The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-06-21
CIVIC BEAUTY.
Mamie a. Dawson.


directions. II may be the result of a
sculptor spending large part of his
life IN forming the exact proportion
OF "a statue 70 serve as demonstration
of his admiration for the beautiful
or painter dwelling for long time
after the locker on thought it all fin
ished. touching lip coloring cheek
strengthening muscle to give perfec-
tion 20 his ideal.
For ages the Greeks and Romans
were students of the beautiful and
their labors have been preserved to the
present day, we see the learned of our
generation gaze upon them and are
moved.
These objects represent to them the
early peoples ability TO reproduce in
color and in marble their ideals. So
true to nature and life like are many
of these as to deceive A horse seeing
the Apples painting of horse
showed signs of recognition by neigh
ing, and Xerius painting cluster of
grapes so closely initiated the real that
the birds pecked at them.
Such lovers of the beautiful were the
Greeks as to think it great misfor-
tune to die without having seen Phid.
las Olympian statue of Zeus IL was
sixty feet high and made of ivory and
gold and so truly proportional giving
such expression of firmness and grace
as TO be recognized as the Chief Of
Gods.
Deniothensus whose name has be-
come the synonym Of eloquence. pre-
servered under the severest difficulties
Co learn TO deliver his orations in "a
maner that would convey his beautiful
thoughts which applies 80 truthfully
TO the thought. ''We travel the world
over to find the beautiful but we must
carry il with us or we find it not
Love of the beautiful probably EXISTS
in every human being and like all other
human attributes il may be develop
ed or lie neglected.
In no other way is the love OF the
beautiful developed in man to any
greater extent than by the neatness
cleanliness and orderlines Of the towr
or city in which he lives.
A well kept lawn and the cultivation
even thot. not Utmost the artestic il
grouping shows that the occupants o.
the home endeavor to make the place
about them look as inviting as can be
Compare this home with one wher'
the lawn is neglected where shrubs. i
any. accompanying growth of weed
and whose papers boxes and barrels anC
the rubbish heaps Of All kinds fill thu
back yard. Examples Of these kind
are to be seen in all cities and thei
effects are quite evident Might W,
not exercise some such movement a
that instituted by Colonel Warning
( of New York and bring about genera
} condition like the former. Put sham
upon the conditions Of the latter am
eventually eradicate them May "
t not have sense that others are effecte,
+ 10y what we do and that our influence
aids in the progress of the movement
that is giving attractiveness to on
city, lending beanty aud maxim
, lifetherein more worth the living
: With good order there is au aspec
! of neatness that commands continuing
r and preserving these conditions.
. continued their aesthetic influence
grow upon the people so that they can
D not and VIII not tolerate anything tina
e mars the beauty Of our city. VIVA
would Paris be il reduced to the aesth
a etic level of the average America
city Tear away the magnihcan
stone arches that spain the Seine
e abolish her beuatiful gardens an
b demolsh her temples, remove the Lowell
fountains that adorn her streets an
g throw ont the statues. Thus abuses
: and Inundated she would speedily ris
: to recreate her loveliness because TO he
people beauty Is an absolutely essen
Z tial element Of civic life and prosperity
3 Could we awaken to the condition
4 Of the olden time cities and patter
\ after them, the cooperation Of On,
art societies would be invoked at ever
: opportunity. Tumbledown building
i and sheds which dishgure the apea
& rance Of our city would soon bere plac
z ed by substantial structures and ware
Z houses. Lovely new bridges an
! viaducts would be and object Of beaut!
: az well as Of use, Citizens woul'
quickly unite in the beautifying Of tn
city and even the rear grounds OF tn
city would receive artistic treatment
when the true civic pride is conveyed
The Creator has prepared sites Of sur
j passing attractiveness and il only re
mains for the citizens 20 rise to thei
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