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THE LITTLE DWELLING HOUSE. 



lack of time prevented their construc- 

 tion. It was placed on its present 

 Foundation on Fourth of July, and 

 during the first two months more than 

 five thousand visitors viewed it ana 

 the miniature park, to which another 

 boy lias since added a reinforced 

 concrete garage. He has also wired 

 the house and the grounds for electric 

 lights. The park was laid out by the 

 superintendent assisted by three hoys. 

 X early one hundred dwarf trees and 

 shrubs were planted, miniature bould- 

 ers were scattered here and there to 

 give a natural effect, and around them 

 were placed small blooming flowers 

 and trailing vines, thus producing a 

 pleasing and harmonious result. 



The ground about the house was 

 terraced and ornamented by winding 

 drives and walks. Miniature pink be- 

 gonias were planted against the foun- 

 dation of the house. Irish yews, ever- 

 greens, Japanese maples, barberry 

 hushes, chestnut and other varieties of 

 dwarf trees are scattered about. It is 

 planned to widen the streets and ave- 

 nues in the park next season, and to 

 plant about two hundred dwarf shade 

 trees on each side of the drives, also 

 to lay a conduit for electric street- 

 lighting. It is further planned to em- 



ploy next year's school vacation in 

 building a miniature brook with water- 

 falls and concrete bridges where the 

 brook will cross the avenues. The 

 orook will end in a small lake with a 

 tiny island on which will be a light- 

 house to be operated by electricity. 

 On the lake will float United States 

 battleships and smaller boats. On the 

 shore will be a club house and docks. 

 Next year will see a parsonage and a 

 stone or concrete church with pews, 

 altar and organ. It is planned to rill 

 the park with cottages of different de- 

 signs as fast as the boys are able to 

 build them, and also at a future date 

 to enlarge the park. 



The manual-training shop is a large 

 barn reconstructed during the last va- 

 cation by three of the boys and the 

 superintendent. It contains thirty-four 

 benches, and mechanic's tools of every 

 kind for doing real practical work. The 

 shop is well ventilated and heated and 

 is lighted by thirty-five electric lamps. 

 It also has splendid sanitary arrange- 

 ments, the shop being scrubbed and 

 disinfected at regular intervals. There 

 are now ninety-three enrolled mem- 

 bers. During the first four weeks the 

 average daily attendance was forty- 

 five and one-half, and in that period 



