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fully doing a most valuable work. 
This work is contained in the move- 
ment of the Massachusetts Civic Lea- 
gue on the housing problem, and is by 
far the most important and deserving 
endeavor yet attempted along the 
lines of social construction. 
Religion, education and all of the 
various functions coincident with our 
earthly existence have their places, 
but the home is the vital spot around 
which to build the others. When the 
home fails these other agencies are 
lacking; religion goes begging, edu- 
cation is given a passing glance, and 
all because of the undevelopment of 
the possibilities of that vital point, 
the home. The police courts of a 
community and various charitable 
and preventative societies are increas- 
ed only in proportion to the squalid- 
ness of the housing of the persons in 
that district. 
The work of the Massachusetts 
Civic League is accomplishing un- 
hoped for results under the leadership 
of Edward J. Hartman, and greater 
progress is assured in the future, for 
the communities in which the League 
is working realize that better hous- 
ing conditions are necessary to their 
own progress In the words of Mr. 
Hartman, “Good homes are the key 
stone of the whole social arch.” 
Aside from personal and individaul 
benefit to be derived from proper 
housing conditions in all communi- 
ties, the moral effect of attractive 
homes on the whole town or city is to 
give the particular locality some of 
the genuine feeling which the term 
“home” should imply. The sight of 
ill-kept streets, and schools is not at- 
tractive to new-comers to a communi- 
ty, and the initial impression that they 
are given of the place decides for 
them whether they care to become 
permanent residents there. 
The work of the Massachusetts 
Civic League is not an idle one; it is 
not as some unthinking person has 
termed it, “throwing pearls to the 
swine.” It is rather lending its val- 
uable energies to the general public, 
the employer as well as the employee, 
in an endeavor to effect the preserva- 
tion of the home with the subsequent 
benefits that are sure to come. 
If we can persuade President Taft 
to return to the North Shore next 
summer, and President-elect Wood- 
row Wilson selects this district as his 
summer stamping-ground, we will get 
our share of celebrities. Mr. Taft 
will be welcomed for his own sake, 
while Mr. Wilson will not lack a 
greeting if he elects the Shore as the 
summer Capitol. 
Congressman Gardner’s work in 
successfully pushing through the 
Burnett immigration bill is indeed a 
personal triumph for the Hamilton 
representative of this district. While 
the bill does not promise much in al- 
leviation of the immigration evil, it 
will undoubtedly aid the solution of 
the problem. 
Encouragement should be lent the 
Manchester boys and young men in 
their desires for an athletic associa- 
tion, and if the town can materially 
aid them in furthering their wishes the 
project should be approved in earnest. 
A municipal gymnasium and town hall 
combined would solve the problem. 
The women of Philadelphia and 
New York are making considerable 
progress in their attempt to rush the 
“ego trust.” If they can but discov- 
er the secret of making the hen lay 
out of season they will have complet- 
ed the solution of the problem. Hope 
none of the eggs were resurrected 
from Egyptian tombs! 
The past week has been one of un- 
usual Christmas festivity along the 
North Shore, more houses being open 
for the holidays than in former years. 
“The last word in hotels,” namely, 
the Copley-Plaza in Boston, seems to 
be a veritable Mecca for members of 
the Shore colony. 
The citizens of Salem in general do 
not seem to be enthused over the 
placing of a memorial to Hawthorne, 
A good resolution is worth while 
even if it be hard to keep. 
but the statue will be placed in the 
historic city, nevertheless. 
Happy New Year! 
That much-abused individual, the 
middleman, will probably be dispensed 
with in many cases after the introduc- 
tion of the parcels post in effect next 
week. The possibilities of the sys- 
tem of parcel delivery are illimitable, 
especially for persons living in rural 
communities. There will probably be 
many more packages sent by this 
method than by the private express 
companies, who have already lowered 
their charges in response to an order 
from the Interstate Commerce Com- 
mission. ‘The use of the parcels post 
to the rural resident will be found in 
the opportunity to dispose of products 
direct to the consumer which other- 
wise were collected by a middleman 
to the comparative financial loss to 
the original producer. 
Robert E. Davie, another man gone 
wrong, desires “a change of scene.” 
There are many more behind four 
walls who would welcome the same 
respite from prison life. 
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