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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
A FEGYVERKEZESI
VERSENY

Szinte megfoghatatlan, mi
lyen feluletesen kezeltek a nyu-
gait hatalmak a fegyverkezes
kerdeset.
Szemuik lattara n0vekedett
meg a nemet hader6 a szaraz-
fold0n es a leveg0ben is, a
nyugati hatalmak pedig a te-
nyeket csodalatos egykedvu-
seggel vettek tudomasul. A
fegyverkezesi versenyben reszt-
vettek ugyan, de naprol-napra
figyelhettek a nemetek hatal-
mas eloret0reset.
J6l enlekezunk ARA, ami.
kor Daladier meg mind had
ugyminiszter a francia kepvi.
sel6hazban felsorolta, mennyi.
vel tobb repul6gepet gyart 9
nemet hadllpar, mint a SzOvet.
segeseke. A legi f6leny Macy
befolyasarol a katonai iroda.
lomban, de a sajtoban is Macy
vita indult meg.
A harci kocsik nagy jelen.
t0Seget is ismerhettek a nyu.
gait sz0vetsegesek, hiszer
1918-ban eppen ezzel a fegy
verrel nyertek meg a haborut
A motorizalt gyors harcegyse
gek szervezeset is a francial
kezdtek meg, Anglia pedil
ugysz6lvan egesz tiizersege
! mar regen motorizalta.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
KARTYAVARAK OMLASA

Az orszager6dites kerdeseben
a legt0bb mulasztast Francia-
orszag, azutan Belgium es Hol-
landia kOvettek ell.
A kulvilagot elkapraztattak
a hirneves Maginot vonal ESQ.,
dai. Mindenki bevehetetlennek
tartotta joggal, inert a mai
napig a Acknowledgment Ma
ginot vonal meg sertetlen. A
vonal meghosszabb bbitasarol, a
L Luxemburgt6l az Eszaki ten
gerig huz6d6 ugynevezett Da-
ladier-vonalr6l is mindenki
hallott, arr6l is, hogy az vala-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11

Az is ismeretes volt mar,
hogy Anglia szigetorszagi el6-
nye erosen lecsokkent, hiszen
Baldwin minisztereln0k maga
mondotta XII az emlekezetes
szavakat: anglia hatara a
Rajnanal van" Es e szavak ell
hangzasa utan sem latta az
angol kormany szlksegesnek,
hogy az altalanos vedkotele-
zettseget idejeben es gyokere-
sen megval6sitsa. A ket sz0-
vetseges egyuttesen sem igye-
kezett nagy gazdagsagaban es
a sziikseges nyersanyagok bir-
tokaban ARA, hogy a hatal-
mas nemet fegyverkezesi iram-
NAL minden teren legalabb is
feltetlentil lepest tartson, ha
mar a versenyz6t meg mem
el6zte.
Mennyivel maskepp alakul-
tax volna a viszonyok, ha mar
a lengyel haboru kezdeten a
szOvetsegesek ketszeres er6ben
levo legi hadakkal arasztjak ell
Nemetorszag eget? Ilyen legi
er6viszonyok mellett ez a ha-
boru bizonyara XII sem tort
volna.
A mondottakbol minden al
lam levonhatja ait a tanulsa-
got, hogy mem elegendo, ha a
fegyverkezest csak korlatozot-
tan hajtja vegre, hanem csak
akkor biztosithatja allami ele-
tet, ha a fegyverkezes teren a
lehetosegek legszelso hataraig
megy Ell.
Merjiik allitani, hogy ma
meg egyetlen orszag sem erte
Ell ezt a hatart.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
A MASODIk FELVONAS
A REMENYTELJEs DEMoKRATA JEL0LTEK

A nagy politikai cirkusz
-masodik felvonasara kesziilnek.
A demokrata part chicagoi
konvenci6ja teljes bizonytalan-
sagban kezd6dik S csupan egy
bizonyossagot tud mindenki. A
part jel0ltje az lesz, akit az ell
n0k ere a szerepre kivalaszt.
Lehetseges S ma AIT hiszi
mindenki, hogy 0nmagat va
lasztja. De ha a josok csalod-
max, akkor 8 valasztja XII, hogy
XII legyen part jel0ltje.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
WHEELER

