RURAL AND VILLAGE 

 IMPROVEMENT 

 SOCIETIES .-. 



NDIVIDUAL effort is the 

 great factor of success in an 

 undertaking of this kind. 

 The man who begins the 

 work of improvement by 

 clearing away the rubbish 

 from his back yard and doing 

 something to make the home-grounds pleasant 

 constitutes an improvement society of one, and 

 what he does will be the object-lesson needed 

 to prompt others to follow his example. The 

 work of improvement must begin at the home. 

 Any society which sets out to improve homes 

 in general and neglects to do anything for the 

 individual home is a failure from the start, be- 

 cause it overlooks the fact that general improve- 

 ment can only result from individual effort 

 brought to bear upon each home, instead of 

 general effort expended on all homes. This is 

 why improvement, like charity, should begin 



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