The Minneapolis journal., 1901-04-03

Papers Specialists National Reputation

or branches that make the bush too close ana
dense. But cutting off the end OF every twig
or branch in a vain attempt toscreate grow
ing baseball or some otheF1equally interest
ing curioeity-bah! That is not pruning
Don't think It for a minute. No such shrubs
are to be found in the paintings of Corot,
OF Tyron, of any landscape painter worthy
the name What is beautiful on canvas is
also beautiful in itself. The painters get
their inspiration from things that grow in
the wilds M
In the Interests of Privacy.
The massing of shrubs in bordering beds
or plantations may also serve the useful pur-
pose OF shield and buckler against the toe
inquiring windows If ones next-door neigh
bor5 especially if, as is the pleasant fashion
OF the day. they Immediately overlook ones
DIT OF lawn. A screen Of this sort is CRATE
full to both parties to the suit shielding those
inside the windows and those on the adjoining
lawn, as well as making an agreeable out
LOOK from either situation 1t is not a dis
agreeable experience to open a window TO
the delicious fragrance of blossoming honey
suckles or the exquisite color of sheets of Gle
mats blooms; and it is on the other hand,
pure delight to sit on ones own veranda and
watch the swaying wands Of a gracefully
dropping snowy white syrtnga (not trimmed
up) in full flower. In short there are un-
dreamed-of possibilities in our dooryards,
both front and back, and neither club nor
individual can find more legitimate field
of action than in their artistic development
Such work will cheer more hearts brighten
more lives and improve more morals than
any other line Of club work It's basis IS
improved sanitary condition, yet, like kinder
garten work, the participants in the labor
and in the results are under the impression
that they are merely seeking and finding
pleasant recreation.
That womens clubs have already taken
up this sort Of work is one OF the eneourag-
ing signs that they are wisely endeavoring
to benefit humanity. This work reaches the
foundation of the matter, for it begins in the
homes of the people and results IN better
ment OF the daily surroundings of the masses
In the suburbs of cities, in towns in villages
and in the country such work is important
Everywhere pleasant wholesome daily life
is desirable and nowhere are the common
decencies, the simple pleasures, the quiet
beauty easily attainable and the birthright
OF all more neglected, overlooked and too fire.
quently deliberately spoiled for an entire
community than in small places
The Beauty of Running Water.
That this is true may be noted in one class
of neglect or worse than neglect in innumer-
able places that the reader will readily call
to mind-the abuse Of natural streams In
the country, far from the abodes OF men
they are invariably beautiful, pure and in
every way desirable; they approach the town,
village or habitation only to lose all that
made their presence charming. No one thinks
OF protecting their beauty or their purity;
on the contrary, every feels at liberty to
mar the one and pollute the other Anything
may be thrown into the stream and every
thing is dumped upon its erstwhile pleasant
banks. What might and should be retained
and protected as the chief beauty and ad-
vantage of the town or home thus speedily
becomes an eyesore and a detriment The
pretty shrubs and plants and greensward that
loved the stream, was refreshed by it and
meant to keep it continual company are cut
away or are buried beneath the accommodating
abundance of dumped debris of the most
unsightly and often unsanitary character.
and the stream is justly Stunned instead Of
being the chief attraction of the place What
might be instead Of what is in such cases
is clearly shown in a few instances where
such streams have been redeemed by some
energetic and tasteful improvement society
or women's club, which has realized the
possibilities, recognized the wasted opportuni-
ties and worked transformation
Who says that such work is unsuited In
character or in results to those who claim TO
love their fellow men?