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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15. 1921 'ley Motor Co. PrWlrWrelftw.N ' II THUMP Oil THE PHILOSOPHY OF BEAUTY IN LANDSCAPE UDEK Jhe Greeks Were the First to Discover That Curved Lines Are More Beautiful Than Straight Lines and Angular Surf aces "Th e Deity Always Geometrizes" Our Own .Country Has Carried the Art to High Places The American Theory. ' (The following address, on "The Thllosophy of Beauty In " Landscape Gardening," was deliv- ' lered by S. II. Van Trump, Marion county fruit inspector, to the CIv Ic Arts section of the Salem Arts (league, on December 7, and it should be of Interest in evrv - reader every where, and nore $ especially to every one in Salem and the Salem district, which ftjlmve a right to expect to become the most beautiful city and sc ,tion in the wide world; nature having provided the sure tounda- tlon and backgrounds and oppor ; tunities: ) Waugh, who Is one of our ab V lest American authorities, defines " landscape gardening as "eminent t . ly a fine art."" While the classifi cation of landscape gardening as one of the fine arts is now a com r inon place to the professional, it doubtless remain a rash asKump-j , tlon to the outsider. Nevertheless, ' when wisely and comprehensively ;i conceived, and executed with true Bklll and depth of feeliag. land scape gardening is one of Vti very fC finest of all the arts that tiviliza $i tion has produced. While in the case of a landscape painter, like j Turner or Ru3kin, his highest ' .work is wrought in "hold'n the mirror up to nature," at sucf. times and places as reveal is .subllmest and most beautiful moods, the higher achievemert of a landscape architect lik-3 Oltn ; (Sted is to create la hia own Unag- . ination an ideal of beauty beyond -anything found in nature, and : : then seek to manifest that ideal , ' through tangible living forms, t Love of the beautiful la doubt od. Weepinp tops crafted on straight, upright trunks beionc to the fame class. Others might be mentioned, pome good and some bad in themselves, but all agree ing in the certainty with which they spoil the unity of any place in which informal treatment is essayed." ARTIST AT WORK ON RED CROSS POSTER- PRUNE POOL REAPS THE BENEFIT (Continued from page 2.) less one of the primitive-human passions, and yet opinions on what constitute beauty sun con tinue to be as various and con trarious among nations and men as opinions upon any other sub ject of human thought. However educated and free-minded peoplj In all countries are more or less agreed on the fundamental law3 of aesthetics. We behold this general truth In the fact that all v! lovers of the truly beautiful go i I back at last to Greece for inbpir , ation: ': "To the beauty that was Greece 'To the grandeur that was : Rome" Renan in the "Recollections ot My Youth, says: "The lmpres-;-:"ion which Athens made upon ne " was the strongest which I have . ever felt. There is one ard only ' one place in which perfection ex ', Jsts and that is Athens, which snr , 1 passed everything I had ever Imagined. I had before me the s Ideal of Beauty crystallized in the V marble of Pentelicus. Here was an eternal type of beauty with in out a single blemish, local or na- tlonal. I, of course, knev before ' i I went there that Greeeo bad cre i I ated science,, art and philosophy. i but the means of measurement v . were wanting. The sight of the Acropolis was like a reievation t ; of the divine." Of all nations the Greeks were T.i . tho most favorably situated for the development of the esthetic faculties. While Phoenecia, lyln? In the brown, barren and monot onous lap of the desert turned its mind to the study of the stars, and Israel, "cribbed and cabined" on a narrows-strip of barren soil between overshadowing mountain walls, spent its spiritual powers in creating monotheistic cults. Greece, the mother of art. formed or a hundred isles, clothes by Pomona and Flora, floated upon a matchless sea and dreamed of beauties beyond the. ken ofmor tal. Th