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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
.March, 1915 
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Mrs. John on Orcharding 
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some of the undiscerning consider them 
only makeshifts. 
A warm, two-toned brown Scotch wool 
rug nearly covers the floor. With little 
outlay we have a room of charm and dis¬ 
tinction, and the chief attraction is the big 
fireplace with its crane, the brick oven at 
one side, the funny little cupboard over 
one end and the few bits of Chinese 
crackle ware on its high, narrow shelf. 
Occasionally we have a merry fireplace 
supper with an R. F. D. beefsteak—bless 
the parcel post! 
With the exception of twelve of my 
forty years I had always lived in the 
country. 1 was certain that I knew 
country life thoroughly; that there could 
he no problems which I could not cheer¬ 
fully meet. For years I had been obliged 
to drive two miles to the inadequate stores 
of the neighboring hamlet and the station, 
although the railroad went within sight of 
my old home. 
Critics of our scheme of living—and 
they were many — shuddered when they 
heard that we were to be eight miles from 
a railroad and four from “the store.” I 
felt superior to all criticism, for I was 
riding on the crest of the wave of John’s 
enthusiasm. If we could have afforded 
an automobile I doubt if I should have 
felt so isolated as I eventually did for a 
time, but I was childish, positively child¬ 
ish, because 1 couldn’t see the cars. The 
east wind would waft us a whistle occa¬ 
sionally, and the sound gave me an added 
pang of homesickness. Not until I had 
driven that eight miles several times did 
1 cease to feel cut off from communication 
with the world. Those first weeks, al¬ 
though the mail brought many letters, I 
felt as if I had been buried — as if the 
world beyond our confining hills was 
marching on and away from 11s. A part 
of all this was caused by the lack of femi¬ 
nine companionship, which I had never 
before been without. My fingernails were 
worn off and my fingers became battered 
because I didn’t know how to get help. 
My laundry work was so badly done by 
Mrs. Mason that I finally attempted it my¬ 
self—with disastrous results, more mental 
than physical. 
The spraying season hove in sight, and, 
although I didn’t board the extra men, I 
had continuous processions of them over 
my kitchen floor to get water — and such 
looking men! The lime-sulphur spray 
made them look like coal diggers ; the odor 
of sulphur was omnipresent, and for a 
time I was sure of the geographic position 
of Hades. Even John’s watch stopped be¬ 
cause of the fumes. And the clothes he 
wore! Probably I was ultra fastidious, 
but the ubiquitous chin-colored clothes of 
country men-folk and the drab calico of 
the women “got on my nerves.” I had 
chosen my own garments with an eye to 
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