New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 28, 1915, Page 6

lanting Started Gardens of Boys’ Club ' 6f Plots Doubled and Hundred Youths to Vegetables—Silver Fplanting in the New Britain gardens at the corner of inalley streets was done to- a few rows of peas were This, however, was only v step in the be under why shortly and | make the garcens twice as year, when they held the iboys’ gardens in the United there were fifty boy: ground, undred bpys working on a lots as soon as Louis A. , who is doing tne survey- d out the ground. The W, and eek to Stephen Coffa blg work ! This year there ! Cup to Be Awarded This Winner Last Year. ast year's contest for the best garden and a solid silver cup donated by Wil- [ bam Harper of llast Main reet will be presented to him this eck. Two silver cups donated for the contest this Porter & Dyson will give one ather will be contributed by the direc- tors of the Boys' club. The plots of ground { Foys will work are large ! keep them busy, the dimensions being twenty by forty feet. Each boy will be given his seeds and fertilizer and Le will be instructed in the principles of agriculture. The Boys' club take: | care of more boys than any plas which the cnough to on A Load of Produc e $8,000 worth of ‘garden s ass” was raised in_this city by boys The benefit to their health through their work must last year. In worth as much more. Lumber ‘company has con- ne thousand fee: of lumber to stake off the plots, pman’s club has contributed prtilizer, which 1s the same was contributed last year. lough to buy one ton of fer- on account of the increased covered, two more tons are 5 Not Yet Procured. wve not yet been purchased. 3 orney W. F. Delaney procure seeds enough for r one of the congressmen, has yet come to the aid of :‘. with seeds and it is pos- will be necessary to pur- Prawford, the superintendent has decided that the bene- Boys’' club gardens have jreat that no greater welfare be done for New Britain ovide employment for more is is particularly true in es when many families are their finances. The work, pal for the boy, giving him a n in vegetables for his in- time and work and is jons in industry and appli- bp this year will consist of ts, radishes, lettuce, cucum- ots, turnips, tomatoes, pars- Jpeas. All will not be planted t'will be arranged so as to econd crop possible. phen Coffey Wins Cup. P, Coffey is the winner of ground in the city and the gardens are more popular than any of the other movements started by Mr. Crawford. Boys wishing to take up one of the plots must sign the following applica- tion or one similar to it furnished by the superintendent: Requirements for Membership New Britain Boys’ Club Gardens I hereby make application to enter the N. B. B. G., and I agree to cultivate the portion of land allowed me under the direc- tion of the superintendent. If I fail to obey the rules, or neglect to keep my garden in proper condition, or use profane language; if I remain away from my garden a week without noti- fying the superintendent, I for- feit my garden. Membership 5 cents a month. Name . . Address ... Ground for Adults Also. R. H. Crawford will make inspec- tions of all the school children’s gar- dens during the summer. He asks that those who are working for the school children’s prize plant vege- bles that will last longer than radishes and lettuce so tnat the gar- dens may look their best when the inspections are made. Many children planted early vegetables. last vear and the best of the crop had been gathered Jacobean Dining Room Suite What could be daintier and more refined for the dining room a Jacobean Oak Suite in the rich nut brown finish? We have a particularly fine Suite in this popular style which at a very attractive price. e Suite consists of ten pieces-—Buffet, Serving Table, Five Chairs and Arm Chair. | be acquired Bt, Extension Table, [The Tablc has a 48-inch top 8t, while of medium size, is ient. arrangement of drawers ¢ panel back and Spanish Leather seats. Our price for this most excellent Suite complete is $200. ' The Suite gives only a hint iry to be found in this store. . C. Fuller Co. FORD ST., HARTFORD. China with an 8-foot extension. The commodious and has a very con- and cupboards. The Chairs have of the Furniture out of the or- heen | FRESH AIR AND by the time the inspection was made. | last Superintendent Crawford cstimated that $8,000 worth of garden produce was raised in the children’s gardens year. Kight hundred children | had sardens last vear and this vear | it is expected a thousand gardens will be started. Interest boys. NThe ported by has been in Vacant Lot the Chamber of Commer organized to satisfy the de- | | ardens is not limited to Exchange sup- ( nmand for garden plots on the part of those who wish to devote some their spare time to agricultural suits. Any person wishing pur- 1o get a SUNSHINE AID YOUNG FARMERS AND THEIiR PLANTS TO GROW. [ vecant lot for cultivation may privileges of