The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-24
For the Good of
 the Community

N~ O began beautifying it's parks and residence sections It is now reputed to be one of the most beautiful cities in the United States.
 At the outset landscape engineer of long experience was engaged to work out the plan and superintend it's execution. He made study of the parks and the residence districts and when he had completed this work he began work on the plans.
 The San Antonian, official organ of the cham Der of commerce of that city, discussing this matter in recent issue, and giving due credit to Ray Lambert, the landscape engineer who had charge of the work has this to say:
 "A visitor from the north once warned the San Antonio people never to let anybody outside know of the superb work done by MT. Lambert because, said he somebody will come down here and pay him $40,O0O year and take him away from yOu.
 Commenting on the article in the San Anton ian, the Manufacturers Record of Baltimore says:
 "What San Antonio has done in the way of de- veloping it's park system and beautlfylng its streets and encouraging the Identification of the yards of private residences should be done by every town and city in the south. One of the things in which there should be vigorous rivalry in the south is that of beautifying of the city and the establishment of parks. There ought to be some system devised by which this sort of ri- valry could be created between all towns of 5000 inhabitants and then between towns of 10000, and then of the large communities.
 When once every community in the south had entered into the spirit of town improvement, which would mean parks laid out by landscape engineers and carefully tended by expert gard eners, which would mean clean streets, good pavements, well painted houses, well kept back yards and back streets, perfect sanitation and thorough drainage of all low lots, there would then come such development of community life as would change the whole atmosphere of every town and lift up into broader life people ofevery class from the richest to the poorest.
 Unto this every commercial organization in the south should concentrate it's utmost energy and where ganzaons do not exist the womens clubs other organizations formed for the should the lead Then the south would within few be of the beautiful regions of all the world worthy of the mess advantages heaven has given to this favored land"
 Birmingham might we'll take this advice and follow There IS opportunity here for making of the beautiful cities in the country The mountains and the valleys general top ography of the city, themselves to such scheme Visitors riding through the South Highlands Mountain Terrace Glen Iris and other residential districts comment beauty the natural scenery They also the absence evidence o1 human handlWork Tn adding to the natural aractveness
 Birmingham has been busy from the very beginning of her ence in building great manufacturing establishments and bus nesse too busy fact to give much time attention the aesthetic sde It to make change give little more attention to the aesthetic while pursuing the dollar.
 There number of small parks scattered through the city that might be worked into beauty spots The beaug of these would have it's effect on the owners o private property They grown up weeds disfgred with ugly bboards the shaced houses that have long passed their days of useful the unpanted houses the neglected yard the dirty and dis breeding back yards and alleys would pass and in their place would be freshly painted houses front yards filled with fragrant and beautiful flowers clean back yards and alleys and