COUNT LUCKNER
THE SEA DEVIL
IBjr Lcbtrell Thomas
Copyright by
I>oubleday, Doran & Co.
Luckner and his men effect their escape
by seizing a motor launch and leaving in
the darkness.
CHAPTER XVII—Continued
—24—
We lay off an isolated bay of Ue<1
Mercury island, northwest of the Bay
of Plenty, for two days, during which
■we had a couple of narrow escapes
from searching boats. A government
cutter had almost sighted us when she
damaged her propeller on the rocks
and had to limp back home. The third
day we put out to sea, and as we
bounced about on the waves 1 swore
*n the cadets as regular midshipmen
<--f the imperial navy and promoted
Vice Corporal von Egidy to the rank
of naval junior lieutenant. As com¬
mander of a war vessel, even thougd
she was only the colonel’s motor boat.
1 had the authority to do this. Then
each helped the other cut his hair
short in naval fashion.
Two sailing vessels carne by. We
decided to seize them botii, sink one.
and keep the other. We went after
the first one, but a sudden puff of wind
carried her along at a great rate, and
we could not catch her. This was very
unfortunate, for she reported our cap¬
ture of the second boat, which she wit¬
nessed. Bombs poised, machine gun
pointing, and German flag raised, we
swiftly approached the Moa. Site hove
to. My boys und l clambered on deck.
With Colonel Turner’s sword In my
hand. 1 ordered the captain and crew
herded below, the captain, an excellent
old salt, growling:
“You're escaped prisoners, eh? Our
boys are doing their bit in France,
and at home they can’t even guard
prisoners.’’
The Moa was a tine craft but ns flat
as a match box. Intended for coast¬
wise trade, she had no keel and drew
only three teet of water, but she had
huge masts. A storm blew up, and we
scudded before the wind. The Moa’s
captain rushed up bristling with ex
citement. His boat, he protested, was
not adapted for sailing on the high
sea, much less through a storm. We
vsere risking our lives, he expostu¬
lated. We should take down sail.
“We are sailing for our lives, by
Joe,” I responded, and kept all can¬
vas up.
The skipper stayed on deck all night
and poured out oil to quiet the waves.
We went on ouf watches, undisturbed.
Ordinarily, we would have been some¬
what worried, but the storm was tak
ing us along swiftly—away from pur¬
suit. Tlie waves began to break over
our stern, ahd the Moo bobbed up and
down. She had a deckload of lumber.
Overboard with it. We started to
work and were ably assisted by a
breaker that crashed over us and in
an insraut swept most of the lumber
into the sea. We were towing tiie
motor boat we had taken from tile
commandant at Motuihl. A wave
swamped tier, and she tore loose from
the towlin» and sank.
We steered to the Kermadec Is¬
lands, an uninhabited group where
the New Zealand government keeps a
cache of provisions for castaway sail¬
ors. Curti r island, one of the group,
came in sight on December 21. It ap¬
peared in a cloud of smoke, a land of
volcanoes and geysers. Presently we
spied the stheet-iron shed where the
provisions were stored. Kircheiss and
four men landed on the iaferno-iike
coast and In due time returned, their
boar loaded deep with provisions. The
New Zealand government was kind
enough to provide many useful tilings
for shipwrecked sailors and some¬
times for escaped prisoners ot war
There were tools, oars, sails, fishing
tackle, blankets, bacon, butter, lard,
canned beef—in short, everything. We
bad Intended to leave our prisoners on
Curtis island, but that den of steam
and sulphur fumes seemed unfit for
anyone. So we decided to take them
ashore with a supply of provisions,
and send a wireless message to sum
mon aid for them.
“Smoke to the north, behind Island,”
sang the lookout.
Two men were still on the island. 1
sent hastily for them. The Moa raised
sail and ran before the wind. The
steamer was In sight now. She sailed
toward us. We changed our course
She, too, changed her course. The
skipper of the Moa recognized her as
the New Zealand government’s cable
steamer. Iris, an auxiliary cruiser.
