Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 34, 14 December 1911 — Page 12
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THE RICHMOND PAULADIU3I AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1911.
GARDEN
CAMPAIGN
ALLJVER I1ATI0H American Civic Association Indorses the "Vacant Lot Gardens" Plan.
(National Sewn Annotation) WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. With the declaration before today's session of the American Civic Association that "a garden is a bit of ground on which plants and people grow and love each other," Leroy J. Boughner, president of the Garden City Club of Minneapolis and city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, sounded the slogan of what promises to be one of the moat aggrosIve campaigns of the association next year, in the new work which It will prosecute to secure a more universal recognition of c;lvlc and economic values of "Vacant It Gardens.' Mr. Boughner's address was descriptive of the results secured In Minneapolis In the summer of 1911 by the Garden City Club. He said the work was prosecuted almost wholly by pco'ple of the office or pronperous laboring class, who were inspired to apply for work in the vacant lot gardens largely by an appeal to civic pride. The Idea that vacant lot gardens arc (charitable was Ignored. People were brought to the belief that things other than tomato cans and weeds would grow on vacant lots by a strenuous campaign of newspaper publicity and y addresses before lodges, unions tWnd Improvement associations. What the Cost Was. :. Once the applications began to pour In for garden lotB. he said, tho Garden City club gave forth the assurance that the lots would be plowed, harrowed and prepared for planting, and Seeds and plants would be furnished nd In a summary of the year's work, Ee stated the cost of ploughing and upervlsion in Minneapolis last Bumcr was $4,000. With the experience trained, the same could be duplicated (another year for $1800. The Garden City Club of Minneapo
lis in 1911 had planted in vegetables end flowers 360 vacant lots or approx
imately 2,225,000 square feet of which
1,000,000 square feet were planted to
-vegetables. The economic value of the gardens Ito the people was almost Incalculable. 'Vegetables were plentiful and cheap Hn the city all summer. And instead of krubblsh-Btrewn lots, there are grassy llawns and flowers and orderly garMens. Lighting of 8treete. Speaking on the topic "Modern I Street Lighting," as related to "The "Communities We Live In." C. L. EshJeman, of Cleveland, stated as his hypothesis that "Anything .which adds to the general attractiveness of the wity, excites interest in its affairs and feostert public spirit and civic pride," nd from this re drew the deduction that "The lighting of the entire business section" of the city up to the standards of Illumination, does for the city as a whole, what the lighting of a particular street does for the section In which it is located it increases values by increasing the traffic, not only from the city Itself, but from the unrounding country and nearby towns. Good street lighting, more than lany other thing, gives to a city an air of progressiveness and propriety, and to appear prosperous is the irst step to being prosperous." "In this competitive age, intercity competition Is as potenta power as Individual competition," he continued, "and civic pride and municipal competition have been responsible for the development and installation of ornamental lighting systems where a few years ago merely adequate lighting iwas all that was sought."
Summarizing under four headings
he reasons why street lighting which
s both ornamental ana adequate
eets with popular favor, Mr. Eshle-
an said: Ornamental Lighting.
! "Ornamental lighting is popular because of the important part it plays pn the movement for the City Beautiful artistic as well as utilitarian.
necause or. me advertising vaiue
o the city as a whole as an indlca-
lon of its prosperous condition and
regressive spirit a well-dressed city
ike a well-dressed man commands atentlon and respect.
"Because of the benefit in dollars
and cents accruing to the business interests in the lighted district The value of property on the business street is directly proportionate to the number of people who make use of the Street as a thoroughfare light attracts people. "Because of the increase in property value and the decrease of crime."
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f Juvenile Wisdom. Two small Sunday school pupils were disputing as to the distance from Jericho to Jerusalem. "It can't be far,- said one, "You know flsh were carried from Jericho to Jerusalem." "Tea. I know." rejoined the other, "but perhaps they were salt Ash." Chicago News.
