University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-11-07
AN ALL.AMERICAN CITY

Once upon time the inhabitants OF
little Swiss village exhausted all
their finances in building a church
and when it was finished realized that
in the steeple Of that beloved church
there was no bell. So the husband
man brought his plowshare and the
blacksmith his forge, while the aged
father brought the shiny sword that had
flashed bravely at the side of his son
who went away to battle and didn t
come back; the housewife brought all
her beloved plate; the young mother.
silver trinkets of a little still baby,
and the sweet village bride, her we'd
ding ring.
All of these gifts of love were melt
ed into one harmonious whole and
bell was cast in whose tones were
blended the strength of the forge with
the warm love of the bride, the sharp
ness of the plowshare with the tears
of the desolate mother, the loneliness
and pride of the father with the cour-
age of the sword and the loving serv-
ice which has made of housewives a
joy forever. And never was heard
such bell in all the mountains.
Let us now imagine all the cities
Of the United States bringing their
most treasured possessions to supply
the lack Of Columbia.
We'd keep the University of Missou-
ri, and every cinder walk and all the
five-leaved ivy, and to it the univer-
stiles like Michigan and Harvard
would contribute their financial sup
port; Chicago would bring public
schools, park and boulevard system,
art galleries and free concerts, mu-
nicipal tuberculosis sanitorium, Hull
House and public health system, ad
mittedly the best in the world, with |
special emphasis on child hygiene;
New York, grand opera and drama;
Kansas City, railroad facilities and a
perfect geographical location; Wash
ington, beautiful streets and a civic |
center; Boston, the Boston Free Lii
brary; Cleveland, perfect street.
car facilities and a Scent fare;
Galveston, a perfected commission
form of government-or, if you pre-
fer, Dayton, Ohio, a city-manager
plan.
Denver would give Juvenile court,
with Judge Lindsey to preside over it;
Kansas City, divorce proctor plan;
New York City, a budget system of
municipal finances; Des Moines, an
improved water front; Minneapolis,
street cleaning system; Newark, N. j.,
a municipal museum; South Bend,
Ind, a municipal play field. Fort
Wayne, Ind, model city market;
Youngstown, Ohio, model housing
plan, and Rochester, N. Y, free med
ical inspection for school children.
Salt Lake City would give smoke
lessness, and Lincoln, Neb., a sanitary
system of garbage disposal.
Detroit would contribute her sys-
tenn of safety zones, painted in white
on the pavement, cheap recreatiye ia
cilities and profit-sharing motor car
factory, and we'd get a good hotel
from most anywhere.
To this perfect city, Los Angeles /
would bring beautiful homes and
Portland, Ore, roses. Madison, Wis,
might spare a lake or two.
Columbia would then make a last 1.
of saloon-lessness and all e
the towns in Oklahoma would come 1
and sprinkle us with the spirit Of the
booster. Then we'd have the Ad CLUB
of Neosho tell the world about us, af-
ter the manner of Des Moines, Iowa. r
Don't be too sure the world is all
wrong. Part Of it may be your liver. II
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