Country and City 83 



A century ago farmhouses were mostly direct 

 and tasteful in mass effect. We yet admire 

 these old well-proportioned buildings, notwith- 

 standing all their imperfections of plan. Then 

 came the great development of cities, and with 

 it the rise of millinery architecture. The 

 country copied; and we now see the effects, 

 narrow-chested gawky buildings standing high 

 in the air as if land were worth so much a square 

 foot, with jig-saw cornices, ten-pin gables, and 

 chicken-legged porches. 



The need of social association. 



There is education in assembling with one's 

 fellows. This is why city populations are so 

 alert. Rural families are scattered. In some 

 way, the deadening effect of too complete 

 isolation must be overcome. It will not be 

 overcome by farmers assembling in hamlets. 

 The life of the ordinary hamlet is likely to 

 be of a lower type than the life of separated 

 farms. 



There is every indication that we are coming 

 to at least a temporary halt in the rural unrest. 



