis
posenf. both In country and city
Thisar this young woman has put
two iitional fields under cultivation,
insthg two experienced helpers on
the mt. The financial results have
been yond her expectations.
! Ammo living near big city might
ma profitable 10 plant a mint bed.
Proxlty TO the city Will assure the
ownef a good and immediate mar
ket, marketing Is in reality the
grea toblem. Much taste must be
dlspl.d in the arranging OF the
warei Bunches of the commodity
neatlarepnrcd would he gladly well
come'y every hotel or cafe catering
to hi class patronage.
The is another woman on Long
lslancho raises mint and other arc.
matiprbs in n fifty foot back yard
Amorthe novelties she makes is
candii mint that soils much better
than @ commercial mint drops on
the nket. Last Christmas she sold
to prize customers about $50 worth
OF th,wcets. Here is her formula.
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by later importations. 1t Is to be re-
GREETED that some Of the varieties In
that collection have disappeared, and
many OF the remaining ones are TO
be found in limited numbers only here
and there.
The Japanese iriscs are the largest
and showiest of all the irises--seeing
them for the first time one cannot
withhold an exclamation OF surprise,
and having once seen can never forget
their beauty. The flower stems vary
In height from to 8 feet, and are
crowned with gorgeous blooms show
ing bewildering array OF colors and
combinations.
a well enriched soil. with plenty OF
moisture during the growing and
blooming season, meets all their needs.
The soil should be kept loose around
the plants, never permitting it TO be-
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Himalaya Mountains; the deep golden
yellow flowers are produced freely in
June and carly July. Ochroleuca. or
gold banded iris, has large white
flowers with an orange yellow at base
OF the falls.
Among the beardloss irises we find
many that are interesting not only
because OF their habits and beauty of
colors, but because Of the quaint ira
ditions that cluster around them. The
variety l. Tectorum. is COMMODITY
known as the roof iris" OF Japan
where IT Is grown on the matched
roofs of the cottages. An ancient
tradition says that once upon n time
woman went 10 II Shinto priest to
inquire how she could give blue
tint TO her hair. The priest told her
to get the color of u flower which grew
neither in heaven nor on earth. She
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More Than Fourscore of Favorites
Commended to the Amateur and
Beginner in Iris Growing

whose VINO Yield to the magic spell
Of the iris viii be led across the
border into q wonderland Of delight,
for an iris garden II . fiorat world
In itself. 30 vast that TO mention ell
the interesting forms would be i'm
possible, a. there are about q hun.
dred and seventy distinct specieA md
varieties innumerablA
Tho passing Of the Iris through the
spring ana summer months Is like that
Of a grand procession. the first
slimpses OF which may be had when
the dainty Alpines ana Pumilas first
appear in April. closely followed by
the various dwarf forms In April and
May in ever increasing boldness OF
form and color. till June ushers In the
great Germanica family--tne bearded
rises with their broad masses Of color.
In quick succession come the tall
Sibiricas and the still taller varieties
OF Aurea, Monnieri and Gigantea.
until, with a great burst OF splendor,
come the Japanese irises. the browning
glory Of all, with their great blooms A
foot In diameter. rising on stately
stems 10 height Of Ave feet--the
royal family. arrayed in richest blue
and purple and gold-and the pageant
comes TO an end
In arranging the iris garden, much
depends on the taste Of the owner.
Along walks and drives. the borders
OF the shrubbery and near the water
side may be found ideal locations.
The dwarf varieties make a very pretty
edsing to larger beds. and are even
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Don't pull the lettuce, but cut Of
the leaves just above the ground The
roots will grow more tops and tho let
tuCe will be more tender.
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The common cutworm is a cowardly
rascal and rarely does his work in
daylight whom folks can see him. IIe
watches and waits until the gardener
has planted his cabbage. tomato or
pepper plants, then sneaks out In the
night and destroys the plants. -
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Cut blof mint, leaving three or four
small YES on the branch. wash we'll,
dry anly in rows on n level surface.
Thorohlv dissolve one pound loaf
sugar'oil until It threads and re-
move I'M the fire. While It is still
at boik point plunge in the bits OF
mint SLY and with great care. Use
a forbr plunging, and when taken
from { fondant straighten the leaves
with small instrument Lay the
sweetsn oiled paper until perfectly
dry. 18th careful handling these
minis ill preserve their natural
aroma.aste and shape They will
Keep long time II sealed from
the air
Edits Note--A few gardeners may
find rang mint profitable on a mod
crate lie, but II is not a business
that eY one will succeed at Those
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RAISING MONEY IN THE BACK
YARD.
By JULIA w. WOLFE.