Greeks Were First The Greeks were the first to ap preciate the beauty of .natural forms, and develop a natural type of landscape art. They were tne first to discover that curved lines and curved surfaces are more beautiful than straight lines and angular" surfaces. Having observ ed that the orbits of the planets are almost circular, and conceiv lng of the circle as the perfect fig ure, Plato said: '"The Deity al ways geometrlzes." Records of ancient gardening available for comparison indicate that the primitive style was uni versally extremely artificial, as illustrated in the Hanging Gar dens of Babylon. It is only when we come to Greece that we find an appreciation of the beauties in na ture and the development of the natural style. - The Romans copied the Greek style of Kardening but during the middle acres it was apparently en tirely supplanted by an extremely - formal and artificial style of gar r dening which largely prevails to day in France. Italy and other -? Iiatlru countries. It has only been during the past 100 years that we have witnessed a revival, or re creation and splendid develop ment of the natural style of land Hcape gardening in England and the United States. :: The Spirit of Nature 4 A. J. Donning, in comparing the natural Jind the formal style of gardening, says: "In the Eng v lish landscape garden one sees I " nd feela everywhere the spirit :- of nature, only softened and re j fined by art. In the French or. 1 Hahangardeujme sees and, feels only the effect of art, slightly as sisted by nature." American Stylo Superior In the United States the natural style of gardening under the lead ership of such master artists as Frederick Law Olmstead. has reached that degree of splendor and perfection which differenti ates it from all other styles, and practically renders it a new cre ation In art. The immense su periority Of the American style of landscape gardening over all previous style3 exists in Its great er freedom and fidelity to na ture. It is in civic art what Wag ner is in music; what Shake speare, Shelly and Walt Whitman are in poetry. The Theory From the fundamental theory of the natural style of landscape gardening may be deduced cer tain general principles and rules of practice followed in the plant ing of home grounds and public parks. These rules of practice have nowhere been stated more clearly and succinctly than by Waugh, in whose language I give them. "Open lawns are the natu ral foundation of a natural land scape. They should be as large and as little interrupted as cir cumstances will allow. In plant ing small lots it is especially de sirable that every device should be employed to increase the ap parent size of the grounds. Speak ing in a very general way and with room for exceptions, it is good practice to devote all the center and interior of any land scape piece to open lawn. The planting of trees and shrubs should, except In very rare cases, be confined to the boundaries. Buildings should be located to ward one side. And most cer tainly should the drives and walks never cut through the middle of the grounds if a natural rural ef fect is to be preserved. The lawn should cover a comparatively large area. One would not want the furniture of the parlor to take up three-fourths of the room; much less would one want the green carpet of the lawn nearly covered with such furniture as trees and flower beds. "Curved lines arc essentially natural, but not necessarily so. They may be grotesque nd aitifi- cial to almost any degree, nut it requires an effort to make them so. Straight lines are spectral ly unnatural. Nature works only effect of making the British pound sterling worth more in Am erican dollars. So when the primes of the Oregon growers arrived and were paid for in British pounds sterling, the American dollars re ceived in exehanee for the En glish money amounted to about $6000 more than was expected. This $6000 belongs to the whole prune pool, of course, and will accrue to each individual grower whose prunes were han died by the Oregon Growers asso