L
MOVE ON B
ILL
BOARDS
How Hartford, Conn., Expects to
Regulate Their Use.
LOCAL SOCIETIES FEDERATED
Individual Organisation! Art Divided
InU Thraa Graupa Careful Study
to Ba Mada of Dillboard AdvartUlng.
Tha Prajeet'a Sociological Atptot.
Jt U uut wry ofii'O llmt a lunvpuirnt
ynliit billboard wlilili dmiI tlict at
tract IvewM of tuwna mamma a
rlolonlciil hhjhh-I. AMtlln'tli' motive
UKtinlly 'l H) rrrdlt. There r ex
rt'i'llolia. liowfViT, iiulnlily In Hprlnn
field nut llolyokt, MntM., rvlirr I.hhI
uiliorlili1 jirfut I lie iminiIhb of any
julvprtlwiiietna which nr In any aciiHe
low 4 or vulunr or wuliti drpli't any
srlum or a t of vloliii.e. In HTlnir
fk'lil In purlU ulnr IhU ordlimiw-a lina
lHn nulla rigidly nifon t-d by the ity
maralml. A new turn to lliu move
ment la ulreii. howovpr, Iy tho or
fniilziillon of Ilia I'ultiil Commltti-en
AaiuK'iHtltin For I Ul IIm.h nl It.-iftilnt l..n
In Hart ford. Conn., anj a niurltira and
tlio t'oiun a. Hartford Imd conduct-
! vnrloiu uiiHiuvrwifiil rnuipaltpia
KiiltiHt lillllMiiirdH, pnrilrulnrly wltb
n-f'Tcnoe to Hie fenture which acoin
d to Im lnjiirlouit to young peoplr. but
without any mnrked aiiccex. Coming
to the coiicIukIod Hint It wa a com
rialirn rwtlly worth whlln and here la
tha aljrnlllrunt i)lnt, about twenty
Ave local or?-!.lsntlona federated
themwelvea Into l!;!l naaoclatlim, w hich
tlicy expect to mulnlnln permanently
a long aa thcr It any work to do.
The hcoih) of tli movement la mont
Interesting wVcn one notea tho three
jrroupa Into v.hlch the Individual or
jrnnlr.ntlona are divided and tho rela
tive number of organization In encb:
First. Mornl and educational Inter
cut: Federation of Churchea. Hartford
Cbrlatlan F.ndcavor union. W. C. T. U.,
T. M. C. A., Young People' nnptlat
leRgue. Social Hettlctneut. Ilnrtford
Woman' School aanoclotlon. Unity
club. Got Together club, College club.
Current Toplce club. Motherhood club.
Neighborhood club.
Second. llualtiptta and civic IntereaU:
Board of trade. Rutdnciul Men' amiocl-
atlon, Monufncturera' Aaaoclatlon of
Hartford County. Landlord and Tax
tii vent' aaaoclatlon. Civic club. Conaura
ra' league of Connecticut. D. A. It.,
rhoenlx Mutual club.
Third. Artistic interest: Art and
Craft club. Municipal Art Society of
Ilnrtford. Connecticut League of Art
Student
Further alcniflcance Is added to the
movement by tho statement of repre
sentatives of the association that a
careful atudy Is to be mndo of bill
board advertising with a view to Inter
ferine in no way wlttTwImt Is seemly
and appropriate and rigidly opposing
everything else. To begin witn. au pic
torlal renrescntotlon will, the assocla
, tlon hopes, be ultimately excluded,
leaving nothing but text on the board.
Thl I favored by the first group
above mentioned because or tne in
moral tpndonciea of many of the Die
turns and bv the third group because
of the Inartistic nature of these pic
ture. In prosecuting this movement
one of the first step of the association
wa the oppolntuient of a special com
mittee to Introduce a resolution into
tho city council Instructing the city
engineer to make an enumeration of
all billboard In the city. This was
passed, and the power given covered
location, owner of land, size of sign,
height of bottom above ground, owner
of algn, character of advertising, con
dition of supports and relation to
street building Hue.
The report which was rendered
proved a revelation. There are 255
PLANTING SCHOOL GROUNDS.
educational Valu t Children (
Qrewlni Treat end Shrub.
rmiifiirt 1 not the only reowjii fur
plautlng about the clnHou Tha
tree hnv lu u wlucatlonal value.
Iiuliml, bar itrouuda limy be regarded
at an opportunity. Children Interest
ed lu the work of selecting, planting
ud growing tree and ahrub about
the hool can gain lu the work no lit
tle knowledge of right principle and
method. Many people tblim mat to
..! rt all that need to be done
I In dig up sapling or buy It and
... It i.: a hole. Thl I a great mis
take, responsible fr many uuneesnry
failure. Home knowledge or ire cul
ture I a thing mire to prove useful to
lurge proM.rtlou uf aebool children.