With all the avenues for money
making now open TO women there are
still new vistas spreading out before
her. ono of the newest and most in
teresting Industries which have come
to the notice OF the writer is a mint
farm" II is conducted by a New Jer-
sey woman, resourceful and not afraid
OF outdoor work. -
ThlA is her third year at 1t and she
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tried the iris flower from her cottage
Japanese Iris, Iris kaempferi.
Much has boon written of the won
derful trises that exist in the mystic
rious gardens and temples Of ancient
Japan, so jealousy guarded that they
have never been permitted to reach
tho outside world.
Many years ago n collection OF these
lrses, said to be n duplicate OF those
IN tho garden of tho Mikado, was
brought TO this country. At any rate
II contained many beautiful varieties
that have never been improved upon
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The DO-lT.ALL TRACTOR cultIva,es
any crop that grows 1t goes between the
rows on narrow rowed crops. There is
plenty OF room between the wheels to save
crushing the plants. When II comes to
than any thing that walkA In addition
to cultivating 1t blows. 1t harrows, Il oper.
atcs your lawn mower and does the work
OF good big horse In pulling any kind Of
q load anywhere. We supply all kinds Of
attachments 20 TO with this wonder worker
and the man who tries 10 operate small
farm without the use cf this wonderful
Implement u behind the Times. Ask Tor
Catalogue SITS free.
COnsol idatsd Gasolens Engine Co.
1O2 Fulton ST., New York City.
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COURSES IN AGRICULTURE.
Bit MANAGEMENT, Field Crops Farvx

MANAGEMENT, Laboratory and f1etd studies.
Besinnins July !. Columbia University
wiz oher practical courses In afternoon
and evenings for six weeks. In above
named courses. Fisid Crops course dsiiv.
a:so:i;2o p. NJ. Soil Manesement. 7.I;so
T. NJ, nights a week, practical work by
appointment Farm MANAGEMENT consul
tation course by appointment
Open to all. Fees moderate. For an
nouncemsnt. write Director Summer ses-
sion. Columbia University.
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come baked or hard. Plants should be
set the latter part Of August or first
of September-late planting had best
be deferred until spring. as unless the
plants are well protected with a cover
ing OF straw, they will be thrown out
by frost and lost.
BFIrRAM II. FAIR,
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The stump & Walter Company. 80
Barclay street, New York city, have
prepared special Dutch bulb offer
circular for orders received up to
July /. The prices are for advance
orders which will be specially imported.
There is a shortage OF all Holland
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The Barring Of Berger

