The Rescue of an Old Place 



and trees, and joy in their blossom and 

 fruitage. 



In America we need just this to give us 

 stay and balance. In the older world, 

 where habits are more established, the 

 taste is strong. Here it is overgrown by 

 many things. In so great a land as ours 

 one portion of the soil seems not enough 

 for the citizen. He wants a ranch in 

 Colorado, an Orange-grove in Florida, a 

 seaside home on the coast of Maine, in 

 addition to his city dwelling. But as the 

 crowd increases, and the nation ages, more 

 and more will men concentrate their ener- 

 gies upon one spot, and the love of home 

 and locality will grow more intense, as it 

 is apt to do in the human being when 

 years bring greater quiet to his spirit, and 

 make rest his choicest blessing. 



When we are at last sure that our chil- 

 / dren will be content to reap what we have 

 sown, to repose under the trees that we 

 have planted, solidity and peace will come 

 to us, and life will grow more simple and 

 more pleasurable to our people. Then 

 will the garden be the true pleasure- 

 ground, and its wise stillness will pervade 



