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decent sidewalks, eliminating shabby, ill kept fences, weeds and 

 other abominations, many of which abound. 



The first year $1,000 was raised and 400 trees planted, streets 

 lighted, drainage made good. All this work was made possible 

 by aid from the town council. The society paid one-half the 

 cost of a new railroad station, half the cost of a little park about 

 it, planting it out to trees and flowers, so that first impressions 

 of a trip to or through Stockbridge should be good ones. Now 

 they have a beautiful library, drinking fountains, parks, streets, 

 monuments to Revolutionary heroes. Cyrus Field gave $10,000 

 for a park. They erected the second monument in the country 

 to heroes of the Civil war. And so the good example of these 

 cultured, intelligent people of Stockbridge has made the name of 

 their little town famed for its beauty in two continents. Lenox 

 has the wealthiest people in the country as summer residents, 

 because as adjoining town, they share the renown and vie with 

 Stockbridge in making it beautiful. Aside from personal satis- 

 faction in living in the midst of beauty and order the small 

 amount of money invested by this Laurel Hill village improve- 

 ment society was the best investment ever made, for the value 

 of property has risen fabulously. 



In Honesdale, Penn., the citizens joined hands with the 

 avowed purpose of making theirs the model town of Pennsyl- 

 vania. They converted the river bank into a park, and a frog 

 pond also. They attacked two of the most offensive sights in 

 town, making them the most attractive. This has been done by 

 the woman's club and through their influence scores of other 

 women in the state have taken up the work. They offer prizes 

 for the prettiest back yard, neatest streets. Owners of vacant 

 lots are compelled to keep sidewalks in order and weeds cut 

 down. Their pastime is to plant trees and make flower beds, also 

 direct the work of drainage and sewerage. 



The National Cash Register Co. of Dayton, Ohio, put an idea 

 in practice for making the grounds around the shops attractive. 

 They have employed John Olmstead, the landscape gardener, to 

 lay out the factory grounds and grounds of houses owned by the 

 company, and now Dayton is famous all over the country for its 

 beautiful homes of the working people. They have transformed 

 the worst suburb into a blossoming paradise. 



