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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 May 1933, p. 44

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types of tumîiture. Custom Made Awnings Rohanging and Cleoning PHONE WILMETTE 989 PAUL H. GATHERCOAL AWNING SERVICE. 2411 Thorn wod Ava.. WI.t sute and yer 'powertul pull. or ti- centive to do things in the garden for the sake of the garne itself. There appears among gardeners a constant urge to grow things and to arrange growing things for the mere joy tbat cornes froin ýaçcomplishing, and ini joining witb inature ini creating love- lyflowers.and living pictures. The thrill, of the gaine is evidenced, in titat folks will Ipai nstakingly grow ALL KINDS 0F BEDDING PLANTS ANNUALS VINCA VINES1 TOMATOES, ec. wt Gréatly Reduced Pries V. BEZDEK & SON 248WILET TE AV. PA TRONIZE OUR A DVER TZERS HO0L 1IDAY SPIECUA&LS IN OUR -NiEW WA&LIPPERS! [Il h'M Il-N Papers for Every Room . . . Living, Dining and Bedrooms i o RoUls for One. Room T Grown up folks, men, an 1d, wonxenr, grandinothers and mothers, anyone wbo as'a child bias picked violets ini the wild as thev spread their abun- dant bNue tbroughout the orchard or a 'ong the 'soggy lowIands~, anyone %vho has enjoyed the sinali town. cus- tom of hanging May-baskets, bas- kets hand made and filled mitb; hand P;.cked buttercups, violets, flowerinig alrnond and the like, ene and aIl will stil.1 iarm at the sight of a bunch.of these homely. biossoins. that have iz rown entirely free fromf the sure ire. jrnethods of the greenhouse, the nurs- zry or any such commercial surrouÛdi ings. Folks just seemi to feel tbat they and the niysterious forces of na- ture are somehow privileged pals in ýhis game of producing out "of tbe . raiv, a bouquet of posies, with their !ovely shapes and colorings. lTe purcbased dozen of roses, uni - forni, neat, forced by systematic and certain processes, though surpa ssi ngly lovely, yet somebow seem to lack the thrill of the gaine, this intangible joy Of being in on it and having a band in the thing, doing it ourselves.. The sinalboy cornes racing int the house with the sbouted annoutice- ment tbat bis corn is up. HUe bas planted a grain of corn ini the black soi] we aften call dirt, aind be . as waited and this morning as he looks he finds that overnight ..froinithe earth has sprung the blade, ofgreenl. He. and the hidden forces have worked togetiier and hàve had a great gaine. So in mariy a back vard cati t>e jfounda to,»ato garden or sol v say a tomato gaine, raising their own, as a sport, a pastime,, a hobby, a recreation. This toniato garne has the , garden reporters busy trying j to disctover juîst why the tom a to' gaine is, more Poprlar than 1the swîss chard gaine, butit is evidenrtly. About six plants will .tomato a. fain- ily of tIwo fair'sized'folks nicely,,and theré is a tbrill to be had in pi cking ner size and appearance in action. So we can believe that many north sbore folks rnay not know .just how. a waterme4n, a potato or a peanut grows. There rnay then be something, of tbe researchi idea in this game of- backyard vegetable. gardens. Gardening as a game migit, weil 11be as popular as baseball or golf, to say nothing of the indoor sports wbich do flot share the joys of tbe sunsbine and open air.ý. Most games combine the ideas of SI, competition -and sociability, and many provide ex- ercise, a break froin the routines of life' and: often tbe healings, of the sunshine, and gentie breezes. Garden- ing supplies ail tbese benefits. and may do so 1at a low cost, besides pro- viding a landscape an'd flowers,. ar- ranged with an idea of utility, beautv.. vegetables if you wish, and flowers- for the bouquet. When we plant a hedge ive do tiot thinkl 0f it as a. gaine. Screening, a .neighboring trash pile or garage, may not appear as a popular gaine. Build- ing a garden bouse or a pergola niay rqot rernind us of tbe village: play- ground. Altogether and alI the tirné, bowever, the game of the. thing adds a flavor to the task and leads us to do many things that- we would not revel in were it npt for thec spor t ele- ment of the gentle art of gardening for beauty and for table supplies.. The game of gardéning mnay be cri- joyed privately or collectively. ht may be a friendly gaine among 'gar- den club niembers, it may be ini a spirit of .neigh~borhood contest or 'it may be just g6ôd natured rivalry, with the next door imeighbor, .Organized contests carry with theil considerable values in general *in-ý structions and guidance. prqvided to contestants, and tbey tend to the gen- eral improvement of the comniinity.. So now' that the air is warming and the soil is dry.ing, Iet's ail get .a. packet, of seed' over town'and starting with the ru-les printed on the:back of this little packet, we will get into the. gaine. Put the packet envelope on a stake at the end of the rolv. sn that o Davis Street WiImefle I1100 JPian a Day at Franken's and Learn to Know Tuips~ IN OpUR SASEMENT WALLPAPER fSHop a On a

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