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Show r l'rosre-t-s i,r I he Ci llilry Toun. Aneaiteru man I ravelin;- wmtwarl hid ociftslon tint long since to atop ovi i lilglit In BprtliKlli Id, (). bprtnufli 1.1 ha a i-opnlfltlon not fir from O'-MK1 To lnnn who thinks there Is nuelty in th country but Niw York, Clilragu or Iki ton. as the c limy be. XprlnKilel lid couronui'-rc,rnili 1llaxi.Tliestmiusi ctrpiwl Into the street from I Is hi lol lu the evening. What he did it did not expect to see ho din- not en). But what ko did ace wax u city as krilllantl) li-iktiil ret the finmt streets rf Ur York itself. An (loitm kouse," to enllril, wa.1 nenrlry. Ho cnteriil nnd found it ai elegant and spk mildly anminlHl at many of tko 1-cst iiwtem tkeau rs. One of tho most i-upiilar plays i f tho winter win-ter in New York viu at that tlu l-h,r iHTformthl iim its boanls lu n manner which would hnto Uin eradit-aklo eradit-aklo to Uio Ihenterri in 1,'cw York. Tlin eastern man opened vrldo ltlj i-yot In oAtoulshnient. llow lunch kid New York to offer In the way of i ity advnn taireri that this oountry Ioimi out in Ohio did not poeseM JIo has not answcr'-d Ilia iiuestloa satUfactcrily to hlinacll let. hpringki Id is only a typo r f tl o grAnd young towim tkronghout the eountr; Whllo New Yerk nanllghtliigOMTthe bill for electric street ram many small cities h id already for yenrtt jK-s--MMd n lendid nytteul of rapid tnitiKlt of this kind, llelug newlj laid out, their streott nro not nnrrow, crooked nn 1 dliiKy, HLo tho older thorojghf.mii of eastern cities, but ate krond, clean nnd liantifnl. Kwry suih town has its freo imblle library. Vkoro are ihero such in thr older ell lesj lnvititlon nnd niMcrn progress hate rter.dlly presedlforunnl to tho aid o tho country tonn. Village Improie-ment Improie-ment societlM an m thing It n joy foro'cr. ltu-irU nro ketomlng solid and beautiful, noblu tri-es lino tho etrui ts of tho country town, tiny ivtrks ii front o( tvrry dooranl nro lr.l-ll.-tnt with llowera. In many i ill i;c streets there is not somueh ruinrerap of imifr to U found. Hbvirio Huhts niako the night of tho lllago as brilliant as that of tho great clt. lVillts an I egetnbl.a all como to tko market with tho fresh llii or uu them lu ton us of u fow thousand inhabitant wuti r works rupplypitro water in nbundauce. lio Ion i thero will W electric lights hi pii-1 pii-1 ate bout ee, Uuch town hanltsown taslcful 'ond nrtUtio "opira 1iausc.h homo of theso village public halls uro c.cma of 1 nuty. Hern tho gnat l.-cture, tho concert, the popular play are giuu exactly as they uro lu tho city. Tho public r-chnulj oro l tier Hi in tkey are In tho big city, for they nro cut or pnUllcs. Modern ine n-tlon n-tlon Ium made the city yield up it treasures treas-ures to tho country, uid co-cn'rntlnii, romblnatiou. Is tho migio that krut Wrought it all. Tbo village has the advantages ad-vantages of the city, and uro air, blue tlj and green lree Imliiea, |
