New-York tribune., 1902-08-05
PUBLIC PARK INTERESTS
MEETING OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
PLANS FOR IMPROVED BILLBOARDs

PLANS FOR IMPROVED BILLBOARDS
Boston Aug. (SpeciaD-To-nnorr,w in Horti-
cultural Hall about five hundred members Of the
American Park and Outdoor Association will meet
for their sixth annual convention An attractive
programme has been prepared for the five days in
which the delegates will be in Boston An in
formal reception will be rendered the visitors
by a number of prominent Boston women. among
whom are Mrs. Mary Kehew. Mrs Charlotte 3.
Ware, Mrs Charles Sargent and Miss Edith Fabins
on Wednesday morning. Among the diversions
provided for the delegates between sessions are
carriage drive through the Boston park systems
for members of park commissions in attendance,
provided by the Boston Park Commission: trolley
trip Harvard University. excursions 70 historic
spots and up the Charles River launches etc
There have been q number of exhibitions pre-
pared in connection with the convention At end
of the hall will be display of Photographs and
maps of the various parks, another OF school gar
dens. especially collected by the Department of
Agriculture for this convention: special exhibit
of designs for artistic billboards, made possible
through the generosity of Arthur F. Within Of
Whitinsville Mass. and a display OF the current
literature of outdoor art and civic improvement
At the Boston Public Library there will be an
exhibit of photographs of famous parks and gar
dens of the world. The special attention of the
delegates will be called to the Goldman collection
of books on landscape architecture, made by Henry
Sargent Goldman and Philip Goldman. and presented
TO the Boston Purlc Library memorial TO
them by Mr. and Mrs. James NJ. Goldman.
Superintendent Doogue has also prepared beau
tiful array of tropical and sub-tropcal plants in
the Public Gardens in honoi of the convention
In the rooms of the Appalachian Club. No. 1,60
fremont Temple have been arranged photographs
of mountain scenery. including many national
reservations and of views in parks about Boston
The club has extended the courtesy of these cen
trally and pleasantly located rooms TO the dele
gates.
The library of the Massachusetts Horticultural
amin a m magnificent
works on forestry horticulture. landscape design
and kindred subjects has also been thrown open
to the visitors.
Tomorrow morning at 10:3O o'clock the conven-
ton will get down to business. Tits meeting Will
comprise "A JOINT business session Oh tle aSsoela-
ton and the wonncn's auxiliary There will be an
address by the president In the afternoon al
o'clock thsre will be address on Popular
Utilization of Public Reservations by President
Eliot Of Harvard University; talk on The IN
fuence of Beautiful Surroundings on Children by
the Rev. Dr. ]. n HaIock of New-Iork and foi-
lowing the meeting will BE- informal reception
AT the evening session there Will be addresses on
state Forest Reservations" by Miss Mira Lloyd
Dock of Harrisburg Penn. member Of the Penn
svlvania Forestry Commission; on The School
Garden Movement by Richard J. crosby, De-
partment of Agriculture at Washington ana on
water an Effective Factor of Municipal Art oy
Albert Kelsey of the Art Federation. Philadelphia
Wednesday morning at 1890 o'clock there Will De
an experience meeting" consisting of brief ad-
dresses outlining the work of the various natl'hdi
associations engaged in the WORK u civic improve
ruent Among the associations which will b" rep
resented are the American Society Of MuHtlpai
Tnprovenents by Edwin A Fisher. president;
American League for Civic Improvement. ny
member of the executive committee American
Institute of Architects. by Frank Miles Day vice
nresdent: Architectural League of America ny
H h Bush Brown. chairman OF the muhlcipdI
irnnroyenent committee. League for Social Service
nv DR. Josiah Strong. president. and National MI
ririnal League by Clinton Rogers Woodruff sec
retarv Other societies will also be represented
the meeting becoming unique congress on CIVIC
Improvement
Parallel sessions will be held I'm the afternoon
one under the auspices of the womans auxiliary,
when brief reports from each local chapter. fol-
lowed bv discussion and address. will be heard
The other session will be given by the Park COM
rnissiouers with W. e. de las Casas, president or
the Netropolitan Park Commission OF Massdchu-
setts. presiding. Addresses VII also Do MAGE at
the evening session ~,
on the closing day OF the convention there will
be parallel sessions in the morning oE the deSo-
Cia ton and the auxiliary ana also afternoon anu
Tha Committees in charge have chairrnen Har
Ian ?. Kelsey. introduction. General tranclS n.
Appleton, entertainment; Mrs. Mary Morton he
hevv. womans auxiliary. and PerCival Gallagher,
The main emphasis Of the discussion at the con
an exhibition OF which has been made possible
through the generosity OF Arthur Z. Within
Architects from all over the country have sent
In drawings for boards, and from these IL IS hoped
NAV be selected some kind Of design which the
association may so approve as I" urge upon its
members
The servcea hiIity Of the board necessarily the
first consideration. but il has been suggested that
this requirement Is entirely compatible with more