She had cannon, and we had none.
Our goose was cooked.
We still tried hopelessly to run
away. She gained on us, and signaled
us to stop. We kept on. A flash, a
distant roar, a hissing in the air, a
splash in front of us. She was firing
on us.
“Heave to,” 1 commanded, and we
were prisoners once again.
The Iris was manned, not by naval
znen, but by a nondescript crowd that
put pistols to our hacks as we came
aboard, and searched us to the soles
of our shoes. Then these gentry
robbed us of our personal possessions.
They were wildly jubilant over their
victory. I gathered from them that
the ship that had escaped us having
brought the news of our capture of the
Moa to Auckland, the authorities there
had surmised that we must he headed
for the cache of supplies at Curtis
island. When we arrived at Auckland,
the New Zealanders had their own
little victory celebration. Sightseers
in all sorts of boats came out to have
a look as the Iris with the Moa in tow
steamed into harbor, tbs victor of the
Battle of the Kermadecs,
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We were jailed at Mount Eden, the
iocal prison of Auckland, as a punish¬
ment for our flight. For a calaboose,
it was not bad. After twenty-one days
there, we were distributed among vari¬
ous prison camps. Kircheiss and I
went to River island near Lyttelton on
the south island of New Zealand.
Even the yard of our prison in Fort
Jervois was a veritable cage, it was
screened not only around but also
across the top with lines of barbed
wire. The commander of the camp,
Major Leeming of Tasmania, was one
of the best fellows I have ever met
He, too, felt himself a prisoner here on
this lonely island and soon became
our ttiird man at cards, which we
played to while away the hours during
the long evenings.
A drawbridge that had been smashed
by a hurricane was being repaired,
and we prisoners had access to the
vvatersjde for a while. In the yard
stood a row of empty tar barrels. One
of tiie barrels fell over, and I hap¬
pened to notice that it was picked up
by a small coastwise schooner that
often lay at dock farther down the
shore. I threw in another barrel, it
floated. The boat picked it up. My
plan was made. I could arrange one
of these barrels so that I could float
out in it. I would pick the time when
tiie little schooner was at shore. Then
1 would get into tiie barrel and roll
myself off the dock. The boat would
pick the barrel up. It might seem a
bit heavy, but they would think it had
tar in it. The barrel once aboard, its
lid would open and a man armed with
a knife would step out. like a jack-in
the-box. Thus I would have a boat.
1 would pick up Kircheiss,'who would
lie waiting, and we would go sailing
and perhaps get to some neutral is¬
land.
Major Leeming had been so kind to
me that i did not want to embarrass
him by escaping under his command
He. expecting an addition to his fam¬
ily, was to take a furlough. I would
do my jail-breaking while he was
away. But soon after Major Leeming
went on his furlough, Kircheiss und I
were ordered hack to the prison camp
at Motuihl. Of course, there was a
new commandant at Motuihl now, a
Major Schofield. Most of the prisoners
there received us with enthusiasm.
Even the treacherous i’oiish doctor
brought me a bottle of champagne,
hoping that i would not mention our
former little business transaction in
which he was to get a percentage of
that $25,000.
Some of our own countrymen who
had spent so many hours learning
parts for that theatrical show seemed
to hold It against us. But, after all.
had I uof treated them to a far better
melodrama from the life of a sailor?
Presently, several fellows came to
me and asked if I did not think sotne
tliing could be undertaken. They had
already contrived to get a few pistols
and build a folding canvas boat. We
could not very well go to sea in that.
