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possessing a high average intelligence and education, 

 even culture. The appeal is to the ambitious, the 

 thoughtful — to those who aspire to better conditions 

 of living for themselves and their children, and are 

 willing to make some sacrifice to that end; hence, the 

 human material is good to start with. Next, it is pos- 

 sible for the people conveniently to assemble once a 

 week in a comfortable auditorium. Finally, in the 

 citizenship of the nearby metropolis, and usually of 

 the garden city itself, there is abundant talent to be 

 drawn upon for the intelligent presentation of every 

 topic within the range of current discussion — political, 

 literary, artistic, scientific, and religious. 



As I am writing these words, Einstein, the German 

 physicist and Zionist leader, is in New York and on 

 the front pages of the newspapers. I do not grasp 

 his theory as to relativity, and am comforted to learn 

 that there are only twelve people in the world who can 

 do so; yet, if I lived in a garden city, and saw the 

 announcement that some notable man or woman would 

 occupy the platform to-night and tell us all the average 

 brain can comprehend in regard to Einstein, including 

 his passion for Zionism, and that this talk would be 

 illustrated by moving pictures, I should certainly want 

 to attend that meeting. At least, I should have the 

 opportunity, along with all my neighbors, to get the 

 best word about Einstein at the moment when he was 

 conspicuously in the public mind. And, if I were in 

 charge of affairs, I would undertake to get hold of 

 Einstein himself and exhibit him as a passing lion. 



This is only an illustration of the opportunities 

 that constantly occur to lift the standard of general 



