Ephraim Enterprise | 1919-09-27 | Page 3 | Model Village in England

MODEL VILLAGES IN ENGLAND Country Is Recognizing Necessity of Improvement in General Housing Hous Hous- ing Conditions It Tt Is Is said that the average English middle-class middle home Is so ugly it ought to h lii e just burned down and En Englishmen English English- Ush- Ush men are just beginning to realize this thi fact with the time result that all an over England England England Eng Eng- land plans are afoot to build model villages and model suburbs Brighton is the first to lead the way It is building a super suburb consistIng consistIng consisting consist consist- ing of hous housos so planned panned that there will be not more than ten to the acre This will allow each house a garden garden gar gar- den flea of 10 IG rods rods rods-or or feet teet The suburb is to be built in an orchard orchard orchard or or- chard setting Fruit trees will line the roadway radway y There will be no walls walIs the gardens being divided by hedges There will be recreation grounds al allotments at- at and common und The houses are to be built on modern and artistic lines the internal arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- arrangements ments being the last word In house comfort The only fly In the ointment Is the question of the small boys Will they be model enough to fo o Inhabit a model suburb or will they help themselves to the fruit that abounds In the public thoroughfares It Is hoped they will become imbued with a great respect for tor communal rights and thus grow up first-class first democrats