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731 Security Bldg. Chicago, III. 
crafts is one and the same.” From an 
entirely different quarter, and written on 
another subject, comes matter not inap¬ 
propriate here. The restlessness of the 
time is ascribed to the lack of humaneness 
in our institutions, and especially in our 
homes, and the writer goes on to say: 
“Women have been called to account 
severely by modern novelists for this, but 
women, after all, are a product, like men, 
of their time and suit themselves to the 
conditions in which they find themselves. 
* * * We are in a new time, and the 
modern home-spirit must be something 
appropriate to and welded with the social 
conditions of our own day.” The two 
modern efforts, domestic science and 
esthetics, are noticed, but, it is added, “In 
spite of our sanitary knowledge and our 
enlarged conveniences and the effort to 
bring esthetics to bear upon the arrange¬ 
ment of furniture and wall coverings, the 
modern home too often has an atmos¬ 
phere of homelessness. It is a gathering 
place for members of the family and 
more or less suited to this end.” He con¬ 
tinues : “Neither household efficiency nor 
“esthetic success will ensure the home 
spirit.” There is no solution offered, 
though referring to the finer unity in old 
days. “The life-purpose of religion, the 
associations of our fellows, are gone, and 
in their place material benefits that we 
know not how to use leave us restless, 
both men and women dissatisfied.” And 
“from our new ordering of life a new 
faith and a new means of forming human 
associations must be wrung by a religion 
and a science of life that can shape our 
industry to higher ends.” 
My Moonlight Garden 
(Continued from page 31) 
from adjacent flowers; and in a garden 
where white reigns it is possible that no 
varying hues would appear in them. 
These, then, are the flowers which have 
contributed to the success of my moon¬ 
light garden. Many others there are, too, 
which I have not mentioned, but the list 
I have given is sufficiently long for the 
garden lover desirous of repeating my 
novel experiment. They will assuredly 
add to the pleasure of summer evenings 
on the porch or lawn. To appreciate the 
unique effect of such a garden you must 
see it, and inhale its fragrance. The star- 
like Yuccas, the white blossoms gently 
waving amid silvery shadows thrown bv 
the stalks of the taller plants, the blend¬ 
ing odors, all combine to make it a veri¬ 
table garden of dreams. 
Like the Persians, who gather before 
a blooming plant, spread their rugs and 
sing to the plaintive accompaniment of 
their lutes, we may at eventide drink in 
the romantic charm of our moonlit gar¬ 
den as we rest after the cares of a busy 
day. 
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