Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
frequently. is of a high quality. capable

of bearing flowers or fruits.
That was the basic idea OF the city lot
clubs: that the children would be glad
TO work the ground as they had heard
that country children did and that the
result would be OF benefit 10 the city.
The city lots in different places are di-
yided of into small plots and there are
a number of grains and flowers which
the children are permitted 10 raise, They
may choose. from the variety IN the de
partment's possession. the article they
wish to raise
Then begins the competition The
youngsters are in charge OF a suYertr
tendent who watches them as they ~or6
their gardens and who gives whatever
suggestions are necessary. After the
crops or flowers have been raised the
youngsters are permitted to sell them
and they usually set good prices for
their produces. as the novelty Of child
raised vegetables, grains and flowers Rp-
peals to the faded resident Of the city.
Most remarkable of all is the fact that
real estate men have eagerly co-operated
with Uncle Sans city lot club scheme
or course. there Is Improvement n
their property, But the Improvement
from raising crops on a city lot which
is intended solely for building purposes
is not great.
They tell one story Of real estat.
man in one OF the western cities. whoss
lot was being used ~ the children dur
ing their summer competition. \ man
walked into the real estate mans office
one day and announced his intention OF
buying the lot.
Cant sell il Tor two months" replied
the real estate man terseiy.
''Wha-a-a-st?" exclaimed the astonished
friend
Can't sell il now
But" gasped the customer. lit is In
conceivable that YOU should refuse to sell
this ] was here two or three months ago
and You we're almost begging me to take
II Up New ! come TO buy IL and you
try 10 tell me when shall have II. WHY
I'm darned II don't
Here the real estate man broke in.
THAT was true about my wanting 90
sell ii two months ago" said he. but at
that time the City Lot Club hadn't TAX
en- II"
What on earth do you mean?' demand
cd the prospective purchaser
Il mean" replied the real estate man
that those kids have their little flowers
and vegetables on that lot and all the
money in the world wouldn't make me-
sell il and take chance OF their crops
being destroyed
The deal was consummated and the pur-
chaser took over the lot. But in his deed
OF sale the express proviso that he
should do no building upon IL nor change
it In any way until the childrens crops
had been gathered in
The men in the Department Of Agricu'-
ture also boast another aid for BOYS which
is rather unusual The scientists there
" hat amounts TO a university education IN
some branch of work At the end of the
time he will be taken into the depart
ment at a regular salary. There are at
the present time about five young men
who are In Uncle Sans employ In this
fashion They are being trained TO be.
come scientists and Uncle Sam is paying
for their education.
Something was said in the beginning
about the educational features OF the gov
eminent In relation to the different races.
There are two schools which are dedieat-
ed by Uncle Sam for the higher education
of the negro and the Indian One is the
Carlisle school, at Carlisle. Pa. where
the Indian boys and girls grow up TO be
lust like the whites Who have invaded
their native land
incidentally il is noticeable that the
government can lay claim TO having edu-
Gated the greatest athlete In the world TO-
day-Jim Thorpe. the Indian, Is a grad
uate of Carlisle. as almost everybody
knows.
The school for negroes is the Howard
University I'm Washington. This. school
turns them out as doctors lawyers ana
business men. Most of the professors are
negroes, they having established the TACT
that they are better able to reach Their
own people than white instructors rms
school was established shortly after the
close of the civil war and has nourished
a,ar since Negroes come from all parts
of the country to take up courses or study
at Howard University. Like Carlisle Uni
yersitv. this school is in the province or
the Interior Department.
The afflicted children of the nation have
their place in Uncle Sans heart. Gallau-
det College in Washington, where deaf
nutes may be educated, is under the do
main of the United States government
and probably does the most remarkable
work of any of the institutions.
children who were born deaf and dumb
and who cannot read write taken
into this school and. within relatively
short time turned out again as useful cit
izens of the community. The different
manual trades are taught at Gallaudet
and the girls learn the housew ifely arts.
ball teams and social affairs like any
other college, for Uncle Sam doesn't be-
Iieve that the children he educates should
have all work and no play.
The Boy Scout organization. although
not directly under the protection OF the
government, nevertheless has Uncle Sans
official recognition inasnluch as President
Woodrow Wilson Is at its head 1t is a
distinctly new idea and has grown 50 rap
idly that the government today deals with
it as with any other his international as.
sociation The boy officers aud men COME
to the White House ~ call upon their
chief and are always gladly received.