IL 1909 Brigham Roberts, an un-
abashed upholder of polygamy, sought to
take the seat in Congress to which he
had been duly elected. A motion against
permitting this open defer Of the act
under which Utah became a member Of
the Union was made, entertained and
passed. Later, committee of the House
reported against the admission of Rob-
erts, and he never became member.
The Roberts procedure is to be IN
voked against Berger, elected by the
Fifth Wisconsin District, but now under
sentence for seditious utterances. Under
the Constitution the House judges it's
membership. Its right to exclude is
absolute and non-revewable elsewhere
1t may exclude with or without reason.
It's discretion is plenary 1t can follow
old presidents or make new ones.
Yet public opinion, as we'll as the
temper of the House, sustains the doc
trine that not for light or frivolous rea-
sons shall the House take away from
Congressional district it's privilege of
electing any one pleasing to it. blot
from the spangled banner of the Union
the bright star that glitters for the name
Of Mississippi exclaimed Sergeant
Prentiss, when about to be unseated,
but leave the stripe behind, fit emblem
of her degradation" The fervd orator
was enforcing the point that a whim of
the House might not justly be subst-
tuted for the return of duly held cleo
ton.
Should Berger be excluded? Is his
status such that decency demands he be
not accepted as lawmaker for others?
The general judgment is that he may be
and should be excluded. This is not only
because he is convicted of a specific
crime, but because he has co0perated
with those who would have government
by force rather than by law, who say
it is permissible to seize power, and that
democracy based on consent and free
elections should be overthrow.
1t is difficult to see how any one in
sympathy with general outlawry and
who would destroy all peaceabe social
bonds should want to be associated with
a system repudiated as wicked. For
merly Mr. Berger was an evolutionary
Socialist, and as such, served in the
House of Representatives, but his pro
Germanism and other influences have
seemingly led him into the revolutionary
ranks.
Brigham Roberts objected merely to
one law. The revolutionary or Bolshevik
Socialist objects to all laws enacted
under the democratic plan. He would
seem untitled for any part in demo-
cratic lawmaking.
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Hindenburg's Testimony

The letter Of Hindenburg showing that
On September %, 1918, forty-threc DAYS
before the signing of the armistice, he
requested Prince Max Of Baden to make
an Immediate peace offer sets q rest al
controversy as to how the was
brought to close.
Not propaganda, not revolutionary
uprising IN Germany, brought the war to
an end, but military defeat. With great
explicitness Hindcnburg gave the rea.
sonH for his request Tbs Macedonian
front had collapsed, and there were no
more reserves to sustain the Western
Inc. No hint il given Of trouble at home
or mention made Of any break In army
morale. The German Qencralissino. II
niay be assumed, would not have neglect
ed bringing forward EXCUSES IL there had
been basis for them. The toll Of casual
ties during the last weeks shows that tho
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German armies were hopelessly defeated,
as their leaders saw and declared in con.
fdential documents.
Those interested in some pet idea
have sought to establish that the war
was won by the circulation of their
favorite pamphlets Propaganda. the
scattering of leaflets promising good
treatment to prisoners and advertising
the uselessness of further struggle
these methods, which are as old as war
itself, had some influence, but the condi-
tons that made them influential were
created by the fighting men.
Effort continues in various quarters to
diminish the glory Of the Allied armies
by representing that tao German army
had become so weak Of heart by perusing
printed words and was so abandoned by
the home folks as to offer but nominal
resistance. This is not only perversion
of the facts but verges on insult to our
soldiers. II was doors, not takers, who
won. The orator, the journalist, the
pamphleteer, has his use, but in time Of
crisis it is secondary. Those whose bust
ness it is to string together words should
never forget this and never seek to fitch
credit elsewhere belonging.
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A Neglected Business
trom me Yhrift Maoa~inc>

TI'' THTVT WUJN~iNCl
in emphasizing the business Importance of
the home the late Colonel Roosevelt once
observed that more than three-fourths of all
the money that is spent in this country goes
Tor the upkeep of our homes and is paid over
the counters by women. Whether we think
this estimate is too large or too small, there
can be no doubt that housekeeping is our
greatest business.
1t is also unfortunately true that, of all
forms of business, housekeeping has received
least attention at the hands of business
systematists. Not one home in a hundred
is organized on any kind of business plan
worthy of the name
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Whe re Work rs
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: l am connected with two machine
tool builders at Springfield Vt, and one
textile machinery plant All are very busy.
They cannot get sufficient men. Some of
them have telephoned down here and have
been to the employment bureau, but they
tell me that they cannot get men to go into
the country. The superintendent of the
apartment house where ! live saws he can
not get men. The manager Of the garage
where I keep my says he cannot get
men or keep them.
| hear this everywhere. l understand
that men who have been in the great out
doors dislike to 90 back into shops and
factories, but somebody has to- MANY of
these discharged men have never been in
great city before and are attracted bv the
bright lights and do not wish to leave This
does not mean but what there is work for
everybody if they Will go where the work u.s.
The incident you mention regarding a
commissioned officer is TYPICAL | have met
similar cases personally. These men have
been in command of troops. T.ey have
taken part in great big game, and they
have an exalted idea of their worth in bust
ness. These men have to come down to
earth. 1t requires business training to
successfully hold important business posi-
tions.
The outlook for the next year rs very
promising. Business is improving rapidly
in all lines, except steel and its products,
which show a small but steady improve
ment, and which from now on will move
rapidly. If the men who want work are
willing to 20 where the work is there
should be no difficulty in taking care of
them WALTER WOOLSON BROWN.
New York, May Ia. 1919.
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Eastward EIoi

