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Show Itis a sign of the times thnt speakers, experts, sociological sharks, industrial investigators and what not nre very much interested in rural communities. com-munities. Time was when none of them cared a damn about the broad spaces in the open air. The soil tiller was looked upon ns some sort of subservient peasant nnd only existed to poke fun nt. Now an army of good intcntioncd men are nt work suggesting improvements for the country coun-try nnd boosting country life. They now go so far as to admit that the open air life has some Important points of advantage over crowded town life ns regards the avcroge person. The smnll towns and the country are very glad to be so well looked after by the experts, and to tell the truth they themselves are beginning to realize real-ize thnt they have some mighty worthwhile advantages. |