The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-02-09

schools over the state tney nave eS
tablished this department and main
tain it at their own expense whcr
school funds are not sufficient
Housewives leagues regularly inspec
groceries. meat markets and stores
where lunches are served. TIL,
leagues hol public lectures by physi
clans on pure foods and sanitation
and city declarations in many town:
serve nourishing hot lunches to schoo
children in winter During great Ba'
bv Week the statewide campaign fol
child welfare was waged so energeti.
caIlv that it is said the baby death
rate for the wear has been noticeahly
lowered. The high cost of living
troubled club women in Pine Bluff un-
til they hit upon the plan. Of putting
business on cash basis. A grocer
with whom thew conferred immediate
" lowered prices on the agreement
that all would pay cash for what they
bought. and an attractive little gro
Gerry car now brings his supplies to
them every morning.
The average club woman of Arkan-
SOS has brains, energy, character and
rersonaltv. but hest of all persis-
toncp. The lnst-named quality waS
exhibited in Clarksvlle. The town
had a railroad station-"derot," we
saw in Arkorsas-of which It was net
proud. The road was written tn and
asked for 4 new station. 1t replied
with a roite refusal. The women
wrote with 1;Fe resronse, in popu-
lar variance, "Nothirg doing" The
dprot was . DISGRACE, the club wo-
men THOUGHT. What did they do
when thew got the roads reply? Give
IN? Get DISCOURAGED? Get the
dumps? Not bit Of it. They got
the derot, First. thew asked whv
the road wouldn't build the much
repded st"tion and were told it
couldn't afford to buv the new site.
Tho deeirod site cost $1,000 So the
women went t0 work to get that S.
OnO The NOV were not enthusiast
tic. hut looked on tolerart'v ard "ftor
the women didn't hpr for all that |
money Thew hargoired for much |
ord baked fo~ moro. Rut thew oot II. |
Then thew bought the site, having the |
deed made oUt IN the name If thn |
civic club. Next they told the rail-
road attorney. The road hril+ tho
women thnir dnno+ pc . n7ar,o~io1 n
lctermir" ton. and II StordG todov
IN their own Grounds. hut. ACCORDING
10 Officials i iS the frs+ time IN roll
.Oad history th"t such +hinr hos
,epn done. Frcoura reI the Go rks-
lille club women continued IN civic
sndeavorS and have since spent $4,000
more in public improvements. So
much for $4,000 and one little town.
Arkansas club women believe in the
lily Beautiful. They have not found
t sufficient to make cleanup week
tate-wide, to hob-nob with health of
lcerS to the ends that public and pri-
ate premises are clean; they must
e made beautiful with bloom. Hele-
Ia, the home of the beloved state pres
dent, Mrs. Moore. hit upon something
n the Identification line, which, so
ar as know, is new under the SUM-"
ne Twentieth Century Club appoint I
d chairman of rose clippings. She
Tipped and she clipped, and soon she
ad 1000 rose cuttings. Then the !
Tub had party-caled it Rose Tea
and invited the town. When everv- {
ody came. he (only it was mostly
hel listened with interest to an ey- '
ert Florist Il use the capital be- t
auSe he was imported for the occa- :
lon) who had made a speciality of |
oSe culture and who explained how t
grow roses from slips. Then the |
ub women hostesses Displayed rose c
lips. all neatly tied in little bundles t
nd labeled, and guests were told to f
IKE what they wanted as souvenirs. i
ext, college girl who had Just re- q
lrned from a horticultural school a
ear PHILADELPHIA talked charmingly c
pom landscape gardening and the c
Possibilities Of transforming, bv right o
antlng. an ugly duckling of a town h
ito something altogether lovely. She n
splaNed pictures. before and after, 4
goof. When the guests had had v
"a ana were saying good-bv. they 2
I'd had "such lovely time" they a
ned a plate askinc mutelv for ar il
terlng. Everybody felt SO hapnv 4
at a generous donation was left for a
VIC involvement, and the season s.
Helena had over 1000 more
sc bushes than she had the wear be- W
re. In Helena rose teas will no Of A
guar recurrence. until it rivals Lit fl
Rock as the Rose CITY. A
Whatever else Arkansas cIub vo- b
en- are interested in-and they ore t
terested in everything. it seems h
men one makes a survey Of their 81
are bending their efforts fl
aid education and their energies 70 a
ne out lllIterqcv in Arkansas. The az
alrnan OF education prpcipitated = 1t
oNm Of nroteSt when she sent ont di
every club president in the state = II
'criar letter nrorerIv filled in With st
,rtIlnr and humili9tirg statistics to
investigators proved the chairman's it
u.eH correct, althourh anything hut II
htortlng to contemplate. The fad- tn
}tion IS row attemnting to raise the tn
-nnard of rural schools m nv bo- al
MN" ACQUAINTED with rural teach tn
: ~ hv inviting teachers IN clrh 81
men : homes for a discussion Of
ms '3l by offering Surpestions for