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T iie needs of tiie spirit.— 
The problems connected with the 
hard times of today, have projected them¬ 
selves with most cruel persistency on one 
class who have at times almost been ig¬ 
nored, because so many are actually fac¬ 
ing physical wants which must bo satis¬ 
fied before other desires are even taken 
into consideration. I refer to those of 
the large middle class limited in means 
only, having the brave mind and soul 
kept down perhaps by environment, who 
have had to give up or defer the life¬ 
long wish to educate a son or daughter 
to give them perhaps even for one year an 
opportunity denied them in their own 
younger days. In many cases it has been 
a tragedy to see the careful earnings and 
savings of years for such a purpose used 
before the anticipated time because the 
head of the house has lost his former lu¬ 
crative position, or more tantalizing yet, 
because the prices of the plain bread and 
butter have almost doubled, and bodily 
needs in a measure must come first. 
The Wife’s Help. —The magazines of 
late have been Hooded with articles on 
“how the wife has helped the husband” 
in all ways, from chicken raising and 
market gardening to real estate ventures 
and collecting bills. Woman is essen¬ 
tially a housekeeper and home-maker, so 
to me one subject has not been elabor¬ 
ated cpiite in proportion to its value in 
my experience and consideration. I refer 
to the occupation that many of our sis¬ 
ters, some successfully, have tried, keep¬ 
ing Summer boarders. We are all ac¬ 
quainted with the drawbacks to this, and 
they are many; lack of help, need of new 
house furnishings, the breaking up, for a 
time, of the routine of family life; the 
strain on the women of the family; the 
high price of food. All these must be 
counted in. 
Personae Experience. —From several 
years’ experience and with the goal in 
sight of five hundred dollars for the col¬ 
lege year, I will suggest some of the 
ways in which I, with a measure of suc¬ 
cess, met the lions in the path. We were 
fortunate in owning a large old Colonial 
house, on a shaded street in a New Eng¬ 
land village which is fast becoming a 
resort near the seashore. By some “doub¬ 
ling up” by the members of our own fam¬ 
ily, six comfortable sleeping rooms with 
use of bathroom, could be furnished. 
As many rooms outside, at easy walking 
distance, were “spoken for” for tho Sum¬ 
mer. Many of our neighbors gladly re¬ 
ceiving a few extra dollars in place of the 
room for the few weeks. 
Planning For Comfort. —Our dining 
room was large, capable of holding three 
tables, which could accommodate 10 peo¬ 
ple each over week ends if necessary. 
Adjoining the dining room a good big 
living room with fireplace was situated, 
out of which a porch led, 10x20 feet and 
supplied with hammock, tables and chairs. 
In the rear, and in plain sight of the din¬ 
ing room windows, was our lawn and 
gardens, which filled with beauty, from 
the time when the Dorothy Perkins and 
Crimson Rambler on cedar posts made a 
never-to-be-forgotten picture, to the Au¬ 
gust glow of Dahlias and snapdragons, 
was an attractive setting to the old- 
fashioned roomy house, while early ap¬ 
ples and peach trees, a row of beehives 
by tho distant fence, the White Wyan- 
dottes behind the netting and last but 
not least, the two Jersey cows marching 
in from pasture at night, gave the pay¬ 
ing guests a feeling of security that hard 
t i iik's did not shut out the sight of 
actual food; that it was to be found on 
tho place where they laid down their 
good dollars. To such a home, with a 
cheerful face and by means of neat an¬ 
l.abor Day, and they came. 
Arrangements For Business.—T ak¬ 
ing into consideration the high cost of liv¬ 
ing. I did not hesitate to fix a price that 
would give me freedom to furnish the 
best T could procure in the way of food. 
