CIVILIZATION THROUGH PIPES AND WIRES 59 Water 63 Sewerage 64 Heating 65 Refrigeration 65 Drinking water 66 Bath and toilet 67 Gas 68 Vacuum 68 Disinfecting gas 69 Electric light 69 Electric power 69 Telephones 70 Dictograph 71 Telegraphone 72 CHAPTER VI ROADTOWN HOUSEKEEPING 74 Woman’s work not specialized 74 No laundry work at home 76 Dusting and sweeping 78 Making beds by machinery 79 Coöperative cooking practical 81 The end of household drudgery 84 CHAPTER VII THE SERVANT PROBLEM IN ROADTOWN 89 CHAPTER VIII ROADTOWN AGRICULTURE 90 Sufficient land to support population 93 Elimination of the middle man 99 Coöperative ownership of farm tools 100 CHAPTER IX INDUSTRY RETURNS TO THE HOME 102 Wage slavery doomed 103 A work room in every home 105 A new type of factory 110 A special message to women 112 The end of monotonous labor 114 CHAPTER X ROADTOWN MAKES CO-OPERATION PRACTICAL 116 Also a Mecca for the individualist 117 The Roadtown department store 119 CHAPTER XI ROADTOWN EDUCATION AND SOCIAL LIFE 123 Roadtown athletics 125 Education for old as well as young 126 Eyes to be used less and ears more 128 Mothers for public school teachers 131 Lowest death rate in history 133 A home in the truest sense 137 CHAPTER XII WHO WILL BUILD THE ROADTOWNS 139 Home rule for Roadtowners 142 Detached villas practical but undesirable 145 Builders of Roadtown take minimum risk 148 The cost of the first mile of Roadtown 150 Economy increases with length 157 A real remedy for congestion 161 CHAPTER XIII