Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
THE z|DEAL VILLAGE,
Woman Describes a Town That
Would Appeal to Ones Fancy.
THE MARKET A BIG FEATURE.

1t Should Be Built In Center of the
Town and Should Garry a Supply OF
Good Substantial Foods School,
house and Clubhouse Necessary.
In a talk before the Civic club of
Arlington. n. j., Mrs. Mary Pattison,
president Of the New Jersey Woman's
Federated Clubs. pictured the ideal
village in the following manner:
Let us take an imaginary Journey"
she said, ito a slightly elevated spot
somewhere and build an ideal village
or town. Let there be a clean, wide
sweep Of greensward shaded with
trees and cut with winding roads, q
few hills and a cool. picturesque valley
to one side, through which a clear,
happy rivulet curls it's way untainted
with sewage and disease carrying
insects and %unspoiled by the dumps
of refuse usually deposited along such
banks. Let us see there instead grass,
flowers and birds.
"On II Of these hills near by we
find a roomy schoolhouse, than which
nothing better is known, where the
children are being educated in the real
things Of life, in common sense and in
industrial and organic matters, with
no danger Of forced mentality.
Here we find usefulness with beau
ty of method. AS a result horse or
coarse play and disrespect are IN
known. Individual and careful think
Ing are encouraged, and appreciation
is developed, with charm Of manner
and the cultivation of the healthiest
bodies.
in the center of the town, zeal a
few choice shops and offices, we find
an airy and well built market where
only the best and purest foods can be
bought, not necessarily luxuries. but
the substantial varieties that make
blood and muscle strong and of good
quality-a place where it is not suf6-
Gent to simply label the contents Of
packages, but where it is necessary to
tell which beefsteak has had it's juice
extracted, what fish and fowl have
been embalmed, what animals died in
disease and what fruit has had it's
natural fermentation stopped by the
use of preservatives.
1T is, il fact. a place to buy food
where n is not in danger of ones
life or. worse. ones health at every
turn.
Let us perhaps build two churches
in our beautiful village, although that
may be n too many, but let there be
n opening the gate Of heaven
through the intellectual door or under
the portal Of the understanding where
reason reignS and science proves. Then
a little farther on let us find another,
bringing God on earth through the aid
of the emotions, with the heart as the
knoWer and the senses trained to love.
Let them both be beautiful. but let US
go first to n and then the other till
in the future they unite.
Our community is made up of
homes. cheerful, normal, happy homes,
individual in expression, cooperate in
management and lovely in design,
where the atmosphere is the guiding
element, where nothing is held that
gives more trouble than worth. where
harmony. health md happiness leave
not a crevice for hell to peek through.
And now a little walk to the right,
and opposite the park we are led to
the village clubhouse. a fine pleasure
edifice equipped for all ages. 1t is a
place where play and gymnastics are
supervised, a 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 we keep ou1 hand to the
wheel and help to usher in the new
village home if not in detail. at least
in e~ssence-a home where one might
free the 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"