Senator Wheeler is hajlandt
a jel0lest valiant marakodas
eseten mem lehetetlen, hogy
AIT megkapja.
Regebben, fiatalabb koraban
liberals ember volt, de az
utobbi evekben gyakran szem.
be fordult az vi deallel. Helye-
selte mindenki, hogy az eln0k-
mex a Supreme Court megpa-
kolasat cello igyekezetet ell
buktatta S AKKOR nepszeru
ember volt.
De az a nepszeruseg a feje-
be szallt mikor a kormany-
hivatalok ujjaszervezenel ha-
sonic modorban kiizd0tt az ell
n0k ellen, johiszemuseget ket-
segbe vonta mindenki.
Az eln0k mem tamogatna a
kampanyat es ICY, ha a jel0lest
megkapna, bajosan lenne ell
nok bel6le.
Tehetseges ember, egyeni in
tegritasa kerdesen felil van,
de politikai integritasaban mem
biznak.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11

AIT, ami az eur6pai harcte-
reken tortent es t0rtenik, mas
szemmel latjak es itelik meg a
polgari emberek es mas SEEM
mel a katonak.
A polgari ember els6sorban
a haborus esemenyek gazdasa-
gi k0vetkezmenyei utan erdek-
l6dik, maid a politikai hatast
igyekszik megallapitani es We
gill, ha van benne valami idea
linus, magasabb emberi ell
vek felol is gondolkozik.
A katona, ami alatt a vezer-
kari tiszteket kell erteni, mind
ehhez a harci taktika dolgait
is hozzaadja, bar rea nezve is
eppen olyan pontos a gazda-
sagi valtozas, amt a haboru
hoz.
A ket felfogas k0z0tti xii
lombseg teszi erdekesse ait a
kerdest, hogy katonai szemek
milyen tanulsagokat vonnak lie
az europai haboru eddigi me-
neteb6l.
Magyar reszr6l egy kivalo
katonai szakerto mondja ell
ezt nekiink: DR.. Tombor Jen6
magyar vezerkari ezredes, aki
igazan hivatott ARA, hogy ne
zetet meghallgassuk mi is. DR..
Tombor az eddigi haborus ese-
menyekb6l a kovetkez6 tanul-
sagokat vonja lie:
Valamely haborunak vagy
egy szakaszanak tanulsagait
f0llebbe bezhetetlenul csak akkor
vonhatjuk le, ha mar az ese-
menyek oszes k0riilmenyeit
reszleteiben is ismerjiik. A
kerd6pontoknak egesz soroza-
tat kellene f0lvetniink, ha az
"0sszes koriilmenyek" fogalmat
meg akarnok hatarozni. Eleg
ha kimondjuk, hogy eek a
reszletek csak evek multan, a
szemben allo felek hadi iratai-
max es a f6szerepl6k szemelyi
indokainak tanulmanyozasa
utan jutnak tudomasunkra.
De azert vannak olyan XII
rivo koriilmenyek, amelyekre
az esemenyek rnaguk is nyom.
ban reavilagitanak. Ezeket 8
harcol6k sajat b6riik0n k0zvet.
lenul erik, eek igen hamal
nyilvanossagra jutnak. Eek 8
kozvetlen haditapasztalatok, 8
melyeket a ket kiizd6 fel eset-
leg mar az egy1k utkOzett0l a
masikig is ervenyesit.
A veresegek vagy gy6zelmek
okait gyakran mar a haborut
megel6z6 evekre vezethetjiik
vissza. Eek az okok is sok
eSetben hamarosan a haboru
kitOrese utan kideriilnek.
Ilyen ertelemben kivanunk
a haberu tanulsagaival mar
most foglalkozni.
A TULZOTT BEKEVAGY
/ .
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
ROOSEVELT

