Vol. X 
House and Garden 
October, 1906 
No. + 
ROSE VALLEY, A COMMUNITY OF DISCIPLES 
OF RUSKIN AND MORRIS 
By Mahel Tuke Priestman 
^^T^IVINE discontent” is the foundation of 
all attempts to better the conditions of labor. 
I'he seed sown seems long in bearing fruit, but that 
sooner or later it does has been shown in the results 
of such lives as those of John Ruskin and William 
Morris. To-day we are reaping a rich harvest 
from the seeds they planted and tended amid dis¬ 
couragement and criticism that would have daunted 
less noble men. The arts and crafts movement 
is the direct outcome of the teaching of these men, 
and has awakened in the hearts of the community 
a longing for beautiful and honest handwork, made 
under pleasant and healthy conditions. 
Not far from Philadelphia, Rose Valley is trying 
some experiments in economic development, very 
much on the lines of the shops at Merton Abbey, 
started by William Morris. 
Near Moylan, some thirteen miles out, on the 
Chester turnpike, lies the Pennsylvania valley, at 
the bottom of which winds Ridley Creek. Thickly 
covered hills rise from the valley on one side, while 
the gradual ascent on the Moylan side makes it 
VIEW IN ROSE VALLEY SHOWING THE GUEST HOUSE AND CRAFTSMEN’s COTTAGES 
Copyriuht, 1906, by The John V. ^yinston Co. 
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