Medford Mail Tribu
Third
Section
Pages
17 to 24
FOURTH YEAR.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1909.
No. 233.
IN MEDFORITS SOeiAL REALM
"Ilk r B "j
Tlio Imiut. of Mr i.ml Mm. J. F
Illlli'llllHOII. OIhou Ml "((!, WHM til'-'
H i-ti' til n inoKt Vt'ipy KfttliiM Iiik nil
W '.'i"(iliw iti'hliiK, ttlii'ii tho cm
plnyt'H of tlio lliitcliimoii ('(miihiiiv'n
morn woro ttn t it ultHMl. Tlio nrtltttlc
now homo or tlio IIiitdifiHOUH, which
Ih liullt on colonial Hues, with open
HtiilroiiKo anil hiinilMoiiio fill I it roil
nrcliOH rtiniifflliiK tlio largo living
room, tho don iitul dining room, tunic
ItiK a HpncloiiM reception hull, Ih woll
adapted to tlio liiformnl ontortnlri
im on t of k'uohIh,' nuuHNliiK gnuies call
t ii K for quick thought mid ready wit
worn played mul iiiuhIo was enjoyed
throughout tlio evening. Mr, Hutch
(iHoti favoring with two hoIoh. At It
o'rloek Mm. HtitchiiHon, iihhIhIciI by
Mm. I'nyiui mul Mm. lion Harnett,
nerved ilollclotiH fruit Kiilml. coffw
niKl iiitiiil;ln pin. Tli oho presont
wore-:
Mr, and Mm. (.'. W. Zorn. Mr. ml
Mm. Will In tn Itrulimnl. Mr. mul Mm.
II. T. Miliar. Mr. mul Mm. Albert
Koliltiftoii, Ml ihi Ague ItohortBOii,
Mlm A. M. I'Uhftr, MIhh Inn Good
hk, Mli Oiiitrudu Smith, MIhh Jen
Hlo Wood of AiOilnud, MIhh Jnnc WIN
mm, Mm. Mary Payne, Mr. mul Mm.
K. K. Ooro, Mr. mul Mm, Him Gnr
nott, Mr. mul Mm. John Bollinger,
Mr. I. Mnnroo of Kan FrnncUco, Mr.
mul Mm. J n no n Ottlugor, Master
Myrlo (laructt.
Tlio hopltnblo homo of Mr, mul
Mm. II. C. Kontnor wnu thrown open
Tliurvilny evening to tlio tnomhom of
tlio Lnillcn' Guild of St, Mnrk'H Epl
copal church, unit tholr husbnndn, and
a most delightful evening of nodal
convomo wnu much enjoyed. Card
tnlitcH woro provldol and those? who
wliihcd to piny had tbnt opportunity.
Mr. Fletcher Kink nceompnnlod hy
Mm, Durnhnm, wn heard In n woll
rendered vocal nolo, whllo Mr. For
tlsquo, nccompnnlod by Mr. Chnrlos
Hnztdrlgg, nlso plonnod with vocal
numhom. i.tlss Durnhnm gnvo sov
oral plnno HolcctlnnH thnt woro much
onjoyod. Mm. Kontnor wnu niwlittcd
by Mm. DoiiUloii, Mm, William Al
denhagen, Mm. A. L. Elflonhnrt nnd
Mm, Mouldor, Tho pronenco of n
Inrgo numbor of rocontly arrived
mombom of tlio church nnd congre
gation added to tho plonnuro of tho
0 von I hk.