Az elnok0t mem kell bemu-
tatni, ismeri mindenki.
Humanista es reformer. o
mozditotta meg a nincstelenek
-es elesettek erdekeben az orsza-
got, 8 csinalt valosagot abbol
az irott t0rvenyb6l, hogy seer
vezkedni joga van a munkas-
max. Es vegil Social Security
megalkotasaval 6 vette lie az
-0reg kor rettento bizonytalan-
sagat a nincstelen emberr0l.
Kilpolitikajaban teljes mer-
tekben a szovetsegesek mellett
van, mem azert, inert Angliat,
vagy Franciaorszagot sajnalja,
vagy ennek a nemzetnek a We
rem azokat segiteni akarja, ha-
mem azert, inert velemenye
szerint az Egyesiilt Allamok
biztonsagat veszelyezteti a
diktaturak gy0zelme.
Ez ma mar bebizonyosodott,
inert hiszen miota a demokra-
ia hatalmakat levertek, a nem-
yet egy akarattal k0vetelte,
.hogy a milliardok tucatjait
koltsik agyura es fegyverre.
Kitiin6 tulajdonsagai mellett
sulyos egyeni hibaja az eln0k-
mex, hogy mem tiir ellentmon-
dast es megbosszulja magat
azokon, akik keresztezik a ter
veit.
Ha a jel0lest vallalja, valo-
sziniileg csak azert teszi, inert
a jelenlegi nemzetk0zi helyzet-
ben mem engedi a lelkiismere-
te, hogy a borzalmasan terhes
eln0ki szeket oft hagyja.
Ez esetben a kampany kese-
ru, csunya es piszkos lesz.
Ellenjeloltje kivetelesen te-
hetseges ember, aki a "harma-
dix terminus" bugaboojat ala
posan fel fogja ellene hasznal-
nj. Ha novemberre teljes beke
lesz Eur6paban, akkor a va
laSztaSt az eln0k val6szinuleg
elveszti. Ha mem lesz beke, ak
kOr isnet elnok leSz.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
FARLEY

A demokrata part b6szanak
sok a baratja nagy kuzdel-
mex eseten a jel0lest talan meg
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
GARNER

Az orszag reakcios aleln0ke
egyszer ugy hitte, hogy 8 lesz
a part jel0ltje, inert az eln0k
ellensegei az 8 zaszlaja ala gyii-
lekeztek el6szOr.
A Roosevelt Steam-roller
azonban teljesen elsoporte az
utjarol S ma mem is lehet ese-
lyeir6l komolyan beszelni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
KET VAL0SZINUSEG

Termeszetesen minden lehet-
seges egy politikai kampany-
ban, de a demokrata delega-
tusok ket valoszinliseggel fog
max a konvenciohoz leiilni.
Hogy a szavazok utasitasa
szerint Rooseveltet fogjak har-
madszor is jelolni, vagy hogy
az eln0k keresere a part je-
l0ltje Hull lesz, ha a kilugy-
MINISTER hajlando a jel0lest
vallalni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
McNUTT

A Social Security divisio fe-
je, McNutt volt phillippini
commissioner nyilvanos jel0lt
ARA az esetre, ha az eln0k mem
akarna a jel0lest vallalni.
Vannak eselyei ARA az eset-
re, ha Hull a jelolest mem val
lalna es Hull ait mem szivesen
fogja vallalni. McNuttnak lesz-
mex delegatusai ha sem
Roosevelt, sem Hull nem lesz-
mex jel0ltek, akkor befuthat.
Liberals ember hireben all,
de ezt a hirt leginkabb 8 ter
jesztette eddig magarol. In
diana kormanyz6ja volt mint
olyan tammanyzalta az allan
politikai masineriajat. Ha ct
jel0lik, akkor a kivalo kepes-
segu republicans jel0lt fogja
a valasztast megnyerni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11

kapna, de elnok mem lenne
belole. Kivalo kepessegi politi-
kus, akinek az elnokseghez
szukseges alapmuveltsege hi
anyzik.
Katholikus es ICY jelolese a
Smith kampany minden fele-
desbe ment piszkos keseriise-
get eletre keltene, amib6l SEM
mi haszna a partjanak mem len
ne. Ha aleln0knek jelolnek,
AIT megkapna.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
A TULZOTT BEKEvAGY

