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is topographic study, then actualities, then possi- 
bilities based on the achievements of others.” So, 
there you have it in a nutshell the pith of the sub- 
ject from one of the highest authorities in this or 
in any other country. 
Any mention of this noted woman’s part in the 
“having a jolly good time.” — SHOOTING THE CHUTE, INDEPENDENCE, lA. 
improvement movement would be incomplete 
without some allusion to her strong belief in, and 
reliance on, the spirit of co-operation that she 
considers especially marked among workers alorg 
these lines. This opinion, steadily adhered to and 
quietly but persistently main- 
tained, is positively inspiring. 
She says: “All efforts to do my 
best would avail but little were 
not city and park officials and 
scientific workers so unstintedly 
kind and helpful.” She contends 
that “this tremendous help is ex- 
tended to all w.orkers in civics.” 
And there are those who are ready 
to subscribe to the statement, the 
writer included. 
Miss Dock has somewhere said 
that; “The movement which in 
its simpler form is known as the 
Village Improvement Spirit, is 
one that is confined to no one 
portion of our country, though 
certain parts are far in advance." 
And she has succinctly defined this spirit or move- 
ment as being divided into four distinct forms of 
development, viz., “The National, as in the great 
Western Reserves; the State, as shown in Forestry 
legislation and the protection of remarkable natural 
scenery such as Niagara Falls; the Municipal, in 
our Park systems; and the local or individual, in 
the preservation of Pine Knoll at Sheffield, Mass., 
or of celebrated trees, as the Waverly Oaks, near 
Boston.” She further says that: “All of these 
forms are based upon the fundamental idea that 
the earth is an heritage, and that we, as tenants, 
leave our mark either as Care- 
takers or as Destroyers.” 
As we can only hope to faintly 
suggest the ideas and methods of 
this successful improvement 
worker, we may as well conclude 
with a quotation from her address 
before the National Federation 
of Women’s Clubs at its Biennial 
held at Milwaukee in 1900. 
“In improvement work the 
time has come to drop piecemeal 
work and concentrate on some 
vital points for education, legis- 
lation and enforcement. 
1st. Household Waste, its 
removal and sanitary disposal. 
2nd. Good roads and streets, 
pathways along rural roads, tree 
planting in care of qualified per- 
sons, protecting beautiful places, and placing seats 
by roadsides. 
3rd. Agitation looking to legislation prohibit- 
ing dumping on the shores of any stream, the pre- 
vention of the use of small streams as sewers, the 
A COMMON SIGHT ANYWHERE. 
This village is most romantic in its location. 
encouragement of constructing swimming baths on 
streams ( even small ones j and public walks along 
their banks.” 
A few examples of the lessons Miss Dock 
strives to fix in the minds of her auditors by means 
of lantern slides made from negatives that have 
