The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-19
WOMEN'S CLUBS

In 1906 the Civic league of Salem,
Mass, established an annual garden
contest among the children. The prizes
Tor the fourth successive year have been
awarded, and never has there been such
results. The entire appearance Of the
city has been changed by these chill
dren S gardens; the children have been
improved, the adults even have been
changed; for it has meant no small
amount OF effort to supervise the work
throughout the season, 10 provide each
gardener with proper seeds, and sup
ply instruction in all places at all times.
Inc general supervision WAS by wards,
each ward having a committee in
charge, The committees were RESPONSE
BILE in all ways. but perhaps each one
found its chief task in providing in
spectors TO keep the interest OF the
children at par through the hot and
dry summer months. These inspectors
totaled la. ranging from twentyfour
to thirty IN each ward, The general
result of such effort has been that, al
though the season was q dry one, the
gardens and the interest have surpassed
those of any former year
There were awards for vegetable gar
dens, general gardens. flower gardens.
binations of these There were home
gardens. school gardens, vacant lot gar
dens and window boxes,
The prizes present variety of at
fractions, those offered by the CiYic
league being supplemented by special
prizes offered by citizens. They con
sist Of medals, money, coal. bulbs.
books, and garden tools. One boy re-
celYed prizes amounting TO 81 and one
and one-half ions of coal. The school
prizes ran as high rs $40 in money.
Here is an opportunity for construc-
ton work with a demonstrated value.
1t is TOO little followed. The example
of Salem S Civic league ought TO prove
suggestive TO many places where home
and school yards still resem emble chicken
yards. and where vacant lots are re-
served for tin cans aud rubbish, with
generous accompaniment Of weeds,
says the Federation bulletin,
AT a recent meeting of the members
of the Free kindergarten association,
arrangements were made for the open,
lug of free medical dispensary and
the holding of weekly medical eXamin-
ations among the children, The chill
dren are of class which in many
cases is not able TO provide efficient
medical attention, and IL IS TO relieve
this condition that the dispensary is
TO be opened. DR.. Belle \. Gemmlll will
conduct the examinations each week.
The meeting of the Wasstch Literary
circle, which was TO have been held this
Tuesday, morning with Mrs Robert
+; Steele, has been postponed for one
week
A meeting of the Tourist section of
the Ladies' Literary club will be held
this (Tuesday) morning at 1915 o'clock
at the club house Mrs. J.. G. Miller
will give a talk on "Genoa, and Rural
Italy, which will he followed by a
paper on Lombard Plain
4 meeting OF tine Seekers Literary
club viii be held this Tuesday, aft.
ernoon with Mrs. W n. Havenor at her
nome. 7S7 Third avenue, at , o clock.
1t will be presidents, day.
An interesting meeting of the Won
ans league was held Monday afternoon
at Unity hall. when Mrs. Berg spoke
on the "Local Temperance Conditions.
| Miss Katherine Eager was 10 speak, but
was unable 70, ii was also proposed
| that the cUrtew committee look INTO
the curfew work and see that the law
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