Evening star., 1945-09-24
This and That
Bu Charles +. Trdcetuell


You can save yourself lot of money,
II tree has to come down in your yard,
by arranging 1t with nature so that
storm will blow it down free.
Only be sure to include in your ar
rangement a nice fall, so that the big
fellow will miss the house, the garage,
pet shrubbery, and all animals and
birds.
Since 1t is difficult to make sure on all
these points, 1t often will be necessary
to call in the treemen.
Do not be shocked at the prices they
charge.
Taking down trees, in fact all tree
work, Is dangerous business. 1t takes
steady hand, strong legs. plenty of
nerve and much knowledge.
The hat Of every honest citizen and
householder must be off to the treemen,
aloft there like monkeys. each man
holding his life in his hand, balanced
among the leaves.
Equipped with ropes. safety belt, and
ypurs, he is not entirely at the mercy
OF slippery bark, of course. But there
comes q moment, in every job, no matter
how easy it may look from the ground,
when he wishes he had never taken up
the profession.
Occasionally something happens, and
then man can take 1t no longer. You
can see it In his eyes, sometimes, even
before he knows it himself.
Such a one gives up the climbing
game, ultimately, II he is wise. and
stays on earth, helping with the job,
or going out of it altogether.
Many treemen are blue-eyed. light
haired fellows with tendency TOWARD
a daredevil disposition. This may not
always show on the surface, but 1t Is
always there underneath.
A wet locust tree, for instance, can be
as slippery as creased glass.
That is why treemen do not like to
work in the rain, if there is any getting
out of it, and no one should feel Offend
| ed at them for not doing 1t, no matter
how necessary the work looks from the
home angle.
When crack is discovered at the base
of tree, part of the way round, 1t often
| is a good thing to take the tree down,
but it cannot be done until the wind and
| rain stop and things have dried up q
| bit
Taking q tree OF a house, against
| which it has fallen, is no easy task.
| It comes first. The leaning tree must
wait.
The end of the war will return many
born treemen to the ranks In the
| meantime, good hands are at work. 1t
will be helpful for the home owner not
to take too direct a hand in the pro-
ceedings himself. 1t worries the men,
and you can't blame them.
| Stay indoors, and keep out of the
way, and keep other people, and house.
hold pets, out OF the way, for falling
tree Is mighty heavy.
| You can't argue with tree after II
starts to fall.
The top can be taken out first, and
always is, by good treemen. It is only
the handyman who lets the whole She
bang fall with q crash.
Working in close quarters, as tree
men must often do, means that the
final 'lay" must be Of as short 4 sec.
ton as possible.
Nice calculation is sometimes neces-
sary,
Often heavy dents are made in lawn
but nothing which will not come out in
time, with little work and care.
The householder may be inclined tc
fuss and fume too much over damage
done to the lawn. Grass is the most
easily repaired OF all garden features
especially in the fall, which Is the best
time Of the year to plant seed, and
there is no damage treemen can do K
1t which cannot be snoothed out In {
few months