Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-16
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. BARROW. Chatham N. r..
Press Correspondent Neso Iorlf state
Grange
THE JUVENILE GRANGE.
lome Pertinent suggestions on It's
Organization.
Espeelal Gorrespondenee. ]

Especial Corresp ondence.l
While the Juvenile grange is not
rery thoroughly established and mem
bers of the grange do not seem to be
taking hold of the idea readily, in all
sections where there are enough chill
dren living on farms and interested ia
nature study nothing better for them
can be done than to interest them in
this movement. l do not mean by this
that we should try to make faAners of
all our boys and girls on the farm, be-
cause many of them are not destined
to take up this occupation either phys
ically or mentally. but the training
which can be given the children in
speaking, debating and in the conduct
of a meeting will be of practical adj
vantage to them no matter what call
ing they decide to follow
The programmes should be so ar
ranged as to awaken an interest in the
things which the children see about
them every day and shouAl be so con-
Quoted that they will learn to observe
more closely the workings of nature
and have impressed upon them the fact
that throughout the universe no eff
feet is manifested without a cause
and that life is not ruled by chance.
The nature study leaflets and the Jun
Tor Naturalist sent out from Cornell
university contain many thoughts and
lessons already prepared which would
be of great assistance III conducting q
Juvenile grange and can be had without
expense. These would furnish the ma
iron with much valuable material for
the programme.
The various publications devoted to
bird lore. the little magazine Our AMI
mails, the Arbor Day Annual prepared
by our state department of public in
struction and the humane leaflets pub
lished by Mrs. Helen Wells, one of our
own members would all furnish val
liable hints which could be readily
utilized The state department of agri-
culture has during the past three or
four wears furnished lecturers Who
have treated the subject Of birds and
insects and their relation to the farm
life. particularly from the children 5
standpoint. and have been able to in
terest many young people in these sub
iects.
Some may think that children are
not interested in these matters, but
while we have no Juvenile grange in
this village we have made it a point
during the past year to invite children
mot only the children of our members,
but others-to our lecturers hour when
he had anything especially interesting
for the young people and have gone so
far as to hold the lecturers hour the
first thing in the evening and then dis
miss the children so those living near
could get home early. We had one
stereopticon lecture on poultry and one
on nature study In this case it was
"Our Native Trees And one of our
meetings was devoted to telling army
stories By some of our members who
are also members of the G. \. r.
In planning for the children do not
exclude any who are desirable, no mat
ter whether their parents are grangers
or not. for by interesting the children
of nonmembers you may gain their
parents as members. as parents are apt
to be interested in every good cause
that interests their children, and even
if you do not gain the parents You will
be more liable to gain these children
as members when they grow older, and
even if you do not do this they viii
always have warm place in their
heart for the grange
MRS. +. e. DAWLEY.
Fayetteville. y. Y