a lot for the | through the Chamber of | cffice. obtain summdg Commerey Fate of the Quitter. (Indianapolis News.) The quitter is one of the best known members of society. He gave pro- mise of being a quitter when at the age of 13, he vowed he would never g0 to school another day. It looks all the persuasive and not a little of the physical force, which his family could summon to induce him to change his mind. He returned under protest, and therc- | fore threatened to quit as often he felt like starting something. Finally, perhaps, in his Junior year at high school, he fell in love with a irl in the class above him, and lefti school in order to prepare a home so that they could be married as soon as she graduated. But about the time his job had yielded him three monthly payments of $10 each on a lot, he quit the girl and turned his attention to another who was the sole heir of parents who owned a very good home. About the time her that he power, as | he had convinced was the most adorable man on earth, he began to take a new interest in his job, and worked nights at the office while another paid the girl the attention she de- manded. His work at the office af- tracted the attention of the mana? ger, and he was slated for promo- tion, but he decided to ga West, where the opportunities were better, and nothing was heard of him for a few vears. Visitors at his parents’ home found it convenient to neglect to in- quire after the welfare of the absent | son, and he became an example held before the youth of his neighborhood as combining in an excessive degree all | those qualities which go to make life a failure. He wrote regularly to his parents for a few months, but he quit that, and while his parents contin- ued to write to him at extended in- tervals, they gnified their disap- pointment by devoting more attention | to thte welfarc of the younger chil- dren, A friend of the family happened upon the quitter somewhere in the West, and brought home the report that he was amassing a fortune in real estate. Soon after that the quitter | ame home, and stopped at the bank on his way from the station. When the news got into general eircula- tion, some persons were heard to re- mark that it was very ange that a man with a reputation as a quitter at home should- do well in other parts, but the old gentleman aer the street, who had seen two ronera- tions make or miss their mark, was | heard to say: “You never ecan tell. Some keep quitting untii they strike | what they want, some strike it the first time, and others cither can’t quit or are airaid to.” s0 Jitney Freight. (Worcester Telegram.) A Worcester agent of an autotruck admits that he may be prejudiced he- cause of his desirc to sell the m. chines, but he has about him an air of assurance which is infectious, if not commanding. He is a live wire trans- ‘ mitting many currents of hustle which make up-to-date musfc. He points | to steel tracks laid down in the streets, and with a wide wave of his busy hand, says: “In a few years there will be none of these, and the noise of thundering cars passing along streets will have been stilled for The rubber cushion will do it. I vehicle will wear them.” Then he goes on to tell how many ! Overlooking Capitol Grounds WHERE QUALITY IS HIGHER THAN PRICE tons of freight his motor trucks have | carried in an hour to Webster, in half | an hour to Millbury, and so on about the busy circle around Worcester, and , how many people may be carried the same way when the people have learned by experience that they should 1 ride in the vehicles shod with rub- ldr)\\n too low { is | and vou also. ber and so light that they do not shake the earth when they are moved. He goes so far in his dreams of freight moving that he claims there will no railroads by and by. “Read the reports of railroads financial troubles,” he sa “and you will learn that the expense of that business is too much for the corpor ations to stand. 1 do not pretend to in judge as to the right or wrong of their | arguments control against the government which keeps their for their expenses. 1t the fact that concerns me, You never heard of un old stage line going into the hands of a receiver. Nor have vou ever heard of a motor-car carricr failing up difference is that the railroads are 0o large, with their centers of gravity only or finance—hung too high above the | ground of earning capacit dividuals run the motortruck bus ness, and when one of them breaks down or fails there is not a general smash, and the business of public se vice goes right along.” The ‘n- This man of autotrucks harks back | a to the davs of individualism, and claims that more instead of less of the common carrier business of this coun- | try is to be done that way hereafte It means less exnense for roads in stead of more, because there will Le no separate road for the traihs or the trolley cars, and no crossings to pro- tect. He says the farmers believe in the power wagons for general