The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-03-16
Lebanon Express.
A WONDERFUL TOWN.
ITS NAME is WAYNE, AND IT Is NEAR
PHILADELPHIA

men Are Not Needed.
About a dozen miles from Philadel-
phia, on the main line Of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad, is the wonderful town of
Wayne. The wonderful town of Wayne
Is product of the philanthropy Of
George W. Childs, who, together with
Anthony J. Drexel, planned to bring it
into existence for the benefit of such Phil
adelphians as yearned for more suburban
life than was afforded by the shady thor
oughfares and placid highways of their
native city, and as Mr.. Childs and Mr..
Drexel had unlimited capital with which
to carry out the plan for an ideal sub
urban settlement Wayne was founded
on the frmest of foundations and has
flourished in a manner calculated to
cause the proverhial bay tree to wither
with envy.
The inhabitants of Wayne number
several thousand and are all inordinate-
y proud of being Wayneites. They are
proud with tine pride which fiushes the
ohsequious head salesman OF the suspen-
der department when tine firm recognizes
his worth and promotes him to the dizzy
altitude of second hOorwalker in chief,
and their pride Is a thorn In the sides of
all the surrounding settlements and less
ostentatious suburban stations. Most of
them-that Is. most of the males-are wur-
thy CLERKS under middle age aud blessed
with wives and rapidly accommodating
olive branches, and if they are not wor-
thy clerks they are worthyin some other
line, for none but worthy persons have
ever found foothold in Wayne, and the
br rGln Of scandal has never smirched the
pllist os I'm purity. Their wives are as
Fsgiiaal III Tile quiet middle class Phila-
iesshia women and girls Us they them
seises are representative Of the average
spctlessly conventional Philadelphia
masculine being.
Physically sgardsd, Wayne is as fair
c leak upon as it is from moral stand.
pos4s. tits an exposition OF the essence of
easen Anne in architecture, tempered
with the colonial and the other popular
FERNS Of rural residence design which
have ii the last decade run riot through
out tie length and breadth of the land.
There are dark red houses and bri.ht
red ones, there are those which are red
and green, and pink and green, and ca
nary and green. and there are orange and
white ones. and there are pearl colored
types with dove tinted trimmings. And
there are just as many unconventional
designs In shape as there are in color.
and altogether the wonderful town OF
Wayne IS most satisfying spectacle to
any one who seeketh the beautiful, the
odd or the abnormally hideous in mex
pansive but conspicuous dwellings.
Naturally such settlement is above
repr0ach IN It's government. 1t has
broad roads, perfectly laid, fine, broad |
sidewalks, q waterworks and splendid |
drainage, all Of which were provided by |
Messrs. Childs and Drezel, and it mas a |
president anu council 9 tre engine
equipment, an athletic club and ground |
Ior Doth sexes, DEBATING society, a |
series o. WINTER dances, sewing circle, |
a whist club and q lot Of other such at /
'r,a .iois pIosioso py me residents them |
ana an 1I-ss tninss are managed /
Wisiout U hltcn or q jan, and peace
leisiis s.lllaeihe lroin Jan. IN any g1ven
year Until sae hoar OF midnight on the /
IoloWlh5 slsl u december.
"Aylis lias lo STORES oi any klnd, and
y coutSs Q S'iiouli y ~ iorelgn 70 It's
colllles = 7 sno"stoFn would De IN al
esl aaso.ial Juisis' IN tne otner SIDE of
tue isiiIoaa tners y aiso a wayne
~ oia iashipneu heVoiutlonary times
= syne-llAinea aller tne Alnerlean gen
e slai Vsiio was Ano"n as MAD Anthony
"ayhs' anu tnsre may Dc found shops
anu SUITS anu SALOONS and business
onlees' put u the new and beautiful
wayne such Things are unknown and
mus ever Dc unNnoWn unless the laws
q ne q rganizsAon De rufhlessly shatter-
a ana me dictates o. Its title deeds ig-
aorea.
NOT las i any poilce, but then why
inOnid !. y nave, NO one Is bad, no one is
'snef tnan iauitiess, the very dogs don't
'ark az nign1, tne cats remain indoors
1Her sunset ana a policeman would be
IS mucn out OF place In Wayne as a
'rizengaler az a little girls paper doll
,arty But tine sweet sense of seeuritv