Community civics and rural life . hest inD nd cities. Almost everything wanted in the home of the may be bought in the city shops, and work that city home -g ^QnQ -n ^ kome for ^g family^ such as repair work, dressmaking, laundry work, and cooking, is likely tobe done by people brought in from outside. Water is pipedin from a public water supply and sewage is piped out throughpublic sewers. Gas and electricity for lighting and heatingare furnished by city plants. Since many city homes have THE HOME IOI not a spot of ground for a garden or for outdoor play, theydepend upon public parks and play
Community civics and rural life . hest inD nd cities. Almost everything wanted in the home of the may be bought in the city shops, and work that city home -g ^QnQ -n ^ kome for ^g family^ such as repair work, dressmaking, laundry work, and cooking, is likely tobe done by people brought in from outside. Water is pipedin from a public water supply and sewage is piped out throughpublic sewers. Gas and electricity for lighting and heatingare furnished by city plants. Since many city homes have THE HOME IOI not a spot of ground for a garden or for outdoor play, theydepend upon public parks and playgrounds provided by the are among the many so-called advantages of city life. When so much is done for the citizen by the larger com-munity agencies, there is danger that the family may forgetits own responsibility for the welfare of its mem- The obiiga_bers in connection with every want of life. For tion of theno matter how good the communitys arrange- omements for health protection may be, the health of every citizen. The Business of Farming Is Carried on at HomeIn this case, apparently, a well-managed business. depends more upon the home than upon any other agency (seeChapter XX). No matter how good the schools, the homealways has great responsibility for the education of the chil-dren, both within the home itself and through cooperationwith the schools (Chapter XIX). No matter how manysocial organizations and places of amusement the communitymay afford, the social and recreational life of the home is the mostimportant of all and the most far-reaching in its influence 102 COMMUNITY CIVICS (Chapter XXI). No matter how excellent the form of govern-ment in a community may be, its results will be very imperfectunless the government in each home is good. The home has especial importance in the rural communityof to-day. The rural home is no longer so isolated and self-dependent as the pioneer home, but the life of theof the home rural citizen is much more dependent upon
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