Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-01-11
IMPROVE THEIR TOWN
Long Island Village Beautified by
Enterprising Women.
UNIQUE CLUB ORGANIZED.

Each Member Is vitality Concerned In
Welfare of the VIIase-Civic Life Its
Strongest Aim-Chidren Help In the
Work.
Thirty women have succeeded in
making one of Brooklyn's suburbs ia
nous The scene of their activity is no
other place than Floral Park. n. Y,
now rival of Spotlcss Town, long re
nowned to fame The fact has been
fully demonstrated that the possibili-
ties of a village with liberal minded
and patriotic women is endless, says
the New York Herald. The women
who have a beautiful Floral Park are
not only makers of homes, but of the
scenic settings.
The membership of the Floral Park
Womans club is not large one, but
there are at least ten active workers
who do things" and do them exceed
ingly well. Although some of the
members have moved away, somehow
they all still keep in touch with the
mother club, and its influence is inva-
riably felt in the new environment of
each member.
The club was formed about nine
years ago. Mrs. John Lewis Child, one
of the most prominent women of Flo
raj Park, has always taken a keen in
ception and has again and again lifted
1t out of lethargy to renewed action
There are no petty difficulties, no in
tcrnal Discussions, in this model organ
iZation. Each member works as hard
as she can during the winter months,
the period of the clubs greatest activi-
ties, for the interests to which the club
stands pledged.
While striving to broaden the mental
horizon of its members, the club also Is
vitality concerned in the welfare of the
village, which makes 1t unique among
WOmen'S clubs. Civic life has now be
come its strongest aim. Where other
clubs of like inclinations have only
talked. the Floral Park club has really
done something-in fact, done every
thing to make the village n model one
Plenty of gas lamps in the streets,
garbage cans placed at intervals along
the highways and covered boxes for
the reception of waste paper-theSe
are only a few of the material results
of this clubs active civic life.
The village looks as though it were
in the hands of a really good house
keeper, and so it is. The place has
the appearance of being swept with a
new broom and busted vigorously from
end to end, Flowers abound on every
side n the summer, suggesting femi-
ninity and life, with little poetry in
it, not common everyday life. Village
life with women at the helm.
The visitor to Floral Park must be
careful not to throw even Il discarded
envelope or newspaper upon the pave
mcntS or streets. If he or she does
they will more than likely be politely
told that the waste paper box is only
a half a block away. "And won't you
please throw your paper in the box?'
Every child in the village is taught
the beauty of clean civic life in poll
ties as we'll as municipal care of
streets, and so on. Even the children
in the Sunday school are told to re-
frain from throwing any waste paper
upon the streets. Thus in a small way
does the influence of the club per-
meatc the church, the home and the
nursery.
From October until late in May the
clubwomen gather every week at the
various homes and discuss subjects of
general and current interest. Lee
lures, musicales and dances now and
then are given in the town hall to
help along the cause of the club.
While topics of general historical in
trre't and literary value make the gist
of the clubs winter meetings, yet the
personal note is always there, the home
and what can be made of it, AS a
general Improvement organization the
Floral Park club sets a pace well
worth following.