Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-22
AS ONE WOMAN SEES 1T
A Vacation May Be Too Long In
Ono Locality for an Everyday
Appreciation OF the Doines
In Another
BY SARAH u. LONRlE.

TT rs very hard not to be local in ones
interests. Just now | was ont decInm-
ing to n property owner on the sheer mad
ness of allowing n public road that ran
through her place TO be abandoned Ivy the
road commissioners and another of easier
grade established through another cuh Of
her farm. which would cut it ur in case
some future day she should sell, or want I"
other words | was preaching what the his
tcrians call ''laisscz faire'--''lct Z be. or
"lct it stay"--as though IT were hcli-tire'
original sin. raid on the political plum
tree or speak easy that were, the points
under discussion. For the time being was
more involved thnn If the whole OF Phila-
delphia County had dropped back into the
grasp of the machine in the November cc"-
tons.
All Of which shows that for some rcupp,
at least a vacation can be too long in ono
locality for an every day appreciation Of
the things in another. Which is why. lust
about now. most persons who have had
duties and pleasures and home ties in dis
tant country places during the last three
months begin to feel that II is high time
to close up and return to town.
TT Is not that the country II ones choice
L or birth is not lovely just now. or thnt
the town is rival In any sense in beauty
or desirabi,ity. The October winds and rain
lessnoss and fading leaves do not enhance
IHlluuelInlu DtHutE, Dut IL IL nlEn lIHlt
for those "f us who are rested from vnca.
tions of ono sort or another, or nt least from
n change of scene and occupation, 10 get
back to what has to be done in church and
civic business and philanthropy and poll.
tics and schools between now and Christmas.
These who have stayed hard at i an
summer have certainly 'hcd the fort" for
the rot Of us, but between October and
the first of the new year the real advance
has to be made by all of us that will tell on
the towns growth for the coming year. In
our climate especially. these months are the
best time for intensive progress. And in
Philadelphia this year so much has to be
decided that will count irrevocably for our
future.
The second and really crucial drive for the
federation Of the charities. hospitals, set.
Elements and social service institutions must
be put through, and this time with no
deficit.
The gains of last springs primaries must
be conserved politically. md big maj ajoritIcs
rolled up to confirm the choices then made.
The new budget system inauguratod in
more than one OF the church divisions must
he more generally accepted and worked out
to SuCCo Sful finish
The philanthropic organizations that have
been waiting for potter times to r"ANhili.
tate their plants. or TO build new ones,
have got 70. Gc"idc now whether to go on
or 60 back for good.
The schools and the University are facing
NJ lenst the discussion of almost rcvolu
tiOnary change. for ls the WHlrus re.
many things
And. lastly. the whole topography Of the
city itself is on he "crge Of n great change
a change of center. a change of transporta
t!on and change of app"arnnce-undcr the
great impetus of the coming ScsQui- Cen
tcnnial.