Minden j6zan gondolkoz6
tudja, hogy az 0r0k beke az
emberben relic gonosz indula-
tok vagy jogosult onzes Matt
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11
JACKSON

Mem titok, hogy az eln0k
Jackson igazsagUgyminisztert
szeretne utodakent latni elso
sorban, de mem hiszik, hogy je-
l0ltetesevel most megbontana
a part egyseget.
Jackson tovabbi belfoldi re-
formokert kiizdene ITALIAN
messzebb menne ezen a teren
Rooseveltnel, de jelenleg a
nemzetkozi helyzet a legfonto-
sabb S Jacksont mem akarja a
part konzervativ szarnya. Val6-
szinu tehat, hogy szoba sem
fog a neve kerilni, hacsak az
eln0k es a part kozt szakadas
mem jon letre, ami biztos we're
seget jelentene a part szamara.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-07-11

ARA, hogy az eln0k ct jel0ltet-
ne, ha AIT 0nmaga mem akarja
vallalni.
Ha jel0lik, ocsmany, aljos
Ha jel0lik, ocsmany, alias
max ellene folytatni S valoszi-
Mi, hogy e celb6l a republika-
nusok ismet penzelnek a Ku
Klux Klant. Mrs. Hull zsido
szuletesu no EFT fogjak fell
hasznalni Hull ellen, dacara
annak, hogy a kIiligyminiszter
felesege nagyszeru, szereny es
miivelt no, akit Washington
ban secret mindenki.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Railroad Enthusiasts

Despite the popularity of autOmo-
biles and airplanes, Americans re-
main a Nation of railroad enthu-
siasts. The enthusiasm is evidenced
in various ways in the sales of cleo
trio and mechanical trains, in the
building of model trains, and, as
seen here recently, in the activities
of "last-ride" lobbyists.
That group is nationally organized
to take last rides on lines that are
being abandoned. Some Of the MEM
bers travel great distances for the ex-
perience. There was trio here from
Massachusetts, to take what thew
thought would be the last ride on
the Washington g. Old Dominion
Railroad passenger train from Ross
lyn to Purcellville, Va. But an unex-
pected last-minute order from the
State Corporation Commission re-
proved the service for sixty days.
The 'last-ride" lobbyists operate
under auspices Of three closely asso-
ciated national groups. Their activi-
ties include collecting train tickets
and railway signs in addition to tax.
Ing last rides.
Some of their reported actions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

however, seem strange indeed for
persons who claim to be enthusiastic
over railroading. On some last rides
it is said that the coaches are dis
mantled by the breaking of windows
and lights, and cars burned in great
funeral pyres.
Railroad enthusiasts worthy of the
name, however, will see that the roll
ing stock is spared from such end
ingS. The trains that have reached
the last mile after decades of impor-
tant service to the Nation are en-
titled to their logical fate-the utili-
tartan junk heap, the auction block,
or perhaps for lucky few, the mu-
scum. While paying respectful
tribute to such trains, the railroad
minded have plenty to enthuse about
in the streamlined flyers of the pres
ent day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Arms for Troininq

The statement by General George
C. Marshall, chief of staff, that the
Army has sufficient basic equip
ment" to supply without delay all
men who might be ordered into
training under a selective service
program knocks the props from
under one of the main arguments of
the opponents of the Burke Wads-
worth bill.
These critics have commended that
CONSUMPTION not only can be, but
should be, deferred because a scarcity
Of arms would make 1t impossible to
train men who might be called into
service.
To that General Marshall replies
that the Army has enough .30-caliber
rifles in reserve for three million men
and plenty of machine guns, artil-
lery, gas masks and all other essen
tial materials for the program"
His reply, removing all factual
basis for this particular objection,
should serve to expedite considera-
ton of the bill in the Senate The
debate on the opposition side is be-
coming repetitious in the extreme
so much so, in fact, that Senator
Schwartz of Wyoming has charged
that filibuster is in progress.
1t may not be strictly accurate to
characterize the conduct of the OPP
ponents as fllibuster, but it cannot
be denied that their arguments are
becoming worn with constant usage.
If there are any new facts to be
adduced against the measure they
should be developed; if not, the
bill should be brought to a VOTE
Further senatorial indulgence in
empty verbal pyrotechnics will
merely add to the danger that this
country may be faced with the test
of war before it is ready to fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trdce1Deu.

