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membership fees, individual contributions of from 
eighty-two cents (the amount of a receipted bill for 
work done and donated) to $ioo, (the latter sum 
having been given as a memorial), and the “pro- 
ceeds of a little rummage sale.” All of this is sug- 
gestive of ways and means and should serve as a 
pointer to other societies. 
Good work has been done by this organization in 
the way of destroying nests of the tent caterpillar ; 
a small park has been established on boulder-cov- 
ered, waste land, which will soon be in shape to 
turn over to the Park Commissioners; other plots 
have been redeemed by planting and the grounds 
of public buildings similarly ornamented; seats 
have been placed around the trunk of the “Centen- 
nial tree” and elsewhere, and we note that it has 
been necessary to sheathe some of these with zinc 
as a protection against pocket knives in the hands 
of vandals; and much more practical improvement. 
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The Stoneham (Mass.) Town Improvement Asso- 
ciation was founded five years ago and gives an an- 
nual banquet and reception to which this year, more 
than a hundred were bidden. Its new officers are 
Prof. E. L. Patch, president; Winthrop C. Whitch- 
er, Chas. E. Stevens and A. S. Hovey, vice-presi- 
dents; Sidney A. Hill, treasurer, and Geo. W. Cro- 
mack, secretary. 
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The Village Improvement Association of Tyngs- 
boro (Mass.) recently gave a fair which seems to 
have been a distinct success in every sense. The 
various tables were gratifyingly patronized. “Me 
and Otis,” a four-act comedy given in the evening 
by local talent, was pronounced thoroughly enjoy- 
able as was also the supper served from 6 to 8 p. m. 
in a lower room of the town hall where the fair was 
held. The list of tables indicates the scope of the 
undertaking. They were, fancy work, donation, 
crystal and china, ice cream, candy, household, and 
bowl tables. 
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Among the members prominent in this successful 
scheme for raising funds were Mrs. Kable, Misses 
Ina and Abbie Butterfield, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Law- 
rence, Mesdames Enlo and G. O. Perham, Mrs. Mel- 
vin Horton, Mrs. Wm. Brown, Mrs. James Dan- 
forth. Miss Grace Washburn and Mr. A. P. Hadley. 
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The Faneuil Improvement Association of Brigh- 
ton, Mass., Mr. James H. Knowles, president, and 
Mr. John W. Harvey, secretary, is shown by its 
annual report to have been active during the past 
year. It has various accomplished work to its credit 
such as working up interest in favor of widening its 
principal street; furnishing a room and supplying 
an extra teacher in one of its public schools; work- 
ing to secure appropriations for opening and improv- 
ing two new streets ; and has taken a decided stand 
on the questions of preserving trees and refusing 
to grant liquor licenses in certain locations. 
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The Woman’s Club of Athol, Mass., is said to 
have become a recognized power for good and its 
Social Service department is seriously considering 
the question of utilizing this power by taking up 
lines of practical work that shall benefit the popu- 
lation in general. Tliese inclnde such features as 
AN EXTERIOR DECOR ATION. -ASPECT OF EULALIA GRA- 
CILLIMA IN EARLY FALL. 
a handsome and commodious library in “some de- 
sirable and conspicuous location,” and a “plain but 
substantial fountain” in a designated situation 
where it would be “a boon to human beings, horses 
and dogs.” 
It is also suggested that the formation of a park 
at the site mentioned for the fountain would be 
desirable. The decoration of public school grounds 
is spoken of as a suitable subject for their consider- 
ation as well as the redemption of certain ground 
bordering on railway rights of way and other un- 
sightly spots about the town. Many more good 
points are made by Miss Hattie M. French in a 
paper read recently before the club. p. c. s. 