A Kindred Peeling. Of course wt have to use our star Ben sometimes," explained the football enthusiast, "but we're always worried for rear we'll lose one of them.' "I know Just how It is." responded the young bride. "I feel that way bout my best teacup." Washington Herald. His Exaet Location. "Wombat was. at the opera last sight"
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Indiana A heady Buys Nearly 500,000 Seals
Between 450,000 and 500,000 Red Cross Christmas teals have already been sold in Indiana. This report was wired to the officers of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis at New York City last night by the Indiana sales managers. It is based on estimates received at the state headquarters In Indianapolis yesterday from agents throughout Indiana. The report was sent to the National association in compliance with a request sent by ir to all sales managers In the United States. This association Is directing the Kale of Red Cross Christmas seals this year for the American Red Cross Society. According to the Indiana managers the report is but a conservative estimate of the number of seals sold throughout the state, inasmuch as it is Impossible for the agents to make accurate reports at this time of the sale, because hundreds of workers in each community have supplies of the seals. Members of the Red Cross Christmas Seals Commission of Indiana are gratified with the reports and have advanced the hope that 1,500,000 seals will be sold before January 1. Next
week when the spirit of the Christmas season is rife in all localities many hundreds of thousands of seals will be sold. More seals are expected to be sold this year than in former years because of the awakening of Indiana to the enormous annual loss of life and money caused by tuberculosis. The "home rule" policy of the state commission in expending all the money realized by the sale in Indiana to check, prevent and cure tuberculosis is also making a strong appeal to the people in the state and they are sup-
porting the campaign stronger than
ever. The people are becoming interested in the fight against this disease in
j Indiana this year, because statistics
compiled by the State Board of Health show that the "white plague" is on the increase and they are realizing that, a strong fight must be made now to check tuberculosis. Last year Indiana alone lost 4,710 inhabitants and $10,000,000 by the ravages of the disease. The state health department also reports that one death out of every ten in this community is caused by the disease.
OFFERED $50 FOR HUSBANDS DEATH Witnesses Declare Wife Asked Them to Poison or Drown Spouse.
INDIANA PRINTERS MEET NEXT MONTH
unions in the state, seventeen are now affiliated. It Is expected to have several more represented at the January meeting. The publicity bureau has done much to create and maintain an interest throughout the state and is producing
ELECTION IS HELD BY SUNDAY SCHOOL
The members of the Board of the
Third Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school held a meeting Monday evening at the parsonage to elect new of
ficers for tho coming year. Those el
ected were:
Superintendent Mrs. Bertha Patty. Assistant Superintendent Mr. N. G.
Otto.
Secretary Mr. Robert Davis. Assistant Secretary Miss Julia
Cook.
Treasurer Mrs. Louisa Bailey. Librarian Mr. Orlando Coryell. Assistant Librarian Mr. Paul Ellis. Organist Miss Estella Thomas. Assistant Organist Mrs. Hart. Chorister Miss Don Fuller. President of the Foreign Missionary Society Mrs. Geo. Ellis. Vice-president Mrs. Milton Harlan. Secretary Mr. Ralph Rogers. Treasurer Mrs. E. E. Towle.
It has been suggested to the British local government that cans of condensed milk should be labeled: "Skimmed milk; unfit for infants."
SEC. KNOX'S SON IS MARRIED AT CAPITOL
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The wedding of Miss Katherine McCook, daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Anson G. McCook, and Hugh S. Knox, son of the Secretary of state, took place this afternoon at the residence of the bride's parents in West Fifty-fourth street. Except for the limited number of people present, the surroundings of the wedding were on a splendid scale. The spacious house was superbly decorated. A reception for relatives and immediate friends followed the ceremony. After a two weeks' wedding trip Mr. Knox will take his bride to Washington to live. The bride is the only daughter of Gen. McCook, who is one of the family of "fighting McCooks." She made her debut in soiety three years ago. This is the second time that the name Knox is linked in marriage with that of McCook. Secretary Knox's eldest son, J. H. Reed Knox, married Miss Elizabeth McCook, of Pittsburg, in 1907. His bride was the granddaughter of Commander Roderick S. McCook, a brother of Gen. Anson G. McCook.
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There's a Merry Christmas in store for every boy and girl that is fitted with a pair of shapely Nine 0'Clock School Shoes Not only is the gift appreciated as a sensible and practical Token of Love and Affection but the comfortable fit, and neat appearance make it a continued source of enjoyment to the little folks.
