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for good. It is her power and her loving care that deter- 
mines what her girls shall be, whether they shall become 
page enilders or not, the best vocation DE all for women. 
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of the architect. In the first place it will probably be neces- 
sary to construct huge towers to the tops of which the 
airships will be tethered and from which they will drift 
like weathervanes. It is not inconceivable that these towers 
will dwarf the tallest of existing skyscrapers. How the 
passengers are to alight from the floating vessel, how they 
are to reach it from the street must be left to the imagi- 
nation. Difficult as the problem seems of solution, it is 
one that can be safely entrusted to the engineer. It will 
be the architects’ business to design these towers so that 
they will harmonize with the character of the city and so 
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and a rug in a hee same tones are pana: aes into 
prominence the grace of form and the beauty of finish of 
sideboard, china cabinets, table and chairs. 
The upper floor of this spacious house is arranged with 
seven family bedrooms, many of which are provided with 
baths. One wing is planned for the young men of the fam- 
ily, and the space over the billiard-room and the study is 
divided into five bedrooms and a bath for their convenience. 
The wing at the opposite end of the house is for the serv- 
ants and contains unusually complete quarters for the maids 
and men servants required for so extensive a country home. 
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a marsh, and a stream occupying in all not three yards 
square. A miniature pipe from the house-gutter supplies 
the water which enables the garden to grow successfully a 
quantity of beautiful bog and marsh plants. I know an- 
other garden where a velvety patch of grass gives the ettect 
of water. The Japanese themselves sometimes make silver 
sand serve for a water effect. We may do much not only 
to improve, but to add richness and a naturalness to our gar- 
dens by hints thrown out from a study of the methods and 
art of the Japanese gardener, handed down neoeeD ages. 
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Occasionally a little finely cut fresh beef may be given, but 
must not remain uneaten in the water. The prepared fish 
food will also be relished, but the oats should form the 
main food supply. 
“When should fish be taken into Winter quarters?” is a 
question often asked. It will be best to allow the fish to 
remain in the open ponds as late as possible, as the shorter 
time they are housed the better. Inside conditions are sel- 
dom altogether favorable to gold fish, as the gases from 
coal and illuminating sources are debilitating and the pres- 
ence of fresh paint, turpentine or varnish is unfavorable, 
fish having been known to succumb to the odor when con- 
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September, 1912 
lamp left turned low during the night; so that clean, well 
ventilated air is an important factor in their successful in- 
door care. 
Gold fish are not at all susceptible to cold. Two years 
ago we kept sixty young fish in a minnow cage in a spring at 
the lake all Winter, and they were found in fine shape in 
the Spring, though the weather had been very severe. So 
it is perfectly safe to leave them out until danger of the pool 
freezing over. 
They should be put out as early in the Spring as it is safe 
to put the water into the pools—that is, when there is no 
longer danger of its freezing over solidly—a light skim 
of ice will do no harm. ‘The early Spring days are crucial 
days for gold fish, and the greatest mortality of the year 
occurs then, and extreme watchfulness, together with fre- 
quent changes of the water, is necessary. 
If the fish swim constantly near the surface of the water, 
gasping for air, the water should be at once changed. If 
white spots appear on the head or elsewhere, put the fish 
at once into a salt bath, allowing it to stay from five minutes 
to half an hour, according to the extent of the trouble and 
the action of the fish. If the fish is rolling over in the water 
or seems to have trouble in rising to the surface, immerse 
him in a shallow dish of water or in a bow] with just enough 
water to cover his dorsal fin; this bowl may be floated in the 
aquarium for safety and the fish left in it until it appears all 
right. I frequently leave a sick fish in over night and even 
longer, changing occasionally into fresh water for a few 
moments until, from its actions, it appears all right. How- 
ever, if the water is kept clean and well supplied with aerat- 
ing plants, there is small danger of sick fish. 
Gold fish are of marketable size as soon as they have 
reached an inch and a quarter in length; the dealers use 
these tiny fish in their special sales where they give a tiny 
globe, two fish and a bit of moss for a quarter of a dollar. 
Breeding size fish put out in early May should produce 
marketable fish by the first of September, and by November, 
fish nearly three inches in length should be surely available. 
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A BLACK RUG 
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wood which had been painted an apple-green. To relieve 
the intense blackness, there was a border of green, slightly 
darker in color than the woodwork, around the rug. ‘This 
also helped to tie it to the rest of the room. 
The rug looked better than one would imagine from the 
description and is correct according to the theory of in- 
terior decoration, but if it abide there is another story. 
DYING FRUIT TREES 
S many fruit trees are dying in some of the Middle 
States it is interesting to know that investigations show 
that the trouble is due to two distinct causes. Considerable 
fire blight is found upon apples, pears and cherries in many 
sections. This shows either as a blossom blight or as a 
blighting of young shoots. It is caused by bacteria and is 
spread largely by insects. Spraying is useless except as it 
helps to control the insects. The only remedy is to remove 
promptly all blighted parts and to burn them, using precau- 
tions so as not to spread the disease by pruning tools. The 
other trouble, Winter injury, was caused by the very severe 
injury following the long growing Autumn of last year. 
Where the roots were injured the entire top is weakened or 
dead. In many cases the trunks or certain of the larger 
limbs near the crotches are dead. It is impossible to save 
the parts affected, and since the weather cannot be controlled 
the best way to avoid further Winter injury will be to use 
cover crops judiciously. 
