Garden Instinct Revealed by War 81 



"It clouds the future of every salary-earner. 



"Why not lift that shadow 



"And get out into the sunshine? 



"Why not turn the tide so that 



"You may float upstream instead of down? 



"The Homecroft garden is the anchor within 



"And it is within every man's reach. 



"Every family seeking health and happiness should 

 think for itself and realize that it must solve its own 

 problem, instead of thoughtlessly marching in lock- 

 step with a multitude who do no thinking, and are 

 merely drifting toward the point of least resistance. 

 The only safe course for any family is to break away 

 from the unthinking mass ; and, as a family anchorage, 

 secure the ownership of a piece of land from which 

 their own efforts will produce the food for the family, 

 at a point nearby the commerce of the city." 



These are the words of George H. Maxwell, one of 

 the strongest advocates of the garden home, and a man 

 of standing in American public life, who discovered 

 the truth many years ago. The fact that it has be- 

 come popular to depend on his philosophy instead of 

 the old-fashioned real estate arguments as a means of 

 winning favor for a new subdivision is a most hopeful 

 sign. 



In England the garden-city idea has taken firm root, 

 and there have been several successful examples, notably 

 that of Letchworth. In the United States nothing 

 really adequate and worthy of the nation has yet 

 found expression on the soil; though there has been 

 much discussion, and the idea has many advocates. 