XMAS EXERCISES
At h Churchrs
All thn plttirrhei of the city nro
busy with iirtparntlons for Stttidny
school flxprc'ttofl nt Mio rn.'aufl places
of worship on C'hrlstmnH ovo, and In
most cnsoH tho tlmp-honored tree,
with Snntn Claim and a ChrUtuuiB
troo, preroded by a program of np
proprlnto roiirh nnd rocltntlonn, will
bo tho form of ontcrtnlnmont chos
on. Tho chlldron soom to ntnmp such
it proRrnm with approval nnd lutorost
thnt ilbon not wnvor from yonr to
year, nnd oven Rrownupa, especially
thoso havliiK chlldron of tholr own, or
eonfOHHltiR to nn lutorost In other pco
plo'M, ontor Into tho spirit of tlio
affnlr with youthful r.ost,
At tho Clii'lHtlan church Miss Era
Turnoy nnd her nsHlstantB aro propnr
Iiijj n pla,v, "Ih Santa ClnuH n Fraud?"
thnt Ir proRrosBliiK woll. Thoro nro
many chnrnctom, cnlllnR for unlquo
nnd plcturefl(iio costumes Snntn
OlnuR, tho officers of tho court, Fnth-
or Tlino, Tho Bnndninn, Plorrot. .Tnck
o'l.nntorn, nnd mnny others, bcRldeB
a chortiB of chlldron, will bo thcro
nnd a hnppy ovonliiR nBHiirod.
Tho ProHbylorlnn church will rIvo a
enntntn, "An Intorruptod ProRrnm,"
thnt Ih full of snappy hiuhIo and
quaint dlnlofiiio. Mlsn Allco KIdor,
nsHlnlod by 0. A. Wonvor, Will Wntt,
MIhh I.nrrnlno Hilton nnd Mm, W, F.
ShloIdR, linn ohargo of tho proRram,
Mm. McNnry and Mth, WIiipb, with
tho nsslHtanco of MIbh Mlnulo Carey,
linvo chnrRo of tho oxorclscH nt tho
MothodlBt Kplscopal church. Aftr n
proRrnm of music nnd rocltatlonii San
ta Claim will dltitiihuto tho Rlftfl from
a larRo troo. Tho samo plnn of ox
orclHo will bo Rlvon nt tho Hnptlst
church undor tho direction of tho bu
porlntondont, Mr, II. 0. Onrnott, with
MIhh Alma Martin to drill tho chil
dren In tholr hours nnd rcltntlonn.
Tho principal Intoreat of tho Cath
olic church contom In tho colobratlon
of IiIrIi inauH at mldnlRht on Christ
inns ovo and In tho preparation lf
tho ChrlHtnmn, tro0 for tho momborfl
of tho church nnd coagreRation, na
Tho Kdiuroun hoHpItallty of tho.
(Centner homo ban linen greatly iiiIhm-I
ed filiico tho destruction of tholr
beautiful hoinu several montlui ngo
by flic, nnd which much' Hympnttiy ,
Iiiih boon oxprc'KHod to tho family In
tholr Ion nnd tho nhock of tho din
iiMtor. Mnny wordM of congrntuln
tloii wor0 hoard Thurmlny oveiilng on
tho promptt.oHH with which tho now
Iioiiho wnn built nnd iiIho upon tho dn.
Huh of bolng no comfortnbly Bot
tled In It.
Tho Schubert Symphony gtmrtot
which wnn hoard Wednesday evening
at tho high hcIiooI uudttorliim gave,
it i;ood prot:rnm boforo n rniall audi
ence that iiii'do up In appreciation
what It lacked In numhom. Tho Chi
cago Symphony qunrtet Ih nn orpin
Izntlon of ninny yenm' HtnndliiK mid
wliln tho personnel of tho company
elmiiRCH troin year to your. It Ht 111
maintain tli reputation of giving
flmt-cJniw outortnliimoiitfl.
Tli regular nodal of ItonniB chap
tr. O, E. S.. which was chodulod to
tnko place WodneHiIny evening, De
cember 23, ha been indefinitely poHt
ponod licoaiiHi) of tho protts of duties
Incident to th holiday. Mm. II,
('. Kontnor Is tho chairman of tho
rommltteo.
