Evening star., 1900-08-17
NATURE AND HAIR r.ENEwERs.
Plea Against the Dissertation of
Natural Beauty.
From Forest and Stream.

From Wisconsin comes the wall of a
| camper. who has most excellent reason to
feel outraged and robbed. Here am ON
my old camp Site he writes, .'and across
the narrow arm of the lake. on the face of
the huff directly facing my cabin door. in
huge yellow letters is the sign Try Nc
GufIys Hair Renewer'-or words 10 that
effect. have sent for a case of brown
paint to match the shade Of the rock. and
shall attend to that yellow sign fnsta--
,er. We sympathize In his Indignation
and commend his spunk, which promises TO
abate what is one public nuisance among
thousand.
The degradation of the beauties of natu
raj scenery by impudent and staring adj
verusing signs Is progressing at rapid
rate IN the country. Go where We will in
the suburbs of the town. up and down the
rivers, by the seashore and amid the noun
tains' the advertising man has been there
tat ostore US and left the bold, tmpertiuent.
optrusive triumphs of his skill On all sides
We are confronted by announcements of
pills, plasters blood purifiers whiskIes ba-
py foods, rheumatism cures. soaps pickles.
cigars, beer, liniments. baked beans blcy-
cies, sewing machines. bitters cough .rops
oatmeal and washing COMPOUNDS
II Is said, and there is some consolation
IN IN the fact, that We are not so badly OFF
mere IN america as in some of the Euro
pean countries but Europe is awakening
70 the necessity of a reform, and II IS high
sln siIne that We were following the lead. In
switzerland the cantonal councils of Fri
GrlS"ns and the Valais have made official
declaration: I'VE will no more allow these
advertisements on our rocks than on the
Wiite cross OF our flag" We have laws IN
seNetal OF the states against the prestit,,-
ton Of the flag to advertising pmrnaeaS.
why might We not go a -stesr f,Irr her an5
protect our natural scenery against the ad
Eeftlslng sign nuisance? Meanwhile I'm do
idult OF recourse TO official suppression the
INDIVIDUAL has il within hts nou-e- a,,d O..
many instances quite within his right as
Well, to take the matter into his own hands
as our Wisconsin friend has done ana bInf
OUT the offending sign The truth however
pPua.s %a. 10 De- as pointed. out by Mr. John
oe Nltt warner IN a recent number OF Mn
nlclpal Anairs, that these advertising ar
ionts are tolerated because the public ar
Ialse mas no resentment of them In other
MoruS' mammoth pill sign on the face Of
the fausades of the Hudson produces no
general sentiment of disgust The nuhltc
taste tolerates II. We have these as,ver,ts
ing atrocities simply because, as a commn-
my, my, we 90 not object to them And we
shali continue to have them Just so long
as this complacence shall last NOT lInYiI
popular taste shall be cultivated to a noint
Where II shall demand that natural scsnar,-
pe uIiaoorned by the art of the sign paini-
er may we hope for an Improvement In
this respect There are many encourap ptng
eNiuences that such an Improvement will
come For one thing, there is the societv
oI scapa, an Organization devoted specially
10 correcting the sign nuisances Then the
various associations for the preservstion of
sites OF historical interest and beauty are
cuiuVatlng taste. Individual effort can ac-
compiish much. We ought not 20 be obliged
to make extended journeys into the uiISar-
ness to see nature In Its pristine heauty.
ana certainly when We have gone into the
w1lds we may reasonably ask that we sbarI
not De stared out Of countenance there bv
restorers. " ii