The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
, pY MAnrr nANI<HnAD 6vrnN,

Ht mAtAE UANAnHAD S<ssrs
 The "city Beautiful- idea is vide. the ssntimentai fad of women. The American Civic Association. cofnposed of thousands of practical business psoy pie. is recognized as great power TOT doing concrete things. The meu ana women who compose its n1embership love their own country and want tne best In 1t for themselves, and Tor ah It's millions. It was thia assoeizuon far i dsnssnd ~ for " ths prsssrvalion of Niagara Falls, and is now recognised as the guafdian of the peoples Inter est in the great cataract.
 It has been active in its enorta te have held tnviolate ether national scenic heritages, such as the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. and it urges the preservation of the White Noun. tains and Southern Appaiachians. both as great scenic possessions and as Der supply ana usabis water power,
 It originated and is the raoving fierce in the nationwide skert to restrict the extension of neiinsss by having bill boards legally taxed, as fs other productive property. It is proposing. as result of the careful study of ex- istinE conditions, q standard form or State legislation for bill board resulA- ton. and t hopes to ss made tsss csis- capable legal assiatafce to cornmuni- ties In which any attempt to check the Hood of billboard ugliness La met by national resistance through the bili- posters organisations. It fosters such education In beauty as shall result h placing most bill boards in the list of legally determined nuisanees.
 It has advanced the children's gar- den movement. and was instrumental tion for school gardens in the District Of Columbia.
 It has secured the enactment of . model street-tree law in Pennsylvafsia, and h teaching the intelligent care of trees the country over. It fosters th- teliigent forestry work and is reeog- nized by the Federal forest service as sn sstcieHt source 0f AssistHnss in forest conserwation.
 It is leading in the rapidly growtng movement for the Abatement of the smoke nuisance. TO this end it has ir- terested executives of great railroads, and promoted careful investigations along practical lines. It hSips in progressive city-mRking and city-improyins, and is continually aroueing and fostering sentiment for civic beauty, for clean streets and home surreundings. for public comfort sta- lions, for convenient and serviceahle parks. for pieygronHas..-in short for Any one interested In the American Civic Assoclation can write in care of the North American Building. PhiiaA
 Ths heads of departments ana thsls specific subjects are as follows:
 Arts. and Crafts, Mrs. M. F. Johnston. Riahm6nd, Va; Childrsn's 0ardenA, Mss Mary Marshall Butler. Tonkers, N. F.; City Making. Frederick l. Ford. \ Hartford, Conn; Libraries. Mas Mary E. Ahern, Chicago; outdoor Art, War rem Fl. Manning, Boston: Public Rec reation. Mfa George Y. French Pprt- tand. Me: Press. R. B. Watrona. Mil- waukee: Public NuiaanceA, Harlan F. | Kelsey. Salem, Mass; Parks and Res- ervations. Henry A Barker, Providence, R. l.; Railroad Improvements, Mra. A. D. McCrsa. Chicago. Rural Improve ments, D. Ward King, Maitland, Mo; School Extension. O.. T. kerns Rock ford Ill; Social Settlements. Graham | Romeya Taylor, Chicago; Woman,z outdoor Art League. Mrh Agnes Mo l 0iffert Pound, Ashtabula. Q.
 \ Further views on iandaeape 8Axaeh' ing by Leon Genet, feli0w K ! Landscape gardentnk 1a 4h8 ark 0i | deveioping lana to issUet sllezsAn re- i quirsnaents, by disriaIip8 bhe ehaKac'
 ters of plants aaANtea k0s bpilNinks
 sky. land and water. N@ &he elFenm'
 stapcea demand. nxEanRing kl1h lie ! (plant life, to move the hnnRh eaao'
 tions Into the harmoniAh pf anfanltude for emotion ts life; iuipyseslona swAl I emotions; the beautiea of Nature C the true adftaiFer are more varied thar I the tones of music to the ear more
 impressive to the sight than the moan tains.
 Beauty gives motive to our innel | life. to our being, Impressions are un
 fathomable in their benefits, perpetua definite in their resulfns To reveal thi
 to humanity Ia true development.
 To produce natural effects 10 far bet
 ter art, more easy, and much less ex Il ponsiye than to endeagor to oreat' I weak fanciful effects of limitations The ground in the immediate neigh lboFhood of residence require pArtic. lularf adjustment not only that t may suhsefve all necessary purposes. on' Likewise. that it may yield It's aftine louota of establishment to the general scene. It must first be our atudy tc have the essentials of . residence go placed as not to Interfere with each e;her. and the arrangements of the aur- rounding lands must harmonize with lthe outlines of the mansion. 90 that leach part Is complete in itself. stu running naturally with the others tc form Q perfect whole. Our efforts " 4his way will at first be in the direction Iuf the eurface straight and curved, for lmal outlines and strong coiors: thest gradually blending, by means Of inter, mediate forms and huess with the natu- IxaI undulations. so that whether we lylew the landscape from the window
 Tor, saliying out. survey the house and vts surroundings. the impression on tns mind will be soothing and agreeable though In different degrees from dtffa-
 rsnt points. Houses as { general rule Iare built too much alike but we ma, lcoutrive that their environment shall
 exhIblt each its own special arrange Iment. and be in harmony with the sur