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May 7, 1915 
Tur Scuoo, GARDEN that came into vogue a few 
years ago has now become a regular feature of school 
work. The wisdom of acquainting the child with the 
mysteries and possibilities of the soil cannot be gainsaid. 
One of the chief joys of country life come by appreciat- 
ing nature. The beauties and delights of the natura 
world afford the world of men much pleasure. |The 
art of appreciation can be developed. Nothing will 
awaken the mind of the child better than a little garden 
of his “very own.” When the “earlie’” settlers approach- 
ed our New England shores they saw the land and 
smelled the land winds laden with the “smell of the 
garden” and the good dames had brought with them 
seeds of Englislr flowers to plant in the garden lands of 
the new country.gardens were one of the earliest pleasures 
of the new land.. The children of another generation may 
enter into all the joys of country life through the gate- 
way of the “tiny” garden. To appreciate nature and the 
skill of the master gardener there is no better teacher 
than a garden planted and cared for as one’s own. The 
children should be encouraged in school garden work 
and even the prosy necessity of weeding will not be 
without its instruction; nowhere can the importance of 
care, and care for small things, be taught better to a 
child. In even a little garden, care and neglect show 
themselves so quickly that one of the primary lessons 
of life is taught in a convincing and interesting way. 
Tur Unirep States has begun to study the dye 
question seriously, and it looks now as though the new 
infant industry will be able to succeed. The European 
war has upset American textile work and all allied in- 
dustries that have been directly or indirectly dependent 
upon dyestuffs. For economical reasons America has 
always looked to Germany for its supplies of dyestuffs. 
The war has ended the trade and America has been 
thrown upon its own resources and the dye question has 
been serious. Jf America can develop its dye industries 
until they become a success we will have gained some- 
thing these depressing days. 
Tuer CONVICTION is now growing that peace is a 
long way off. The plans of all of the belligerents may 
be read without great errors. These plans have not been 
executed and until some definite gains have been made 
there can be no peace. The Allies are determined to 
clear Belgium of the Germans. The Germans are deter- 
mined to get to the sea. The Russians have only began 
their operations in Germany and the allies have mapped 
out a plan of operations in the Dardanelles that will take 
time. There is nothing to indicate an early peace. 
Tue LecisLATuRE may well be economical, but it is 
an open question whether this should begin on the appro- 
priations for the state institutions. There is a form of 
retrenchment that is wholesome, but over-economy in 
the appropriations for the care of the indigent may 
throw upon the state burdens unforseen. 
THe Statement by A. Piatt Andrew that the 
French have buried more soldiers who have been killed 
in the war than Great Britain now has in the field is 
significant. The French are a plucky race, if they do 
not seek publicity. 
WELLINGTON ‘BRIDGE is open at last and motorists 
can again reach Boston without a detour. 
Tue Larrie Fork have found their first woodland 
violets. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 29 
SEcRETARY Meyer has made an attack upon the 
Daniels administration of naval affairs. The attack ap- 
pears to be political rather than peronal; it is a conflict 
of ideas as to policy in naval affairs. It is well that 
the Navy should be open to public criticism. The navy 
is the strong arm of peace, and negligence in this branch 
of our national affairs would be serious. The policy of 
expenditures for naval purposes have not been great. 
No one denies the expense that is involved in maintain- 
ing a navy. Every lover of peace would welcome the 
day when the investments that are sunk in gigantic naval 
enterprises could be stopped. But the international situa- 
tion is such that the lovers of peace cannot but know 
that progress must be made and that the naval equip- 
ment should be increased. Militarism is a pernicious 
and destructive policy for any government. It arouses 
false ideas of national patriotism and is an insidious 
poison working harm not alone to the state as a unit of 
government, but to the citizen as an individual; and 
the monetary harm done is the least of all the consider- 
ations against it. A progressive naval policy does not 
mean that the nation shall turn itself over to a militaris- 
tic propaganda; it means that this country must be able 
to protect itself in order to avoid the very entanglements 
that are feared. There is, of course, a danger in a 
large naval force with militaristic ambitions, but such 
dangers are less than the perils of an unprepared navy. 
With a national government devoted to the idea of a 
small standing army a strong and effective navy is 
doubly necessary. 
C. W. Barron, in the volume fresh from the press 
entitled “The Audacious War,” gives it as his opinion 
that a war between Germany and Russia was inevitable 
at the end of two years. Two years, because at that 
time a commercial treaty which Germany had enjoyed 
before this war began, expired. The terms of that com- 
mercial treaty have always been humiliating to Russia. 
Under the conditions that have existed Russia has never 
been able to shake itself free of the iron hand. Russia 
saw the shadows of coming events and realized that Ger- 
many would insist upon the treaty being renewed upon 
the old terms and Russia has also known that such a 
renewal would be impossible and that Germany would 
force the issue and so would Russia even to the neces- 
sity of war. The war that was inevitable came two 
years earlier than anticipated. As matters stood in the 
early days of the war the advantage was Germanic; but 
the unexpected happened, Great Britain declared war. 
This upset all the calculations of Germany. But it 1s 
fortunate for the future world’s peace that the conflict 
has so many belligerent nations. A speedy peace is more 
likely than in a drawn out contest between Russia and 
Prussia. The war is audacious, but it has some com- 
pensations. Americans are neutral, but Americans are 
not so neutral but what they can wish that Germany had 
waited with more patience and learned the lessons of 
peace and arbitration. 
Onr oF THE Most objectional qualities of human 
nature is that of religious bigotry. How fortunate it 1s 
that progress is being made and all religious men are 
beginning to respect the religious rites and interests of 
others. Toleration and brotherly kindness are the very 
life of religion. 
It 1s Trmn Now for political aspirants to read 
Secretary Langtry’s political calendar. 
Wirn A New BANK and a new library and a new 
Inn, Beverly Farms is on the map. 
