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By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN j
£HE recurrent miracle of j
the spring Is being |
staged before our de* i
light 6U eyfete— longer!
days,- warmer sun,'soft- j
or airs and a world of
growing tilings to which
man turns with an in
stinct ns old as the race j
and part of it. It Is j
now that we appreciate
the tree. One may he
7 a “mute Inglorious Mil
ton," and yet thrill over Joyce Kilmer’s
immortal lines:
1 think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely us a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth Is prest
Against the earth's sweet, flowing
broast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may In summer weftr
A nest of robins In her hair;
tipon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
ft was only n few short years ago
that Arbor day was observed perfunc
torily —largely from sentiment and by
the nature-lovers. Now Arbor day has
grown to he an ’occasion of nation
wide observance. ' The old sentiment
Is still there—with worthy additions —
and the day has grown to he sym
bolical of ; a. nation-wide movement tb'
meet a national need. America cannot
plant too many trees for beauty and
for remembrance. America must also
plant trees for the needs of everyday
life—which goes on during all the sea
sons and deals with things practical
s well as sentimental.
If when I am gono
Thou wouldst honor me.
Then plant a tree.
Some highway. bleak and bare.
Make green with leaves—
Trees planted everywhere,
A highway broad from city to the sea—
-I'lant this in memory of me.
“Homes!" said the forest, shagging the
range.
"Lintel and floor, roof beam and door,
Monies w e build anil deserts we change
To cities that smoko and roar.
Steel and stone may come to their own.
But first we are shape# and prepared
for these.
We raise the world, who are over
thrown.
We rise and toll." said the trees.
Mirny a memorial tree will he plant
ed this year. "Trees for Remem
brance” will go tip everywhere in the
hind. And especially will the planting
he heavy along the Lincoln highway,
the Harding highway in Ohio, the Vic
tory highway anti other famous re
membrance roads.
Trees are to be a feature of the
eight cemeteries "Over There” where
sleep some 23,000 American fighting
aien. Contracts have been made for
the supplying of more than 50,000
trees and shrubs, the building of walks
and the erection of permanent admin
istration offices, says a report of the
American TVee association. Before
another summer, according to Maj.
11. L. Green, constructing quartermas
ter In charge of the work, thousands
Of trees will be - in place. All of the
trbes and shrubs to be planted in the
cemeteries will he supplied from the
French nurseries. Orders have been
placed in accordance with detailed
plans, which specify the exact species
and place of each tree. The plans call
for many varieties of evergreens In
order that the effect of greenness may
be preserved the year around. Here
there will be linden and there poplars.
There will ho hawthorn and elder,
blackthorn and yew, beech and spruce,
Scotch elm and European ash, Ameri
can oak ifnd maple, birch and fir,
sumac and privet.
The General Federation of Women’s
clubs, with Its nation-wide member
ship of 2,500,000, is putting the power
of organized effort Into the scattered
activities of Arbor day. National Gar
den week will be observed throughout
the nation April 20-26 under direction
of Mrs. John lX Sher.man, Chairman of
the department of applied education,
with the co-operation of the federal
government through the bureaus of
education and plant industry and the
forest service and ‘ extension service.
The program of the week covers tree
planting In all its phases. The Gen
eral Federation is also conducting a
nation-wide campaign'for the Inclusion
of natural science and nature study In
the public school curriculum to tlie
end that the rising generation may be
fitted to deal with the problems of the
conservation of the nation’s natural re
sources —of which the forests are one
of the most important.
Many of the tree-planting activities
of the country revolve about the Amer
ican Tree association, with headquar
ters at Washington. Having recorded
09,800 members, the association an
nounces 1928 was the biggest year in
the nation's history for individual tree
planting. Plans for 1924, says Charles
I.nthrop Pack, the president, point to
even bigger registrations for the year
1924. The Tree association is the or
ganization in which there are no clues,
for the only way to Join is to plant a
tree and register it with the associa
tion at Washington.
“As never before the individual is
coming to soe the value of tree plant
ing." says Charles Lathrop Pack In
this annual report. "The figure does
not mean only that many trees were
planted, for the number of trees
planted runs into the millions. In reg
istrations in the tree-planting array
the state of Ohio leads with 4,658.
Pennsylvania Is.next with 2.173. Then
comes Colorado with 1,446; Illinois
I with 1,228.”
j Mr. Pack marked the year by giving
THE DANIELBVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
n thousand-acre demonstration forest
in tlie Adirondacks 'and annual for
estry to the New York State Col
lege of Forestry at Syracuse, an an
nual forestry prize, to tke University
of California and the. University of
Washington on ’ the Paellic coast, as
: well as one to the University of Michi
gan, of which his father, the late
GeOrge r W. ’Pack, was* a regent. These
awards provide for an annual cash
prize for the best papers on forestry.
Mr, pack lias also, sent millions .of tree
seeds to .France and Great. Britain dur
ing the year! One of the photographs
here reproduced shows a shipment of
tree seeds sent by him to the French
government for use - in'its, tree nur
series. Trees from, these seeds will
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eventually find their way Into the
American cemeteries where rest our
fighting men.
The tree-planting activities of Arbor
day, of National Garden week and of
Arbor week—a planting period in tire
fall rapidly hecomlng popular—mark
the interest of the American people
in a great, national problem which Is
pressing for solution —-a forest con
servation and reforestation policy.
During the summer a Senate Select
Committee on lteforestation visited all
parts .of the country. Senator McNary
of Oregon, chairman, has Introduced
a biy- representing tlie results of the
committee’s investigations. It seeks
tp combine the' four essentials of an
adequate national and state policy
looking to the full utilization of all
lands, whether publicly or privately
ewiied, that are naturally or econom
ically adapted to timber growing
rather than to other uses. These es
sentials are thus summarized:
Extension of the national forests
both by acquisition of forest land and
by the transfer . of suitable parts of
the- public domain to the national for
ests.
