Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1926, Page 85

MAGAZINE SECTION e | The Sunday Staf [rewe Part 5—8 Pages WASHINGTON, D. (., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1926. Washington, With City Portals, Will Lead General Movement BY LEE LAMAR ROBINSON. [Try e -:xifl‘ the electric rallway company has ASHINGTON, in moving o e e - 2 5 % n o e | built a station plant valued at $3,000, provide artistic "Gty o Other Mummpahhes leely to Follow Example of National Capltal, for Which Fine Arts Commission Has Made Impres— ,“,L.,“,.}’,"f;’,‘n,?‘,1?“,1,:?';:‘[,:‘,'“:?{‘*“;‘° fre which other municipalities i exfent HiThe mounis e e et e likely 1o follow. Gatd sive Plans—Many Smaller Cities Already Have Undertaken to Greet Visitors With More Attractive Backgrounds | e e planned from a standpoint of s and iy, invariably bring results of | shade trees. ny believes it mte i s s |, Community Life—Rules of Post Office Department Have Been Factor in Recent Progress—Motor Tourists Furnish In- | [53mine provesition e genera ect . . . . . s e ot e pine ets commission | centive——Greater Prosperity Has Followed Efforts to Please the Eye~-~What Is Being Done in Various Parts of Country. | & i, M l\*Ht'311\~~ 0 mnd - Wisc wn\.ln A\l'l ‘(1‘.!."!‘!' é:a]lf and i’ ;:'r."\ :». 0 3 Our reasons for possibly, in the future, @l other points ve interesting in connection with the = P = c = = = to do likewise. The result Las be ¢t that the litile of the Na 5 3 4 ; the development of « e suburban il Capital thre t the country Qistrict.” e taking steps properly to wel come visitors Glen View, K many years patient Main ret, be it known, is repre. dated wooden Nain strver, te it n s repre : v tion Fin: the 1 1 < and towns to the number of tens 3 % ¥ ¢ “ . new statior . 10 men be nd witk total population 3 ;: A o Soation, with ver Pt fle Foot, s communication | 3¢ » ar the trees on a portation, which are opening {4 o 4 Z < sordered these smaller | g 5 v e 1 . Sia than population of pointe the serv ople for the purposes of scs. education. religion, health cia 1 heing Lixpansion provement. therefore, on the A interest for around 50,000 naterial concern to the 60,000,000 | e found in the records of the ice Department. which show ose 10 1.000 of the smalle ition centers have village de vice distinction which fad only when the community met certain hard and fast re quirements of the department. When Village delivery service is authorized means that the urban center has nnual postal receipts of $5,000 or, in ien of that, a stable pppulation of 00. Still other requirements are hat the village thus gaining recog- vition must _provide electric lights, oncrate walks within the limits of the proposed delivery service, num bers for the houses, mail receptacles | 1 house to be served, and con- | picuously displaved street names. ie1s the mark J¥QUIRY at the Post Office Depart- R onured ment as to what, in the opinion of | close-cropy ings of trees, st with sttractive electr A well-grac nd 1 ts oficers, was responsible for the tendency on the part of so many of - 3 ; 4 the villages and towns thus to put | 5 : % b Marg their hest foot forward brought this p &5 £ 4 ML, i - " : v ated prompt response ; < 2 3 guests had An awakened civic pride, growing, 7 ‘ | the new in part, out of the increase in the . . S 3 (L 0 2 4 > N By | As soon number of good roads and automo- A 3 ok X ’ 4 : ) . rit it perty owr hiles, which cause a natural desire 4 - : Frp R { s A b 3 & - s - s r premises on the part of the villages to dress . A2 k 3 . R i 4 2 . W 3 paint and 1up for company; the influence of sci- RS T 3 S 3 < £ . ” WA R s ove th entific inventions, such as the tele- g ey e b 5 _ ' 3 & AT by 3 P 3 bury phone and the radio, and the catch- o M [ 5 A i ¥ x & g ¥ ; A i T 1 2 | zatew fng of the expansion spirit so preva- % : x g2 2 5 o . lent throughout the —country. It | means that the urban population is 9 A% y ? : P % %y % schools and girding itself to meet the challenge | ; ; 7 by N 3 AR $ 4 - . e = onious des: of new conditions. | ‘ The Federal Burean of Agricultural ; - 4 # : all due to n Economics calls attention to notable | 4 " z ¢ o ) 8 . B % o Ry L -, - attractiveness results which have followed intelli- gent village planning on the part of Jumerous small communities, espe- ally since the rapid increase in urban ypulation, and comments as follows: “What of the millions who live in ir thousands of villages? What are they doing to