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Visit our children's department the Home of Nine O'CLOCK SCHOOL SHOES bring the Kids along or make the selections your, self and give them a genuine surprise. NINE O'CLOCK SCHOOL SHOES are carried in all styles and leathers for big and little Boys and Girls. Prices from $1.75 to $2.50 "FREE BOOK" Francis Scott Key, the Third, wrote a book entitled "Our Flag." Every American Boy should have one. This ia a very beautiful and expensive book. From now until Xmas we are going to give one of the books free to each child visiting our store accompanied by its parents. A CHRISTMAS TOY FREE with every purchase. Open Every Evening Until Christmas, Felfman's Shoe Store 724 Main Street.
SOUTH BEXD. Ind.. Dec. 14. The police are investigating a strange story told in police court, in which Mrs. Lawrence Galivas, of this city, is said to have paid $13 and offered $37 more to two young men cither to poison or drown her aged and invalid husband. The woman was said to be in love
with a young Russian, who lives at i her home, and when arraigned, in j court did not deny the charges. Jo-! seph Anderson and George Francis were the ycung men named in eonnection with the alleged plot. Francis said j he had already received $12 from the j woman, while the other said $1 had I hern his share of the money thus far. j Uoth said the woman had promised':
them $23 each if they succeeded in their work. The plan was to get Galivas intoxicated and then take him to a bridge, where the two were to shove him into the river. To earn their money, Francis said, they must also remain to see that the body did not return to the surface. The arrange
ment failed hen the alleged victim was arrested for intoxication.
The Employment Bureau of the Indiana State Conference of Typographical Unions has been in practical operation for about five months. To date,
sixteen applications have been regis-1 results that will tell when the annual
tered with the secretary. Four of reports are made.
these were placed in positions satisfactory to both parties; two of these are now working in one office. The Employment Bureau, while much of an experiment at the beginning, has proved conclusively that it can be made a very beneficial factor in the labor
movement. The officers of the bureau have found many defects to be overcome and at the next session of the conference to be held at Indianapolis, January 21, 1912, legislation will be enacted looking to the improvement of the bureau. At the January meeting considerable other business of importance to the future welfare of the conference will be transacted. Principal will be
the submission of a new constitution, by-laws and rules of order; the election of officers will take place, so that in connection with the reports of the various committees a live meeting is anticipated. Of the twenty-seven
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The deepest part of the Mediterranean is near Malta. The depth I li.130 feet ,i
All the oars used In the British navy are made of white spruce grown, in the Queen Charlotte Islands, off th coast of British Columbia,
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Don't Poison Baby.
tORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have
PAREGORIC or laudanum to make it sleep. 1 hese drugs will produce sleep, and a FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the BLEEP
FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKING. Many are the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, laudanum and morphine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists are prohibited from selling either of the narcotics named to children at ail, or to anybody without labelling them " poison. The definition of "narcotio is : "A medicine which relieves pain and produces sleep, but tcAuA in poison', ous doses produces stupor, coma, convulsions and death. The taste and smell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names of ' Drops,'' " Cordials," " Soothing Syrups, etc You should not permit any medicine to be given to your children without you or your physician know of what it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas. U. Fletcher. Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of
Potatoes, Skins and All. ."Only a few persons besides those who have been through an Irish famine and bare learned the value of a potato know that the skin and the eighth of an inch of the spud next to the peel is the best part of a baked murphy," said the proprietor of the best aud most popular restaurant uptown. "But I'm oue of the few, and every potato before it goes into the oreu in my kitchen is scrubbed with a brush so that not a speck of sand remains. Besides, we bake none but the big, smooth potatoes. I sell more baked potatoes than any two restaurants in town and a lot of my patrons have learned to eat 'em skin and all. Not a few have learned, too, that a baked potato with no seasoning but salt has a fine flavor, a more truly potato flavor, than can be got with butter and paprika and the other foolish things non-Irish connoisseurs use to spoil the best of vegetables." New York Sun.
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A GERL WOULD LIKE Any of the following articles
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Rings Bar Pins Belt Pins. Bracelets
Jewel Cases La Vallleres Lockets Cuff Links
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