The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-22
BELLOWS FALLS UNION
STATION BURNED: LOSS
100000: PIPES FROZEN
BEN FRANKLIN ALLEN
ADDRESSES WOMEN
to Woman's Club-Musical Pro-
gram and Business Matters.


\ talk on Remaking Main Street by
Ben Franklin Allen of Boston. singing
# groups of Christmas carols by n chorus
imposed of II members Of the club. and
lidnO selections by Miss AIalva Roberts
we're the features OF the program of the
3Eattleboro Woman's club yesterday af-
ernonn at Odd Fellows temple. The
meeting was not largely attended.
The carol singing. under the direction
# Miss Izetta NJ Stewart. with Mrs
Glenham Jones as accompanist. opened
he meeting AT > 30 O'Clock and each num-
DER Of the group was received enthuSias-
icaly. The chorus recently was organ
zed by Miss Stewart. This was followed
" Il group of three piano selections by
Mss Roberts. who is studying under Mr..
iebhardf of Boston and who responded
to the applause with an encore number.
\ second group of carols were then sung
" the chorus.
The musical program was followed by
he business of the club. This included
tho adoption of a Slight change in the con
titution. the announcement of the an
ual musicale to be held the evening OF
an. : and to include the thinner harp
m>cmblc. Afr. Sargent and tenor SolOiSt
f the Old South church in BOSTON, and
he announcement Or the special program
o be presented by club members the after
| noon Of fan. II. when Z1na Gales Neigh
crvcd. Attrntign also was called to the
| ale by thr Achievement clubs, which i
progress today at the Chamber of Com
tCrcc roOsls. and TO a military whist
| arty which viii be held Tuesday after.
| loCn. Jan. 3, in Odd Fellows temple
| he proceeds to be used toward the deficit
| incurred last June by the public health
| xhibit.
Mr. Allen. who has specialized i'm civic'
| md sociology at Chicago and COlumbis
| Universities and has taken special courses
on community building at Harvard uni
| erSity, and who recently returned from
| . tour of Europe during which he visiteI
even countries was then introduced
He spoke Of the hundreds of town
| chich have not yet got the community
| pirit. that there are many people Wh'
| till have n single track mind and re
| erred to the provirciaiism Of certain
| sites lie commented upon the rest room
| lie proposed community building, tn
| Community Service. etc.
| CrganiZat ions are necessary, he said
| . bring about some of the needed change
nd Complimented the Woman's club 70
lie part it has taken and is taking il
'ivie bettermcnt. Evolution. he said, i
nothing but revolution on the installmen
)lan.
| There is no longer tendency To bull,
or refuge. but the tendency of these day
to build for coIzmerce alone, but tina
here should be a tendency to build fo
I cauty and health if the results are T.
| % attained.
| Health. beauty comfort and conven
| cucc are the four things around whicI
he modern city should be buiided an
| should be planned, declared Mr.. Allen
| aliing particular attention to the ncceSs
| ty Of beautifying a town and mention
+ ne many ways in which the Woman
| lub can accomplish that work bette
| han anyone else because of the natura
| aesthetic tastes of woman. The first I'm
| 3rcsSiouS gained Of Il town are the laStin
| Impressions. said the speaker. and car
hould be taken that those impression
hould be pleasant.
: In referring to the question of healt
ne touched upon what the parks of tn
cities have meant to the lives of the in
habitants. particularly where the houSin
j abilities are not what they should bC
IT is not health or beauty that are costly
= 10 declared, but bad housing Is wha
2 costs. He gave explicit examples of tn
o eSultS attained through civic pride !
many cities and added that for all th
2 PARKS. ctc the per capita cost in MaSsa
.huSctts was - cents
4 town plaH Is one Of the most esser
tial things he said, and told how tow
fl 3lanning commission could be formed an
gave suggestions for financing. He e1
: pressed approval of the use of publ
;, chools as public centers and spoke l
J. | particular of the necessity of unltyln
| 'orces. especially religious forces IN orde
. | % develop a community spirit.