1t was adventure that found America
hidden in the western seas and it was
adventure that planted men upon her
distant shores. Fitting it is that adj
venture, winging eastward now, bears
the first message of the skies from the
New World to the Old AS we think
breathlessly of those giant planes,
specks in the great air, flecks Of foam
upon waste of waters, there comes to
mind that other spectacle, four centuries
ago, of three tiny storm -wracked cara
wells driving westward through the force
of one mans will-until as now:
Behind him lay the gray Azores.
1t is magnificent and daring success
that our navy crews have achieved. The
longest leg Of their transatlantic voyage
is completed and completed gloriously..
We dare believe confidently now that
victory is theirs. Imagination took flight
with them. The hopes and prayers of the
country went before them or all the
efficient patrol planned on the sea lane
there is no escaping the risk, the posi-
bility of disaster. No one knows that
element better than Commander Towers
and his fellow fiiers. Their chance of
making an epoch is on the knees of the
gods. Their courage and skill are the
pride of their countrymen.
Typically American, we are proud to
think, has been the bold attempt from
the start. The handicap of backward
development in this. country was huge
one. Yet the plan went forward swiftly.
steadily, soundly. If success came it
was to be not mere fools chance,
combination of luck and weather, but
the issue of patient planning, of thorough
engineering preparation. The whole
wide-hung scheme by which weather re-
ports are being obtained and the flight
lanes patrolled is a tribute to the de
votion and skill with which the project,
has been conceived and executed. On
top of this foundation stands the human
daring Of our fiers, taking the air
while a row of earlier rivals waits.
The highest praise goes to the Navy
Department for its enterprise and skill
AS always, Americans, seeing only their
national blunders and failures, were UNI
aware how rapidly progress had been
made and lost leadership rewon.
Lamenting our national lack of foresight
IN one moment we soar confidently out TO
sea the next on a venture born of in
tense preparation and executed with
that keen fearlessness which only a land
Of pioneers, born of pioneering and re-
freshed by it's adventure in every gener-
alton, can possibly achieve.
Let us add a word of the pucky NC-4
that made her first two legs in the face
of much trouble. The facility with
which her crews made landings and re-
pairs was strong evidence of the sound
ness of the venture. And now she evens
her luck by making the Azores first Of
the fleet. The stern chase won.
After all and spite of everything
! the American eagle is a bird and he
! will fly. An ungrateful republic NAV
forget him, civilian heads Of depart
ments may seek to clip his wings. But
give him the least chance and-look at
+ him,
Altogether no wonder the American
eagle screams.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
CNR: am inclosing an article writtem by
on American farmer, describing has con-
dition Of life and finances. This con-
dition is not EXCEPTIONAL bat typical Of thou-
sands of farmers throughout this country.
Feao city people realize these things, o.. ii
they do are pleased to ignore them. Con
you make Of the Enclosed article, to bring
before the minds of your readers some of
the problems ohich the farmer fnds himself
compelled to face, but ,uhich he cannot solve
Without the help Of the city mons
The farmer IS not proHteer. Far be 1t
from such; his balance is all too often on
the wrong side Of the sheet. All he asks
is foir treatment, and not misrepresentation.
B. K. FIELD.
Staten Island, Moy Is, 1919
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Alien Slackers

