Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-11-24
WHAT CHILDREN CAN
DO FOR OUR IOMN.
The CHAUTAUQUA READING
HOUR.
Edited by DIR. VIM. Byron Forbaugh

,dited by DIR, VIM. Byron Forbaugh
In the city of Pittsburgh
Boots Shannon, Ebenezer Gar
'ison, Red" Kovensky and
Mickey Donovan have opened a
new city park. No city officials
were present at its dedication.
1t was mostly a foreign contri-
button, as the names of the ex-
indicate, Ebenezer being
the only American, and he is
colored.
"Jitney Park" as the words
neatly outlined in stones at its
entrance proclaim it, is III the
heart of Pittsburgh's worst ten
ement district. The elder boys
cleaned a whole hillside-several
acres of waste land, without Ell
coura cement or even the knowl-
edge of their elders, to make 1t
nice for the kids" as they ex-
planned. Now the Playground
Association is taking an interest
and the Superintendent of the
Bureau Of Recreation is giving
his aid.
This illustrates what our jun
Tor citizens can do for our town.
They may do it without encour-
agement from us, but they will
be much more likely to do it and
do it well, if they have our help.
BEGINNINGS IN cHILDREN's cIVIcs
The first endeavor to enlist
children in town betterment III
this country was when Colonel
George E. Waring organized his
Junior Leagues of School chill
dren to assist in keeping the city
lclean. These were revived three
Years ago, and there are more
than 100000 members. They de-
wise their own posters to give
publicity to the possibility of a
lclean city. They have Their
badges, their cluS-meetings and
their own program for actua
work. The latest of these en-
deavors is in Cleveland. The
| boys inspect the backwards anc
report to their Superiors the con-
EDITIONS of garbage cans and
other fy-breeding places. Each
Householder is kindly requested
to clean up. If necessary, the
street Cleaning Department takes
a firmer hand in the situation
THE girls, in pairs, visit grocery
and provision stores and count
1.-THE number of flies visible in
three minutes. This silent cen.
lsus usually proves effective. The
campaign begins early each year,
because, as Charles Zeublin says,
"a fv in the hand in March is
worth two thousand in the kitch-
len in August" Small towns
can fight the little fly as effec-
tively as big ones.
! In Kirksville, Mo-, the women
give every school child in town a
blank certificate which reads
| KIRKsVILLE FUTURE CITIZENS
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
This is to certify that my
| yard has been thoroughly
| cleaned, all ashes, trash and
| rubbish removed, and that |
am doing all | can to make
| Kirksville cleaner and
more beautiful city.
| Signed,
Street,
4 When the child returns this
card, signed, he is given free
flower seed to plant. Seven dol
lars spen. for flower seed, bought
in bulk and put in envelopes by
tine ladies, supplied over 1900
school children.
Kewanee, ILL.,, has organized
Junior Civic Club. It is a Junior
branch Of the Civic Club of that
town. 1t had $50 members. A
contest in beautifying the home
premises was begun with the no
small task of photographing the
premises Of each of these CSC
Children. The judges selected
the poorest-looking photographs
and after inspecting the grounds
decided which child had made
the greatest amount of effort
The prizes were bestowed from
the platform of the summer
Chautauqua, all the children
WHO had competed being ad.
mitted free one afternoon.
CLEANING UP A scHooLHoUsE.