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Show The Country-Life Problem. "God made the country and mai made the town," is only another way of recognizing the fundamental character char-acter of country life in our civilization. Country life would be abundantly possible pos-sible without city life, as compared with city life. In some countries, like Russia, 90 per cent, of the population live in the country; but city life is impossible im-possible without country life as its foundation. This fact gives the work of the president's commission on country life a very real interest to the dwellers in towns, as well as to those who live in the country. Gif-ford Gif-ford Pinchot, in Suburban Life for December. |