, 1869-07-12
The T0ktc1uI Arrangement OF Sub
uFbAn villages.
Ffuas M> american putIjr.
FfIHl LE% a NHftQn QHu-

1 EF u. v. &. ELEY ELAND
In the dsJ Of tho i" AT Cntoct" g." when ut gtateJ
| perlo1s every member received a copy or solao
1ne Alecl cngr1v1uC which thus became Eo CON-
n,on That It's ABSENCE fFom any pazior which as
| the rule. ! Lady in an EaAtezn city ona morning
found her black servant leaning upon her broom
in the rss1oE and examining The lage engraving Of
tic tr1Al Of Etle Deank one Of the pictures with
which the country had been flooded. "Dou1
you think it's a beautiful picture, Chloe Z" said
r. 5s ~ sPa
sound czitlc'an, and could hardly have been put IN
better language. The picture ltsel was, 10 design
which pcssessed, perhaps, Is general Al interest
~ any popular ncuon that eoald have been Be-
ltctct. But when one found 1t stsr1ng him In the
ftce IL every patint whlch be entered for u cali
,,e soon Logan u realize ttat ttGre might he too
\ Lueh Of good thing, and neiorc locg would ex-
\ terenee slc truth q Cnloes stuark; Its presa-
tcnce tHEIirtrE constant dread OF coming upon Il
The monosnny resulting trom or wholesale
Ha' Of doing things, the object being TO furnish
r9s a. ihe lowest Possible price, is very o5tec-
lorahe feature Of the system even when the ar
uce furnished u, a4 In The instance just cited,
e1uelttonahlc IN itself. II elests constant
though Silent influence in rep1tsslng the develop.
a,cnt of individual character. The manufacturer
y machinery Of almost every article pertaining TO
degree of Uniformly 70 she e1te1uai aspect s q
sGees e soue .na ss q tu soa
This Is clearly &ppa1eLt 70 one Whnze memory en-
nhies h!n to compare the external ch3facrcrtstlcs
OF the people Of thirty 5eus aEu with those OF 70.
dhJ. The tmprosemsot u appearances and gene
those whom one encounters IN The daily walk8 oil
lie, are far In advances Of Whit waA then 10 be
Of Individuality. The distinctive marH which
indicated i1los{nc1asJ Of character AT. CON.
ras1s,veiy -. tascJ 70 % b. teen And not only
In the general toue of thought nnd style Of e1-
preston, there Is uniformity which did not then
Ia na tn,s tends to cranp md destroy iudivtdaI
nleT eTenGrnce OF thonghi hDd actlol-4ud no To-
aec:lhs lnan VIII deny tnat such is ia na:ural re-
ule 10 fecure Originality OF dea.Sn In the constzoc-
nuu VI Arrangement OF npy tie detail5 which oou-
cnai character, It Is oy III means desiTahie 70 do
81, instead Of bilndly 3dhrr!ng TO single pattern,
In ho1ulng u this uniformity more dfca[tlF Or
.'fraAtVe Than tn the iayAr!Ahae rectangular ar
raEStEfht Of the co1ptrJ rowns th1ouEnous tae
Wts'. The traveller may journey Tor weeks upon
~ tEc u1rtcise ot itttc ias,a IN nd dsn:tnr thrIi
grtocnts 10 tho Eatural features OF ihcr s1t-
:Athns, might have assumed the character Of
asc sl, 70 nca.l, rrpct!tloa1 Of The sane ps.tern
th1f lie can scarcely retain dlsincsse reco!1ec-
s,n Of 5snsf nar Ihsy ase ~ ~ miniature
rtll, buildings tho! na5 pcstcSs ragged IN e,osc
proximity, on the ties OF Ftrolgtt parallel s:see.s
AHk nm OCCASIONAL racaut square Ia which what-
ever trees have been planted are In roKs or
elualtt st!n and lornsl chs.acte-, as II nA;ure
.cIkell. iru.n whom oEr ideas ol bcauty NJ Ie-
III ordev 10 tic preseusaale. II Is bad enough ta1t
such system thoIld ever have leea admitted;
out Is dufvaeefui that at this day /: should hc
suffered to eou,tnue- In l great ctr. where |
ccGUouy OF space must Of necessity be o |
ps1ma!y consideration, the p!an MI! be SUBJ |
nitIed 10 n uete>saIy evil, Tut e-en I
then. thrrc oEEh1 10 hc ayeI1ts at ocea stonai tu-
ten nls running dlREoI2liy to tie Squares By !
which The isanst may b. made IN such dtrectlonA
frpu cue section 10 another, without the other |
NtAe IhASotdait necessity Ut lr2tctkiug 40 Sides
Of the great square. hic may b miles In extent
cksnecs = hch hate Gecn made IN Pa:is hase beea
EastA upon this necessity, thc new boaeranie he
loG sliatiy avenues running diaSonal1y to the gen
eIaicollses Of the streets but, probably, nothing
sufrec % 70 bring aDout saea change,
ilouFh II Is said the Improvement adds 70
ETcntly to the CONVENIENCE alt3 n1sntdcence OF
the Ctr that, enuEnou8 a the cost has been, the
PnIlssats arr tststed ttey have got their mon
~ s.Ia. 9Gaos1 c.9 Hg .nG
Fuch natural features as hts d1d vnllrys, and !
Goods and streams are comprised 10 lis site, af-
and lots II such manner a. 10 develop their nat-
ura! beauty and giro to c4ch homestead ONE PC
culsr sfs i. o~e and 70 oss hs WHOLE ns
nJiest The attention. md tempt the
Stranger to HnEer and EXPLORE its beauties, the
o. 1ae4 tsn ,Tes ~ y tas r.
constituent clements Of nAtuI.1 beauty, glnce, or
expression 1tn 1tle, however 10 feR1et the past,
tie OK OF tina Kind that Is already done m1s1 re.
mnin ns II iA But Il wb would have Our posteriiy !:
believe that our Ctlr1 to zr1Stlc tas:e ID anything
more than ,uete rrcteaee, let abandon III ouce
and Jo1eret tlz wTetched system Of building roEns
and villages as II they hAd been tur1ed out by >
n.nchlnefJ and sold by the mile. the suburban !.
villages y hltb Bp.1ng up N the vicinity aI The
lAIte cities ought 70 be the Inst 70 Set better
es1amnle: Tor Il I hc1e soas wc naturally eIpeot
recognize the necessity Of adapting their ntt.
ChnnoiAc to tht de1nsnda OF higher culnvaNou :
than Aai which fA1l1 TO acknowledge the clatms
of nasusA beauty, The citizen xno seeks 4 rural I,