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upon each handle, hang glistening in the sunlight 

 as if some army expert accustomed to cleaning 

 military accoutrements had polished them. It is 

 not because they are seldom used that they look 

 so clean, for our gardeners are forced to work 

 hard, but because the tool-house is under the 

 supervision of an elder student and she shows 

 signs of disapproval if others omit to clean their 

 tools after use. 



In the storeroom raffia, string, mowing-machine 

 oil, wood-wool, all the necessaries in short of a 

 garden, have each their appointed place and 

 usually the name of the article is printed in large 

 letters on the shelf below, so that even a novice 

 could find where each thing is, were she permitted 

 by the stern monitor in charge to poke an inquir- 

 ing nose within the carefully guarded precincts. 

 Another essentially feminine feature is that each 

 department is kept decorated with a freshly-picked 

 bunch of flowers. Welcome rest comes between 

 eleven and two o'clock and then work in the out- 

 door garden is resumed until four o'clock, when the 

 big bell sounds once more for all to assemble and 

 tidy their tools before they separate for tea. When 

 summer heat increases and watering has to be 

 done in the cool of the evening, they return again 

 for necessary work after an hour's interval, but so 

 active and energetic are the majority that they 

 enjoy doing voluntary work until darkness over- 

 takes them and they are forced to go home to a 

 late supper. 



Busy days slip by in this way, more students 

 come as the patriotic call for women goes forth 



