Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-08-04

town. has been purchased and con
verted INTO a Gildhall and shops for
handicraft work. The land around the
house has practically all been appro-
priatcd 10 the Use of a garden school
and laid out in children,s gardens.
The director of the gardens Is Miss
Elizabeth 5. Hill of Groton, who last
year conducted the school gardens i'll
Brookline and Groton. Over Il hun
dred children are already ut work and
many more, almost two hundred in all,
have applied for space. 1t is an inter-
esting sight, and Il poor commentary
on our public school system. to see
the wiStful look of the children mot
in il" 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 hat it has become 4
children'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 WATERFOWL
has established another garden school,
also under Miss H-illS 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 pul-
chased and set aside MS Il garden
school for boys and ever men who de
sire to do practical work. The plots in
this garden are large enough 10 permit
of practical experiments and to even
supply quite Il quantity of vegetables,
which each gardener is allowed to APP
propriate to his W use. The only
requirement is that each gardener pro
ii 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 Il whole. There is in this
garden plenty of space not taken and
ii offers Il unique and valuable oppor-
tunity for any one desiring such work.
The garden is supervised by Il young
man with practical experience in
market gardening.
WEAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
The weaving department. the only
handirraft department as yet de
Ntlpltu Ill tile THU. Is SUPERVISED ny
Miss j. A.. Turner, formerly with the
experiment station for the blind in
Camhrid-p. Miss Turner. assisted by
her sister. has several looms already
i'll working order and instruction has
been taken up. The aim of the work
in weaving, as it will be in other home
craft work. is not to have Il weav-
ing establishment FOR the production of
goods, but 10 conduct a school in
weaving and design where women in
the community may learn to do work
which may be carried on in their
homes. This. as in the case of the
croft work, will enable them To occupy
spare time, which would be otherwise
wasted or improperly spent, in CON
genial, healthy and remuneratiVe en-
ployment. 1t Is hoped and believed
that such work will enable many
women who have to supplement their
income to do it in their homes and not
be forced into factories and other I'M
satisfactory conditions. A system will
be developed whereby looms will be
supplied by and the product sold
through the Gid. BY this method eX-
penses will be kept at a minimum and
the highest profits accrue TO the
workers.