Tho mombom of tho GhryBnntho
niuin Clrclo hold ono of thlr delight
ful HocInU TucHdny ovenlnn nt Wood
men hall. An nppctlilnfl lunch was
served and Minn Inoxz Hoyt ontor
talned with piano Detections. Tho
commlttoo: Mm. M. 13. Pnyno, Mm.
(IcorKo Parker, Mrs. Hockcnyos, Mm.
Merrlmnn, Mm. Motcalf and Mm.
IlonclhurRor.
In testimony of tho high catoom In
which Hov. 0, I.oroy Hall, fortnor
paRtor of tho Hnptlnt church of this
city, and hla wife aro hold by a larRO
cliclo of friends, a fnrowoll rocop
t Ion thnt filled tho church was ten
dered thorn Wednesday ovonitiR. Tho
church wnn offcctlvoly decorated with
cvorRrcon by tho morabcm of tho
One Hundred club, who had chnrgo
of tho nrranKomonts. Hov, C, H.
MclCee, colporteur for southern Oro
roii, presided and Mrs, II. 13. Marsh
rendered a piano solo with pleasing
well as tho c'tlldrnn, on Sunday nftcr
noon about 2 o'clock in tho church
hall In Iho rrni of tho church Ban
tu Clans will bo thoro with glfta for
nil, while tho tondor lessons tntiRht
by tho birth of th0 Chrlst-chlld will
bo ImpreBsod,
j mo r.pibcopai ciiurcu, noi ticnir-
Inn to Intorforo with tho family ob
servances of tho sacred holiday, will
hold tho' Sunday school exorcises, con
sisting of bIiirIiir of enrols, thp troo
mid distribution of Rifts, on Tuesdny,
Decombor 28, holy Innocents dny.
Special inuslo for tho roRiilnr Sab
bnth Horvlco Is boliiR prepared undor
tho direction of Mr. Chnrlos Hnzol
rlRR, tho momliorH of tho chnolr bolus
ns follows: SoprnnoH, Mrs. Chnrlen . Rov. W. F. Shields of tho Presbyto
IlnzolrlRR, Mlsn Edna Elfort: nltos, frlnn church offered prnyor, after
Mrs. F. E. Pngo, Miss Durnhnm; ton- which tho guests wcro nt enso.
or, Air. iiuuri uuiiboii, oir, r iviuur
Fish; bass, Mr, Kd Audrows, Mr.
Orvlllo Johnson,
Tho MothodlBt Eplscopnl church,
South, Is propnrlug n Hpoclnl program
of HongB mid recitations by tho Sun
day school to bo followoil by n "Mng-
lo Troo." Tho pnstor, Hov,, W. T.
(louldor, will pronch n Ohrlstmns eor
mon Decombor 2G, nnd tho chold will
rrndor npproprlnto nnthoins.
Tho Chrlstlnn Sclonco church con
flnos Hh public obsorvnnco of Chrlst
nlna to tho giving of tokens of ro
mombrnnco to tho chlldron of tho
Sunday school, by tho Individual
tonchor of oaoh clnHS on tho Sunday
following ChrlHtmnB, Sho Hptritunl
monnlng of Chrltifa birth Is carofully Bnrooklyn, N. Y ontltlod "Just
tnught md nn effort Ih mndo to avoid ChrlBtmns," thnt wns much enjoyed,
tho hurry mul unrest Incidont to tho Tho momborfl prosont thon rospond
UHiinl observnnco of tho dny, In thlsjod with ChrlBtmns quotations, Tho
Christian SclcntlntH nro In lino with regular mooting will bo omittod noxt
Hom0 of tho most ndvnnoed mul un
Bolflsh thought ot tho dny. Tho truo
obsorvnnco of tho birth, ot Christ lies
In tho Hplrlt of "Pno on nrth, good
will townrd mon," thnt Bhould por
vndo tho hoart of Chrlstondom, tho
mothod of working out Is mnttor ot
early training, conformity to custom
mul Individual temporninont.
