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ҧቃٟ௴፬ɛڭᖯh۞Ԣίٺ̋ࡩٙʕdၾֈɿɓΝۜপe୩ᛓჼe
At their Chicago home, Rotary’s founder and his wife drank tea, listened to
ࣴ၇ዓ˝dԨᆠઋಛܙԸІ˰ޢήٙஞ܄
birdsong, planted trees, and welcomed visitors from around the world
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ݔ ࡈ̆˚dҢဘӉίٺ̋ࡩࠚਜࣦٙ by paul harris
Ը൳ڐd๋˜ݴᔷdҢࡁ˷ঐชաՑ̴ٙএ
ͼᅃɽ༸ (Longwood Drive)fவૢ
ਗf್ϾdҢࡁʥԒஈ̹ࠚd̥ც 10 ʱᙒٙ
ɽ༩႒⟣ɓஈ၈Ъʆ(the
༁d͞ձ͗Ϸ͞eىఙձ؍ήdᜫҢࡁชᙂ
Ridge) ٙʃ˳ࣙd༈ʆΣГی˙ַФᅰߵ ԓdکঐਗ਼Ңࡁ੭Ցͺлፕψ༵ٙӀfίԟ
ne winter day I was walking on Long-
Diagonally across the drive from our home,
wood Drive in a suburban district in there was, in the early years of our married life,
Ԣdவίٺ̋ࡩྼ᙮ӼԈήႶdΪவࢭ̹۬ٙ җֽϓ̌ᕎྡྷᙬf
an ideal bird refuge of which we were very proud.
Chicago. The drive skirts a hill spo-
O ken of as “the Ridge,” which extends
ɽʱήਜޫމ̻վʘήfɽ༸Гਉٙג܊ܔ The entire block was covered with a growth of
ίҢࡁอࣛಂdИ࿁ࠦુ࿁ԉٙ༸༩
for several miles in a southwesterly direction,
ࣙdϞɓஈҢࡁˏ˸މශٙଣซᗳಐࢹήf
ၾʘ̻Бٙʆٙ၌f wild crab apple trees so dense and so studded
an unusual feature in Chicago as most of the
with long, sharp thorns that it afforded the birds
city lies on flat ground. The houses on the west
ԟ˂dʆ˳ᔧႊഹᆳᆳͣdε܀ഁࢳ ample protection from cats and dogs. As a refuge,
ࡈਜཁ̺͛ऎಆዓd،ᐿ߱dɪ᎘̺
side of the drive are built on the crest of the hill it was especially popular with the robins that re-
จනսБdҁΌʔ၍ৌପᛆٙਪᕚf್Ͼd တφڗ˲ቚлٙঠಇdމᗳԶ̂ԑٙҐ
which parallels it.
mained there during the mating and nest-building
On that particular day, the hill was covered
ᚐdеա˭፟ٙڧᓔfவࡈᒒࠬಥतйաՑٝ
Ч˷ӚϞОή˴ึซሯဲவԬ܀ɿމОϞᛆ period. Thousands of them made their appear-
with snow and many youngsters were coasting ance and took up temporary quarters each spring.
ਗ਼ʆսণջൖމʮఙਹf һٙڡຕd̴ࡁίӋਅʿጘ੫ಂගேึवί
without regard to the property rights involved.
The air would be full of song.
No property owner, however, seemed disposed
Just why these discriminating creatures con-
வష౻ၾҢהᆞٝ˲ᆠฌٙอߵࣸᚆ͛ வ༁fӊϋ݆˂dϓɷɪຬٙٝһึίϤତ
to question the rights of the youngsters to make
sidered this Heaven-made protection undesirable
ݺ݊νϤग़ЧdᜫҢذ್͛ৎɓࡈׂ᎘j߰Ϟ Ԓdᅲࣛಐ֢f٤ंʕᐼ݊̂တəࣀЀٙჼf
common ground of their hillside lawns.