elation. A Million Pounds Sold The rise in the price of the British pound sterling has had an other beneficial effect in favor of the prune men of Oregon. It has made a brisker sale for our prunes, because they can now be passed on to the English con sumers at lower prices in their money than they were paying be fore, while the Oregon growers re ceive as high prices as they were getting. So the Oregon Growers Cooper ative association has within the last several days sold another mil lion pounds of prunes to the Brit ish deaelrs. ' It is now quite evident that the whole Oregon crop of prunes will be cleaned up before the harvest ing of the next crop, tor other Oregon dealers, like the Willam ette Valley Prune association. Jiave also been receiving large or ders from England. i i rVr I T ' irinii -"mail l-i j TOM j M h - ill . lujinintiTi-irT-i f - -mr-- i--J'ag'iiitnitttiV'fe8fc, ! sick list, having taken a severe fall on slippery steps an dinjured her hip and arm. -Mrs. P. Mark has been ill. Woodburn Grange Members Oppose Additional Tax 260 North High Street Phone 1995 WOODBURN, Ore . Dec. 1 .- At the regular meeting of tho Woodburn Grange Saturday, the following resolution was unani mously adopted: "Resolved. That while we ere not opposed to the fair are emphatically opposed to addi tional taxes levied on the farmers of the state for the purpose of fi nancing it. for the reason that the preesnt taxes are a grievous bur den and a bar to progress." TIIE SAFER ALTERNATIVE BROCCOLI CROP FIE IS REPORT Field Men of Oregon Grow ers Give Good Report on Fields Examined m Admiral I arson Pavne was crit- pjicisins: Admiral Jellicoe's conduct S j of the battle of Jutland, as 'the late governmental jeports have re vealed it. "Jellicoe's policy in this battle." he said, "was perhaps a little too much like Wash White's policy in the Argonne. "In defense f the Argonne work Wash White said: "'AI1I done wa ter obey de gin'ral's orders. De gin'ral ne says. "Strike for home an' coun try." I struck for home. Them what struck fer country is there yit.' " Detroit Free Press. i Boost This Community by Adver tising on the Pep and Progress Pages : Statesman HOTELMARION Classified Ads SALEM, OREGON Cost Little But ' The Largest and Most n n Complete Hostelry in Ore- f ay Dig gon Out of Portland W. T. Benda. noted artist, drawing his "service for all" which will be used in the Red Cros3 Roll Campaign for funds. picture PERSONAL MENTION FROM AMITY DISTRICT (Following is a current news bulletin of the Oregon Growers Cooperative association:! .The broccoli crop looks good a the present time. This is the re port of association field men who are making a survey of the broc coli growing sections of the val ley in preparation for grading packing and shipping the crop They have completed the work ir the Independence district and ev pect that 5o cars will be shipped from there if the weather condi tions are favorable up to the har vesting time. The Oregon- Growers will mar ket all of the Independence broc coli this year and it is exp-'tt.na that the district will become one ! ' - AMITY, Or.. Dec. in. (Special to The Statesman. I Robert Loop post. American legion No. i. held a very interesting meeting one day this wjek and among the business was the appointing of a committee to see ahor.t any peo ple in need and to brini; them Christmas baskets. Flection of officers also took p:ace. resulting in the elction of the following: Robert I) Hrown. pot comman der: Harry (.'