But if we could contrive to station
ourselves at some other part of tiie
island, we could wait until a sailing
ship came along, put out iu our flimsy
little craft, and attack her. We con¬
sulted with the former governor of
German Samoa, Doctor Schultz-Ewarth
by mane, who was a prisoner at
Motuihi. He with his personal serv¬
ant, a giant fellow, formerly a German
baker, was allowed to wander where
he pleased on tiie island. It was his
man who hit upon the idea of hiding
in the interior of the island by build¬
ing a cave in the side of a dry river
bed that he had discovered, the cave
to be so disguised that searchers would
not notice it. We could easily get out
of the camp and into the other parts
of the island, and, at the same time,
give the Impression that we had es¬
caped over a cliff to the shore and
been picked up h.v a boat. We could
keep to our retreat until the search
had died down, and then we could
watcii for a passing sailship and at¬
tack it. Tiie plan seemed an excel¬
lent one.
We gathered more weapons, while
Doctor Schultz-Ewarth and his man.
on their long rambles, began the con¬
struction of the cave. Things pro¬
gressed rapidly. Then the Armistice
came. If it had been delayed a week,
there would have been another escape
at Motuihi.
Modern Coed Has Own Standard of Freedom
I have come in contact with a num¬
ber of modern coeds at various insti¬
tutions; and many of them have been
able, not to say wilting or eager, to
discuss excessively delicate subjects
with the utmost freedom, as long as
the discussion remains on a scientific
or dispassionate basis. If there is
anything that many modern coeds will
not talk about I don’t know what
it Is.
I am quite unable to state, however,
that they are infinitely more sophisti¬
cated than their mothers, or than the
preceding generation of coeds; be¬
cause I have no way of knowing how
much their mothers knew. 1 have a
strong suspicion, however, that their
mothers knew a great deal more than
they admit knowing; and it seems
quite obvious that a great many dow¬
agers who stand deliciously aghast at
the conversation and the crimes that
are laid at tiie door of the younger
generation are ready to listen to the
conversations and to repeat them at
every opportunity.
I might even go so fat as to hint
CLEVELAND COURIER.
After the Armistice, we were prig
oners for four more months on the
north island near Auckland, but were
allowed visitors.
One day, a -Maori chieftain’s wife
from the tribe of the Waikatos, a peo¬
ple who made a name for themselves
as warriors against the English in
their heroic struggle for freedom in
1860-01, called with her retinue. This
lady, whose name was Kaihau, handed
me a letter. It was written In Maori,
and translated read as follows:
“I come to you, O Illustrious chief¬
tain, and pass on to you for the future
preservation of an old tradition the
mat of the great chieftain Wai-Tete.”
As she handed me the letter, she
brought forth from under her dress a
mat that she had hidden there while
passing the prison guard.
My surprise was great, and I nudged
Kircheiss, but he was as mystified ns
L Fortunately, there was a German
lady present who had been living In
New Zealand for some time. She un¬
derstood the customs of the handsome
aborigines who once ruled in New
Zealand, and explained to me that 1
was about to-receive the highest honor
that the Maoris can bestow upon
anyone.
The chieftain’s wife began to dance
around me with great rapidity and
wild abandon. The name of this
dance was the Hnka-Haka, or some
think like that, and nt the conclusion
of it she presented me with a green
stone found only in New Zealand.
Again she spoke.
“O great warrior from across the
seas, we greet you as a chieftain of
the Waikatos, and among my people
you shall be known henceforth as ’Ai
Tete,’ meaning ‘Holy Water.’ We be¬
lieve that the spirit of our Maori hero
Ai-Tete has returned to us In you.”
I accepted the stone and pressed
the Maori woman’s hand to express
my gratitude. As she was about to
take her departure, she requested that
l hide the mat and stone and carry
them to Germany with me, which I
did. But before concealing them, I
had my picture taken wearing nothing
but the garb of a Maori chieftain, this
simple mat. Except for the absence
of full war paint and the usual tat¬
tooing, my friends said I made a per¬
fect aborigine. Perhaps so. Even in
Germany there are tiiose who look
upon me ns more of an aborigine than
a civilized being.
