Show france bul la ing y on better lines J R republic replaces war wai devastated areas with handsome towns new cork upon some of its war devastated areas france has seen the rise of 0 villages and towns more lovely more various in architecture more comfortable healthful and economical than those shattered to dust de pictures of these new settle harmonious and beautiful of kupect have been brought to tills this country by julian clarence levi representative senta tive of the american institute of ts and the architectural le leaga leabu agu Ite turning after some months in europe where lie endeavored to arouse interest and secure participation in the forthcoming exposition of architecture and the allied arts mr levi Is chiefly enthusiastic about the gardon garden cities the exposition Is to he be in lew york says the stars and stripes the man to conceive the garden city project mid and the prime mover in advancing it Is a french engineer of architectural training af M dautry who was instrumental in ili bringing a long list of architects both french and foreign into the work of design the reconstructions w were ere undertaken by the lie northern railway con company Pany to ir provide ovide new homes and cities for its t ill M dautry mr levi says Is not only a capitle engineer and executive but lie Is a man of unbounded enthusiasm ant and winning personality able to surmount every obstacle encountered I 1 visited the beautiful homes and cities the company has bus established they number cumber more than the econ oiny with which its operations were effected Is man marv marvelous olous brick from railway hallway ashes even the large hea heaps ps of cinders ac for years near the sands of the ainne aisne were avre used for brick purposes they wonderfully tie OB both sides facing the exterior and interior walls were rough and ideal for plastering on the inside and for covering with cement on the outside their use served to bring expense down to tile tho minimum benr the junctions of railroads there are convenient sleeping stations built for the engineers and train crews 1 I noticed they had special ventilating apparatus I 1 should say that a much larger proportion of tho the people than hitherto ventilate their sleeping Ble apartments at night Liter literally lilly new areas in france have emerged front from the ruins of the war new architecturally new in concept both structurally und and in their planning for the growth of new civic and social activities methods devised tor for the comfort and happiness of their aufu I 1 a tt 0 n are most modern they helst lost nothing of the picturesque alty which tile the world associates a with ith the provinces of france mr levi says 1 there was insufficient capital avails able after tile the war for the widespread reconstruction of the smaller towns and while the greatest gratitude Is expressed toward the efforts of americans in this mils direction the trail of the four horsemen had passed over too wide a swath to permit provincial re construction as rapidly as industry demanded beauty it Is prime note in the new city of deliverance which represents families there are 91 different types of homes public baths free medical examination buildings school and athletic fields are included in the new city of lens lena in which the northern company has exerted mush mus h activity and to whose beauty american alt city planning organizations and architects have contributed tri buted not a little there are arc not only beautiful bea and comfortable homes but a salle des fetes amusement house decorated with great taste playgrounds with every modern equipment and stores and shops blending with the surround ln 9 residences drug stores tobacco merchants stores and barber shops are to be seen in the midst of flowers prevailing everywhere even among the lowliest of shops the american architects and city PI planners anners suggested and put in force ninny many economics the ordinary home of the railroad worker consists usually of a four room house A large room Is a used both ke aa a sitting flitting and dining room robin and there are three large well ventilated bedrooms kitchen and bath each house has haa a porch and also a concrete eel cellar which Is a need of the F rench french people for the preservation of their wines and fruits then there are the larger houses of five and six rooms for for families of 91 six to eight bight persons |