THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 
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ing way, these young women opened the way for 
others of their sex to perform service at once essential 
and useful. How useful may be judged when we rea- 
lize that but for their work it would have been neces- 
sary to haul hundreds of bushels of garden-stuff long 
distances over the steep mountain grades. The car- 
space and fuel thus saved 
were applied to the haul- 
ing of shells and cannon 
and other supplies that 
our soldiers so much 
needed. If “they also 
serve who only stand and 
wait,” how much greater 
is the service of those 
who labor while they wait. 
Since the labor of these 
young women marks a new phase of food production, 
in this country, a phase that is certain to appeal more 
and more to tired school teachers, clerks, and other in- 
door workers, it may not be amiss to tell in detail of 
the life of these girls at Dixville Notch. 
Their home was in a cozy little cottage, from the 
windows of which one could look off in any direction 
on most beautiful mountain scenery. It was situated 
only a few miles south of the Canadian border, in a 
region whose towering mountains are pine-clad and 
gemmed with clear, cool lakes and embroidered with 
foaming mountain brooks. The girls received regular 
monthly wages from the hotel, but provided their own 