When Die day on which we were to
sail for home drew near, the president
of the Soldiers’ Mothers’ league vis¬
ited me and wished me a pleasant trip
on behalf of the mothers of 80,000 sol¬
diers. She said she came because New
Zealand’s sous who had been war pris¬
oners in Germany had returned home
in good health to their mothers. There¬
fore, she considered it her duty to pray
God that I, too, might soon he re¬
stored to my mother’s arms.
So at last we sailed away from New
Zealand, “tiie land down under,"
where we had had the last of our ad¬
ventures, enjoyed a few hardships)
spent many weary and delightful hours,
and met many hospitable and kindly
people. On the whole, 1 have happy
memories of the Antipodes.
in July of 1019, 1 stepped on Oer
mun soil again and hurried home, just
iu time to pass u few more weeks with
my father, who died on September 8,
The old warrior held steadfast to ids
faith in the Fatherland to the last.
But to his dying hour he was filled
with regret because his government
would not let him take an active part
in tiie Great war.
On January 3, 1920, all my men re*
turned—that is, ail save one. Thoit
clothes were faded from tiie tropical
sun and corroded by the sea water, but
they returned without a stain upon
either their honor or their loyalty.
The only gap in our ranks aftei
those long adventures was tiie excel¬
lent Doctor Pfetsch, our ship surgeon,
Tiie news of Germany’s collapse
reached the remote part of Chile where
he was living. When he heard it, tie
fell dead of heart failure.
Returned to tny beloved Fatherland,
1 found so many filings changed arid
different from what I had hoped, in
this connection, there is one memory
always before ine. It is of tny mother,
1 was sitting at her sick bed when
even the doctors had given up hope.
Only then did 1 realize how much I
loved her, but I also realized with
sorrow and regret how much more I
should have done for her. Exactly
the same feeling 1 have today when I
find my country lying low. Never have
I loved my homeland so much as now.
fTHE END.l
that if opportunities do not presenl
themselves, they make their own op¬
portunities. It takes a high-grade of
statistician to worry the inner mean¬
ing out of this state of affairs.—Ken¬
neth L. Roberts, in the Saturday Eve¬
ning Post. |
Hard to Find
lie was very old, but passionately j
attached to the royal and ancient
game. The more he played, however,
the more inaccurate became his
strokes, and his p|ay generally was
worse and worse as time went on.
Finally, after missing the hail 15
times in succession on one occasion,
he turned to the patient caddie and
remarked:
‘Dear, dear! I suppose there ean’l
be any worse players than myself.”
“Well,” returned the caddie consol¬
ingly, “there may be worse players,
but. of course, they don’t play.”
Rewards offered by the Indian gov¬
ernment for snake killing resulted iB
57,000 snakes being killed last year,
Improved Uniform International
SindaySchool Lesson T
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(By REV, P. B. FITZWATER, D.D., Dean
Mt'Otly Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Kp). 1929. Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for November 3
RESPECT FOR RIGHTFUL
AUTHORITY
(World’s Temperance Sunday)
LESSON TEXT—Mark 12:13-17; Rom.
13:1-14; I Peter 2:13-17.
GOLDEN TEXT—Let every soul be
subject unto the higher powers.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Why We Have
Laws.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Why We Have
Laws.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP¬
IC— Obeying the Law.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP¬
IC— Making Effective the Will of the
Community.
Though our citizenship is in heaven,
we have obligation to the government
under which we live.
I. Obligation to Pay Tribute (Mark
12:13-17).
This teaching concerning tiie tribute
money came in answer to tiie question
put to Jesus by representatives of the
Pharisees and Herod. They would
gladly have kilted him, but they feared
Idle people. Their only hope was to
discredit him among the people.
1. Their question (v. 14).
1. s it lawful to give tribute to Caesar
or not? The Pharisees contended that
since God was the real king of Israel,
it was not obligatory—yea, even sin¬
ful—to pay taxes to a heathen king.