make their living and social conditions more healthful, com- 4 ; ; : 3 fortable, attractive and effective and o TG0 5 3 ; : & N o > " : . s Villages do not always have the bene- i ‘ ? " BT L ST TR o5 y R it of a detailed town plan prepared - 3 D 5 o Ly an expert, but rural community effort has already accomplished nota- « results in many instances.” Wayne C. Nason, assistant agri- economist, who has given study to’ the improvement ical features of urban centers on the subject answers | of the questions which would wturally aris connection with 3 practical steps ng to that end . I g vers, Commen on the fact that “these d : = | provige people (the 20,000,000 villagers and B 4 he 30,000,000 living immediately round them) classed as ‘rural’ by the census produce practically all of our food supply, send leaders into nearly Al walks of life and are the chie Villages should he easy of access : ] Approa 1l direct, durable 1 4 oo B 3 : | the care of the nd enjovahle 1 lavouts N g i . & 3 2 sk < y Lanark, IIL, a hould be based \turalnes: e i i VeSS unigne healthfilness and convenience: hous. < . 2 — il care to its cemeter : 1se t ng conditlons should be sanitary, con- o ok 7% 4 P < & * e 4 latter not only to att s Hitte venient and economical; dwellings 3 : P y & 2 1 tion but to 5 Bettar s should be satisfactory to the eye and X § A 5 ' . % ning of the cemete 2 de set in pleasant surronndings. There . < g ° ' i E o other villages should be clean and well kept lawns, p : 1 . P S, For many yvears its inception hordered streets and good archi- T : . . - ® in 1862, the cemetery irk was ) % little m than s place, ir creased in size as wrose. Later it was i re of a board of managers appointed } hedges wit lawns, its park 2 {one of the three n sitors sas n fences so oft proaches to villa centennials are the order of the day, with a natural pride | on the part of the participants in such ceremonles, some vising little | communities in the eastern section of the country have s 1er possibly 4 : more historic communities one better lelms and s, ar ied three the initiation of some specific civic e - et o & o e e % : 4 * ks A small circular parks p vith pine improvement in connection with cen- : : ¥ e 2 i ;i s / r maple trees placed nnials, sesquicentennials and even b o L s e g RN ' / g TS ‘W(n:rh;‘ & comend es ey & - e g < ¢ . 3 = 3 {pense of §1 including the FEW examples of what is being . : s g - " oh W o > ments, fina from interes done in the way of village plan- . 2% 2a - received from an endowment fund ob ning, not only in the East but also tained from the sale of lots at $50 each 1 the South, Northwest and Far West, 1 ate pointed M ®Railroad gatewatat The courthouse at L. out hy Nason from among many which have come under | Dak., furnishes evidence tha for beautiful things was not abs hig_observation = SR = < = - ' Nustrations furnished by 3 : 3 om the nature of the wester \-:J.‘.:. 'n‘:.'\,’('..'n". mrd’ "ll]n"e 1“1”" }‘h‘n new county courthouse in 1916 to give | open space into an attractive (m\'n‘r‘omm\mlt\' co-operation, the people| Outside the park and around the |public buildings. Beautifully shaded lx:rnunri is available for improvements, neers, }hm vas merely held In & N e Tutes ot Sreng wie 1h® | their village a distinctive touch. While | common—have now hecome reality. | of Patterson have bluilt a $12,000 pub- | square other public buildings. such as |approaches welcome the visitor and |but excellent arrangement and |ance while the more pressing ne The town took the needed land by | lic library, a community clubhouse, a | library, hotel, another church, stores |suggest a village of ordered serenity |treatment of the small space has been | of subduing tinent was in pro right of eminent domain, voted upon oncrete swimming pool, completed | and private dwellings, form a civic |and contentment. jeffected through the efforts of pub-|ress. Althou 5 at town meeting. and owners were {and fitted at an expense of $5.000; a | center. The first view of the center. with its | lic-spirited citizens. The “all-the given over awarded damages. No lawsuits ve- | concrete grain elevator erected by The chief advantages of the Pat-| (a1 colonial church spire among the { 'ound” plan of ground improvements | farming, as soon r S abamuth. Mass.. for example, hasd srominent central square, surrounded Sulted. The project was financed | co-operative organization of _grain | terson plan are the effective groupins | trees, is across a