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J 382 (42) THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER T Balkan Days and Ways By MRS. LINDSAY PATTERSON SHE value placed upon, trees by plane tree, on the order of our ppp the people of the old world is a lars, and said, "I told you I would "Wtat does he plant who plants I .a, tree? He plants cool shade and' tender rain, ..; And seed and had of days- to be, And years that fade and flush again He plartts the glory of the plain; ; He plants the forest's heritage; - , The harvest of a coming age; ' ' The joy that unborn eyes shall ee I, These things he plants who plants .a tree. . delight to one who loves trees as I do. One day in Belgrade a friend of mine took me out to see the king's country place, say ing she would there show me the most beautnui chow vnn the loveliest - thing in Serbia." And after we walked around under its immense branches and had Turkish coffee in its shade, for the place is now used as a park, I de cided she was right. tAad I simply ourred with self-righteousness as I mostly: spoken out deference for the Americans who' as , a rule are in a class by themselves when it comes to ignorance orany language but their own. ;J.here is .no gossip, no ; local chat, hut , as the . company is composed of ;a -set of jtnen and women chosen - for certain qualifications that fit them for "overseas duty, the con versation takes a . wide range, indeed the whole, world comes under - survey fy.the talkers,, who have come from the ends of the earjth' and who give "What does he plant who plants tree? He plants in? sap and leaf and wood, - -In love of home and loyalty . And far cast thought of .-civic good His blessing on tthe, neighborhood " Who in the hollow of flis hand Holdi.all the growth M all the land. A nation' growth from sea to -eea Stirs in his heart who jplants a -tree, I am sorry. I do not know the name their experiences and explain con- thine in Serbia. I- thought of .the .number of trees 1 had of " the author, for he deserves to be Iitions that are -kept out of press didn't ask what it planted,: of the great mimosas full of - kept in;memory. , . - news for the sake of -the peace of was, though won- pink blossoms , and H uttering with . ne world, -openings that you derinff if it were to ruby-throated humming irrds, and" tertminng overseas 'is of the "were never able io. understand are be ene of their the nugnolias' ivith .their: whk men . who took part, marvelous . Pirot grarice and the pmk crape myrtlesr- for food is still somethlngito sustain Generals and statesmen are sized up really if I ,had had a decoration life, not just for feasting. But the cos- Jnercnessry or . aerenaeti oy placing handy I should have bestowed at on morpplitan character f thexompany myself --without any more ado 1 - If s 0o fascinating for words. There you are a tree lover and tree planter, wju foe a sprinkling of Americans, here is a little poem for you to mem-" then English, Trench, Russians and berbs. , ine Jingusn . janguagc is rugs or some un- mrs. Patterson usually elaborate embroidery, forgetting that the Aus trians and . Germans had stolen all valuables. l-;. ..;1' But she led me to an immense orize : tJJSrs ZnJMfb mine Seed! Mlhenti Voun IPHzmti . It improves your: crop and land and iar easy to apply. It will produce a bumper crop and leave sufficient plant food in the soil to double the yield of the crop following. : : - Off M EDo3Si!D9tt llmijsmue Viadap mi Put NitrA-germ on half your acreage and watch the results. '' What it has done for your neighbors, it will do for you. Read below what they have done with NitrA-germ : . 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Ask for Booklet Ho. 27-R. -"Bend your order today before you forget. Simply address rJitrA-germ, Bept. 27-R, Savannah, Georgia i .A2?l-',,y I K , I r Mil facts before you, the battles that were' lost through treachery, the bribes that were refused, the -matchless' courage of the nurses as they fought the terrible 1 typhus epidemic until they ''themselves fell victims, the strange beliefs and customs of the peasants, and in between it all the continuous questioning as to America's attitude concerning the Peace "Treaty, for they feel that un less America signs that this awful war will have to be fought all over again. It was " thrilling. All books on the subject now seem tame to me, because writers on European politics these days have, to be very careful what they ay. At first I was puzzled to know what to wear. A knew the . women had been over there so long their-evening clothes were old xr. worn out, and I didn't think it would look well for trie to .go surging in with my new ones, so at first I stuck, to my uni form. But one night I 'was so tired I changed, and never: have I had an "evening dress given such an ovation. One woman summed tip the feeling, "Praise the saints for . some real clothes to look at once more I" The uniforms as a rule were becoming, -with, the exception of that of the Scotch nurses, which was the ugliest thing Ihave ever laid eyes on, and seemingly was : chosen for the same reason that the old woman' selected a, dark blue china , tea set "It wouldn't show dirt." It was a dismal, dark gray and made to-make the wearer look like a sack." But I suppose they thought it was a case, of "Pretty is that pretty does," for no set of women nurses left thy magnificent record that the .Scotch nurses, did. Shot and - shell and pes tilence and death found the Scotch nurse at the post of danger cheer ful, capable, faithful. 1 visited them; out on the bleak mountain sides where they, lived In their hospital tents' where they" were fighting to save tuberculous children and wound ed soldiers, the. tent sittingroom made nqmelike "with photographs from home old magazines and Pirot rugs. We gathered around a plank table and had tea together, and they told me thrilling storied of the heroism of the Serb soldiers, ..hut not a yvord of what they themselves had done and suffered. That V heard from Others. And you will find that to be characteristic of nearly all over- cps wnrlfp'rQ th v will not tell you of what they did or suffered. another." , ,. :.. W. D. J.: Crimson clover sowed . m February will in atf .probability be a failure. Your best .plan will be to hold these seed oyer now. until: next September and sow. them. At they are kept dry and in good shape, you will probably get. fair germina tion frpm them at that time, y Physidan-You bad a pretty cbse catt , only jour -strong- constitution hat puia you through. " .a v Patient-1 hop? -you v wHlTtmemher when you make out your tin. :,. f - "-' 1'.-
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