New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

eral secretary of the Young M.n>
Christian Association, is director D
the farms in Saratoga and vicinity
Plans had been made by Mr.. from
many months before the eountry De
clared war, to interest boys and gin
in elementary agriculture and in hI
summer months give them an outlet "a
their energies and provide food for The,
families in the winter. And rs'
since the war broke out we have bee
able to put this experiment 70 ven
practical test Our plans are entirsl
adaptable 10 the whole idea Of CO..
servation. From tweuty-fOur fsrns
each containing 700 square feet, q
picked 267 quarts OF peas and sls
large quantities OF lettuce and radisha
We also raise beans, carrots, parsaa
onions, turnips, potatoes, cabbage a..
tomatOeG.
Our gardening" he continued, i
developed inteHsively. We ferlili1e n
land and make the same area pfodge
several crops the same year Whe;
began this work we had the baehl
of the City Council, headed By NsN
Butler, also the Business Mems AR
citation. Land has been given Us by See
ator Bracket, Mrs. Spencer Trask, An
Scott and many other public spinm
citizens. Mrs. Trask gave the nor
farm on her beautiful estate, YscA
where the girls are working. n
| farms vary in size from a cry lol ?
l four and a half acres. The city ~
! contributed $500 toward the supN,
| OF the organization. The boys Oh
| girls pay 81 each for their mehlhcTli
| This is a democratic movement ~
! children of the rich and the poor Soh
| side by side. One little chap. a rev
boy who had 20 stand on tiPtoe 70 y
his dollar on the counter in my ols
| looked up at me and said when
made his application. Here's my d9!h.
mister; I'd pay 10 if twas two lsh
added Mr.. Irons, shows their ea''~
iasm.'
Not in many years has Sar.l'f
known such season Of gaycty. w
minds oldtiwers Of the days VIZ
! William n. Vanderbilt brought NJ.
S. TO the Spa and drove her gndel
arching elmS up and down broAal'
| before the admiring eyes Of ne ell I
lined and high-hattcd fashiorab.es "
/ thronged the huge porches ana " y
corridors of the United states ~,
and the Grand Union. To-Day -
reincarnation OF these times. n
/ spacious porticos and wonderful
ner courts of both hotels ore ~
| they were; vslvet lawns, shaded .! y
/ gantic elms whose trunks are wfesl
/ with vines that simmer 10 tHe VI
light flterinE through the see'ss
spaces or rejecting the l'ght ~
myriad colored bulbs among y
sparkling fountains. Even the Dc.
lambrequins and Brussels zee :.
tsins' still! hang before the io.V
dows. ~
Brocade and tapestry and W.
carpets have been restored year
year, true TO mid-Nic,0rian tral'N,,
but on the black walnut turnh3" ~
carpet-coyercd ottomans s.ou'h
letlc young women and husky 80
who absentmindedly dig holes ~
sacred floor coverings with ois
and putters and their heaVy''..sl
shoes, instead Of dainty maiden,
ing with their fans or emoiS,jl.s
while their tiny feet steal frcm s'iij 81
meath their beruf'cd pettiee2u
little mice, according 20 iae P,e|
chronicler Of those bygoae .,ssi :
Broadway is as broad and oS ,a'I -,
Of yore, but the ourhs are l!hss 3
hundreds Of automobiles eyep,sTs
from a Rolls Royce 70 the up'yyg N
Ford and the horn has repiae'N al
sound of rafting harness chaia.. N
lest the pleasure lovers tofSSS', ~.
on the hill az Convention hIu, ~
the sign OF the Red Cross, WIN, a
the Casino. once tho Monte s,ss'
America, float the stars ana 90
ana the national colors OF gu, ID
in common cause. Thus 20"
the glories Of earth.