The Herodians were supporters of
Herod. With flattery on their lips,
they put this subtle question. For
Christ to have answered “yes” would
have discredited Him with the people,
and to have said “no” would have
made Him liable to arrest as uri
enemy of tiie government.
2. Jesus’ reply (vv. 15-17).
He requested a coin to be brought
and inquired as to whose Image and
superscription it bore, declaring that
those who accept the coin of Caesar
should pay taxes to Caesar. Thus the
Lord escapes their trap and inculcates
a principle which applies to all time
and conditions as to tiie Christian’s
responsibility to civil government.
II. The Christian's Obligation to the
State (Rom. 13:1-7).
The believer is a citizen as well as
a Christian.
1. Obedience to rulers (vv. 1-4).
This obligation is upon all Chris¬
tians. Civil government Is ordained
of God, and rulers are His represent¬
atives. To refuse obedience to civil
authority is to resist God. This does
not mean that a Christian at the be¬
hest of the state should do that which
is inherently wrong. The same is true
of the child in its responsibility to its
parents. While ol cdfence to parents
Is the will of God for children, this
does not Imply that the child is un¬
der obligafion to do that which is
morally wrong, at the command of the
parents. Submission to authority is
the law of tiie believer’s life.
2. The spirit in which the Christian
renders obedience to rulers (v. 5).
He should regard it as his obligation
because it is morally right.
3. Methods of expressing this obedi¬
ence (vv. 0, 7).
(1) In the payment of personal and
property taxes. 'The citizen who en¬
joys tiie benefits of government is
morally bound to support it.
(2) Payment of duty upon merchan¬
dise, and license fees. The business
exchange between nations must he
regulated. For such regulations, ex¬
pense is Incurred, for which benefit
the citizen should pay.
(3) Veneration for magistrates—
"Fear to whom fear.”
Those who have the fear of God in
their hearts will venerate their rul¬
ers, God’s representatives.
(4) “Honor to whom honor.” Civil
officers should he honored because of
the ministry they perform.
III. The Spirit of Loyalty to Author¬
ity (I Pet. 2:13-17).
The loyalty of the Christian to right
authority should lie glad and free.
Tiie Christian recognizes the necessity
of social order, and will graciously
submit to the authority of rulers and
faithfully perform his obligation as a
citizen, not through cringing fear, but
as the Lord’s free man, for the Lord’s
sake. By means of this free submis¬
sion as God’s servant, he puts to si¬
lence the ignorance of foolish men
(vv. 15,10).
1. Honor ail men (v. 17).
He will see in every man the image
of God and therefore give honor to
him. A Christian will attend to the
proprieties of life among all classes
and in all relations.
(2) Love the brotherhood (v. 17).
Tiie Christian has a peculiar love for
those who are of the same household.
(3) Fear God (v. 17). This is filial,
reverential fear.
(4) Honor the king (v. 17). This
had a peculiar significance, for in all
probability the wicked Nero was then
the reigning monarch.
Life Is Like That
“Take your needle, my child, and
work at your pattern. It will come
out a rose by-and-hy.” Life is like
that. One stitch at a time taken pa¬
tiently, and the pattern will come out
all right like the embroidery.—Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
Trained Soui Gains Victory
A trained soui gains the victory,
and even when seemingly defeated
makes glorious the work of God.—
Rev. Floyd IV. Tompkins.
GEORGIA
NEWS
Happenings Over
the State.
The Foremost Dairy Products, Inc.,
is making plans to erect a $500,000
model dairy plant in Atlanta.
According to close observers, Mor¬
gan and the surrounding counties will
produce i bumper cotton crop this
fall.
Hancock's greatest fair opened last
week. The agricultural exhibits this
year are the best that have ever been
assembled in that section.
Twenty Georgia hospitals were fully
approved at the nineteenth annual
clinical congress of the American Sur¬
geons, held recently in Chicago.
