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chocolate
cigars.
Peanuts

She also gave us "The Charge of the
Blight Brigade," some lines listing the
many pests that beset us in our gardens.

Anna Nesbit -- as the other reader told
us of the importance of hardening tender
plants that have been in the house
durning [during] the cold weather, before setting
them out in the spring in the open and
unprotected beds.

We were glad to hear also from her
that the Standard Oil Co. of New York
had shown an exellent [excellent] example in
abandoning the highway bell boards
whenever these were objectionable, or mar
the scenic effect. Fourteen other large
advertizing firms have pledged themselves
to do the same. The S. O. C. of. N. Y. has
further instructed its architect to prepare
designs for model booths along the highways,
which will be inexpensive & in keeping
with the surroundings. Thus
hoping to put an end to these unsightly
refreshment booths & hot-dog stands
which deface the landscape

The Forethoughts suggestion was