. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . rant who saidhe always lent out his cow to his friendsfor the three summer months, therebygaining credit as a beneficent personand getting the cow taken care of intothe bargain, ones gains are when the June sun lights upon toothinly planted a back yard the ill isirremediable, and one can only holdones hands and vow to be extravagantever after. Meanwhile, the clock ticksout the little lives of men, and to havelost the dream of one June is a seriousmatter; all too serious a
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . rant who saidhe always lent out his cow to his friendsfor the three summer months, therebygaining credit as a beneficent personand getting the cow taken care of intothe bargain, ones gains are when the June sun lights upon toothinly planted a back yard the ill isirremediable, and one can only holdones hands and vow to be extravagantever after. Meanwhile, the clock ticksout the little lives of men, and to havelost the dream of one June is a seriousmatter; all too serious a matter whenone has reached the age when theblossoming of the back yard standswell to the front of ones interest, whenthe emotional and the ambitious inter-ests are asleep in the dim backgroundof the mind, when the little babiesare large, self-important individualswith vital pursuits of their own thatshut us out, and when our most ve-hement demand upon life is that somelittle measure of i)lacitlity and beautyshall edge the path on which we ebbout with them who homeward be sure, there are said to be in. In a Backyard Card. the world some gardeners who savepot-grown plants for the sake of thepenurious amateur; but there is some-thing like accepted defeat in thisrefuge, and it is nobler to sprinklepansy and scarlet-sage seed, and do agreat deal of extra watering, and pushoff the barriers of dreamland untilSeptembei-. After all, he who hasstudied life deeply knows that it isbetter to look forward than to restupon achievement. Remove thepricking contrast between what wedesire and what we have, and manbecomes as incapable of true joy as apotato. The truest joy is to continueworking with unconquerable hope andunremitting faith. Pansies, it cannot be too oftenreiterated, though to say it began withElizabeth in (iermany long ago, canbe sown broadcast all over the rosebedswithout detiiment to the rose bushes:and they lift such cheery, velvety littlefaces on their stiff backbones, a
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