Show WHERE SOCIAL LIFE IS NEEDED it was thought that when telephones telf tel phones rural mail delivery and oher cipher 0 advantages were introduced that they would have the effect af of stemming the tide from the country to the city but the tide except here and there I 1 docs does no not diminish in volume great grent as is the boon of these facilities they do not make up for J 41 1 the lack of social life in the rural districts and that lack seems to be the weakest point in former das dabs when the city was not accessible ces sible the social instincts of the people were met and largely satisfied by the spelling bees husking bees singing school and on their social side the protracted meetings but these things have almost entirely vanished and little or nothing of a social character has taken their place yet it ought to be possible to provide some attractive and helpful social recreation for farmers families and for that purpose the country befool building might be more utilized of an evening than it now is with the social problem solved in all probability the drift from the country will be stopped |