Those who are or were “yo-yo mind¬
ed” will probably be glad to learn that
Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Waycross have
christened their youngest son Yo-Yo
Smith.
As th© result of a recent election the
people of Cartersville will not sell the
municipally-owned electric light and
power plant to the Georgia Power
company.
James R. Payne, who recently took
a hatchet and chopped off his hand iu
Dalton, was committed to the asylum
at Milledgeville on the verdict of a
lunacy commission.
Estimates on construction of eight
cottages on Tybee Island for disabled
war veterans were received last week,
and work on them is to begin within
ten days, it is announced.
George M. Napier, attorney general,
is in Memphis, where he is attending
the meeting of the National Associa¬
tion of Attorney Generals and the
American Bar Association.
A cash balance of $29,274.70 for
Muscogee county was shown in a
financial report for the quarter ending
September 30, which has just been
made public by It. H. Barnes, county
clerk.
Lee Kennedy, aged Johnson county
farmer, is in the Bulloch county jail
accused of beating and shooting his
pretty 16-year-old wife. He was out
on parole at the time for killing his
first wife.
Col. John W. Clark, Confederate
veteran, commissioner of pensions of
Georgia and one-time sheriff and post¬
master ot Augusta, died October 18
at his residence at 121 South Candler
street, Decatur.
The first shipment of 1930 automo¬
bile tags has been received. Tiie new
tags are of a gray background with
black letters and numerals, and have
Hie name of the state spelled instead
of abbreviated.
A considerable increase in ginnings
is noticeable in Barnesville this year
over last. The ginnings up to date
for this year are 1,534, whereas last
year to the present date the number
of bales was only 961.
The Central Telephone company has
recently purchased from the Bowen
Telephone company the telephone sys¬
tem including Sycamore, Ashhurn and
Fitzgerald, and has taken charge of
headquarters in Fitzgerald.
A total of 302 more bales of cotton
was ginned in Richmond county this
year prior to October 1, than for the
corresponding time last year, accord¬
ing to a report by A. A. Seago, special
agent of the census bureau.
Georgia dairy products and Georgia
boys set new standards in American
dairying when the 4-H Club dairy
demonstration team of Wilkes county
was declared grand champio" at the
National Dairy Show, in St. Louis.
A negro Holiness preacher near Mt.
Vernon had an aching tooth, and one
of his members gave him something
for it. The preacher then seized a rifle
and opened fire on his parishioners,
shooting a negro by the name of Roun¬
tree.
Vance Cotter, a world war hero and
an inmate of the federal penitentiary,
died there last week. He is believed
to have taken poison when he was ac¬
companied by a guard to the funeral
of his mother held a few days before
in LaGrange.
The Fourth District Georgia High
School conference will be held in New
nan Thursday, November 7, presided
over by H. P. McLarty, superintendent
of the public schools of Manchester and
president of the Fourth District High
School Association.
One of the largest fire brick manu¬
facturing concerns in the United States
is being planned by the owners of the
white clay mines at Carrs Station,
in Hancock county. Ceramic deposits
in that section of Hancock county are
said to be almost unlimited.
Two of Georgia’s leading colleges
carried off the honors on the gridiron
when the University of Georgia de¬
feated the University of North Car¬
olina 19 to 12, and Georgia Tech de¬
feated the University of Florida 19
to 7.
The Rev. VV. E. Bennett, alias VV. E.
Benton, father of thirteen children,
faces trial in Columbus on a charge
of bigamy. He was arrested a few
weeks ago at Eliaville on a warrant
sworn out by Oscar Miles, a brother
of one of his alleged wives, and lodged
in the Muscogee county jail.
