Science and City Suburbs 



Public Baths and common Laundries, and, I hope, 

 an open Swimming Tank, close by a grassy Play- 

 ground, where the children can frolic and the 

 " Grannies " rest while the mothers work. We also 

 plan to have allotments for those inhabitants who, 

 occupying corner plots, are not able to have their 

 gardens quite close to their houses ; and also 

 allotments for town livers, who will be able to 

 hire the eighth of an acre at a six-months' tenure, 

 wherein to cultivate vegetables and flowers, thus 

 making use of the land pending development, to 

 its improvement and the people's happiness. 



ASSOCIATED DWELLINGS FOR WORKING LADIES 



It is the essence of the scheme that "all sorts 

 and conditions of men " should find homes in 

 the suburb, and so, among the ideals which time 

 may see realised, is the establishment of Associated 

 Dwellings for working ladies. 



Those of us who know the domestic lives of 

 the ladies who, as teachers or typists, earn their 

 own bread, and who by circumstances are pre- 

 vented from living with their families, know that 

 the conditions of their non-working environment 

 leave much to be desired. 



In the Hampstead Garden Suburb it is proposed 

 to build an Associated House round a common 

 garden or tennis-court, which all can enjoy. Each 

 lady will have one or two small bedrooms and a 

 larger sitting-room, while there will be a common 

 kitchen, a drawing-room, and a library, in order to 



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