Evening star., 1928-04-10

fear sunshine. The third rule for liv-
ing in the little garden, 1t would seem,
is that one must crave the sunlight.
Not only is there that bond of SYM
pathy with the earth and It's growing
things; there is the prime necessity Tor
sunshine in the lives of human beings.
We know one Washingtonian whose In
variable practice If worried. especially
at night, is to repeat over and over,
Sunshine and happiness"
This is not hocus-pocus but simply q
recognition Of the fact that 1t is eX-
tremely difficult for the human mind to
hold two opposed thoughts at the same
time. He rejected many more elaborate
formulate in the belief that this short
one succinctly points out the supreme
felicity of this worldly life.
Especially on waking at night, with
the worriSome thoughts that often jump
at one out of sleep and dreams occa-
stoned by the problems of the day, these
happy words bring up visions OF green
fields. sunshine, white clouds blue skies,
flowers--all bathed in perfect atmos-
phere of happiness.
The real sunshine of the sun is per-
hapS more responsible for the inner
sunshine of human beings than most
persons are willing to admit. We are,
after all, finite creatures, baSically ami
NAL, no matter what mental and psy-
chic superstructures we have managed
to build up to help us on our way re-
joicing.
To actually like to be in the sunshine Is
at once the reason for the being OF sea-
shore resorts, golf courses, Fairgrounds,
gardens. One may enjoy the shore dur
ing rainy weather, but not so well. One
may play golf on inclement days, but
scarcely enjoy 1t as much. One may
play or garden in the shade, but some
thing is lacking.
Edgar Allan Poe praised faery world
with a sunshine more beautiful than
ours" but most of us, less poetical but
more normal, will be satisfied with the
temperate beams which nature has
given to us who live in this latitude, and
win get as much sunshine onto us and
into us as is humanity possible.
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Since we began with the doctrine Of
comfort we might as well end with 1t.
No one can really live in the little gar
den unless his clothes are of the sort
that permit it.
full-dress suit in q garden would
strike every one as ridiculous, yet many
of the costumes worn in it are almost
as much So How can one use trowel
or spade If he is afraid of soiling his
trousers?
How can the feminine gardener ply
her tasks If her shoes are of paper thin
ness?
Old. loose clothing. stout shoes-these
are the bare necessities. A collar and
tie, while admissible, might just as we'll
be dispensed with. One Of the prime
necessities is pair Of shoes with thick
Soles.
The garden must have plenty of mois-
ture in 1t to be good garden, and 1t
must have the gardener in it great
deal of the time to be the sort of gar
den that he wants it to be. Wet feet
however, are good neither for man nor
plants.
very real reason for garden privacy.
therefore. Is personal comfort. Upon
occasion, say. at twilight, one may give
the flowers a treat by appearing among
them "ali dressed up" but for honest
garden enjoyment there is nothing like
old clothes, ragged and dirty although
they may be.
The gardener who in gardening is
mistaken for the hired man has reached
the felicity Of living among the flowers.
Such a man will find no necessity for
going camping. where he may let his
beard grow, but will camp out every
day at home. He Is one who knows how
to live.