The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-10
md hlred a man to look after the

and i4red man to look after the
lamps
= mat was a big step toward improve
tlen{s- In fact, in two scentutifs. ana a
nall 1t was about all that. had been been
done for the unincorporated Village.
er the lamps came the cycle path
question. 1t was 100 dusty to ride in the
road SO the women built a cyc.e Path
TWO and -one-haH miles long from the VI
lage to tie beach on beth sides o. tie
main road They prohibited any one from,
riding on the sidewalks under penalty
of the. law"
" at would be done with a prisoner
IS not Known as precedent was never
established 80 --s
With the introduction of the cycle patt
the village took new life More wheels
Were purchased and the riding was
doubled. There was nothing but praise
Tor the Ladies Village Improvement so
clety. The men reERquished all claim t.
any part In the affairs of the town. -ex-
eept TO insist that they. should xotet:sThe
women don t mind that They don't want
TO vote: They Just want~to run the town.
rms year, with the election of Mrs. e.
II. Dayton as PRESIDENT. Mrs. Henry D.
EeQgeS, treasurer and Mrs: B. H Van
Scoy. secretary. the women have made
greater strides than ever IN their work.
Last summer they paid $500 for two
sprlnkIlng carts, made a contract for a
driver and team and another for the
water They sprinkled the, streets so well
that. there was not a dusty day all sum
mer
Following this innovation they built
four crosswalks at a cost of $780, cut the
grass for two miles on either side of the
road, sprayed every elm tree. public and
private In 2the village with insect de-
stroyer, bought town flag and pole for
800 and sowed plants where they were
needed to beauttfy the appearance of the
place
After doing. all these things the society
closed the season with 500 in the treas
ury; 1t was decided to go into road
building, beginning with the main street
Two weeks ago the society voted not to
touch any of the treasury money Ga wom-
ans economy for road building, but to
raise a separate fund for that branch Of
Improvement. A thousand dollars they
thought would he "a good starter. IT
r So the most charming. ladies were Sc
lected Ito do the begging Phey1went
at the men. with their most winning
smiles There was no escape, for if Mrs
Dayton, Mrs. H. D. Hedges and Mrs,
Van Scoy or half dozen others failed to
make some of the single men .disgorge.
the sweetest and prettiest of the maidens
were played as ,trurnps that. never failed.
The result was that in two weeks the
lauies nave raised a fund of 1901. This
week they will hold birthday party. at
which every visitor is expected to dron
into bag cent for every year he or she
has lived.
In speaking of the society. Mrs. Day
ton said: I'VE so In for business. we
charge members so cents a year and we
do not have pink tea meetings. We are
all business.
We hope soon to show what we can
do In road building, We shall begin with
small piece of the road and experiment
and expect to use gravel as q bed
Asphalt is almost too expensive for us
to think of, but we are determined to
have good roads.
There is every reason to believe thai
we will be successful. The men give ma
great help-flnanciaHy III fact, that is
where we get all our money, though we
did donate as a society $500 for the road
building scheme.
I'VE are proud Of our society for II
has done about everything that can be
done for while for the Improvement of
the village. The summer visitors help
us in every way. Last season we raised
$500 In one afternoon at fair.