I
effect. An nddrosa was given by
Mr. McKco Ir, Khlch ho paid high
trlbuto to both Rev. and Mrs. Hall's
offlcloncy and loynl sorvtco in tho
church nnd to tholr unselfish devo
tion to tho cnuso. In closing ho pre
sented Mr. Hnll n purpo ns n token
of lovo nnd npproclntion from tho
former parlshlonors. In responding,
Mr. irtill spoko feollngly of tho pleas
ant rolntioiiB h hnd . enjoyed horo,
thanking each and all for ovory klnd
11038. Mm. Hnll nlso 3poko n fow
words, concluding lth a rending,
"The I.lRhthoiiBo Keopor Jim." After
sluRlng "Blest Bo tho Tie Thnt Binds"
Mr. Hall leaves for Mnrshtlold, Or.,
hla now chnrgo, next week, carrying
with hi m tho best wishes ot n host of
frlonds.
Tho Wcdnosdny Study club hold Its
rcgulnr mooting Wednesday nftornoon
,nt tho homo of Mrs, James Cnmpboll
on Wost iaiovonth stvoot, Tho lend
ing pnpor of tho nftornoon wiih rend
by Mrs. R. K. Gnlo on tho subject,
"Tho Giving That Is Gnlnlng," nnd
wns full of beautiful Bonttmont suit
ed to tho nppronch of Christmas, Mrs,
Vj. B. Plckol nlso rond nn Interest
ing nrtlclo from tho current numbor
of tho Cosmopolitan. Rov. Dwlght
Novlllo Hlllls of tho Plymouth church,
wook bocauso of tho holidays, Do-
combor 29 tho club will moot with
Mrs. F. W. IIoIIIb, the Bubjoct bolng
"Paris." Miss Mnrlon Fostor, who
hno rocontly onjoyod a dollghttul trip
nhrond, will glvo tho loaillng paper,
which promlsea to ho full ot porson
al romlntsconcoa thnt will provo in-torestlng,
A piano rtcltnl ot mor than usunl
lutorost la proiuisd by the slstom ot
. . .... '
St. Mary's aendemy next Tuesdaj ,
evening, December 22, whon they will,
presont a class of pupils in their first
public recital. Heretoforo It has not
i been customary to mnke any chnrgo
for pupils' rccltats, but desiring to
jcreato a fund for tho library, and
I mnko tmmedlnto nddltlons to tho
. number of books suited to tho neods
,of pupils of high school grade an
admission of 25c will bo chnrgod nt
tlio door, 'mo program wm oo u -
versified by the rendition or reel
' . . . i .,. . . . ... .t.
intions nnu n uu oi qauKt-u i"iu;,
ontltlod "Ma Dusonborry and Hor0 XrowbridBe nnd MrSi Humphrey.
Genrls," will no doubt provo highly, Tho noxt meoUng wm take place at
amusing, ino menus oi uie scuooi
aro Invited to attend. !
-I
I Tho Flvo Hundred club mot nt thoj
i homo of Mrs. Jesso Houch, 29 Now-
town street, Friday nftornoon. Tho;lnnd
first prize, a hnndsomo burnt woodi ' ...
plntiue. wns wono by Mrs. J. F. MPf Colo IIoim03i who ontored
Hutchnsou, nnd tb second, n oas.'lVMman collego Inst fall, has return-
narrow uanu omoroiuorou Vm uu-
Ion, ovor yeiiow sntm, wuu umniy
rufflo of lnco,,wns won by Mrs. H.
E. Boydon. Tho club will hold no
ChrlstinnB, but Friday, Docombor 31,
Mrs. Hoyden will be hostess nud tho
husbnnds of tho members will bo on
tertniucd, .
