Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-08-03

town. has been purchased and con.
verted into a Glldhall aud shops for
hhndleraft work. The land around the
house has practically all been appro-
priated 70 the use OF a garden school
aud laid out In ehlldrens gardens.
The director OF the gardens Is Miss
Elizabeth s. Hill Of GrotOn, who last
year conducted the school gardens In
Br0okllne and Groton. Over a hun
dred children are already at work and
many more, almost two hundred In all,
have applied for space. II is an inter
esting sight and a poor commentary
on our public school system. to see
the wlstful look OF the children mot
In II" as they watch the fortunate ones
and inquire Of the instructors as to
how long they will have to wait
Many children not connected with the
school watch the workers and play on
the grounds, so that II has become a
ehlldren's center for the town.
The opening or the garden school has
aroused an interest among other pri-
vate organizations In the neighbOrhood
and the Women's Club Of WatertOwn
has established another garden school,
also under Miss Hills supervision, as
Is still another opened by the Women's
Social Science Club OF Newton, whose
garden is on Jackson Road near Non
antum.
On the outer bOundry OF the town.
the old Emerson Place has been pur-
chased and set aside as a garden
school for boys and even men who de
sire to do practical work. The plots In
this garden are large enough to permit
Of practical experiments and to even
supply quite a quantity of vegetables,
which each gardener is allowed to ap-
proprlate to his own use. The only
requirement is that each gardener pro
vide his own tools and seed and pay
sufficient attention to the instruction
and to his work to keep his plot In fair
condition and In harmony with the
garden as a whole. There Is In this
garden plenty OF space not taken and
1t offers a unique and valuable oppor-
tunity for any one desiring such work
The garden Is supervised by a young
man with practical experience in
market gardening.
WEAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
The weaving department, the only
handicraft department as yet de
veloped in the Gid, is supervised by
Miss ]. A. Turner, formerly with the
experiment station for the blind il
Cambridge. Miss Turner, assisted by
her sister, has several looms already
in working order and instruction hal
been taken up. The aim of the worl
in weaving, as it will be in other home
craft work, is not to have a weav
ing establishment for the production o
goods, but to conduct a school II
weaving and design where women II
the community may learn to do wOrl
which may be carried on in thei
homes. This, as in the case Of tn
croft work, will enable them to Occupl
spare time, which would be otherwis
wasted or improperly spent, In con
| genial, healthy and remunerative EN-
ployment. 1t Is hoped and believe,
that such work viii enable man,
women who have to supplement thel
income to do it In their homes and no
be forced into factories and other un
satisfactory conditions. A system will
be developed whereby looms will b
supplied by and the product solC
through the Gid. BY this method ex
penses will be kept at a minimum an,
the highest profits accrue to th
workers.