The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-17

| background that whispers the beautiful
story of gardens. of vine covered walls.
of radiant flowers. and of-oh, wAll-alI
the things that folk are inspired to bring
| about once siumbering pride in their
homes and their city is well aroused
| While every woman with a grain OF
public pride in her make up is glad and
proud indeed 10 point to every material
advantage that Birmingham can boast
| the pride and pleasure will sing a Biz
deeper and grow bit broader, when she
can walk up and down the city streets
and point to the homes where neighbors
have We'd with neighbors, ard frienG !
have We'd with friends to contribute their
mite of civic charm
| When she can follow the side streets.
the back streets. the alleys and the OBJ
scure byways aad hedges, as it were, and
| find them spotless and not only spotles:,.
but slightly with grass and with shrub,
then indeed she can feel like boasting
gleefully that Birmingham is really CITY
beautiful
, There are few waste places, | may say
en- pasant, that cannot be made to bios
som as the rose, If every one would lend
a hand.
| This is true of alley and side street rs
well as the broad highway of the thor
oughfare.
1T Is the hope of the nation, for the
| city beautifuP' idea pervades the coun-
try like political issue, or the fight
| for suffrage; that the time will come
when every city and every town in the
united States will be ashamed to be
| SO gray or SO neglected, so unprogres-
| s1ve or so lacking In pride, as that no.
body can have the heart to love it or
even to make the most Of the tiny bit
| it offers.
In Birmingham particularly do we
| want to see the streets protectingly
lined with splendid trees, that reach
Out royal welcome to friends and
strangers alike, and for ever new play
ground that extends it's ever open in
| vitation to the boys and girls Of the
| CITY 10 play within it's gates, and grow
| strong and gay and happy withal-will
| shout of praise go up.
farKs, boulevards and every possible
oeautifier do the people of Birmins-
! nam want that is within the gift of
.ne city fathers" to make the city
so now, In spite of the fact that men
are the ones in power the commission
ers, the park officials, the street COM
missioner and all the others we sort of
look TO the women folk to inspire and
orins about the kind of thing that
makes Tor the beautiful city and to
laii III hne with the big work of i'm.
provement through the Transforming
homes.
The various civic societies and clubs
nave done their share and will continue
SO TO 90, but the individual woman who
moving INTO plain drab, little house,
grown dull from neglect and a real dis
grace 10 the whole neighborhood. 9th.
erwise beautiful, fairly sings a song
OF siadness when it when it becomes
Aho"n that she possesses the clean
up spirit and means to transform the
eye-sore" of the neighborhood into n
nice little, attractive niche in the block
ana she Is welcomed with open arms.
we somehow look to the women to
keep the window boxes growing and
fragrant the year round, and wether
the WINDOW box contains single feath-
fragrant the year round and whether
ieoge, iaitnrully tended. or a huge box
a-pioom with floral magnificence which
the professional nurseryman comes
twice week to attend to- the city n