Tho Men's club of tho Prosbyto
rinn church hold ono of their on
.oyftbl nwetlngs at tho church Tues
day ovenlng, A bnnquet wns sorved
in tho parlom of tho church, nhout
3." Bitting down to tho woll filled
nnd nttrnctlvoly lnld tnblo. Mr. Pot
tor pavo nn address on the subject,
'Apple (Jrowing In New York," and
Mr. H. II. Tuttlo spoko on tho Y.
M. 0. A. Mr. William Field gavo
sovornl nuiBlc.il numbora on both or
gan and plnno thnt nddod much to
tho pleaauro of tho oveutng, Tho
club has arranged with Rov. Q. Leroy
By EH5K1NE VL10Z.
(Copyright, li09, by American Prif Ao-clatlon.J
BLITHESOME mold, divine
ly fair,
Stepped, thoughtless,
'neath the mistletoe
Hung high above the car
pet square,
While out of door fell fleecy mow.
Heighho! Eeighho!
Burprited beneath the mistletoe I
,HE did not know she wa
so near
The kiss provoking mis
tletoe. The bough upon the chan
delier Was deftly fixed, but
not too low. .
Oh, no! Oh, no!
In ambush was the mistletoe.
ft T7fiT in thn mrii anil taMrt
caught,
She showed no sudden
haste to go.
Two victims with a single
thought
Are brave beneath tho
mistletoe.
Just so! Just so!
The courage-giving mistletoe!
ITH cheeks suffused a rosy
red
That shamed the holly's
livid glow
She held aloft her charm
ing head,
The lawful kiss did not forego,
And, lo! And, lo!
That kiss beneath the mistletoe!
Hall, wha leaT?? next week for V
new pastorate ut Madshfield, Or., to
glte a Rl!y rid!ng lo: tlio beajfll
f boforj h- dcrarturc
... '
Tho bi.monthly cnrd rcrty ot tno
s.vnBt,i(Il eIl.b hoIJ illftS,iav nft-
ernoon nt th ohotno ot Mre L. o.
portori 610 East Mnjn street. Nino
tnbles of brl(,g nnd ((vo hundred
were p,nye(, aml about 45 lndIea wero
prosonti Tho ,nost elnbornto limch
yet 8erved nt thls serlea of partics
wn9 mado n foaturo of tho a(ter.
inoon.
Mm. Porter was assisted by her
dnuEhtor. Miss Lulu Porter. Mrs. E.
tho homo of Mr8 j D Hoard Qn Sg,
kiyou Heights Jnnunry 4, 1910.
Mrs VancQ Colv,B lmg roturnod
, t . 80Vprn, wpok9 , Aoh.
od to Modford nnd will ngnge In en-
glnoorlng work.
Dr. E. B. Plckol hns been in Port
land on n short business trip during
tho pnst wook.
Mr, nnd Mrs, E. C. Gnddls return
ed Tuosdny night from Portland,
whoro Mr. Gnddls waa iu attendance
nt tho mooting ot tho Stato Dairy
men's association.
Mrs. Fred Hopkius Is visiting hor
slstor, Mm. Charles Henry Noblo, of
Seattle
Morlo Kollocg Is tho guest ot his
aunt, Mrs. John Barneburg, Tenth
street.
. .
Tho first mooting ot the Juvenile
Dancing club, consisting of 50 mar
ried mou and. tholr wives, was hold
Wodnosday ovonlng at Anglo's opera
jhouso with th Hnzolrlgc orcheHtrn"
t To inri rn r'-i!' ". Jiiuging irom mo
, "f f!at wa et, Borne lively fun
will tako place In this crowd this
winter. Th0 membership list, which
hnn liefn limited to GO, is already
:"Aci and a waiting list of a dozen Mm. Burnett's bothqr, Mrs. E. J.
or sa has been started. The next Seam, Friday,
meeting will bo hold at Angle's hall j
Wednesday, January 5. Tho revised At tho meeting of the public 11
membcrshlp list is as follows: (brary board Wednesday evening at
F. C, Page, F. E. Merrick, W. I. tho office of tho city attorney, Por-
Vawter, J. M. Keene, II. L. Piatt, II.
