The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-14
BY
HANDELIA HARNUAs THOMAS.

saws: "You are Just as big q fool as
the rest of the north" The compli-
ment is returned. then botn laugh
over these sectional courtesies. He
is a large-hearted fellow, with a
somewhat rough exterior, made ap-
parently rougher "for so much a
night"
Newspapers.
DeFuniak has two newspapers, The
Herald, which circulates largely in
the country districts as well rs town,
and The Breeze which blows in all
directions. Some one said of Tom
Scot, the old railroad man of Erie,
Pa, that when he walked the breadth
of his coat tail could knock down any
legislature in the land, and SO when
we want our legislature laid out"
we send down our Breeze man and
tie deed is done. The trouble is we
90 not send him often enough, but
we willein the future, send him by a
tremendous majority vote. And 1
give this hint. you advance-guaru OF
civilization, you up and coming DEM
ecrats or Republicans,~or Prohibition
ists.or Populists. and you wade-awake
Federation OF Clubs, that when our
editor gets there you will have
loyal champion. How will you know
hin? Well, pick out the smallest lit
tie fellow in the crowd, and dump all
your petitions right on top of him,
you can MAKE no mistake. He has
had bigger loads than that to carry,
ond always comes up smiling. He is
2 great man with a fertile mind, and
katches out a new railroad every time
he goes to sleep in church.
But in all seriousness / wish to
say only those with long experience
with subsidized city papers, or slow
or tfmid and faltering country papers,
can appreciate what it means to have
a wide-awake progressive and abso-
.lutely fearless press, and that De
Funiak has.
The Woman's' Town Improvement AS
ISOLATION.
The Journal has made special re-
quest that space be given the work
of the woman's Improvement Asso-
citation, otherwise modesty inherent
IN Womcn's clubs would lead to ST.
lence. Two years ago when the yell
low fever was raging a long way on,
up in Indiana, our people began to
make cur town not only cleanty and
safe but attractively and imposingly
so. and in this work the women nat
urally came to the front. An associa-
ton was organized, with Mrs. John
Watson at its head. Mrs. Watson was
for years a teacher known as one
of the best in the state. She believ-
ed in concentration of effort, and a.
nally concluded to limit her class to
one and. rashly but as it proved wise
ly took q lawyer for that one Under
her leadership the T. I. a. mas become
a valuable asset to the community.
Mrs John Stanley Thomas is now the-'
president, but the coming of little
Lady Thomas interferes greatly with
the civic activities of the mother.
The first work was to divide the
town into districts and put a superin-
tendent over each district to look
after street, front yard, back yard,
cisterns, empty tin cans and refuse
generally Then refuse barrels. neat
~ painted, were placed at convent
emf points on every thoroughfare.
The cooperation of the railroad COM
pany was secured. and depot grounds
improved, trees planted and fences
built
The city council gave US a plat of
ground to improve for a park, and
for days women with sunbonnets were
in the hot sun directing workmen in
grubbing and grading and preparing
tennis courts and croquet grounds.
Iron seats are placed here and there
In the shade, and now we have q
beautiful playground park studded
wifi stately pines where young ana
old may rest or indulge In games, as
suit"their varying moods. Seats have
also been placed along the different
avenues, and the society soon will i'm
prove other sections of the city.
The cemetery has not been forgot
ten. Money for well and other inn