West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-12-30
THE IDEAL VILLAGE.
Woman Describes a Town That
Would Appeal to Ones Fancy.
THE MARKET A BIG FEATURE.

II Should De Built In Center Of the
Town and Should Garry a Supply Of
Good Substantial Foods - School
house and Clubhouse Necessary.
In talk before the Civic club OF
Arlington, n. j., Mrs. Mary Pattison,
president of tho New Jersey Woman's
Federated Clubs, pictured the ideal
village In the following manner:
Lot us take an imaginary Journey"
she said. ito slightly elevated spot
somewhere and build an ideal village
or town. Let there be n clean, wide
sweep of grccnsward shaded with
trees and cut with winding roads,
few hills and cool. picturesque valley
to ono side, through which a clear,
happy rivulet curls It's way untainted
with sewage and disease carrying
insects ana unspoiled by the dumps
OF refuse usually deposited along such
banks. Let us see there instead grass.
flowers and birds.
ION ono OF these hills near by we
hnd roomy schoolhousc, than which
nothing better Is known, where the
children arc being educated I'm the real
things OF life, I'm common sense and I'm
industrial and organic matters, with
no danger of forced mentality.
Hero we find usefulness with beau
ty OF method. AS result horse or
coarse play and dlsrespect are un-
known. Individual and careful think
Ing arc encouraged. and appreciation
Is developed, with charm OF manner
and tho cultivation OF the healthlest
bodies.
I'm the center OF the town, near n
few choice shops and offices, we find
an airy and well built market where
only tho best and purest foods can bo
bought. not necessarily luxurlcs, but
the substantial varieties that make
blood and muscle strong and OF good
qunllty-a place where II Is not sufli-
cient TO simply label the contents OF
packages, but where II ~ necessary TO
tell which becfstealS has had It's Juice
extracted, what fish and fowl have
been embalmed. what animals died I'm
disease and what fruit has had it's
natural fermentation stopped by tho
use OF prescrvatlves.
1T IL, I'm fact, n place TO buy food
where one is not I'm danger OF ones
llfo or, worse, ones health at every
turn.
Let us perhaps build two churches
In our beautiful village although that
may be one too many, but let there bc
ono opening the gate OF heaven
through the intellectual door or under
the portal OF the understanding where
reason reigns and science proves. Then
little farther on let us find another,
bringing God on earth through the aid
OF tho emotions, with the heart as tho
knower and the senses trained to love.
Let them both be beautiful, but let us
go first to one and then the other till
In tho future they unite.
"Our community is made up OF
homes, cheerful. normal. happy homes,
individual i'm expression, cooperate In
management and lovely In design,
whe-c tho atmosphere Is the guiding
element, where nothing Is held that
gives more trouble than worth, where
harmony, health and happiness leave
not crevice for he'll to peek through.
And now little walk to the right,
and opposite the park we are led TO
the village clubhouse, q fine pleasure
edihce equipped for all ages. 1t Is a
place where play and gymnastics are
supervised, place for games Of all
sorts, with rooms for music, art. dane
ing, etc, and for that foolish frivolity
without which society would lose It's
charms.
May wO keep our hand TO the
wheel and help to usher in the new
village home IL not In detail, at least
In essence-a home where one might
free tho spirit by just living, where
doctors and lawyers are the minimum
In number and teachers are the maxi
mum, a place where only health is
known and where the whole air thrills
with life"