VACANT LOT GARDENING 25 



On one of the plots in the Baltimore alley tracts one gar- 

 dener produced ^18 quarts oh' tomatoes (canned), 15 baskets 

 of tomatoes sold, 50 pints of chili sauce, 75 bottles of catsup, 

 90 quarts of corn, three pecks dried corn, four bushels dried 

 lima beans, 200 dozen ears corn, 15 bushels early potatoes, 

 with late ones to follow, 7 bushels beets, 1^4 bushels onions, 

 two bushels string beans, and a quantity of radishes, lettuce 

 and early peas. 



The importance of giving proper employment to those who 

 need it, instead of trying to remedy the evils of idleness 

 through other civic means, is illustrated by the following poem. 

 It is better to give healthful, remunerative employment, such 

 as gardening, to all, than to spend the money in supporting 

 reformatories and houses of correction, or in trying to cure 

 preventable diseases. 



THE AMBULANCE D0V7N" IN THE VALLEY 

 Joseph Malins 



'Twaa a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed, 



Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant ; 

 But over its terrible edge there had slipped 



A duke and full many a peasant. 

 So the people said something would have to be done, 



But their projects did not at all tally. 

 Some, " Put a fence around the edge of the cliff," 



Some, " An ambulance down in the valley." 



But the cry for the ambulance carried the day. 



And it spread through the neighboring city; 

 A fence may be useful or not, it is true. 



But each heart became brimful of pity 

 For those who slipped over that dangerous cliff. 



And the dwellers in highway and alley 

 Gave pounds or gave pence, not to put up a fence. 



But an ambulance down in the valley. 