Homes Made Possible
by Loan Associations
Statistics made public by the build¬
ing loan and savings associations of
tiie United States show that in the
last eight years the 13,000 thrift as¬
sociations scattered through the coun¬
try have financed 3,796,000 homes, val¬
ued at $13,144,600,000. The number
has steadily increased and it was esti¬
mated that 700,000 homes were flnancedl
last year, to tiie value of $2,300,000,000.1
More than one-seventh of the en¬
tire population of the country is now
housed in buildings financed by these
associations, the number provided for
being 18,965,000. Of the 3,796,000
homes, 2,600,000 are being paid for on
weekly or monthly payments. There
are nt present more than 12,000,(KH>
members of these associations and the
current assets are $8,155,000,000.
Approximately $6,000,000,000 of the
expenditures of the associations was
paid out to workmen and artisans who
helped to construct the homes. More
than 92 per cent of the money invested
went to finance home owning. This
latter result was not accidental, but
due to the reason that tiie primary
purpose of these associations is to help
people iu owning their own homes.
1
Appearances Add Much
to Real Estate Values
Agreements on the part of real es¬
tate developers to maintain sold and
unsold property in a presentable con¬
dition by setting out trees, shrubbery
and flowers, of grading parkways and
keeping weeds out on individual lots
form one of the strongest factors
which make for increased realty val¬
ues, according to a prominent Cliicagq
real estate broker.
“Property values rise through an in¬
flux of purchasers,” he says, "and pur¬
chasers are attracted to an unbelicv
able degree by the physical appear¬
ance of the property itself. People
of means insist on well-kept surround¬
ings, and it is a fact that every de¬
velopment around Chicago which has
been operated under maintenance
agreements as regards the upkeep of
appearances has not only been popu¬
lated quickly, but lias undergone no¬
tice-able increases in realty values.
“The appearance of property is ac¬
tually part of its value, for Its desir¬
ability depends to a great degree on
looks and the prospective ownei
should insure that the looks of his
neighborhood will not be allowed to
deteriorate."
Beautifying Smell Garden
Within the smaller garden there is
no room for the larger architectural
features such as the pergola or gar¬
den shelter, hut there is always n
place for a bit of furniture or orna¬
ment.
Such an object may occupy the
center of the garden. For example,
a sun dial of statue standing alone
may be the principal factor of the
design. Or possibly a bird bath may
form the focal point of a vista, or
may be considered a sufficient motive
for the direction of a walk.
Other objects may mark an entrance
gate to the garden by symmetrically
flanking either side. A series of
smaller objects might determine the
outer corners of a formal flower bed,
thus aiding materially in emphasiz¬
ing the design.
Save the Wild Flowers
Miles and miles of highways are
being constructed, square corners are
turned into sweeping curves, more di¬
rect routes cut across woods and fields,
says Nature Magazine. Every year
hitherto untouched woodlands are be¬
ing cleared or opened for grazing.
Watch for opportunities like these to
rescue flowers and shrubs otherwise
doomed to die; study their needs and
give them a home as much as possible
like the one that was taken to supply
the needs of man.
Hospitable Home Entrance
The entrance should be hospitable
and so placed as to help the harmony
of the building—not necessarily in the
exact center of the front wall, hut in
harmony with the other features of
tiie house. One too frequently seen
fault of modern houses is that the
doorways are small. The fine, big
doorways of some of the old-fashioned
houses frequently reach well up to
tiie sill of the second-story windows
and seem to extend a hospitable air
of welcome to the incoming guest.
Paint Frequently
Repainting is as important as paint¬
ing at all. This is as true of painted
metal as it is of painted wood. When
paint wears out, as it does eventually,
it must be renewed. The frequency
of renewal should not depend upon
the whim of the home owner. As
soon as paint shows signs or breaking
down it should be reinforced with
fresh paint.
Architectural Value
A house of true architecture costs
no more, excepting perhaps a little at
first, than the ugly, poorly built house.
It costs no more at any time than Is
necessary to insure you the absolute
minimum of sound construction, and
yet it yields dividends year after year
in satisfaction, pride and joy in pos¬
session. —- - -i