as well | as local freight and passenger 3 Strawberry College Ices Served with 1915 Strawberries and Delicious . Whipped Cream 10¢ HA people and incomes | The | { bill, which became ¢ ! only ing, becat the their doors to get e machines come to and to deliver the their goods. There is no railroading now about the cities in the matter of bringing in the farm products, or at least much less than a yea zo. That means the farm- do not have to the cash for the transportation, and it saves load- ing and unloading at least twice, or the goods are put on the trucks and taken to the rk loaded at the farms. He is not going to abolish the rail- roads or the street iately them pay ws they ure railways immed; , and in fact has nothing against at all. What It (Rochester Means to Widows. Union Advertiser.) the Widowed and Mothers’ AW having By Pension recently for New York passed bo‘h state, i houses of the legislature, and having been signed by families may of being Governor Whitman, be kept together instead scattered through orphans administering this new law, but fun- damentally it is so right and just that | such may be looked upon as of little importance. Twenty-four states already mothers and it is the exper of them that it pension ence in all s not so costly to keep orphan children at home with th mothers, as to keep them in institu- tions. Those who fought the bill de- clared such legislation is paternal, un- American and will lead to pauperism It is hard to see how giving the statc’s moncy to mothers to care for their little ones is morc pauperizing than to let institutions have it for the same purpose. All fair-minded people and those who hope for better citi will hope that the Widowed Mothers’ Pension bill may prove a blessing to | the state Says Indians (Washington Petroleum. Post.) Discovered Sole owner tor the poration, of a railroad. United States proprietor of the Gale direc- of vlums and other institutions. T woman who works out by the d may come home at night to her child- ren and the widow unable to earn anything may have food for herself and her little ones. The law covers widows—not deserted wives, The only restriction under the statute is that the mother must be mentally, morally and physically fit to care for her children There may be difficulties some in | whase company, and a personal friend of muany presidents, General Charles Miller of Franklin, is resting the Raleigh with Miller and their daughter, Mr. Miller, company sald to furnish ninety_cight per cent. of all the en-| gine oil used in the United tes and | Canada, had little desire to discuss | business or politics, asscrting that he | came here merely for pleasure, How- ever, in speaking of the of at Mr Bettie. discovery STORRS" FOUNTAIN VE you been in to look over our new soda fountain? ! j installed a beautiful new fountain from which we will dispense ice cold soda and their blankets into a | troleum. | oming, enship | | quired oil in western Years ago Pennsylvania, he said Indians, while dipping® stream in Penn sylvania, noticed, while wringing them out, that many colors were shadowed from the water. They never 1 lized their good fortune, that {hey dis ed ofl. In the course of time a man from Rhode Island start- ed to drill, and the liquid that spout- cd from beneath was our first pe- Since then this comméy dity has been discovered in West Virk ginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, iana, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado California, Mexico, Ru Roumania, Galicia and China “How about the steel business?” away back when the first being built, to pay $150 a ton ralls. and twenty-five ward we could purchase the same rail for $25 per ton, thanks to the called trusts The newspapers respansible for putting them out business, What happened then England, Germany and France imme. diately started trusts, and up to the time of the war were doing nice The assertion that the United States feeds the world is an absurdity. True, we possibly could, but, from close servation 1 am of the opinian that the United States should pay atter tion to feeding own and thereby give employment thou- sands who are now idle.” in 1869 continen re steel after- we were for vears - are " oh- more people its Try one of our Bit- ter Sweet Sundaes Topped Off With Whipped Cream 10¢ We have very recently all the latest college ices as well as the old standbys better than ever before. We are using absolutely pure fresh fruits and a special French Ice Cream in our Sundaes and lce Cream Soda. Eggs used in our lunch drinks are strictly fresh, laid by our own hens every day This week we are giving a demonstration of Gra-Rock Ginger Ale in our window. Have you seen the ever flowing bottle? Come in and get acquainted, STORRS’ Imperial Egg Phos- phate Food and Drink ........ 10c something special every day. 297 Main Sireet MR. JOSEPH F. FLYNN, Manager of Fountain FOUNTAIN Fresh Limes Used in Our Lemon and Lime Drinks . ..