﻿October, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  397 
  

  

  The 
  Men's 
  Social 
  Club 
  

  

  they 
  are 
  grouped 
  in 
  

   the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  

   village, 
  at 
  the 
  cor- 
  

   ner 
  of 
  Bolton 
  Road 
  

   and 
  Bridge 
  Street, 
  

   and 
  consist 
  of 
  gro- 
  

   cery 
  and 
  provision 
  

   shops, 
  drapery 
  and 
  

   millinery 
  shops 
  and 
  

   butcher 
  shop. 
  These 
  

   stores 
  are 
  managed 
  

   by 
  the 
  employees 
  

   entirely, 
  who 
  pro- 
  

   vide 
  the 
  capital 
  and 
  

   divide 
  the 
  profits. 
  

  

  Over 
  the 
  entire 
  

   area 
  of 
  these 
  shops 
  

   a 
  girls' 
  club 
  has 
  

   been 
  provided. 
  The 
  

   side 
  class 
  rooms 
  are 
  

   divided 
  by 
  movable 
  

  

  wooden 
  screens, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  when 
  one 
  large 
  hall 
  is 
  needed. 
  Sew- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  ambulance 
  classes 
  are 
  held 
  here 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  winter 
  months, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  lesser 
  

   degree 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  

  

  The 
  Juniors 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  forgotten, 
  as 
  

   a 
  beautiful 
  club 
  house 
  has 
  been 
  built 
  for 
  

   them 
  also. 
  

  

  The 
  school 
  buildings, 
  both 
  architectural 
  

   and 
  otherwise, 
  are 
  the 
  pride 
  of 
  the 
  village. 
  

   All 
  the 
  social 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  centers 
  

   around 
  these 
  buildings. 
  On 
  Sundays 
  unde- 
  

   nominational 
  services 
  and 
  Sunday 
  schools 
  

   are 
  held 
  in 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  resident 
  minister. 
  

   Instead 
  of 
  being 
  only 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  day 
  

   scholars 
  five 
  hours 
  of 
  the 
  day, 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  

   constant 
  use 
  for 
  social 
  functions 
  on 
  week 
  

   nights. 
  With 
  the 
  new 
  schools 
  now 
  being 
  

   built, 
  provision 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  ac- 
  

   commodation 
  of 
  fifteen 
  hundred 
  scholars. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  pieces 
  of 
  archi- 
  

   tecture 
  in 
  the 
  village 
  is 
  Christ 
  Church, 
  built 
  

   for 
  the 
  Congregationalists. 
  

  

  An 
  Open 
  Corner 
  with 
  Retreated 
  Houses 
  

  

  The 
  Village 
  Inn 
  is 
  another 
  point 
  of 
  in- 
  

   terest. 
  At 
  first 
  it 
  was 
  run 
  on 
  temperance 
  

   principles, 
  but 
  now 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  six-day 
  license, 
  

   and 
  is 
  run 
  on 
  the 
  methods 
  advocated 
  by 
  

   Earl 
  Gray 
  and 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  Chester. 
  The 
  

   Inn 
  provides 
  day 
  accommodation 
  for 
  many 
  

   hundreds 
  of 
  visitors, 
  with 
  sufficient 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  bedrooms 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  

   those 
  who 
  wish 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  longer 
  stay 
  in 
  

   the 
  village. 
  

  

  The 
  educational 
  facilities 
  provided 
  for 
  

   the 
  residents 
  and 
  employees 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  

   of 
  Port 
  Sunlight 
  are 
  well 
  patronized, 
  and 
  

   are 
  productive 
  of 
  much 
  good. 
  The 
  Tech- 
  

   nical 
  Institute 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  

   of 
  England. 
  It 
  contains 
  a 
  large 
  lecture 
  

   hall 
  and 
  class 
  rooms, 
  replete 
  with 
  the 
  latest 
  

   apparatus 
  for 
  demonstrating 
  purposes. 
  

   The 
  syllabus 
  includes 
  French, 
  German, 
  

   chemistry, 
  mathematics, 
  dressmaking, 
  

   shorthand, 
  typewriting 
  and 
  mechanical 
  

   drawing. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  classes 
  for 
  

   such 
  advanced 
  subjects 
  as 
  building, 
  ma- 
  

   chine 
  construction, 
  mechanical 
  and 
  elec- 
  

   trical 
  engineering. 
  

  

  Another 
  educa- 
  

   t 
  i 
  o 
  n 
  a 
  1 
  institution 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  note 
  is 
  

   the 
  Lever 
  Free 
  Li- 
  

   brary 
  and 
  Museum. 
  

   The 
  library 
  contains 
  

   over 
  four 
  thousand 
  

   volumes, 
  and 
  in 
  ad- 
  

   dition 
  a 
  reference 
  

   library 
  of 
  standard 
  

   technical 
  and 
  critical 
  

   works. 
  The 
  mu- 
  

   seum 
  contains 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   cellent 
  collection 
  of 
  

   choice 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   ancient 
  and 
  modern 
  

   works 
  of 
  various 
  

   schools, 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  

   pleasing 
  addition 
  to 
  

   the 
  educational 
  in- 
  

  

  Plain 
  Walls 
  Are 
  Clearly 
  Susceptible 
  to 
  Good 
  Treatment 
  

  

  