fringe of clean, | WAS employed. Trees and shrubs, in-| overcome primitive the iven special attention to the ireat-}by the /main’ business houses, ana | through taxation and from donations. | growers at a cost of $20,000, a $70,000 jof public buildings' on or near the | smooth, well fenced. well husbanded | cluding hardy nnials, were used, | began the constru @ couniy ment of its local bridges While rec- | makes a di nctive civic center. A * grammar school to supplement exist park-like squ: ina .v\u center and [ farms which encircle the village so and adjacent s opposite the street | courthouse which, occupving rise f ontzing that durability comes first, | trained horticulturist was emploved | [PATTERSON, Calif., and a nearby | !N &rammar and high schoo nd | the short, direct lines of communica- | closely that there is no room left any. and tracks have been planted to sereen | ground in a_conspicuous position vet its citizens agree that Lridgze | to supervise the decorative features, | colony of 18,000 acres, divided | 2" automobile camp park O e “-" section-line | where for dump piles, ash heaps and |©ff unsightly places and approaches. |the county seat, is built along may be beautiful as well. To that | which include artistically laid out |into small, irrigated farms, were orig- | Tallmadge, Ohio, in the Western Re- | ‘f“_“}‘ Ofsitie (West of One Ty AL |yacant lots filled with weeds and The local civic legaue in Moores. | architectural lines, surrounded »nd shrubs and vines have heen|walks and grounds, a variety of |inally planned in 1910 as a unit and |Serve, founded in 1807 by Rev. David | directly Sfrom the comnty ,“(‘hm'f Vil | trash. {ville, N. C., some time ago decided |well lid-out and well kept grounds Manted and trained to srow over the | shrubs and numerous elm and maple | have been so developed. Comfort and | Bacon of Woodstock, Conn.. is proud | l2ge or from the country to the coun-i The four main roads approaching ithat it wanted a new town gateway and is expected to have a compelling fhe appearance of the structures in| Hetognizing, .thongh tardily, .the|leading to the. village, eath being |babhezard metheds of ~expansion. | the scliocls the move readlly fo bocoms/| west, souttheast and southwest merge |bY cleaniug up the gvound around the | whole county. . _ the town and redeemingz them from | need of a more attractive and efficient | planted with trees or shrubs of one | Tallmadge comprises a township an l“"*‘ community or civic centers. at an attractive civic center about two | Station, plowing and fertilizing it, and ok severeness and in some cases ugli-| community arrangement, Weston, | variety proximately 5 miles square and di R small, well kept parks shaded with |partially inclosing it with a chain HE especial prile of Freehold, N ass Mass, a town of 2.282 people. after | All improvements at Patterson are | Vided into 15 great lots, each sepi- | ILLINGTON, CONN., was geninifely | (VS 0m slmsjatidunanles: B st Lo J:, iniits heautftul high achool, on A space opposite the two churches | planning for 25 years, has established | supported by a chamber of commerc 1!“-\“‘1 by east-and-west and north-and- | X%, 0,00 ated into a town in 1786, | Smooth, wide, tree-bordered main ¢ e L EOTeEs, he | the main street th the center of the as well with those of fewer yvears.|the village has less than 1.000 popula The language used in the descrip- | tion, yet the construction of a $165.000 fons is in zreat part that used by | courthouse made an appeal to their M. Nason pride. It was located on the most | of Le Roy, Ohio. was selected by pub- |#_civic_center. The (wo-hundredth |a farm burean, two women's civic |South main roads. =Reads run fiom | prom then untfl now farming has Streets are a continuation of the PANUNE. And pask a gardener to care| own its curriculum linked up with Te-spirited citizens and hisiness in. | anniversary ceiebration of the found. | clubs, & home demonsiration center | the four corners of the thownshin | nuc” (he “only important industry, | Princival reads, which, approaching at| () NS, EOURGE A0 (hose O (U | farming, xnd in ts architecture and tereats of that village as the site of | ing of the town arcused the interest | and farming population of 2,000. | dlagonally to the village center, thus |y’ oyection of how to keep the boys |angles and merging at the civic cen- | 5 2 grounds formirg a most attractive spot. a active "he e eeded e e se s : e gres s | | cles ¢ rovement