He reaches ahead, and in spring feels
summer coming, In summer senses au-
tumn long before most people, in the
fall knows well ahead Of time the joys
Of winter, and while the snow Is on the
ground is busily planting his spring gar
den.
This is not q usual thing.
The majority Of men, especially city
people. live one season at q time.
When it is hot, they are complaining
about the heat.
In rainy autumn, they are grumbling
about the rain.
When spring is at hand, the flush Of
Snow and ice bound their horizon In
winter.
Perhaps this is a natural way to live,
but there is better one, and 1t Is the
way of the gardener with a small plot
of ground. He sees every season long
before it comes, he looks forward to it,
and has a whole gallery of past seasons
In his mind, never to be lost.
It is his imagination which paints
these pictures. Some associate imagina-
ton with falsity, with the building up
of impossible pictures, but there is moth
ing impossible about these springs and
autumns and winters and summers Of
his: they fairly ring with the famous
eternal verities of which the world seems
to have lost sight during the Hitler era.
-
Lord, bring back, bring back those
happy days"
1t takes no particular imagination to
see that the proper use Of spade and
hoe and trowel and rake is much better,
far, far better, than the misuse of the
wonder of the airplane and mans
daring.
Digging and raking and planting are
good without imagination. No one can
say that Markham's Man With the
Hoe" brutalized as he was, and bent with
toll was not better man than the fear
less and straight young soldier who ma
chine guns defenseless civilians.
But planting and raking and digging
are much better If imagination attends
them, for then there is something added
out of the very air which is finer than
air, more impalpable, but solid and
satisfying.
This imagination sees the end of the
years flower garden while colors still
run riot, while leaves f1aunt in their
countless millions and bumblebees find
nectar everywhere.
Autumn is at hand, even If your eyes
refuse to believe 1t.
Imagination, standing tiptoe, with one
hand on the gate, looks backwards and
forwards. ready to run indoors from
the blasts. but already seeing the glories
Of new. fresh flowers.
This is the real glory of humanity, to
be able to keep alive the dreams of bet
ter things in times of despair, to refuse
to bow down to the power of force, mis-
using wonderful inventions, but to hold
aloft the mighty force of imagination
guiding good tools designed for useful
purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Public Library

A small item asking for the inclu-
sion of a few hundred dollars in the
1912 District budget effectively re-
veals the part the Public Library can
play, wants to play and should play
in the lives of young Washington. 1t
would pay the salary of a principal
adviser whose main, and perhaps
only, function would be correlating
throughout the entire library system
the program of reading to be offered
youth of high school age and
slightly older.
The significance lies in the plan to
make sure that this particular age
group has its reading properly pre-
scribed, that its needs be correctly
diagnosed and the remedy provided.
This plan would be means of guild
ing youth into the paths of orderly
citizenship. At an age when govern
ing habits, thoughts and PHILOSOPHERS
are being formed, the right books put
into the right hands at the right time
can make the difference between
success and failure. Viewed in this
light, the Public Library must take
its place beside the school, the
church and the home as a molder
of men. As a public institution it is
obligated to mold them well.
1t can scarcely be said that the
other budgetary demands of the
trustees are excessive. One large
item would complete the first unit
of the new central building. which
already has been the subject of
two partial appropriations. Another
would acquire a site for branch
library for the rapidly growing COM
munities to the east of the Anacos-
tia River-an item long requested by
the citizens of the area and one
which heads the priority list of
library officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Alden

