The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-07-06
roNDERFUL TOWN.

7ONDERfUL IV"N'
..e "a WAYNE, AND IT IS NEAR
PHILADELPHIA.
49, Anthony J. Drszsl and George
..A.--A Phase u Quiet Residence
r-., the Marts Of Trsde-Poiice-
Arc Not Needed.
o,t > dozen miles from Philadel-
on the main line Of the Pennsylva-
.s,lroad. il the wonderful town Of
- The wonderful town of Wayne
nroluct Of the philanthropy OF
,cs ". Childs, who, together with
hony hon J. Drexel, planned to bring it
a,;stence for the benefit Of such Phil
nhians as yearned for more suburban
than was afforded by the shady thor
a1fares and placid highways Of their
Eye iva city, and as Mr.. Childs and Mr..
-, had unlimited capital with which
arry out the plan for an ideal sub
IAN settlement Wayne was founded
.ha frmest Of foundations and has
,r;sbed in q manner calculated to
,sa the proverbial bay tree to wither
th envy.
rhe inhabitants Of Wayne number
eral thousand and are all inordinate-
nroud Of being Wayneites. They are
and with the pride which fushes the
seouious head salesman of the suspen-
depart,nent when the firm recognizes
worth and promotes him to the dizzy
titude of second foorwalker in chief,
a their pride is thorn in the sides of
4 the surrounding settlements and less
tentatious suburban stations. Most of
bem-that is, most Of the males-are wor-
~ clerks under middle age and blessed
[nh wives and rapidly accumulating
hive branches, and il they are not wor-
thy clerks they are worthy in some other
ine. for none but worthy persons have
kyer found foothold in Wayne, and the
breath of scandal has never smirched the
bclish Of its purity. Their wives are rs
typical Of the quiet middle class Phila-
6elphia women and girls as they them
selves are representative of the average
upotlessly conventional Philadelphia
masculine being.
Physically regarded. Wayne is as fair
to look upon as it is from moral stand
point. 1t is an exposition of the essence of
Queen Anne in architecture, tempered
with the colonial and the ether popular
forms Of rural residence design which
have in the last decade run riot through
out the length and breadth Of the land
There are dark red houses and bright
red ones, there are those which are red
and green, and pink and green, and ca
sary and green, and there are orange and
white ones, and there are pearl colored
ypes with dove tinted trimmings. And
here are just as many unconventional
designs III shape AS there are in color,
md altogether the wonderful town of
Wayne is most satisfying spectacle to
my one who seeketh the beautiful, the
Nd or the abno-mally hideous in mex
oensive but conspicuous dwellings.
Naturally such a settlement is above
eproach III its government. 1t has
oroad roads, perfectly laid, fine, broad
q waterworks and splendid
lrainage, all of which were provided by
lessrs. Childs and Drexel, and it has a
resident and council, a fire engine
an athletic club and ground
or both sexes. a debating society, q
cries OF winter dances, sewing circle,
whist club and 4 lot Of other such at
ractions provided by the residents them
elves, and all these things are managed
Without hitch or q jar, and peace
eigns supreme from Jan. in any given
ear until the hour OF midnight on the
Glowing 31st of December.
Wayne has no stores Of any kind, and
{ course q saloon is rs foreign to its
Onfnes as q snowstorm would be in ali
quatorial jungle. On the other side Of
he railroad there is also Wayne
n old fashioned Revolutionary times
after the American gen
raj who was known as Mad Anthony
Wayne, and there may be Sound shops
nd stores and saloons and business
Mces, but In the new and beautiful
Wayne such things are unknown and
must ever be unknown unless the laws
4 its organization be ruthlessly shatter-
d and the dictates Of it's title deeds ig-
Iored.
Nor has it any police, but then why
hould 1t havel No one is bad, no one is
ther than faultless, the very dogs don't
ark at night, the cats remain indoors
'fter sunset, and q policeman would be
g much ont Of place in Wayne as q
'rizefighter at little girls paper doll
'arty. But the sweet sense Of security
which pervades the place is not without