An effort will be made soon after Con-
gress meets to penalize the alien Stacker.
This class includes neutral residents,
found eligible for military service, who
secured exemption on the ground that
they were citizens or subjects of neutral
countries.
Congress tried to include such resi-
dents in the conscrirtion lists. Many
OF them were drafted and served without
protest, service enabling them to cut
snort the process of Naturalization
Others claimed release from the army
and secured it by an appeal to the dip
lomatlc representatives Of their coun-
tries Our State Department properly
held that the United States had no right
10 conscript neutral nationals Congress
trled to override that decision But the
State Departments ruling was enforced
by the military authorities.
Now Congress wants to deport those
who, while maintaining residence here,
used their foreign allegiance as Il means
Of escaping service. 1t has the right to
repatriatc such aliens II it sees fit to
do SO. Those who lodged the draft,
after taking out first papers. are GER
tniny not promising material for citizen
ship. They are not worth American
izing.
Yet, on the other hand, If they are
engaged here in productive labor they
arc an economic asset There has been
considerable emigration from this
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country in the last four years. The
wealth of a nation lies in its produc
tive capacity. Is it not something like
cutting off ones nose to spite ones face
to deport ablebodied workers, even
though they stood on their technical
rights in 1917 and 1918 and declined
to serve in our armies?
Sentimehtally, expulsion would repre-
sent fair reprisal But industrially it
would be to our disadvantage. Is 1t
worth while to cxpel aliens who are able
to pay their own way merely for the
sake of rebuking "slackerism" on their
part which was sanctioned both by GUS
tom and the law Of nations?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
A Week of Verse

tFron, Contemporary ve,,

tFror, Contemporary vert
I AM noe healed Of griafs not
l. Nor shall be till spring houxh. a.
Their putgnancies dawn the young alb.
In dusks all violet.
Not I. Not till the year has fund
Some other fashion for the rain
In old thin autumn fieldss It's snuna
Against lonely pane.
Not till the worn, dear, usual things
Street, house, or even chair. lar
Rid them Of ell rememherings.
Grow strange and cold, and far.
Who pfucks my cowsIips IN the SUM-
Whose step deets by the withered t,..,
Whose shadowy, golden daughters r,n .,
Betwiu my books and me-
They have been gone a thousand rs.-
I grant It Are the deeps fallen drvr
Wears grief look not that of tcars,
Not l. indeed not l.
L1ZETTE WOODwoRTH REESE
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Won By Ear

tFrom Contemporary lefsf'
IT HEAH'S man up the street
n Ahm JUS itchin' tub meet
He's the man with the slidin' trombone
All don't understan
How he does it so gran
But he sho' gifts uh wonderful tone.
That Mendels'n Song
He JUS rags its uh-long
An ICONS it right intuh NAH soul.
When he plays "Ovuh Theah"
Ev'ry kink in nah hath
JUS natchully stahts tuh unroll.
Mistah Man, Mistah Honey,
Take me an NAH money.
Whenevuh yo' want mo Ah'm yo'n.
Ahll cook while yo' cat
Shine the shoes on yo' feet
II yoil play on that slidin' tronibcne.
DANIEL ". TROY
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Pints Rather Than Points
tFront The FL pnso TYnles)

VFFont TIC Fl Pnso Tfnlcsl
While 1t Is generally conceded President
Wilson's fourteen points contain much that
Is good 1T is not straning the truth to say
there are people in this neck of the woods
Who would be more interested in q man with
fourteen pintn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Entertaining Our Heroes

Nro"' TIM Bcioidorc. H.. Rapubiioan)
Fred Lewis, of the Belvdere Hotel barber
shop, sang three times Mt the sodiersk club
at Rockford last evening. Many of the pa
irons of tho club are men from overseas
accustomed to all kinds of hardships.