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Annual reports or extracts from thevi, historical shetchcs., 
^ descriptive circulars^ photographs of improvements or dis- 
tinctive features are requested for use in this department- 
The South Woodlawn Improvement Society, Paw- 
tucket, R. I., has planted more than three hundred shade 
trees in the South Woodlawn district and has completed 
arrangements for planting one hundred more. They ex- 
pect to make this the most beautiful section of the city 
in a few years. The society conducted a prize contest 
for the best kept home grour.ds and is soon to make the 
awards of prizes. 
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The Blithewood Improvement Society, of Worcester. 
Mass., is considering the erection of a building for the 
use of the society, and a committee has been appointed- 
to select a site and report on the cost of the structure. 
The society conducted a very successful prize gardening 
-contest during the past season, offering prizes for both 
flower and vegetable gardens grown by children under 
fourteen years of age. 
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The Village Improvement Society of Sandwich, Mass., 
at its recent annual meeting heard an interesting report of 
the historical branch submitted by Mrs. J. R. Holway, 
who was asked to prepare an article for the next meeting 
on subjects of local historical interest. Interesting pa- 
pers were also submitted on the old houses of Sandwich. 
The following officers were elected; President, Wm. L. 
Nye; vice-presidents, John S. Smith and Chas H. Moers; 
secretary, Frederic S. Pope; treasurer, Fletcher Clark. 
if. if. 
The Civic Improvement League, of Flalifax, N. S., is 
endeavoring to secure the planting of trees throughout 
the city. The plan is for the league to secure the trees 
and get the co-operation of the city authorities in 
planting them. Some of the other matters to which the 
league is giving attention 'are: The cleaning of the 
streets; removing of billboards; the formation of junior 
civic reform leagues in the schools; and the removal of 
insanitary buildings. 
if if. 
The Village Improvement Association of Easthampton, 
Mass., has awarded prizes for the best-appearing private 
grounds. For the promotion of interest in the excellent 
purpose evenly through the town, division was made into 
five districts and three prizes were awarded in each dis- 
trict. The appearance of the town in respect to the care 
and taste shown in the maintenance of private grounds 
receives many compliments from visitors, and the work 
of the society finds the people hearty in their co-opera- 
tion. 
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The work of improvement associations and women’s 
-clubs of Iowa has covered a wide range of successful 
efforts. At Nevada, the City Federation since its organi- 
zation six years ago, has endeavored to further sentiment 
in favor of civic tidiness by discussions in the meetings, 
paragraphs in the newspapers, and by reporting to the 
city council .persistent violations of ordinances requiring 
clean streets and alleys; also by the placing of galvanized 
iron waste boxes at the corners of the main business 
streets. 
Ottumwa inaugurated a city cleaning day, and until the 
city took charge of the work the civic department of the 
Ottumwa Women’s Club had charge of cleaning and beau- 
tifying the city park. Garbage cans have been bobght and 
placed at 24 street corners, and one man was employed 
one summer to keep two blocks of the main street clean, 
just to show how things could be kept. 
The Village Improvement Club, of Corning, has the 
credit of securing a fire alarm tower, a drinking fountain 
for man and beast, a transformed depot park and a gen- 
eral cleaning up of Corning. 
In Cedar Rapids the beautifying of vacant lots has been 
the biggest movement. The club also has the credit of 
first agitating the subject that led to the enforcement of 
the ordinance “forbidding spitting upon the sidewalks.” 
In Dubuque, the women secured a better collection of 
garbage and for a longer period. They also selected a 
section of alley in the central and dirtiest part of the 
city and kept it cleaner than the streets on either side. 
Someone with a sense of things named it Paradise Alley 
and it came into notice and use as a public thoroughfare. 
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The graceful drinking fountain illustrated herewith 
stands in the rotunda of the new City Hall at Savannah, 
Ga. It was designed and modeled by F. Mirando, sculp- 
tor, New York, under the direction of H. W. Witcover, 
architect of the building. 
The work is a 
particularly pleasing 
piece of sculpture 
and is most effective 
as a fountain ; the 
central jets Issuing 
from the cornucopia 
in the child’s hand 
descend into the 
basin. From the basin 
the water flows over 
the edge in an almost 
unbroken sheet. On 
the underside of the 
basin have been af- 
fixed electric lamps, 
and with the differ- C 
ent colored lights ^ 
shining through the 
veil of water make, 
at night, a most 
pleasing effect. 
The work of cast- 
ing in bronze and 
the arrangement of 
the water jets and 
the installation of 
the electric work was 
done at the foundry 
of Jno. Williams. 
Inc., of New York. 
The work is copy- 
righted by Jno. Wil- 
liams. 
COPYRIGHT 1905, BY JNO. WILLIAMS 
DRINKING FOUNTAIN, 
SAVANNAH, GA. 
F. Mirando, Sc. 