. l-roadwell. vic j commander; Soren Sorensen, past j adjutant; Leo .A. Turner, chap- j lain; Ted C. Richter, historian.! and Glen M. Weston sergeant-at- i arms. ' Roy Hamilton of Seattle visited the week-end here with R. W. Keyes and on Sunday lett tor Huntington. W. Va.. Mrs. Lucin dia Long accompanying him. she croing to visit her sen. ( G. Le Mastcrs, and Mr. Hamilton to visit his sister, Mrs. C. G. LeMas- ters A pretty prancing pony. The greatest of chums for a boy, A real sweetheart for a girlie To win one. oh. think of the ioy! r Furnace for your home Rut the Ore. t 1 - VmI gon Made. W. W. R0SEBRAUGH CO. Foundry and Machine Shop 17th and Oak Sts., Salem, Or. Phone 886 Dodge Brothers SEDAN Bonesteele Motor Co. 1848 5. Com'l SL Thone 42S prise reception last Thursday night when a large number of their friends and members of the congregation met at the church. A short program was given and a few speeches made. Refresh ments were strved. Mrs. E. Rimstidt of Monmouth was a week-end visitor here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Querner. Messrs. Alfred Kmerson and Harold Waidron spent the fore part of this week on a pleasure trip to Portland. The local Commercial club met Monday night and while only a small company was present, some business of importance was trans acted. Mrs. R L. Wood of Lebanon was an over-Sunday visitor with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Robison. The Sunday school board of the Methodist chinch met recently 5nd transacted considerable buri Eyesight Specialists MORRIS OPTICAL CO. 204-11 Salem Bank of Commerce Building Salem, Oregon A call today may save need less pain and suffering in the future. Big crowds will gather round .about To see flames take your home. But when your loss t figured out You stand it all alone. The Journal of Commerce statistics show the following fire losses la Am erica for July 1919. $20,189,600; for July. 1920. $25,135,825. Build of Hollow Tile and help pre vent this waste.' SALEM TILE & MERCANTILE CO. Brick building tile, drawn tile Phone 917 Salem, Ore. OREGON PULP & PAPER CO. SALEM, OREGON Manufacturers of M. K. Bu rues'? of Sheridan was i r.ess and also elected officers and in curves. The planets move m of tne iar(rest producing centers of the valley. Growers are meeting' with re markable success in planting hroc coll between the rows of hops and are realizing a double " re turn from their land through this system of interplanting. As the crop is harvested in February aru March it does not Interfere with the regular work in the hop yards The districts about Independ ence. Salem. Sheridan. AmUy and Newberg all produce considerable quantities of the product and the curve-i, the smatiesi leariei. is bounded by curves, and your sweetheart's' face has not the sug gestion of a straight line. "You will with great difficulty find a straight line in nature, in as much as the grounds upon which the landscape gardener works ofteu exist chiefly for some utilitarian purpose, many strict ly non-natural features must oe introduced, and in many cases the naturalness of the curved line must be abandoned for tne useiui- ness of the straight line. This s vmDaua vallev which has long sometimes true of walks and . been onp 0f tne best broccoli pro drives, which are usually the most duoing sections of the 3tate. It conspicuous lines on the grounds yet the general rule must still n-i adhered to that the drives am walks should be curved, unless there Is some good reason to th contrary. Rut there are good curves and bad curves, and it is not enough that drives should be curved. More thought and skill are required to save a curve from defect than through a straight line had been chosen instead. It " truly said that every curva in a drive or walk should have an ap parent justification. Thus, if 'i considerable hill or a group of trees lies within the bend it seems to furnish an adequate ex cuse for the curve. Objects which are not manifestly of sut- ftfdtnt Imnnrtance to demand a turn in the drive are palpably ar tificial and worse than useless. Thus a flower bed in the curve of drive fills the wayfarer witf. nothing but disgust, for he sees that it might just as well have been put somewhere else and his way shortened by straighteneing out the motiveless digression " ' Grouped trees give an appear ance Of naturalness oecause, in nature, trees are almost always grouped. At any rate, they an never set in rows! A good, strorr; oak grows up a patriarch of th forest. There soon appears, un der the shelter of its spreading branches, n younger generation, like unto the parent, and so w. have