Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-12
The Country Home
BY Mrs. w. lei. FELTON,
Cld-Time Gardens

nave Keen remembrance of NV
grandmother's garden. She had a
mower garden in the front of the en-
closure, which enclosure was fenced
in very neatly and securely by pal
lngs, not painted. but neatly con-
structed. She had handsome cape
Jessamine bushes. Then she had
dwarf cape jessamine. smaller bushes.
! never high above the ground. She
| had bushes of pinks, generally the
pinks bordered the flower beds. Her
| flower garden was extremely attrac-
| tive to her visitors. In the rear was
| her vegetable garden. She had corn
and potato patches outside, but the
| inside vegetables were planted on
| beds like her flower beds. She had
| all sorts of berries, except blackber-
ries. They were carefully planted and
diligently cultivated. She had all
sorts of fruits in their season. also
| big apple, peach and plum orchards,
with damsons, figs and everything
| that she could hear of or could OBJ
| tain by purchase.
There was always an abundance
and to spare. There was no confusion
or worry when unexpected company
| arrived. With cured meat in the
smokehouse and plentiful milk and
butter, all these excellent growing
| things could be turned quickly into
wholesome, delightful cooked food.
1 am wondering If those plentiful
times are become obsolete things of
| the past.
| Everybody who enjoys a home
should be eager to plant and cult
Vate quantities of growing things
which are here mentioned. They are
within the reach of all Industrious
| and economical persons. They conSti-
| a n I'M
| expense.
My grandmother saw to it that
| these beautiful gardens were kept
in proper condition. Nothing except
| sickness or death halted her en-
deaVors. and those ante-bellum house
| wives were very proud of their sue
! cess. She had plenty of garden Yege-
tables in winter time. growing things
| like turnipS and winter onions and
beets, that could help out in variety
and wholesomeness. Every member
of her family took pride in those
beautiful things. the useful and or
namental.
| Whether our people are too care
less or are criminally lax because
of their Indifference and negligence,
| I am not able to decide, but there are
| entirely too many fires all over the
| United States at this time.
| It is a daily and nightly occur
| renee They are on the increase ana
! incendiarism is suspected in the ma
| jority of these disastrous cohIlaSFa-
There was a very destructive fire
in the city of Washington, ID. G.,
! less than a week ago.
The destruction of government rec
ords was a serious loss. The fire
| started in the census bureau in the
| commerce department building.
| person going through the building
| where a carpenter shop was located
| thew down lighted cigarette among
| shavings. The estimated damage is
more than $4,000, and the cost of
| repairs will exceed three times that
| amount.
In the land office an official saw
| young man flip 81 cigarette stub
into a waste basket and blaze rose
up almost instantly. 1t was all he
| could do to put it out. During the
last fifteen months in the great CAPT
tai city, tn damage by just such
| fires has been estimated at more
than 100000. The great majority of
these burnings have occurred in the
| way herein stated.
| In the general recklessness of the
| present period there seems to be a
necessity for forbidding the use of
! pipes, cigarettes and cigars in gov
| eminent buildings. Yet nobody
seems to be inclined to put a stop
| to these fire bugs of the cigarette
| variety
Hardly a newspaper fails to print
the destruction of big buildings and
| gin houses. I heard some days
ago of little four year-olds going
under dwelling house with a pocket
crammed with matches.
If we do not improve on these
reckless fire bugs the insurance COM
| panies will be put out of commits
sion ere long. What's the matter
with the country anyhow?