CHAPTER SIXTEEN 
NOOKS AND CORNERS 
Nooxs and corners may be so multiplied that a 
home in the country shall utilize all those places 
that ordinarily are given to weeds and thickets. 
These should be distributed all over the property. 
The evergreen arbors constitute delightful re- 
treats. A turn of the hedge on one side follows your 
drive, but on the other makes a quiet, half- 
shaded semicircle, for a rustic seat or possibly a 
hammock. Of these you cannot have too many. 
Your whole homestead should speak the word play, 
as well as the word work — rest as well as toil. It 
will not hurt you, or any of your helpers, to sit in 
the shade a few moments during what we call the 
working hours. If you have a sneak, who cannot 
be trusted near a rustic seat, he cannot be trusted 
anywhere. Cure him, or discharge him. Walk- 
ing with a neighbor, I said, “What a splendid spot 
that for a natural arbor. You could see from 