a group of oaks. It ought not to be necessary to argue that this is the only- natural way of planting trees and shrubs; yet th'.s, the most obvious of all rules, is most commonly disregarded. "There are many unnatural methods of training plants and trees in vogue; and it goes with out saying that they arc, incon sistent with the natural style' of gardening. Yet w constantly find them intermingled with pure ly natural objects, much to the detriment of both. The junipers, boxes, arbor vitaes and g'mllar plants trimmod inlo smooth cones, vases, globes and more complax combinations Illustrate tbi& mcth- is esfmated that the association will handle 200 cars in different sections. PAPER MILL IT WORK OH ORDERS conducting business lie re? on Tues d;iv of th:s week. Lloyd Cochran of Palem visited here Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs. William Jones. The Masonic lodge held its reg ular meeting Saturday night and the following officers were elect ed: John Fuller, worshipful mas ter : C. K. Bridewell, senior war den; It. A. Te;its. junior warden: Soren Sorensen. secretary; YV. I. I'dell. treasurer, and G. B. Abra- j ham, trustee. Installation of of ficers will take place on Tuesday. December 27. when an all day session is to he held. The lofal post of the American legion will hold a me-tins: on the evening of December 2L at which time the mothers, wives and sis ters of the members will be in vited ;uid it is planned to organ irie a woman's auxiliary. Mr. and Mrs. VY. If. Hertzor of Salem spent last Saturday after noon in tins city visiting with rel atives. Rev. Mr. llettzo' wns pastor of the lorn' Methodirt church the past conference yaaf. He recently returned from a busi ness trip east and expects to ma!;' another trip to Chicneo durins the holiday season. Uev. a Pd Mrs. M. P. Farouno- eian were tiven a jU,as.::it "Large" Shipments of Glass ine Paper Will go to California and Texas appointed teachers for the ensu ing year. Officers elected were: Superintendent. J. A. Gibbs; as sistant superintendent. H. J. Ri'-!i- t"r; secretary. YV. B. Osborne; treasurer, Alfred Emerson; organ ist. Miss Lois Stiout: librarians. Misses Nannie Bosenbalm and Averiil Yarnes; superintendent of primary department. Mrs. AY. II. Osborne: assistant superintendent and organist. Miss Kdith Latimer; facherr:. K. Y. Ilea and C. M. Rees. men's I'.iblo clas: Mrs I A. Ruble, women's Bible clas:: Mrs. M. R. Rarounazian. young people's cla?-; Rev. M. B. Parou nagian. yourr; men's class: Mrs. H. VY. Jones young women's cla?-; Miss Gertie Rea and Mrs. II. AY. Frewintr. giri'S intermediate class. ffti-rl Alfl Vi-d n?-Wl hnv' inlpr- mediate class. H. k. Hntxen of Sheridan, for merly proprietor of the Amity meat market, was in town on bus iness Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Loop of Portland sncnt th? fore part of this week in this city at the home of Mrs Loon's parenis. .Mr. and Mrs. .William Walling. Miss Ksther Mauser spent th past wee!: in Corvallis visiting at the home of her friend. Mis sur- I Julia Tovey. High Grade Wrapping Papers and Paper Specialties A. C. Bohrnstedt Realtor Life, Fire, Health, Acci dent, Auto and Indemnity Insurance. Bonds and Mortgages, City Building Loans 4 07 Masonic Bldg., Salem. Or. FAIRMOUNT DAIRY Schindler Bros., Prop. Dealers in Milk and Cream Wholesale and Retail Phone 725 Salem, Ore, "Where The Crowds Always Shop" THE PEOPLE'S CASH STORE SALEM, OREGON OUR TREES Carefully Crown Carefully Selected Carcfullr Packed Will Give Satisfaction to the Plapter SALEM NURSERY COMPANY 428 Oregon Building Phone 1763 Additional Salesmen Wanted. New Hardware Store Wants Your Business Hardware, Stoves. Cooking Utensils, Dishes, Tools, etc. W. COHEN 220 N. Commercial St. Formerly I'atton's "SIBLOCO" Pipeless Furnaces' $79.60 And Up Send for circular Silverton Blow Pipe Co. SmVERTON, OREGON SHERIDAN NEWS An order for 300. 