New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
4 SUGGESTION FOR IHE ""H'o''

This il the time of the year when the country
:, nnst a,t 70 show IFS scamy side. Even apart
from the babitations of men the ground Is more
mr. los Uttered with Natures refuse, accu-
INFLATED during the last winter "n.ch mas io'
vet had an opportunity to bury i''o'' III WV
Earth Dead vegetable stalks lie prone vi '"e
pround or wave dscJnsolateN Ia inc "'"'
Ur ken or fallen branches from 'he trees auu
., element OF untidines> to the s'che, "h'cn Is
accoutuated by the presence Oh hia'l prahcn''
cfl,.t wears dead leaves. The brambles IN the
ronoo corners which will ere long add so much
,,;.turcsore boauty to the landscape, are now
scraggy and unkempt Nature mas been iFins
dead all these past months, covered WIN inc
nall of winter: and though she mas begun 10
feel the rulsations of new Ire, sho Is not !c'
strong enough to exhibit tat marvellous reno
vaton which i, her work in the later spflnS.
Kut Nature NAV be safely trusted to do her
,,orl, and do il in accordance with the canons
- ho,utv as we'll rs the laws of utility for
she j. n consummate artist in addition to being
4 rae chemist. Soon the desolation VIC no"
SEQ in field and forest will disappear as II d!
magic. She will bury her dead ont o. our
sight. chanting no requiem as she docs So Du'
snuinp the while Of the joyous cxuberant lie
that is +, come: for she would not at this time
soddcn us with even the least note OF decay
Tbon ont of the grave of the dead past she
viii cause t. spring up for Us the tender vegeta-
ton and flowers of the early year. Inc
fields ard gardens will smile in their renewed
loneliness Of youth And this great workshop
of Nature which we call the earth, Will take
mon it forms of exquisite and artistic beauty
that will drive out OF our minds all memory
of its dcsolatc and unlovcy baroness in the
carly sprngtlmc.
But powerful as Nature is, she finds her
match when she strives TO repair the disorder
which man creates. She can make the most
unLcmpt landscape look beautiful but she Is
impotent when confronted with the mlScelahc-
ous litter and disorder seen around most couh-
fry houses ut this season OF the year. AS nan
i, responsible for this un,ightlincSS, often re-
pulsiyc. and always more or less dlSagreeaDlc' 50
man alone can remedy il. That 80 many
pcoplo of intelligence and culture are content
r. live in the midst OF the litter that accu-
mulat : in country places is a standing wonder
Thee is a lack Of trmncS> and ncatnesS aDo"'
tho rural home that j. serious offence 70 the
artistic eve Without taking long journey
ere may see country residences whose grounds
are bet described at this season Of the year
by the word frowSy," if they are not actually
unccan. all because no one ever thinks oil
.pcnding few hours in setting things to
right. And how many otherwise frugal ara
thrifty farmers there are whose barnyaid ana
u hotc s aic an un>pcakablc offence. not only
To the eye. but II the no>trllS, and Who' out
cf sheer ShiftlcsSnc>s allow valuable nipple
monts to remain exposed to the weather all the
year round
We have been speaking Of the failure to clean
up country places in the spring a an artistic
offence and 50 indeed it i. But it is often a
sin against hygiene as well. Matter that Will
son decomposc j. allowed TO remain in close
proximity t, houses and wells. PuddlcS Of stag
nant water are permitted to stand until Nature
in pity drioS them up. CtEcr nui>anccs not
necessary T. describe in detail are tolerated ap
paIontly without a thought that they may be
brc, dcrs Of disease and death. II would be y
startling circumstance if the fear Of impending
cholera should spur our cities u cleanse thom
solves 50 that no danger may be apprchendcd
from them, whilo in the fresh and smiling
country the ideal conditions for the propaga
ten of this deadly disease should be allowed
to exist.