Building New Cities of Demountable Houses on 



The period of reconstruc- 

 tion in the devastated and 

 depopulated sections of 

 France was under way 

 when the smoke of battle 

 was still in the air. To-day 

 the ruins of villages cen- 

 turies old serve as the 

 foundations for newer vil- 

 lages of light frame build- 

 ings and demountable 

 houses. The English so- 

 ciety of "The Friends" 

 has undertaken this relief 

 work of supplying home- 

 less French families with 

 the ready-cut lumber to 

 build their temporary 

 homes. At left is shown 

 a ruin under investiga- 

 tion. The agent will de- 

 cide whether the walls 

 that are standing may 

 be used again or whether 

 an entirely new struc- 

 ture will be necessary 



The height of good fortime— a horse to help ! Here the builders have tiles with which to con- 

 struct their wall. They have already begun to set up the framework for their future home 



