APPENDIX 29 



each, and twelve prizes of two dollars and a half each. The vegetable- 

 garden prizes were divided as follows: First prize, fifteen dollars; 

 second and third prizes, ten dollars each ; two prizes of seven dollars 

 and a half each; three prizes of five dollars each. 



These prizes, together with the thirty-one special prizes aggregating 

 fifty-five dollars, given the boys and girls for vegetables and flowers 

 during the summer, make the total of four hundred dollars. 



OUR ORGANIZATION. 



The organization of our contest was very simple. A so-called 

 City Beautiful Committee of five members had the matter in charge. 



We divided the duties and responsibilities among the members of 

 our committee as follows: 



The first member was given exclusive charge of receiving the en- 

 tries. The names of all entries were checked with the city directory 

 and a card index made. The entries in the different classes were 

 placed on different colored cards. Each entry was given a number. 



The duty of the second member was to take charge of all publicity. 

 If possible he should be a newspaperman. He obtained interviews, 

 had articles prepared on planting and arranged for the placing of the 

 slides in the moving-picture houses. 



The third member of the committee was given charge of the tak- 

 ing of all the pictures and the preparation of the slides. At the time 

 before the pictures were taken the number of the entry was photo- 

 graphed into the picture. This did away not only with a possibility of 

 confusion in the pictures, but simplified and lessened the clerical work 

 as well. 



This was done by means of a simple little device made of sheet 

 iron. The upper portion was a slot into which numbers could be 

 placed. This was attached to a single-pointed support which was 

 pushed into the ground. Our photographer carried a series of separate 

 numbers on cardboard, from one to twenty, and changed the number 

 each time to correspond to the number given the entry. 



The fourth member was held responsible for the inspection of the 

 yards and gardens. He also arranged for the judges. 



The fifth member had exclusive charge of the awards, the obtain- 

 ing of the speaker and the printing of programs and certificates. 



The results of the contest can be appreciated only by a view of the 

 before-and-after slides. And even then the pictures do not do the 

 homes justice, for only one portion of the yard can be shown, and a 

 slide cannot show the tone of a rose or the shadings in a bed of iris. 



The results are not shown alone by improvement in the yards of 

 the contestants. Yard improvement is contagious, it's catching. As 

 nearly as we can determine every entry has stimulated improvement in 