movemen an attractive park. The latter is oval | needed to initiate the enterprise and | Patterson’s dominating feature is its Subdividing it of the great lots with | 10 d0at O G ever raised. | ter, form rather irregular spaces that | Cloen-UP and Improvement movement The broad desire to assoclate the in shape, surronunded by electric | the long-sought objectives of the civic | cireular civic center, formed by eight | diagonal roads from northwest 10| (pjdren take over the farms of their | &t more attractive than the regular ‘\‘_‘;H“"“; L‘M}\s] _were ,»,.plr‘nned, khts and planted with shade trees | center enthusiasts (1) To have impor- | streets that approach the cenier like | Southeast or from northeast to south- | tyerd™ (G 0 DTS L& old, as a rule, | squares. One, Maple street, is border- | WUIe The clvie loague sreatly W) ,ractical an convenlent. with the and flowers. The center of the park | tant public buildings, including the ! the spokes of a wheel. At the hub | West. the eight other cor- | {11y when there are no children in the | €4 for a mile with century-old, over- | Droved the Mun-GoWn bemeterys DU |jequtiful in education. and the need of as the intersection of the two cross. | new fire station, centrally grouped:|is a well planned circular plot of | Rering on the diagonal roads leading | famiiy' to carry on. Of the 2,127 popu. | hanging elms and maples planted by | {o“ve ysed as a community house, at | SPecimens of trees and flowers for roads where the village had its be- |(2) to prevent an undesired develop: | ground, on which is a building of | directly to the village in the center. |jaijon, the 500 living in the center |the former owners of the abutling |, cost of $4,500, and financed it by | classroom work, influenced the build- ning. Stimulated by this improve- | ment of an open space in the center | the prevailing tvpe of California | In the center of this village is a |are mostly retired farmers. farms. Eilington has many features, | & ©0%¢ Of =000 A0C “racer & thy |ing plan made by the teachers and e izens of T.e Toy are moing | of the village, about which the erec- | architecture, containing the village | public square of 73 acres, and in the | Here is found community spirit at |Simple and inexpensive in nature, | (S0S!DIS (r0m0 A and the | mctals. The local florist planned the head with a farreaching campaign | tion of small, poorly planned buildings | post office ‘and other offices. The | center of this square a park which |its best. Farmers and viliagers, the | Which are within the means and possi- | e S ha Giaiciwen: ive i taun i e planted such trees as linden, oak, ca- | | i these grounds and those of four ‘or improvement under the guidance | was contemplated; (3) to remove un- | eight angles around the plot formed |is fenced In, planted to shade trees |grange, farmers' clubs, churches, |bilitles of the ordinary rural com i «f a landscape gardener. sightly small shops and old, unattrac- | by the eight streets which meet at [and encircled by a public road within |schools and lodges work together in |munity if only the foresight and the A electric line, extending from |talpa, flowering cherr: Japanese Citizens of Primghar, Towa, awake [tive buildings already about this | the genter are severally occupied by | the square, a continuation of the con- [ harmonious relationships. There civic | Will ara present. Kansas City, Mo., into rural |maple, weeping birch, beech, mul- 1o the possibilities of more intimate | place; (4) to reclaim low, swampy |a hotel, two banks, a business block | verging roads from the country. In|pride is evident in the well tilled. | The railway station at Parnassus, |Kansas as far as Olathe, has found | berry, cypress. dwarf Norway maple. Joh with these from other <ections | ground, conducive to disease, form-|and two parks, with two others re. | 1822 the church was erected within |clean, successful farms, in treelined | Pa., occupies a narrow strip of ground |that good village planning brings | fir, Japanese spruce, blue spruce. Jup et dare of Tohadana s part of this ¢ en cpace | cerved for future public buildings. Lthe park, and in 1540 the town hall [roads. in clean streets and parks. in (lving betwean a main thoroughfare | much profit. For example, at Over.|anese cypress ias . Cemudd Widii (e past fowr years, through was built there. wide green lawns, in stately, dignified and che' raflway tracks, and little- land Park, Kans., a village of 100 peo-