Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

step for those women to take, home women
conservative by nature and training, living in
a conservative community, where women's clubs
had never done anything of that sort before.
At that time could tell her only a few things
to do. but if the same question were put to
now would tell her:
Plan definitely for your towns continuous
growth by organizing citizens planning COM
mittee.
BE that you have made provision for
the attractive residential streets in new sec
tions, built up and handicapped in keeping with
your climate, your topography and your tradi-
lions.
But be sure that your town has made provi-
sion for well designed and equipped schools and
libraries conveniently accessible to home
sections
Make provisions for outdoor and indoor
recreation and park spaces for people of all
ages to enjoy. Plan public Fairgrounds and
athletic fields.
BE sure that you have large enough CEN
trail supply of pure water for personal busi-
ness and fire needs, that sewer connections ara
made to every house that is bat in your
rapidly growing city.
Make arrangements for the sanitary dis
posal of garbage and trash.
See that there enough through streets
or roads that there is sufficient electric power
service, gas service, telephone and telegraph
service.
Watch out to make your city beautiful in
every way, in building designs and in its land
scape effects, and In every other way possible.
There are at least 1900 communities of
than $500 population and thousands OF
rural communities without any plans to guide
their future development.
1T seems to me that there is a tremendous
amount of work for home women to do in
these fields.
"All communities are not growing with such
strides, of course. There is even more work
to be done, however by those women who are
living in cities. and towns which are old
and settled in their ways of doing things
They have ugly main streets, congested Slums.
crowded streets, badly lighted unventilated
homes and work places, smoke, dirt, awkward
buildings and ugly houses. Some of the cities
have planning commissions, but not all of
these planning commissions have woman
member to see that the city will be a good
place for children TO grow up in and a lovely
place for grown people to live in.
We found out In our recent survey that
in large towns and cities there more than
100000 dwelling houses which are not con-
nected with the city sewage systems and more
than three and a half million people who do
not have running water in their homes. In
many of such cities the children pla wing
in dirty traSh-covered streets and alleys and
living in houses which are dark, ugly and un-
healthy
foregn-bo in segregated districts of our cities.
the Little RuSSiaS' and the Little Italys,' etc.
is a citizenship defect upon which women
should direct their influence for correction.
1T is surprising to me how many people
there are who have no idea of how much work
OF this character women's clubs of the coun-
try do. In many towns and cities the au-
thorities look to the women's clubs to do what
they feel they cannot accomplish themselves
particularly in the line of improvements and
reforms. City fathers realize that when you
put a common ambition purpose into q
group Of energetic and enthusiastic women
something Is going to be done