N. Butler, J. O. Goble, E. E. Goro, elected president, Mm, B, Tholss bcc
A. S. Rosenbaum, L. E. Wakenan, fetary and Mrs. F. W. Hollls treas
W. C. Harmon, W. F. Turner, J. It. uror.
Woodford, F. W. Hollis, F. W. Mc- Mrs F. E. Merrick and Mrs. F. W.
Gowan, W. C. Aldenhagen, P. J. Neff,; Hollls ware appointed to solicit sub
James Campbell, Dr. R. E. Galo, H. 'RcriptlonB of leading periodicals and
C. Kentner, Walter Kentner, Sam also to arrange for tho purchase ot
Richardson, A. H. Miljer, Mr. Da-, necessary shelves, book casos and ta
vis, M. Purdln, IT. G. Nicholson, P. J. blca to accommodate th0 contemplat
O'Gara, J. E. Watt, E. D. Elwood, ' ed additions to tho library. A stand
W. F. Isaacs, D. B. Russell. Chnrlos ing book committee, consisting Mr.
HazelrlRg, Will Warner. J. F. Roddy, 'J- E. Wood, Mrs. Ed Androwa and
II. C. Stoddard, Homer Rothermel, V.JMrs. Thelss, was also appointed. Sov
J. Emerlck, William Gerlg, R. F. An-j end public spirited citizens, among
tie, J. S. Orth, Dr. Shearer, W. C. ! whom aro Ed Endraws, W. I. Vawter,
Green, Bort Anderson. .Mrs. Kirby Miller' and Mrs. A. E.
i Woolverton, have made liberal dona
Tho newly olectod officers of the Hons of books and periodicals that
Pythian Slaters, which were elected i are much appreciated.
Wcdnosdny nteht, are: Most oxcellent During his absonco in the oast John
chief. Mrs. I. L. Hamilton; most ex-;R. Allen will endeavor through a pcr
cellent Junior chief, Mm. A. C. Hub-sonal endeavor with Andrew Carne
bard; most excellent senior chief, gte to Interest him in th0 -offor.ta of
JIlss Edna Eifert; ' manager. Miss ' the Greater Medford club 'to estab
Elhel Cox; mistress of R. and C, sh a strong library here. Tho la
Mrs. Ben Trowbridge; mistress of ft- dies have conducted a somewhat vol
nanco, Mm. J. F. Hutchason; pro- uminous correspondence with Mr.
tector, Mrs. Wallace Woods; guard, Carnegie and fcave entertained high
Mis. J. A. Perry. hopes of securing from him a gen-
s , erou3 gift.
The entertainment given at the 1 Mr- and Mr3- M: rtelclue' who
T.r,hVfrinn ohnrrh Mnniiv vf.nlnirlare interested in Rogue River or-
Lundcr tho auspices of tho local W. C.
T. U. was a very pleasant affair, net-. "U"B "
ttng tho ladles about $25. The ma-,J 0CCUPy tho clubhouse at Gold
Jor part of the program consisted ot RaI' '
recitations by Mm. Wheeler of Cot-' 1 j,
tage Grove; musical numbers were, Dr- ad ' d'n-
rendered by Mrs. Delia Jones, MIss'ncr hosts at the Nash Grill Monday
Eva Turaey, Rev. G. Leroy Hall, and hvs ,the,r g"estfl f"
Mr McGee ' and s ' ' Forlcscue RoT
m Ham Lucas, Archdeacon Chambers
The W. C. T. U. will hold regular and Mre- Mabel Ray'
business meetings on tho second
the fourth Thursday ot esch month.
Messrs. Whendon BIddle. Elliott
CO-OPERATION
.Elbort
Jamestown, North Dakotn. is three
hundred nnd forty-four miles fct
of St. Paul on the Northern Pncific
railroad.
