The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-30
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up golf balls in the brushes without any
trouble. Anyway. Weston does not own
the dog. 1t belonge to Miss Kelly, his
niece. Over at the Weston apartment
you have only to say, Find the ball
Bob" and the shaggy, white haired pup
wags it's tail and looks under all the
chairs and sofas.
Jackson Heights is well equipped with
neighborhood tennis courts. There are
sixteen of them, and each group of
apartment houses has it's own set Of
courts. although they are all controlled
by the Jackson Heights Tennis Club.
J. J. Archer. the president of the club
is perhaps the oldest tennis player. but
in other days he was famous cross
country runner in England, and he Is
still energetic and as young in spirit as
the youngest player.
Mr.. Archer has planned very active
season for the tennis club. which has
joined both the Greensboro League and
the Metropolitan Lawn Tennis Associa-
ton. The courts are flooded In winter
for ice skating and everybody will grant
that when you skate on them you are
in no danger of drowning.
Another activity that is Just begin
ming it's season Is the Community Gar
dens. Gardening is hobby with many
of the residents and Charles Samson,
the president of the Garden Association,
is kept busy at the telephone answering
questions as to when 1t is time to start
various vegetables on their jackson
Heights career. He has to settle bound
airy disputes, for sometimes an amateur
gardener imagines that his neighbor has
inadvertently acquired a foot CT his
land. Mr.. Samson remarked that
two very refined ladies planted plum
and peach trees last season evidently
believing this community garden would
last forever. The water faucet is the
common meeting place for the gardeners
and there they discuss prospective crops
and other neighborhood matters with
much gusto. There are 244 plots but
there are only 175 gardeners as the
more ambitious ones have two plots
each. The other day we saw a diligent
hoer who proved to be A. w. Walsh
secretary Of the Long Island City Y. NJ
c. A.
The Annual Neighbors' Day Celebra-
ton is one of the big get-together events
of the year. At the last one 600 took
part in the athletic games and there
were sixty-seven participants in the
very successful Baby Parade. One Of
the prettiest features of the Community
Festival was the exhibition of classical
dancing performed by young women
pupils of the Elise Dufour School. This
was so popular that the ladies of Jack
son Heights started a class in classic
dancing soon afterward. The celebra
ton wound Up with "A "bloclz party n
which all the dancers had to appear in
fancy costume. 1t is figured that over
1000 persons were present at the block
party. 1t was a three day celebration
and there was something doing from the
time that Earl Randall made his rounds
as Town Crier eand the Seventy-first
Regiment band appeared. until the last
light went out on the third evening.
1t is not generally known that Jack
son Heights Is exactly in the center
OF Greater New York. 1t is a short
twenty minutes ride from the Grand
Central Station by the greensboro sub
way and the station at Twenty-fifth
street is In the heart of the Heights,
or at least. only two blocks away from
IL. But be sure to take Corona train
or you may find yourself out in Astoria.
Not SO long ago the J. G.. White Engi-
nccring Company and the Dwight-Rob-
inson Company, two OF the largest con-
struction companies In America. Joined
forces with the Greensboro Corporation.
and these two firms have erected the
newest apartment houses at Jackson
Heights.
1t has become axiomatic that each
new apartment house that is erected
SURPRISES the old ones. The latest houses
have real fireplace faced with Italian
marble. In each living room. There Is
n sun parlor In every apartment, with
a folding bed that Is hidden In closet
or short hall during the day. We heard
a young housewife exclaim ecstatically
as she entered the kitchen OF one of the
new apartments: isn't IL a darlingl"
And even our bachelor eyes could per-
celve II was. There was clothes
dryer that could be lowered from the
ceiling when needed There were re-
other conceivable. household pabulum.
Indeed, the kitchen was completely fur
nished with everything except food.
The new apartment houses are
equipped with automatic passenger ele-
vators. You enter the elevator, close
the door. push the button that has the
of your floor, and prestol you
ascend to the door OF your apartment.
At the entrances of the new apart
ment houses there are dictaphones In
stead or the usual telephone "whoislts,"
And there arc no back yards in the city
sense. Instead there Is q park IN the
rear with walks and flower beds and
everything. Being UP 10 date, these
apartments have oil outside rooms
and the latest houses have omitted t1c
outside halls on each floor, the floor
space saved being used to make the
apartments larger. These apartments
can be expanded like an accordion to
meet tho number Of rooms desired by
would be purchaser. That sounds like
a puzzle. but the solution Is simple.
The result Is obtained by combining two
or more apartments. One can have a
fourteen room apartment IL desired
The center Of civic activities Is ths
Clubhouse. II n there tina.