The Washington times., 1917-04-14
TILLERS MEETING
PLANS COMPLETED
Subcommittee in Charge Of
Public Library AssembIags
Monday Predicts Success.

a meeting OF the subcommittee IN
charge of the garden mass meeting
in the Public Library Monday night
was held in the offices OF the Central
Garden Committee this afternoon. Re
ports on speakers were heard and Il
was announced that all preparations
for the meeting had been completed.
Two or three of the prominent men
expected to address the meeting re-
main to be heard from The commit
tee has been practically assured, how
ever. that these men viii speak.
Every preparation for one Of the
most enthusiastic mass meetings ever
held in Washington have been COM
pleted, and 1t is expected there will
be hearty cooperation by all civic
and other organizations to insure the
attendance of q large number Of
residents interested In the home gar
den movement.
The Chamber OF Commerce has in
formed the central committee that Il
will extend its hearty support to the
meeting and a delegation Of repre-
sentatives from that body will be
present. Other organizations have
expressed their intention OF sending
representatives. Delegates of the
Capital Garden Club, including Mrs.
Charles w. Wetmoge, its president,
also will be present.
The. extent to which the home
garden movement has spread was
shown today in the receipt by the
central garden committee of q LETT
ter from Mrs. Ada Buck Martin, Of
Denver, who told of the success Of
the garden movement there and Of
fered local gardeners two pieces Of
property located on the Glen Echo
car line The lots are at Iroquoia
by $50 feet. Mrs. Martin says, she
has not seen the property in several
years but would be glad to have some
Of the Capital gardeners make use OF
them.
A. J. DriscolI, a member OF the
central garden committee, today ad-
dressed a meeting of twenty-five Wis
itors OF the Associated Charities at
charity headquarters. e23 II street
northwest. Walter S. Ufford, general
secretary of the Associated Charities.
pledged support OF that body to the
home garden campaign p
The twenty-five or more visitors
will Immediately survey vacant lot
problems In the District and each
visitor will report on every piece Of
available property discovered In the
course of their charity work The
names of realty owners and agents
will be listed for the central com
mittee.
Twelve Families Are Helped
The Associated Charities has list
Of approximately twelve dependent
families of the city who are to be
given pieces OF ground and furnished
with the materials for supplying
themselves with fresh, green vege-
tables under the home garden plan
this summer. Tools for some of these
families have been furnished BY res
idents of the city.
The Bannockburn Golf Club has
taken up the vacant land garden
proposition, and the board Of dire
tors of the club are considering the
use of a piece Of properly containing
nearly thirty acres of ground near
Glen Echo to grow q fresh vegetable
garden The club has more than q
hundred acres, a part of which are
still in woods, and another part OF
which is used for the golf courses
The thirty acres are included In the
property that Is now idle.
Charles H. Mcbride, one of the d.
rectors of the club, called at the Of
fices of the central committee this
morning to ipquire what arrange
ments could be made to secure . di-
rector for the contemplated agricul-
turaI efforts of members of the club
on the property.