The picture seemed so true to the New England
ಃɓ˚ҢঐኹϞІʉٙd̴֛ึѬໝίࣦͼ
life I had known and loved that the thought came
ᅃɽ༸ʆʘɪfவࡈᗴૐˢཫಂԸһҞྼ
to me if ever I was to have a home of my own,
it would be on the top of the hill on Longwood
ତfఱίٺ̋ࡩɽণࡡࡆᆀ (Chicago Prairie
Drive. The time came sooner than expected. It was
on one of the countryside hikes of the Chicago
Club) ٙɓϣඊӀࢯӉࣚБʕdҢᒖড়əɓЗ
Prairie Club that I met a bonnie Scottish lassie
ߕᘆٙᘽࣸᚆࢅfμʔҜԈҢѰдॎฦdک
who, dismayed by a rip in my jacket, offered to
repair it for me. That was how she got in trouble
˴ਗ̈މҢࡌfவɰމμІʉญɪ௦
for it wasn’t long after that when I persuaded Jean
dΪމʔɮʘܝdҢکႭəޜhಷ֍ಌ
Thomson to become Mrs. Paul Harris.
I married my bonnie Jean in 1910, and two
(Jean Thomson) ϓމڭᖯh۞Ԣ˄˄f
years later, acquired a home on the hill. We named
Ң 1910 ϋၾҢߕᘆٙޜഐމஹଣdՇ
our home “Comely Bank,” after the street in Edin-
burgh where Jean spent the days of her childhood
ϋܝdҢࡁίʆ˳ɪໄପτfҢࡁਗ਼อ֢ն
and youth, and never, during the thirty-odd years
of our ownership, has any boy ever been refused
Τމੰߕᘆచ(Comely Bank)d˸ߏׂޜՅ
free use of our lawn when coasting times come. As neighbor Silvester Schiele watches, Harris fills his bird feeder.
ቌ֢ࢩၪतhࢩᆀ (Silvester Schiele) ίɓࣙ᎑᎑
ࣛʿڡˇϋࣛಂίฌɕఝה֢Иٙ༸fίҢ ήഹ۞ԢމՅٙᒸኜf
How could I refuse them! Like my mischievous
boyhood friends, they are rapscallions one and all!
ࡁኹϞவஈגପٙ30εϋගdӊுࣛືd
During this Second World War many of them have
ҢࡁʔಀלഒОɓࡈӲ܀Դ͜Ңࡁٙণջf for permanent residence, I have never been able
ЇவԬܿٙ͛يމОႩމவ၇ɪ˂ሮ
to determine. No robin, to my knowledge, ever
been fighting for us on foreign soil, on the seas
and in the skies, far, far from home. God bless and
ʚٙڭᚐʔቇΥ͑ɮ֛֢dҢЇʦʥϵܠʔ
Ңܣঐלഒ˼ࡁճl˼ࡁఱ྅ҢԟԬཬ thought of building a permanent nest in the crab
protect the rapscallions of our beloved land! apple trees on Longwood Drive. They were all
The great city comes nearer and neare
ͤٙՅِࣛМɓᅵdே݊ɓ໊ݺᆌλਗٙʃଇr to us Չ༆fኽҢהٝdʔಀϞОٝһึίࣦͼ
prospective papas and mamas and I imagine that
as its population increases and, as the years roll
ᅃɽ༸ٙऎಆዓɪጘɓࡈ͑ɮٙ੫fӬࡁே݊
ंlίୋɚϣ˰ޢɽಂගd˼ࡁεɛίڢ the prospective papas like to give the prospective
on, we can almost feel its breath. We are still on mamas the once over, and then, having made their
੬ڢ੬ჇჃٙମٙɺήeऎɪe٤ʕމҢࡁ ᆑίٙههձdҢซԟԬᆑίٙه
selection, hie away with the ladies of their choice to
the outskirts, however, and ten minutes in our
motor car suffices to take us into the Illinois find homes far from the madding crowd of robins.
ኧfᗴɪڭСԨڭᚐҢࡁவ˪ᅚฌɺήɪ هఃᛇϽ࿀ɓɨᆑίٙd್ܝd
One morning, after the birds had left on their
farming country where wheat and corn fields,
ٙʃଇंl pastures and woodlands give us a feeling of hav- home finding expedition, tractors dragged the
ίਂ̈፯ܝdک੭ഹːᄃ͎ٙdჃᕎٝһ
ing made good our escape.
ᎇഹɛɹٙᄣڗdவࢭɽ̹۬ᕎҢࡁ൳ trees out by their roots; not one remained as the
ٙᙬdరҬτԒͭնʘהf
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