The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-03-21
HUNDREDS TO PUSH
GARDENING PLANS
Two Big Meetings viii Give In
petus to Already Busy
Movement.
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Connecticut avenue, to reorganize for
the ensuing year. 1t IL the intention
Of this club to give financial sup
port to whichever movement 1t deems
most practical and worthy OF sup
port. The society is debating whether
to support the movement to make the
city Fairgrounds the center OF garden
ing movements in Washington, or to
follow the home achievement plan
which will tend to keep the children
at home and do their gardening in
back yards.
Speakers will be William Phelps
Emo. who will set forth practical
plans of gardening and landscape
work. and Mrs. Charles w. Wetmore'
who will discuss the merits OF the
two plans referred to above. Among
those who will attend this meeting
are Mrs. Henry Marquard, Mrs. Sam
ueI Spencer, Miss Isabel Sedgley, Mrs.
Ezra Butler McCagg, Mrs. Charles w;
Wetmore. James Parmalee, ana
Charles H. Merryman.
Probably the largest and most I'M
portant gardening meeting OF the
week will be held on Friday after
noon at the Jefferson school, e. L.
Thurston, superintendent of schools;
o. II. Benson, Of the Department OF
Agriculture; Miss Anne Beers, super
yising principal of the eighth division,
and Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter will
speak. At this meeting the home
achievement plan will be brought up
for consideration.
Seek Co-operation Of All.
The meeting will include represen-
tatives of the Capital Garden Club,
all business organizations, citizens
associations, and other civic bodies.
Every president Of parent-tea;bef
association in Washington has been
asked to attend.
Each parent-teacher organization
will be asked to conduct one Of the
way 1t is hoped to interest every. child
in the city in home gardening. The
same sort OF cooperation is to be
asked of all citizens associations.
The Girl Scouts, mora tlIEn 400
strong, have entered into the spirit
OF the home achievement club, and
are going to take up the worE as
rapidly ar possible. A meeting has
been called for o'clock Saturday
afternoon at I606 Twentieth street,
to which sll the camp fire girls have
been invited. A representative OF
the Department Of Agriculture VIII
give an illustrated talk on the nome
garden movement, and explain the
aim of the achievement club work
The garden contest being conducted
by The Times received the indorse-
ment OF the members of the Bradbury
Heights Citizens Association at its
regular meeting last night at the
school house near the Bowen road and
residents of the suburb will be asked
to enter this contest at once. The
matter was presented by J. E. Crowd
err, who stated that the residents Of
his suburb were specially fitted to
enter such a contest because Of the
eround available for cultivation and
also because of experience in past
seasons.
He called attention to the fact that
practically every one who had located
in the suburb had done SO with the
idea of having q garden, and that the
general interest manifested this year
would be of great help to the COM
mupity. o. A Babe. president OF the
association, also commended the
movement
Want Free Seeds.
The Petworth Citizens Association
last night went on record as unani-
mously favoring The Times garden
ing contest. not only as a means of
identifying the city, but as q most
important reducer OF the cost OF liv-
ing. All members OF the association
will be encouraged tP enter the con-
test, and to encourage their children
to enter the achievement club work
the summer. The association
also passed a resolution asking that
the District Commissioners be given
the same power to distribute free
garden seeds as Congressman.