The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-06
TALLAHASSEE
AND HER CLUBS
The Venerable Tallahassee
Improvement Association
Improving Parks.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Tallahassee, Nov. 5.-FiTSt on the
list of Tallahassee Clubs comes the
mother of them all-the venerable
Tallahassee Improvement association
This association was organized
nearly twenty years ago, and has done
able work in the Improvement of san
itary conditions in the community,
and in inStituting and carrying out
plans for the identifying OF the city,
in building up of streets and parks.
These last are now the special care of
the 7. /. A.
A chain of small parks. beginning
with the Green" as the park in front
of the late Mrs. G. B. LeWiSS resi-
dence is affectiOnately called by all
the older inhabitants of Tallahassee,
who, In their retrospective moments
see it peopled with May queens and
their courts, and fairy queens and
their attendant slaves and fairies.
runs from end to end IF McCarty
street, now known as Park avenue.
Next comes ''Bloxha7n'' park, named
for Floridas favorite son, and gen
erously supported by regular contri-
buttons from him; then Leon park,
in front of the hotel of that name;
the park in front of Trinity Methodist
church; Cherokee just on the brow
of the hill slipping westward, and
"DuvaI,' at the foot of the same Till.
This chain of parks lies along the
center of Park avenue, which, few
years ago, was an ugly, dirty street,
200 feet wide and filled with roots
and gullies. The difference between
the now and then of this street can
be fully appreciated only by the in
habitant of ten years ago.
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charge of the Green for a good
many years, has now turned it over to
the T. l. A., and for the coming year,
at least, it will be under the super
vision of that organization.
The association has on hand other
parks situated in various parts of the
city which are being brought up to a
high standard of excellence, and which
are a credit and an ornament to the
town of Tallahassee. In two of these,
Jackson Square and Green square.
the ladies of the T. /. A. have given
the young people of the respective
neignborhoOds permission to make
tennis and croquet courts.
Much of the success of this asso-
citation is due to the enthusiastic in
terest and hard work of Its president,
Mrs. A. L. Randolph. Fortunately
their constitution does not provide
against an officer succeeding herself,
and Mrs. Randolph has occupied her
position in the association for many
years, greatly to the public good. TIE
next general meeting will be held
sometime this month.
The Tallahassee Literary club is
next in age. This organization of
women has gone on year after year
without any diminutiOn of interest
hon
usual summer vacation, their regular
monthly meetings The subject chos-
en- for the coming seasons study is
the eVer-delightful. eVer-new subject
of eSpeare-ShakeSpa the in
eXhaustible. the immortal.
At the first meeting. which will be
held at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs
J. w Coles, on Tuesday, November
10, an attractive feature of the pro-
gram Will be the opening address of
the president. Miss Annie Z. FHagg.
The Kings Daughters come third
in point of time but first in the hearts
of the poor and the suffering. Their
work has been carried IN with a
steady persistence that has surmOum-
ed all difficulties, and placed the or
upon substantial basis |
The Silver Cross Hospital stands as
monument TO the noble women who
have labOred so long and so earnest
~ for the alienation of suffering
among their less fortunate feIIow-be-
ings.
The Daughters are planning now for |
a bazaar 10 be held on Tuesday. No
vember 10, at the old armory build {,
ing.
The next association established
here was the Woman's club This Or
has had a rapid srowt-a. and
its sphere of operation and usefulness
Is constantly broadening The men, |
b7rs are interested in civic improve
ment, in matters of charity and e.lu-
cation, of good morals AMI good citi-
zenship-in fact, along all lines of
clean and healthful Iiv- |
ing. They are constantly on the alert |
to institute and 10 aid IL carrying |
out needed reforms. and deserve the |
hearty support of the entire popula- !
ton in whose welfare they are SO sim |
cerely interested
This club viii meet next Thursday, |
the 18th inst, at o'clock in the af- |
at the Odd Fellows hall |
There will be the annual election OF 1
officers, and several addresses of more |
than ordinary interest.
The state convention of the FEEDER |
alton OF Clubs viii meet III Live Oak