RURAL AND VILLAGE 



at home before it undertakes the broader work 

 of the community. 



It is the easiest thing in the world to get an 

 improvement society started in almost any 

 community if one earnest, enthusiastic person 

 will take the matter in hand. This is especially 

 the case at the present time, for enough of the 

 work of such societies can be seen on all sides 

 to convince any thoughtful person of the bene- 

 fit growing out of them. It needs some one 

 for a leader who is what we Westerners call a 

 " hustler," a person who has the knack of or- 

 ganizing and directing individual effort in 

 such a manner as to make it available and 

 effective. If there is such a person in the com- 

 munity, and he or she has the amount of 

 enthusiasm necessary to arouse public interest 

 and create or stimulate a desire for beauty in 

 everyday, practical life, there is no good reason 

 why a local improvement society should not be 

 organized in any community there is nearly 

 always need for it. Recognize this need fully, 

 and bring it to the attention of others, then 

 go to work at once in the formation of your 

 society. Do not wait for next spring or next 

 fall, but begin your work now, for there is 

 always something that can be done, and there 



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