ET IN ARCADIA FUISTI 



;< T ET not the grass grow on the paths that lead to the 

 -L 4 house of your friend," warned the calendar for the 

 day, inspiring the dreaming garden maker to take a subur- 

 ban road to discover the triumphs of Phyllis and her flock 

 of active children. It is thus that fate knocks at the door 

 and points to unseen vistas in the land of the heart's 

 desire, which in this instance was a garden not alone for 

 to-day but for to-morrow. The home was modest and 

 befitting the income of a city man, and, seen from afar, 

 it was invested with a halo of glory of blooming shrubs. 

 In common with many college-bred parents, these had 

 their ideas concerning the bringing up of children, which, 

 being in the spirit of the time, hinged on the vital impor- 

 tance of play in the open air. Who with six lively young 

 animals in the first stages of boyish independence could 

 hope to keep flower beds in the pink of perfection in the 

 confines of a seventy-five-foot lot? 



A stern-hearted guardian and a bundle of switches 

 might terrorize the thoughtless crew who, however de- 

 voted to posies, must still have space to play ball and 

 tumble about. Then as for fair Phyllis, no longer did 

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