The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-10
From the Portal.)

-, ,h,ne Of beauty is a 10Y forever"
Keats.
..aIlev landscape Is its numerous sug-
.astions OF foreign life. The compact
;s,stIa villages. scattered here and there,
- ike SO many corners OF Europe and
nave little about them to remind one OF
he agricultural communities In the
,,,jddIe west and New England, made
M OF isolated farms and pervaded with
an air Of cold, Puritanical reserve. A
Genuine bit of Switzerland is the town
- Providence, backed up against the
mountains. with it's wooden houses
dyed a rich, reddish brown by the wea-
Tier and with it's inhabitants yodeling
in the fields or conversing in the nn-
rnusical gutterais OF Berne or Basel
some Of the villages have strong
scandinavian imprint, while others
have the thrift, neatness ana qulol
dignity of small country places in Waies
OF England. The very names OF Mem
don. Peterboro and Paradise eonJure up
Immediately pleasant memories OF Ehs~
fish lawns and hedge rows. IN lact,
the general aspect of the whole oi es9l
valley with its omnipresent beet Heius
and numerous canals is suggesli'1 u
the plains of northern Germany Hoi7
land or Belgium.
Rut This European touch Is only skin
deem. We often wish the resemblance
might go further. In the matter OF
civic conditions especially We nave
sin much TO learn from the older ma
+ton. Contrast for example the canals
~ Holland with those Of the Cache val
lev Though serving widely dlHereht
purposes trey are of as much vital lni-
DoTfanee to the Cache valley dWeilef as
10 the Dutchnan. Both see IN them an
inesfimabIe commercial value. but the
latter has the old-world, un-American
Idea that beauty should be intimately
associated with practical objects and
hence has made his canals one OF the
distinctive beauties of his country. A
walk through any Dutch town or along
anv country road in Holland can give
one manifold lessons as TO the POSSIBLE
tiles of canals. Amsterdam, The Hague
and Rotterdam, show how these wa
terways can impart a lasting ali per
vasive charm to a city, for in those
fortunate, we'll ordered municipalities
the canals receive as much care aho
attention as the streets or parks. Theii
hanks are made permanent by blocks
OF granite or sandstone which, beside
making excellent wharves at any point
contribute much to the trim appearance
of the city. Along the canals is always
a line OF trees, usually beeches or Eng
fish elms. some OF them of great age
while from the gardens that border OF
the canals, ivy and nasturtiums fiinl
masses of soTnber green and brillian
flame over the retaining walls, and bed
If low forget me-nots and rows of tai
h0IIyhocks reflect in the water blotche
of color so rich that one could almos
believe oneself in a southern country
pleasant are the pipe dreams of tn
Dutchmen who sit under the trees, ol
the benches which a fatheTiy munich
pality has had placed everywhere il
recognition of the phlegmatie temper
ament of it's sons. Along the Iogal
highways and waterways there are a
yet no such benches to invite its eiti
gens to wholesome rest and meditation
Where the Dutch canals have to b
crossed the city fathers have ha'
bridges of stone built; solid, dignifie'