Liberal co-operation with the, state
i governments in the protection and sup
| pression of forest fires, which consti-
I tute a considerable portion of the re
| forestation problem. -
! Inauguration of reforms In local
I taxation laws which will make them
j conformable to the slow process of
timber production.
Assistance to farmers undertaking
tree-growing, which Is of great Im
portance in view of the fact that about
one-third of the forest land of the
country is Included within farms.
And now, first and foremost, you can
never afford to forget for one moment
what is the object of our forestry pol
icy. That object is not to preserve the
forests because they are beautiful—
though that is good in itself—nor be
cause they are refuges for wild crea
tures of the wilderness—though that,
too. Is good in itself —but the primary
object of our forest policy, as of the
land policy- of the United States, is the
making of prosperous homes. It is part
of the traditional policy of home-mak
| ing of our country. Every other con
sideration comes ns secondary. The
whole effort of the government In deal
ing with the forests must be directed
to this end. keeping In view the fact
j that M is not only necessary to start the
homes as prosperous, but to keep them
so. That Is why the forests have got
i to be kept. —Theodore Roosevelt.
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By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
MV. William A. Radford will answer
questions’ and feive advice FREE ’OF
COST on ait subjects pertaining: to • the
subject of. building, for. the readers, of
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as Editor, Author ' anfl
Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt.,
the highest authority on all these sub
jects. • Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie, avenue.
Chicago, 111.', and only Inclose two-cerit
stamp for reply.
Small homes' tnay be just as at
tractive as large homes. • It" all de
pends on the design. The addition of
a porch, an overhang of. the roof, or
the treatment of the. exterior walls, or,
perhaps, the design of the roof —any
of these things ma.V change what
would he otherwise an unattractive
dwelling into an artistic and pleasing,
home.
A' plain, two-gable small one-story
house has been changed into an at
tractive bungalow type home by tlie.
addition of a porch and extending the,
roof in the home shown in the accom
panying Illustration. A glance at tlie
lioor plans shown reveals that the
iiouse is practically square, 28 by 40
feet.. However, the third gable in the
foof, which extends out over the porch,
lias transformed the appearance of the
luilding. From a plain, unattractive
one-story house, the bungalow has
been converted into a most attractive
• ittle home.
One feature of the house which is
unusual is the treatment of the ex
terior wall. The concrete foundation
has been covered with rough stucco
and the stucco extended part way
above the first floor line. Above
clapboards have been used, the walls
jp to the second story sill being
[vainted white, while those above are
given a 'darker paint.
The porch is large, being 20 feet
wide and 10 feet deep. The' entrance
door opens Into a reception ball, to
the left of which is the living room,
14 feet 9 Inches by 16 feet. To the
•lght is the dining room, also a front
room, 14 by 14 feet 9 inches. At the
rear of the dining room is the kitchen,
10 feet G inches by 12 feet 6 inches.
The door at the rear of the living
room opens into a short hall, at the
end of which is the bathroom. Off
this hall are two bedrooms, one 10
feet 6 inches by 12 feet and the other
11 feet 3 inches by 14 feet. Each
bedroom has a closet, while a third
closet off the hall gives plenty of stor
age space for the family.
The basement extends under the
whole house and provides ample space
for the heating plant, fuel storage and
other storage. The high gables in the
roof permit a good-sized attic, which
is reached by stairs running out of
rhe front hall.
A great many families prefer the
.bungalow type of home. The fact'that
VI of the rooms are on one floor
,ses the housekeeper, as it concen-
trntes all the work on the one floor
and . eliminates stair-climbing, be
sides, bungalow designs are very, at-,
tractive, as they suggest comfort and
conveniences."
Thii ’ design- is rather unusual in
both its exterior appearance anil in
the .arrangement of the - rooms, two
features which will appeal to many
home builders.
Porch Light Is Used
to Add Attractiveness
Owners, and, especially builders of
suburban homes are generally on tlie
watch for features which will add to
the attractiveness of tlie place—plac
ing special emphasis on tlie exterior.
Everything must be made appropriate
and, in keeping with tlie surroundings.
Thus special care should be exer
cised in tlie selection ot a proper
lighting unit for the porch. In many
such fixtures too often a lack of care
and foresight is evidenced. The fix
tures designed for use in the (lining,
living and bedrooms are usually chosen
with a view toward their special fit
ness for each particular room, together
with their effect on surroundings, so
why not select those for die porch
in tlie same manner?
Fixtures of tlie most attractive de
sign and utility for porch use are now
being manufactured. In a Colonia
house, for example, a pair of attrac
tlve bronze lanterns hung on either
side of the main door add to the ap
pea ranee of the place. There i 1)1
reason why the appearance of any
porch should not be enhanced by the
use of good-looking fixtures.
The most efficient and convenien
method of operating the pore!, nxturt
is by means of a three-way swh ( *• '**
rated near the door on the porch, am
just Inside tlie door within tie.
ing. This arrangement makes it pos
sible for the householder to turn o‘
the light and to extinguish it !i t " r
hns reached the Inside. Then, .
the interior control is handy • > u
bell rings late at night, for it is !im
possible to flood the porch w; ■ .
arid see who Is there before o,
the door.
Two-Door Entrance to
Your Breakfast Room
Tlie breakfast room where' ■
slble should be designed for ,
trance both through the kit> -
the dining room, which g'
tional room through tlie pla r-' '/ e
extra seat where ordinarily ' ' ” :n .
is fitted directly # to the wah. > '
ing room entrance should be ■
a set of French doors opei •
the dining room, a condition
wav interferes with the conger-
ditim of the breakfast n
which may be left open a •
meal.