1 could depend on thick cream for coffee, 
thin cream for cereal and pitchers of un¬ 
skimmed milk from the good Jersey cows; 
eggs, warranted, from the White hens; 
golden squares of honey from the busy 
bee hives, and honey squares and hot bis¬ 
cuit make a satisfying second course at 
supper. Being near the sea, sea foods 
fresh and delicious were served often, 
while for tho rest, I purchased the best 
meats the market would afford, being 
quite sure that the roast chicken and 
fresh fish were the favorite dishes and 
held the advantage of being more rea¬ 
sonable in price. 
Buying Groceries. —As the retail cost 
of groceries had a tendency to soar in 
the Summer resort town I did not hesi¬ 
tate to buy in large quantities from one 
or two mail order houses and large de¬ 
partment stores. I found that cereals, 
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baking powder, rice, tapioca, dried fruits, 
cocoa and other standard articles would 
not deteriorate in any degree in the few 
weeks we were using them in quantities, 
and at least 10 per cent, of saving was 
effected as well as hours of time saving in 
having everything on hand. Coffees and 
teas I bought to advantage from a large 
importing house in New York City. Much 
thought and at least an hour a day was 
spent in thinking how far the purchasing 
power of one dollar would go. 
Objections Considered. —I will now 
go back to the objections, which I see I 
am answering in reversed order, for I 
have endeavored to show how I could 
and did combat the high cost of living to 
some degree. Perhaps there is no objec¬ 
tion greater than tho one preceding the 
last, and that is, breaking up the family 
customs in a measure. When the sons 
and daughters are home for the Summer 
it is a little hard to welcome the “strang¬ 
er within your gates.” But we saw to 
it that the breakfast hour, early for the 
members of our own family, was a pleas¬ 
ant time. We gathered usually on the 
back piazza, where the birds were sing- 
the garden for two hours, and the thought 
of the eight o’clock rush to the dining 
room was put aside while we enjoyed 
the morning and talked over plans for 
the day. Another word is due at this 
time. We found, and most find who 
earn their dollars in this way, that Sum¬ 
mer guests who come thus to your home, 
with few exceptions, if you do your part, 
are courteous, generous and uncritical 
and add much to the pleasure of your 
family, as time goes on. 
The Help Question —Lack of help 
and strain on the women go together in 
a certain way. I will answer that ob¬ 
jection by giving my opinion that the 
planning and buying by the mother of the 
house, and the oversight of rooms and 
much of their care by the daughter or 
daughters, in this case the young bene¬ 
ficiary, was enough for the women—in 
addition to the inevitable watchful care 
for the comfort of those who come and 
go. Our kitchen was presided over by 
an honest Christian colored woman, not 
a high-priced chef, but one whose whole¬ 
some old-fashioned bread, pies, puddings 
and meats were really what the Summer 
guests prefer, while two young colored 
students who are available for most who 
look for them, waited at tables and did 
the heavier sweeping and washing of 
bed and table linen. This number of 
helpers is needed to make the wheels go 
smoothly for from 20 to 80 guests. 
House Arrangements. —The furnish¬ 
ings of the house may be plain, perhaps 
shabby with the touch of years in a big 
family, but cleanliness, fresh air, plenty 
of inexpensive bed linen, Summer blan¬ 
kets with fresh silkoline comfortables for 
cool nights, supply all reasonable needs. 
My one extravagance was an excellent 
piano, paid for by the installment plan, 
which seemed allowable in this case, and 
the pleasure it gave all adults (it was 
locked from the children) justified ex¬ 
changing an old one, and meeting an easy 
payment each month. In a Summer house¬ 
hold you are likely to find one or more 
musical members and the evening hours 
after supper are a joy to all. A few things 
are tabooed at many a Summer house, 
and the tin-pan piano is oue of them. 
Have it not, for a fifteen dollar Victrola 
will be preferable to the antedated piano, 
and there should be no ground of com¬ 
plaint on that subject. 
In these few pages I have endeavored 
to show how it can be done! Of course 
a work in retrospect seems easier than 
when one is actually in the thick of the 
fray, but I am sure to the person of 
average strength and ability this will not 
seem a three-months’ labor with insur¬ 
mountable barriers and that in making a 
satisfactory home for Summer guests is 
not without its fair compensation on both 
sides. A NEW ENGLAND WOMAN. 
