Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-21
CHLDREN'S JERSEY RIB
 BED PANTS iOc a Pair
TOWN RETIREMENT.
THE ORGANIZATION OF VILLAGE EM-
 PRovEMENT SOCIETIES.

Eben E. Rexf0rd on the Value Of
 Such an Assocaa4kon to a Commu-
 nifty = How PrOEre8sive Citizens
 May Ala Their Town.
 Individual effort is ti1e great factor of success in an undertaking of this kind. The man who begins the work of improvement by clearing away the rubbish from his back yard and doing something to make the home grounds pleasant constitutes an improvement society of one, and what he does will be the object lesson needed to prompt others to follow his example. The work of Improvement must begin at the home. Any society which sets out to improve homes in general and neg lects to do anything for the individual home is failure from the start, be- cause 1t overiooks the fact that gen. eEal Improvement can only result from individual effort brought to bear upon each home, instead of general effort expended on all homes- This is why improvement, like charity, should begin at home before it under takes the broader work of the com munity.
 1t Is the easiest thing in the world to get an improvement society started in almost any community if one ear nest, enthusiastic person will take the matter in hand, writes Eben Fl. Rex ford in Lippincotfs Magazine. This is especially the case at the present time, for enough of the work of such so- cieties can be seen on all sides to con vince any thoughtful person of the benefit growing out of them. It needs some one for a leader who is what we westerners call "hustler"-a person who has the knack of organizing and directing individual effort in such effective If there is such person in the community, and he-or she-has the amount of enthusiasm necessary to arouse public interest and create or stimulate desire for beauty in every day, practical life, there is no good reason why a local improvement so- ciety should not be organized in any community-there is nearly always need for it. Recognize this need fully, and bring 1t to the attention of others, then go to work at once in the forma- fion of your society.
 Do not wait. for next spring or next fall, but begin your work now, for there is always something that can be done, and there is no reason for de ferring action to special season or rTrafil a of{o Iv times, all seasons, are alike to such a society, whose work must go on during the entire year. Therefore get down to business as soon as possible, be the time spring or summer, fall or winter. If you cannot work to advantage you can plan for work, and good plan to follow always enables society to dis pose of its work to the greatest ad- vantage when working time comes
 Very much of the success of such a society depends upon individual effort as directed toward the improvement of the home grounds. Let one person fall to work n earnest in cleaning up and Identifying his place, and what he does will serve as an object lesson to his neighbors and incite them to initiate his action. Enthustasm is always con- tagious. Once get a community en- thslsiasticaHy at work, either tndfvfdu- ally or as an organization, in the line of Improvement. and success is assured, for enthusiasm will feed upon itself and grow as the work progresses. I have seen the proof of this in my own village, where an improvement society resulted from one mans attempt to beautffy his home grounds. He accom- plished so much in the right direction that others came to a realization of their own need and opportunity and followed his example. Soon they band ed themselves together, and today they take intense pride and delight in carry ing forward the good work
 The need of such society in every