Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-06
THIS IS FLOWER DAY
But Garden Sass, Raised by
Pupils, Isn't Barred.
JOHNNIE JONES' BAD LUCK
Thoughtless Cow Eats His Beautiful
Lima Beans.
GARDENS ALL OVER THE CITY
Industrial Home School on George
town Heights Also Has Mighty
Fine Exhibit.
JOHNNIE JONES' BAD LUCK
GARDENS ALL OVER THE CITY

Fine Exhibit.
Johnny Jones. who has been shaving and
toiling all summer long over a two-and-
a-half-by-two plot Of vacant-lOt garden
soil just to present garland OF lime
beans to his teacher today, went to bee
last night and dreamed of his triumph
to come. For today is Flower day in the
public schools. and the school officials per
NIT the common or garden lima bean to b.
an entry among the flora. Johnny woke
early this morning, rubbed his eyes, anC
observed a red sun creeping slowly into
the eastern sky. and then with whool
jumped out OF bed, slid into his small
trousers and, without further ceremony
his fathers house.
That Blamed Milliken Cow.
But woe! OH on the horizon was thai
COW of the Milliken family, calmly chew.
ing a cud. and at Johnny's feet there lay
a scene of two-and-a-half by two feet OF
terrific destruction. The Millikens' COW
had gone and done 1t. There were nc
beans. no anything. A summers work
with hoe and rake had been torn I'D In
one destructive browse OF that cow OF
the Mtlliken family. And today is Flower
day. Children flocked to every schOo
bearing the trophies OF the garden In bas-
kets and In paper parcels. PhlOx. red
sage. marigold, peanut plants, real live
cotton bursting from the boil. gardenias
notwithstanding that a garden car
possibly raise-and Johnnie Jones prize
lima beans are reposing within that COW
of the Milliken family.
Tears and Grief and Woe.
Such tears and misery, such loud grief
and unconsolable woe. Johnny would not
60 to school, but he wrote note and
sent it by his chum Skinny. 1t was ad.
dressed to his teacher at the franklin:
Miss May, Teacher.
Miss May, the COW ct my beans. ain't
got no beans.
JOHN JOKES"
From 2 o'clock this afternoon until !
every school is open to the parents who
take pride In seeing what their children
can do In the way of raising flowers and
vegetables In home gardens such as
Mllliken's COW ruined. Some of the chill.
dren have been working faithfully all
summer long in their own private gardens
and others have turned farmer on the
plots provided by the schools and well
disposed citizens, who have loaned their
land to the young agrtculturists Las
year there was a wonderful display OIL
splendidly cultured plants. and there was
suspicion in the minds Of those who
knew that some of the youngsters haG
gathered their plants in the public parks
and other places of like nature. 80 this
year there have been difficulties set In the
way of such depreciation. II there should
be any temptation In the hearts OF th<
young naturaltsts.
Here's Another Flower Show.
Miss Gertrude Sipe. who teaches thu
Normal School girls at the FRANKLIN
School all about trees and flowers and
plant life. is conducting show OF hel
own, too. The would-be teachers came
into their botany class room this morn
ing laden with pretty flowers of all sorts
Some of the more predetermined young
women turned their attention this sum-
mer to kitchen gardens, and brought
enough beets and parsley, peas, beans and
soup. Each bunch of flowers or vegeta-
bles was labeled with the name of the
girl who raised them.
Some of the school children have been
raising things in geography gardens'
all summer. Thus, a child who picked out
the cotton belt for the range of his In
vestigations has studied that very inter
esting little plant all summer and actu-
ally there is some real. live cotton grow
ing about the gardens. There are pea
nuts, too, aid broom corn sweet potatoes
and several other Of the products that
the youngsters read about in the geOg-
raphies. Ope young fellow tried to raise
some iceland moss. being carried away
with tales of arctic explorations, but
finally came down to corn.
'Rah for Bumper Crop.
There is big vacant lot on 10th street
southeast near c street, where fifty boys
have toiled all summer in the heat and
humidity and have raised a regular bump
err crop Of all sorts Of growing things.
There Is another school garden conducted
by boys only which IS showing up splen-
didly. There were girls, but, alas. the
teacher had a splendid big garden hat,
and one OF the very bad little girls ran of
with it, and they fired all the girls OF the
place.
There is geography garden >at the
Blow School which Is doing wonders. and
a fine garden on the Rosedale playground.
A large percentage of the school buildings
nave flowers in the yards and vines creep
ing up the sides of the walls, all through
the well directed efforts of the children.
Just Go Out and See.
Outside of the public school system,
out doing work along the same line, are
the amateur gardens of the Industrial,
Home School, on Georgetown Heights.
The plants are now at their best and the
officials Of the school are urging anybody
and everybody to go out and see what the
boys and girls have accomplished. Sew
enty-one thousand square feet have been
devoted to the gardens this year. and sew
enty youngsters have become men and
women with the hoe during the past few
months. Before frost they will gather
5000 geranium slips and care for them
during the winter in greenhouses. Two
thousand Of them wifi be sold next spring
and The rest kept for planting.