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Bolshevists if we were hungry enough." The world 

 has learned, of course, that Bolshevism is a poor anti- 

 dote for hunger; but who shall say that the well- 

 developed garden home is not an antidote for the 54 per 

 cent of old men and the 82 per cent of widows now 

 left defenseless in their hour of greatest need? 



If we could do nothing else with the home-in-a-garden 

 policy except to right these social tragedies the thing 

 would be worth while. It happens that this, important 

 as it is, is only a beneficent incident of a system that 

 will heal a thousand wounds, found millions of inde- 

 pendent homes, deepen and broaden the basis of our 

 institutions, and literally "take Occasion by the hand 

 and make the bounds of freedom wider yet." Even 

 so, could there be a sweeter service to humanity than 

 to raise a shield for old age and widowhood against the 

 dangers that now beset them, with the vast majority 

 of our people? 



Finally, a thoughtful consideration of the personal 

 equation is the first thing the interested reader owes 

 to himself. It can not be too often said, nor said with 

 too much emphasis that the home-in-a-garden is for 

 those who like that sort of thing; and especially 

 for those who like it so much that they can enter upon 

 it in the spirit of consecration. There is no holier 

 place on earth than the home; no more sacred altar 

 than the family hearthstone. Its possibilities of happi- 

 ness, contentment and security are infinite. It has its 

 material side, but its dominating note is spiritual. It 

 is, perhaps, the deepest note we ever experience; as 

 deep as man's love for the wife of his youth; as deep 

 as his love for his children. To make one such home 



