The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-04-17
AN IMPORTANT
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
Sowing Trees and Flowers as
Addenda to Beautify Homes
and Thoroughfares.

Do the jewellers in cities ant
towns where there are pavet
streets and high brick and ston,
walls and broad thoroughfarei
unrelieved by Natures emerald
hues, ever pause to think abou
the beauty, the grateful shades
and the relief of flowers, shrubs
and trees? There is always /,
divine plan in the coloring of al
the growth of nature, and thu
exquisite shades that forests
plants, shrubbery of every de
scription assume as the sterility
of winter gives place to the
brightness, beauty and splendol
of the spring-time.
Green is restful.. 1t is refresh.
ing. 1t is helpful to the vision,
1t is adapted, in the fitness of al
the works of nature, to shield the
delicate retina of the eye from
the glare and brightness of the
MONDAY sun. How natural that
civic pride that essays to cultivate
protect and nourish these addi.
tions to the attractions of the
ideal home surroundings!
Winfield can boast of some
magnificent original forest tree,
that have survived the progress
of man, and adorn it, broad thor.
oughfares and adjacent lots
Their splendid outspreadine
branches afford grateful shade t.
man and beast alike, outside OF
their attractive beauty. They
should not only I've carefully pro.
tected and preserved, but the
homesteads within the enclosures
and along the paved streets plant.
ed with these necessary orna.
ments, both for their utility and
attractiveness.
The ladies of the Civic League
of Shreveport voted $50 to the
forest committee to be used on q
plat of ground for the purpose OF
planting seedlings that will in the
future be used as shade trees,
They purpose to petition the City
Council to enact an ordinance
that all property holders in paved
streets plant trees on their side.
walks. This town has neutral
ground along the sidewalks that
is designated for just such q pur.
pose. Properly planted and cared
for it can well be imagined, how,
in very few years, the streets
would become beautiful and at.
tractive avenues that would elicit
universal praise and add immeas-
urably to the beauty of the town.
The public parks, many of the
avenues with their wealth of flow
ers and shade trees, are the fruits
of the perseverance, labor and
taste of the ladies' of Shreveport.
And the general public and the
strangers who come within its
gates are the beneficiaries of this
work of love and taste for
beauty and ornamentation.
Let such examples be emulated
here, and there is little doubt but
that the results will be pointed to
with pride and become the source
of comfort and pleasurable enjoy
ment. Plant trees and flowers
and revel in the grateful emotions
they elicit. Then every heart
will rejoice at the beautiful trees
that stand as guardians around
the cosy homes nesting amid
their shadows that will make
pleasant the areas that surround
them.
An Unparalleled Record.
Cadet w. w. Tenant, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Tenant of
Bunkie, is making almost an un-
paralleled record as q junior
student at the Louisiana State
University. He has recently been
Cadet Captain of Com
psny d in the battalion and the
following high list of averages in