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Fig. 8 A city of such well-kept small homes could not be other 

 than attractive 



ship ordinance prohibiting the throwing of ashes and litter in the streets, 

 the roads of Merion are always scrupulously clean. But beauty is not 

 the sole object of the Association. It employs chemical experts to make 

 analysis every month of the water and milk supply. No resident of 

 Merion will purchase milk from a dealer who cannot show a certificate 

 fiom the Association." 



"Work among its own members, instilling the community spirit, un- 

 doubtedly has been the most constructive phase of the Association's 

 effort in the last seven years. But, perhaps, by reason of the united 

 public opinion so obtained, it has had remarkable success in its con- 

 tact with outside organizations. Its first real triumph came when the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad capitulated after a three-year fight, tore down 

 the archaic wooden station at Merion and constructed a building in 

 hamony with its surroundings. Then the Association contributed 

 $1,356 to get from the government the right kind of a postoffice build- 

 ing, on the opposite side of the track from the station." 



Societies could do much good by sending out seasonable reminders 

 or by calling city officials' attention to the value of sending out such 

 literature, and by assisting them in its publication. "Spring Remin- 

 ders" which was published in a small triple leaf folder by the Village 