It is n tvnicnl. thriving little city
of tho iip-to-dnto vnriety, where any
person who hustles nnd uses his
skypieeo catches nil wolves thnt sniff
around his door, skins them, sends
their pelt to tnnrket nnd pookots
tho proceeds.
As our train drew into Jnmcftown
nnd slowed up nt the depot I snw n
liirht thnt gladdened my nenrt xor
n month and n dny.
Thrills nro senrco to tho sensoned
Imrn-stormor, nnd seldom do you
seo a nniquo nnd forgetttablo thing
for tho first time.
And here is whnt I snw nt the
station nt Jamestown, North Dakota:
A flower garden, of sny nn nore, nil
divided up itno littlo beds, where
blossomed in rollicking beauty nil of
tho old-fnshioned flowers that used
to bloom in my mother's garden out
in Old MeLenn County.
But flower gardens nro every
where, vo sny.
Wait n moment, there, neighbor,
not quite so fust. As I wns saying,
it wns n regulnr spnngle of multicol
ored bonuty. And scattered around
in that Clod's hnlf noro woro fully
fifty boys nnd girls, of sny from six
to ton years old. They hnd water
ing pots, hoes, rakes and shovels,
nnd woro working awny quito obvi
ous nud iudifforont to tho incoming
train,
Children fit itno a flower garden
liko birds nnd butterflios. The child
belongs on tho ground, and tho child
nt work with heads and hands, hap
py nnd intont, is an inspiring sight.
So thoro they wero right closo
along tho railroad track tho chil
dren and tho flowors.
I stood and stared.
Then I found my tongue, and nsked
a man on, an oxprosa, wagon what
this nil meant. : " "
Dnggctt nnd Conro Flero have gono
east to spend tho holidays with rela
tives in Minnesota and Illinois.
Dr. It. T. Burnett, wife and daugh
ter of Jacksonville wcro guests ot
ter J. Neff, Mr. W. I. Vawtor was
chard property, are recently from
Tuesday evening Mr. John R. Allen
f e a small dinner at the Nash Grill
that wa3 a very pleasant affair. His
(Continued on page 24.)
Hubbard
Ho smiled and answered, "Thnt,
uiuier, Is vlHoieanlru. T'm 'iid
belong to iho railroad. Tho rallrond
company supply tho seeds and tools,
and they pay that over thero for sup
erintending the garden ind teaching
tho chiidron."
I And my friend jerked his thumb
toward a littlo woman, tho only adult
in tho garden, down on her knees,
showing two girls and three boys how
to pull out tho weeds without injur
ing tho plants. 1
Now, I do not know tho woman's
name. I do not know whether she is
married or single. All I know 13
that a groat railroad comoration, in
this grasping nud selfish nge, nt this
pnrticular point, is co-oporntiug
with the publio school in the mnttor
of school gardens. That tho garden
is a decided success wns nppnront.
jThnt tho children wero hnppy waa
equally sure.
Thnt tho littlo woman on hor knees
pulling weeds hnd found hor work
wns proven by her henlthy, smiling
sunburnt face,
"Who origiunted this rnilrond gar
don?" I nsked tho littlo womnn.
"Nobody in particular," sho snid.
"Tho rnilrond laid out tho grounds
nud then I wrote to tho division sup
erintendent of teh rond nsking if wo
could lot tho children help. Ho an
swered yes, providod I would boo
thnt thoy did no dnmngo. Then I
wont to work with a fow of tho chil
dren. Ono dny tho president of tho
railroad enrao through nnd saw what
I wns doing, nnd he gnvo orders
without my nsking, thnt I should bo
put on tho pay roll as station florist
at twenty-five dollars n month. Tho
school bonrd pays mo the same, so
you 6ee I nm very fortunate."
Tho boll clanged, the whistle toot
ed twico and I ran to catch my train.
Why not seo if some such eo-opo?-ation
cannot bo. secured forMedford
with tfiTSofitiiSrn PaclfiST!