More than a few Americans who
have voyaged to India are acquainted
with Alden, the British outpost at the
lower entrance to the Red Sea. 1t is
a beautiful but otherwise largely in
tolerable place The modern town,
like the older native city five miles
distant, clings to the barren slope of
an extinct volcano. Its location is
midway between the Equator and the
Tropic of Cancer. The sky burns
with murderouS heat. If rain falls
once a year, it is miracle. Yet
people love the scene.
Nor is the reason difficult to dis
cover. The water of the gulf is blue
to an incredible degree. Jebel Sham
shan, the mountain, rises eighteen
hundred feet against the shimmering
azure of the heavens over Yemen.
The rocks are black, brown, gray and
yellow ochre. There are no trees,
only occasional bushes and grasses.
Dust shifts over the landscape in
peometric waves. The fortress and
the barracks merge into the picture
like natural features Of composition
not made by man. His part-the
human Clements much more COL
orful. All races, all nations move
through the streets. Hindus, Arabs,
Ethiopians, Chinese, Palestinian
Jews, Greeks, occasional tourists
from the United States constitute the
crowds along the harbor thorough
fares. The Star Spangled Banner is
visible from the decks Of ships from
San Francisco and New York. It
waves over a consulate fronting on
the Crescent where the power Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

England Is asserted by a statue of
Queen Victoria. Her "boys"- soldiers
in groups OF three-with their inevi-
table terriers wander about the shops
In cheerful endeavor to kill time +"
They have been waiting since 1889
to be challenged.
II now the test is to be attempted,
the garrison is ready. Italy. confess
eddy, desires to control the Suez
Canal and its approaches, Alden in
cluded. The aspiration cannot be
gratified without a contest. And
when the issue has been decided the
same uncaring stars will continue to
look down upon Jebel Shamshan by
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23

Imagination, too, helps make the world
60 round.
It makes you hear the piece the strug-
Cling pianist plays just As the composer
intended, whether the intense fingers
quite hit the notes or not.
And you like 1t.
Imagination makes a good book bet
ter than any motion picture ever filmed,
and more alive.
1t takes the honest intention for the
deed, and helps us forget what we are
ashamed we noticed in the first place
Imagination shows the coming of
autumn and falling leaves at . time
in August when persons without it see
only full summer ahead.
But the marks Of fall are on every
garden now, even If the gardener has
to have some imagination about him to
see them.
There is an Intangible feel in the very
air. 1t might have been aided by the
turn of the winds from the North, and
the GOODNESS after the muggy spell: such
doubt.
There was more to it than that,
though. Perhaps it is caused by the
change in the composition of the mill
lions Of leaves on trees, shrubs and ever
greens. Gardeners sometimes fail to
realize that evergreens have leaves, too.
There is a dryness about the leaves
now, lack of juice, certain rustic as
the wind catches them.
1t takes imagination to realize such
things, and to make them point as truly
to autumn as the wandering dogs nose
does to that plate of salmon put out on
the back porch for the household cat.
Imagination is a great thing, If you
have it, for 1t works both ways-it
points backward as we'll as forward, and
it buoys up the spirit of man as well as
depresses it.
Imagination is bad only when it turns
into worry. Fortunately, the home gar
dener has little cause for worry. 1t
makes no difference to him. except to
his pride, whether his flowers and ever
green's turn out good or are failure.
Even this is only routine. for they sell
dom come out poorly; in the main. al
though he is very poor gardener, he
may depend upon having a fair garden.
The amateur gardener does not have
to worry as the farmer over his crops,
which two minutes OF hail may ruin. He
is not dependent upon the rains. for he
can use his hose. It is only when he
has acres, instead Of square feet, that
he must depend upon nature.
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Such imagination as the home gar
dener uses Is useful in two ways. to try
to plan, and to see in his minds eye
how his place is going to look, and to
catch the implications of the coming
seasons before they arrive.
1t is in this latter phase that he ex-
cells all men, for he lives in a world Of
seasons as truly as any farmer, yet Is
secured from the pain of defeat through
no fault Of his own.