The “Back-to-the-Lander’s Wife.” 
SMM in The It. N.-Y. so many stories 
in regard to the “baek-to-the-landers” 
that I will add a few lines of experience. 
In 1879, December 3, I, a small boy, left 
the Old Country as cabin boy, as our 
family was in poor circumstances, and I 
had to get my own bread if I got any at 
all. By traveling around the world I 
never got any education, but plenty of 
hard work. At the time of the Spanish 
War I got a job in New York City, get¬ 
ting acquainted with a nurse from the 
army, and in time we got married. Here 
was my turning point from roaming 
around the world. My salary was small, 
but they tell you in story books to work 
hard, and some day you will be the boss. 
But I would be a long way from that if 
it was not for the wife I got. After 
working for many years for almost noth¬ 
ing. the tide turned at last, and at pres¬ 
ent I am receiving $1,200, and I am in 
luck, for there are thousands of men as 
well equipped and with more experience 
than I have who would take my job in a 
minute if they could get it. I have some¬ 
thing to work for—a wife and a farm— 
and it is for me to make good. 
Tn 1010 T had to do one of two things, 
send my wife to the country or send for 
the undertaker. I said country. Tin- 
next question was what part of tin- coun¬ 
try. She started for Vineland, N. ,T„ and 
all I had was $50. After a few weeks I 
got a letter telling me she was feeling 
better, and had bought a farm of 16% 
acres. But the ground was so poor that 
not even weeds would grow—nothing bill 
a field of sand. Everybody said we had 
made the biggest mistake of our life; but 
we have started and will not go back. 
The only building was a cabin of two 
rooms built .10 years ago, and there was 
plenty of ventilation. The first thing 
was a new roof and chimney, and my 
wife did a good deal of that. Thanks to 
the experiment stations and The It. 
N.-Y. for the help received, we now 
have a farm. Last Spring she had 
planted 1,000 fruit trees, and this Fall 
of 1915, if all is well, will plant 1,000 
more. In tho spare time she has built 
sheds, barns, chicken houses, pig houses, 
and added an extension to the house. She 
got a cow, six pigs, 300 chickens, and has 
two incubators running, and other im¬ 
provements too numerous to mention. 
There are many families wanting to go 
to the country, but are all the women 
willing to work, or will they all tell you, 
“Not for the world would they bury 
themselves in the country?” Tf your wife 
is one of that kind, don’t go. The farm 
demands working men and women. And 
if you do buy a few acres it is for your 
wife to make a success of it, except you 
have plenty of money. If not, hold on to 
your job. But if she is willing to go, 
help her out all you are able to do, but 
hold on to your job. I am still holding 
on, and shall until the farm will pay the 
best part of the $1,200 per year. That 
day will come. 
Remember nothing ventured, nothing 
gained; but you that want to be farmers, 
are you prepared to pay the price, not in 
dollars and cents, but in patience, when 
hard luck comes, as when you expect to 
have a big litter of pigs and find them 
all dead, or 300 eggs at .$10 per hundred, 
wait for 22 days, get only 50 chicks, and 
half of them live only for a few days: 
or some morning you find your horse had 
broken loose in the night and filled him¬ 
self with corn and then next day died: 
or, worst of all, some day your wife tells 
you that the buildings are burned, and no 
insurance? Are you city men prepared 
to meet these things and still insist on 
being farmers? I have seen that all, and 
more. But, as my wife told me the other 
day, we have paid the price and are 
game. We are going to stick to the farm, 
and bye and bye the fruit will come in 
bearing, and with the pigs, chickens and 
other live stock, we shall have an in¬ 
come and, best of all, a home of our own. 
New York. c. o. w. 
nouncement cards I invited acquaintances 
and friends of acquaintances to spend 
the Summer from the middle of June over 
mg and the dew was on the fiowei 
Father was on hand with us at that mei 
having been superintending the work 