000 pounds of glassine paper is now in the course, of manufacture at the Oregon Pulp & Paper company mill, all for California and Texas shipment, according to K. T. Barnes, general manager. In California this very trans parent paper is used not onl in wrapping fruit, but in covering growinK plants, and in the lininK of arisin hoxes and other fruits. Also in many paekases that re quire a transparent paper. California firms are also using classlne paper for the linins ot boxes to be packed with prunes. Mr. Barnes said, and for many display fruit boxes that require a perfectly clear paper. Carl P. Nehren. sales manager of the paper company, is now trav eling in Northern Texas, and wires the company of the strong de mand for wrapping papers made by the Salem Ont anil a'so' for the transparent glassine. Mr. Barnes says that a number of points in the south have In come interested in the output of tho Salem mill and he is receiving many inquiries for quotations. Business is good, he says. SHERIDAN'. Ore . Pee. I t. The Auxiliary to the American le-1 gion held its monthly meeting or. Monday night at the home ol Mrs. Albert Jaeobsen. The election of officers was the principal busi ness of the evening. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Catherine Ifei liey; vice-president. Mrs. Kft'ie Pray, secretary, Mrs. Klenor Ivie; treasurer Mrs. Dick (Monger; chaplain. Mrs. Fred Sackeet. The auxiliary will contribute $13 to assist in making a merry Christmas for the ditagled ex service men in Portland hospitals. They will also sll at public auc tion next Saturday afternoon at " o'clock at Karsten's store, all t goods left from a ruminaire sale held two weeks ago. The bazaar and cookeil food ! sale held by the women of the Methodist Kpiscopal church last Saturday, was a complete success The proceeds amounted to about $6'.0". Through the kindness of M. YV. Potter a free phon- has Iwen placed in the kitchenette at ti e city hall tor the convenience of the city council, civic dub and li brary board. Mrs. Jasper l.ady. who has bee;! very ill. is slowly gaining. Delia Brown, who has been in a Portalnd hospital for sonic time past, is somewhat improved. Mrs. Harold Banister is on the sick list. Ruth Field has been ill. A. .1. Bewley has returned from his two works stay in Idaho, and is again at his post on tho federal jury in Portland. serving on the federal Jury. Dalton I'.rame of Pacific univer sity, spent Sunday with his par ents here. Mrs. Otto Heider. is visiting her parents in Ku-ene. Mrs. Mavfield Sr.. is still on the A pretty prancing pony. The greatest of chums for a boy A real sweetheart lor a girlie t- To wlttpnc, ohtUink X tue joy! ... .Mayor Daugherty I4 la rortlandll Buy Your Lumber and building material in Salem., and., keep., your money at home We can furnish all your requirements except Builders' Hardware. Courteous treatment and prompt delivery. Spaulding Logging Co. Foot Ferry Street Peerless Bakery Makers of Peerless Bread 9c13c Try Our Doughnuts 20c 170 North Commercial St. USE BUTTER CUP BUTTER Capital City Cooperative Creamery H7S. Com'l St. Our Idea: The Best Only Phone 209 Our Method: Co-operation Webb & Clough Co. Leading Funeral Directors Expert Embalmer Cor. Court and High Sts. Phone 120 DRAGER FRUIT CO. Dried Fruit Packers 221 S. High St Salem, Or. Always in the market for dried fruits of all kinds Silverton Foundry Co. Iron and Brass Castings Sawmill and Logging He pairs, Hop and Fruit Stoves, Castings of all kinds SILVBUTON. Oil KG ON Phono Green 931 THE CAPITAL BARGAIN HOUSE Buys and Sells Anything Associated with CAPITAL JUNK COMPANY 215 Center S$. Phone 398 W. T. Rigdon & Son Trogressive Funeral Directors SALEM W. H. Grabenhorst & Co. REALTORS Farm and Fruit Lands Small Tracts and Invest ment Telephone 515 275 State St., Salem, Ore. THE BOY SCOUTS deserve the support of everyone who wishes " to inculcate high prin ciples of manhood into the youth of our land. This space paid for . by Thielscn & Rahn tr :i tr fa t i: r t: ! 1 ti n i r. jc D tt b 1 i 1: 6 Ir ir, 1 I fa: or ir ir. l: r I: If.' ft ir. k' r ir r r ! ! : . ir r. rc Tc TO ; i !' Ir ,r tc; j i ; .Jt-. Tt' : 1 it B" C. tr. I: t h c ' ,j ; it c e ft ir tr ir a I a