A CERTAIN LIVELINESS.
Increased liveliness in the life of the English village is an undoubted fact, due to many causes, human and mechanical ; to Women's Institutes (which claim the first place) ; to the wireless ; to means of transport ; to the Saturday holiday ; and this new liveliness needs new forms of leadership and organization, such as the Community Councils are well fitted
to supply, if they can discover a principle and develop the right technique. Incidentally, on the subject of Women's Institutes, the campaign against " litter " is admirable. The posters on the subject (especially noted the other day by the King and Queen) are admirable. Would it not be a good idea to copy the Dutch habit of posting up quatrains and couplets on the delight of a clean countryside ? There used to be a charming example in the park at Haarlem.
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