New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-26

ngs and the identifying Of lawns, parks. church
grounds and cemeteries; stimulate householders 70
best way the services Of the local press I
all times in creating. strong public sentiment Tor
Ellen Sabin says: The children Of European
city were accustomed 10 play around group Of
were being injured. To protect them nower PEG
instead Of fence was placed about them. and
dren taught love beautiful surroundings. to re-
tribute in both positive and negative ways 10 the
general good and to feel civic PRIDE . MA - have
cleaner streets better Interior decoration, finer
architecture and more wholesome condition gen
general public demand for 1t and an appreciation
Of it. Let the chief attention in our efort TO pro
mote more beautiful city, be turned 70 me PUBIC n
schools. Children surrounded with beauty IN the
schools and trained TO recognize me oeaguiu W." ~
come 10 hate ugliness in the home ana In the
s'I8 2Sfo+ would d. 20 beaut,tv c,tv? asks Mrs
Alice J. Kaine. Dozens of things that you would
never dream OF giving me space 70 tell about BAD
things that women can and ought 10 remedy
Keep 10 some pure type IN ouiqng a 'ns h rooT.
strosities that are all about US Whether the house
IS old or new plant vines about It, and plenty OF
6 gTaPeyns that g50Es 2 SImos hat at
nav so }sst Thai II puiIed Itself up BY the roots
length in sumner and in the autumn its brilliant
coiors and clusters Of purple berries mngle beau
tifully with the bright green grape leaves No
creeping roses, honeysuckes clematis and the slow
growers can come later Vines on homes and
churches will do everything 10 add 70 the beauty OF
the city
I'm the yard I should have clumps Of the old
fashioned sweetbriar, white and purple lilacs, ira
grant syringa. bush cranberries for the bright red
berries and. above all. a wild crabapple tree for
the hummng birds. / should place all these in a
natural WOodsy way 8 II by accident. Nor would
I forget the bed OF spice pinks.
Il know a who has lived In rented houses
all her life long. moving often as the itinerant
Methodist minister. and she has left behind her In
every place a shrub vine. She loved them, and
they were her daily companions. The children
learned TO love and help care for them and the
thing became contagious in the yards for a block
around as whistlng among boys becomes in the
streets Ny first and last is plea for the pict
uresque IN houses yards and outside decoration Of
churches"
Mrs Perry Williams believes that the practical
way In which a city may be beautihed is TO secure
for small park purposes unoccuped tracts In the
heart Of the city. She suggests that a city i'm
provenent fund be created a basis for such pur-
poses.
II IS the opinion Of Mrs. David z. Roberts that
the secret of Hollands power lay in beautiful clean
cities in tidy little homes in the best Of Industrial
conditions and a result OF this Holland en-
joyed a clean municipal and national life The
American city which first solve the problem Of
cleanliness and beauty Will" she says, be the
first 10 put its disapproval on corruption and 10
have good municipal government The greatest
gifts which could give TO jewellers In crowd
districts would be free water. heated II desired
and the blessed light OF day undehled by smoke
and dust"