The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-03-28
BUILDING TIVE
IDEAL VILLAGE.
woman Describes a Town That
Would Appeal II Ones Fancy
TIE Market A BIC FEATURE

Il Should Be Built In Center of the
Town and Should Garry Supply of
Good Substantial Foods-School and
Clubhouse Necessary.
Mrs Mary Pattison, former presi-
dent of the New Jersey Woman's Fed
Grated Clubs, once described the ldeai
village as follows:
LET us take an imaginary journey,
she said. Ito slightly elevated Spo'
somewhere and build an ideal village
or town. Let there be Il clean. vide
sweep OF greensWard shaded with trees
ana cut Wi. winding roads. Il few hills
and Il cool. picturesque valley TO one
side. through which d clear. happy rl'
nlel curtis its way untainted WIN Sc"
age and disease carrying insects ana
unspo.icd by the dumps of refuse usu
ally deposited along such banks. Let
us see there instead grass flowers ana
birds.
"On one of these hills near by we
find II rOOmy schooihOuSe than which
nothing better is known. where the
chi dren are being educated in the real
things of life. in common sense and Ill
industrial and organic matters. with no
danger Of forced mentality.
"Iere we find usefulness with beauty
of me: hud As q result horse or coarse
play and disrespect are unknown. In
dividual and careful thinking are en-
cour;ged. and appreciation is devel-
opeG with charm of manner and the
cultivation of the heaithieSt bodies.
lin the center of the town, near
few choice shops and offices. we find
IN airy and we'll 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. II place where it Is not sufti-
lent to simply label the contents of
packages. but where it is necessary to
tell which beefsteak has had its juice
extracted what fish and fowl have
been "nlbalmed, what animals died in
disease and Whit fruit has had its nat
ural fermentation stopped by the use of
preServatiyes
ut is. in fact. place to buy food
where one 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 one too many. but let there be
one opening the gate of heaven
through the intellectual door or under
the portal If 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 one 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, herlth and happiness leave
not crevice for hell to peek through.
And now little walk to the right.
and opposite the park we are led to
the village clubhouse. fine pleasure
edifice equipped for all ages. 1t is
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 its
charms
May we keep our hand to the
wheel and help to usher in the new
village home. If not in detail. at least
In essence-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"