The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-07
Miss Applin, Leader of Earn
ing Club, Has 80 Chill
dren Registered
REGISTRATION IN
SCHOOL CLUBS 594
Much Interest Shown in Home and In
dustrial League Movement Meetings
Being Held Regularly, Addressed by
Local Men and Women.


That the formation of the Brattle-
boro Home and Industrial league, the
motive of which is to ''learn to do
worth while things and to do them
well has met with the approval of
the school children is shown by the
membership of 594 already enrolled
Not only have the children who have
enrolled in the different departments
held meetings and indicated by their
interest that the plan is certain to be
successful, but many of them are in
terested in the latest plan of Miss
Mabel Applin, leader of the Earning
club, who has established Junior en-
ployment bureau.
Miss Applin 5 idea is that there are
many boys and girls in the public
schools who would like to earn money
at work they are capable of doing out
side of school hours and that many of
them would obtain such employment if
there were a center where employer and
employe could get in touch with each
other. To this end she has established
TINS Junior employment bureau and al
ready 80 boys and girls have registered
with her. Miss Applin can furnish
| boy or a girl, outside Of school hours
ON school days and on SATURDAYS, to
DO almost any kind of work a bov or
1 q girl is capable Of doing, from running
errands to cleaning cellar or helping
IN the housew0rk. She can be reached
1 by telephone at BIN before $50 8 clock
on school days, between II and
0 clock III the afternoon and after 6
clock in the evening. Anyone desir-
4 ing help of this kind should specify
what the work to be done is in order
4 that she may select the child capable of
doing it.
Some of the children have entered in
more than one club, as the various di-
visions of this league are styled The
394 entries represent about 400 individ-
ual children.
In the Bird club there are 43 and
at meeting already held Mrs. Harold
smith gave an interesting talk on win
1 ter birds.
There are 100 entries in the Wild
1 Flowers and Trees club and at a re-
cent meeting Mrs. F. b. Pier gave a
talk and illustrated 1t with many speci-
mems of wild flowers.
E. !. Mulry Of the high school fac
ulty has spoken before the Vegetable
club, of which there are IS members.
on soils and fertilizers.
Mrs. Pier also has spoken to the Cul-
/ tivated Flowers club of 20 members.
There have been two meetings of the
Potato club, of which there are eight
members, and another is to be held
this evening
] Dennis E. Tasker, the poultry Judge.
has given an interesting talk to the So
members of the Poultry club and an
elaborate system Of keeping accounts
has been started by this club.
There has been enc general meeting
of the lis members of the Cooking
class and recently II mothers gave
demonstrations of cooking in their
homes to squads OF girls. They are to
practice what they learned from obser-
walton and return for further instruc-
tion in two or three weeks.
There are 35 members of the Canning
club, before which Mrs A. w. Sweeton
has given a demonstration.
Mrs. J. L. Martin gave instruction in
darning to many of the 90 members of
the Sewing club. Each worked on an
article of her own that required darn
ing.
In the Camera club there are 40
members who have seen a demonsfra-
ton of developing films by Floyd John
son.
In the Earning club there are re
members, who were addressed recently
by George l.. Durham. who spoke on
, The Use of Money and the Value OF
: Keeping Cash Account.