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of an ideal village or suburb, became the great 

 desire of Mrs. S. A. Barnett, of Toynbee Hall. 



"The story need not be told here how, by 

 unremitting endeavours, aided by a strong com- 

 mittee, the funds were raised to purchase eighty 

 acres, in the centre of the property, as playing-fields. 



" It is now proposed to purchase the rest of the 

 estate, comprising 240 acres, and to erect a City 

 Suburb for the habitation of persons of different 

 classes of life who can all and each enjoy the 

 beautiful scenery and fine air of Hampstead, and 

 who can live together in the spirit of mutual 

 helpfulness and kindly forbearance." 



With true sympathy have those last words been 

 written, for the ways of various classes are so 

 different that it will need " kindly forbearance " 

 on both sides to bring them to an appreciative 

 understanding. 



" You want us to live near the rich, my dear 

 Lady ? Well ! you won't get me for one. I would 

 not bring up my youngsters in view of such ex- 

 amples as they will mostly set. Waste without 

 want, and idleness without starving ; money is 

 their God, shirk work is their aim. Women too 

 fond of pleasuring to be decent mothers, and 

 everybody eager for play, and victuals and drink 

 the subject of talk at most meals so they tell 

 me. We may have faults and we have a good 

 few, I don't mind owning it, in my class but not 

 that sort of fault, and we don't want to add their 

 sort to our sort" and so on, talked a leading 

 working-man friend, as early in the scheme's life 



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