Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-08-03
STAY N HOME TOWN !
ta5nN Plunge Into the Maelstrom
of Life In a Large City?
~~ssOMECROFT" BEATS FLATS.
pxgpie In Villages and Small Cities
= houd Work Together to Build Up
sSucn an Environment That the
Young Folks Will Remain There.

:Nucn an Environment That the
Young Folks viii Remain There.
t,nxrge IL. Maxwell, who believes in
rTr-l.i and small town life as greatly
tpyt Fe'oble to the city, offers this con-
vi,1clns argument in Maxwell's Tails
,n-z.l..
'i-his nation today Is enjoying pleth-
1x,-r 'uf prosperity and figures that daz-
S.y ine imagination.
t-snI there is another side to this fruit
M material wealth which now seems 50
US Sous that some day, when bitten
F2:l81 It may prove a Dead sea apple.
T. s the abnormal concentration of
Ig'3.ae, industry and population in the
Eyrrar cities where all the influences
ias degenerate humanity. rich as we'll
Us .o0or, have full sway and grow
.El2 ~.
-AnG when we study seriously and
sss,3 5Ary Ghe effects of this unnatural
S-IT' lfe On the mental and physical
~ character Of Our people it is a serious
r2N Sion whether the gigantic strides
~sYs. ere making in the accumula ton of
Ba2a tarial wealth is not at the expense
81 lGman wealth and whether it may
TAI rurn out in the end to have been
tVs dearly bought.
3 + loas been strikingy said Of the civ
iijmAjous of ancient times. which were
SIHsaroyed by the dcgcncracy Of their
yyMGrie. that they grew rotten and
'~Xsr FOR destruction not in the fields.
aAg IN the narrow lanes and crowded
e>@1n streets and in the palaces of their
IBs5iGIjtv."
III my one will walk through the
s1ssflxIns IF the east side Of New York or
~, snaoks Of riitshu"g or the tene-
lI,g-!3 1. IF Chicago and see the swarm
fn. YDyrlnds of children talt are grow
jr. gnanhOOl and NOM9nhood in
e,Aacs. evil environments. he will he
.e.i.-.g. tta0 by the revelation that not
ft-lp o0lv but the great majority of orr
w Kin- people in the great cenlers of
ysagt uiation live in surroundings that
sImA lrfit for children to he reared in
aG -Jua, .4.....dt.I t,vtcri0iate TIE
r1.e.s from every life lived under such
trr-AdluoDs something is taken that can
lns. ~ replaces Icy amy figures showing
OF. }3luman activity that has not con-
t HGri 81 70 the Improvement of human
rs
,,tsc Ssa1Idest and most depressing
t..st.tg.lft that can find Il place in the
ZEAL when contemplating the wretched
s.s.11IltlGns under which so many mil
Hjzcns, ST ,ves are lived in this country
- tne ,realiZation of the fact that If
ls1a. III proportion OF human Industry.
III. same labOrous work of human
EnxNnos that builds the palaces of the
T1&l1oonajres and the millions of fats,
ar.nl1plents and shacls that are occu-
g11nsi ny the working people could be
sasrxoted to building the right kind of
ssAt3urD3n or rural homes for those
sxssszte workers, what a different nation
this would be u generation or so hence.
T'yniie the people are crowding into
t3r. .,tes, the villages and small towns
sir~ being depleted not only Of their
ystypulatiop, but their trade as well. In
sS~sras If rvo''-'~~ together to realize
ffare real joys of village life, with all its
possibilities of human sympathy. close
1ndships, love Of natures beauties
IN j the inspiration of the ideal home
gfS. that Is possible in such an environ
xr,,rpt, the spirit of unrest possesses
suzny, and as soon as opportunity Of
FER they plunge into the maestrom Of
TIN city life
Those who stay in the village, in the
MAJORITY of cases, do not work together
III &hey might to create an environ
x1Ixnr so attractive that the city would
sIzrge no temptations to offer that
vv&uo 7ure any human worker away
a'raln the safe anchorage Of rural
Sas5n 70 the artificial life of the tene-
GUN-nr u 1at.
'&he people Of other nations are far
ss2Sssad Of US in the realization of the
stsy1s Of life next to nature and far
firm the madding crowds ignobe
STRIFE In the orient both the Chinese
sxf the japanese have for 5000
years realized for the great ma
iesT:ry Of their people the pleasure Of
:, lite in a homecroft in an environ
Tgsanl that developed the dignity. the
rr.Dlai and physical strength and the
t3r,jess and pa,ient energy which are
flas underlying motive forces that are
HING those nations forward and up
WI tolay III lie great contest for
Tla,topa' superiority in which they are
csf3EaEcd.
Settings For Public Buildings.
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