Science in Public Affairs 



districts in England where the mode of life of the 

 people approximates most nearly to the mode of 

 life of the greater part of the nation in the past. 

 Hertfordshire, the district of Craven in Yorkshire, 

 and the country parts of Cheshire are districts of 

 the kind. In all of them a large proportion of 

 the people work in the open air, and are reached 

 by the light of the sun, and use a comparatively 

 simple diet. A much larger proportion of tall, 

 strong men are to be found there than in Man- 

 chester, and far fewer men are noticeable in those 

 districts for their low stature or their slightness." 



" The appearance of the men is so depressing ; 

 they seem so physically unfit," was the gloomy 

 comment on one of the processions of the unem- 

 ployed made to me the other day by one whose 

 life's work and circumstances had kept from close 

 acquaintance with the poor ; and it is true. The 

 town influences, including those which enable a 

 man to amuse himself without effort, have brought 

 many into the ranks of the unemployed because 

 they are unemployable and, alas ! will so remain, 

 unless they can be taken "one by one," and by 

 good air, regular food, firm discipline, and patient 

 friendship lifted on to the plane from which they 

 can survey themselves as clothed in self-respect. 



MUNICIPAL EFFORTS TO MEET THE HOUSING 

 DIFFICULTY 



Private philanthropic enterprise which built 

 block after block of dwellings, or set itself to 



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