A the public school are common
property, we should make the aebool
bouse and everything about It altrac
live and Imautlful. any the I An-
gele Time. Hero U one or ine veil-
,.( the life of the coliimuulty, the
one In whUh I gathered It most Im
pressionable eleuieut. Hie xhool I
upported at public expense lu order
to make good American cltlfceii. It
alms at securing the highest possible
development of mind und character.
rr.rr Ipinent of order, neutness ami
beauty, v'7 broadening Influence, ev
ery nppeM lo the finer nature uf the
child mem luMtor men ami women
i.d a more thrifty, prow.enu and
attractive communliy. Americana are
Iil.iIv nriud of their bool system
and ahould be willing to support tho
echools not only with money, but wiin
time and lubor.
There I still much Indifference ou
i.,.rt of the imiL.Uo regarding the
Dluntlng of school ground, both In
cltle ond lu the country: also much
of hat done 1 not carried out in an
inK.iiiPi.ht nomuer. It involve more
than the mere planting of tree In
"any old p' ice" unit in any maimer.
Each tree t-hould lx- plauted where It
will form .irt of Cio picture, not for
Itself nloue, lu school yard possibly
never for individual effect. Each one
n.nri nniv be smnll part of the
cberne, or If a hundred tree are used
each must be depeudea on lor onij
thl one hundredth part of the perma
nent effect. Nearly every planter
(more especially a group of planter)
may be heard exclaiming. "Thl tree
will look well here," meaning that In
the position Indicated It would look
conplcuou, the poorest possible rea
son for planting it there. In addition
n nntet and unassuming position, each
ru. tnnet h nrovlded wltb a deep dug
hole to allow of proper root develop
ment without too mucn resistance
fmm the surrounding and underlying
soil. When planted each tree must
be most thoroughly watered, ror me
first watering 1 more Important than
any to follow. If the work Is done as
here suggested we will oon hav
more beautiful school yarns.
To Be Given Absolutely Free
The Oregon Magazine Hit of 1909
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- PLANTING HEDGES.
How and When to 8et Out Plant FoV
Improvement Purposes.
Well kept and neatly trimmed
hedge add greatly to the attractive
nes of private ground or public
place and thus Improve the appear
ance of town.
Winter 1 n good time to set out a
hedge, a most of the plant used are
hardy, many varieties evergreen. Cal
ifornia privet will be selected In most
cases, but the flowering hedges of Ja
panese quince, Hosa rugosa and Ber
bcrls thunbergll are growing in favor.
For an evergreen hedge there are
tew quicker grower or more thor
oughly hardy than the Siberian arbor
vltae, though the American arbor vltae
1 cheaper.
In transplanting hedge plants, espe
cially evergreens, do not expose the
root to the sun, say the Chicago In
ter Oceau. Setting out wilted plants
i. th r-nnsB of many failures. Unless
nroved a revelation, iiiere are jj - i,
proveo revemuuu. ,m, hMi of evercreens are too large
.,-,..,., flr, t It n nna PTnnctS tO Or- BUH
VMn.w r
Tn ootHnir out a hedee the small
plant should be put about eight
Inches apart and the larger ones from
ffnntze subcommittees as follows: Ex
ecutive, local and legislative; finance,
i 1 1 i . A nninini. Avhll.ll- rtp nhn-
togrophlc committee. Information and ten Inches to a foot.
data committee. .., i i
Such movements will very soon Protecting Natural Landscapes,
bow ndverrtsers that their method of 1 Improvement work of a permanent
annealing to the people through the and satisfying nature can only be ac
SSTo bUlbonrd. fills in one essential compllshcd by following a well defined
point, and that Is In meeting the peo- plan which must take cognizance of
nle's nnnrobatlon ' the natural beauties to be seen In the
p,e 8 "PProDflt'on- ; dutrlct. Lond contours should be pre-
. vo-.b-. ru:.t R.nul.ita 1 served, no matter how rugged. There
'Xsnm TsX't:X : .b too much of Uig o hinocks to
spreads in all directions Is the chief fl" b oil ows. c"y b
renulsite in all civic improvement 1 small town parks. Outcropping rocks
1 ; h "J. inc. In the latter ral aspect are rooted out to make room
proper handl.ng 1 st of enthu- J-rwr nr.. . -J
Birc 1UI tl IV. -
the streets of a Inrge city that has
none or comparatively few appears
one of the hardest nuts to truck.
money uselessly expe: led.
8mr.ll Street Tree.
Street trees from six inches to a foot
high are too small to plant out In a
permanent position, and It will be
found costly in most situations to
otnrf with a tree of such small size.
The larger size mentioned is plenty
To Tax Billboardi.
The department of nuisances, an un
pleasantly named but useful branch of
the Amerlcnn Civic association, seems
under the chairmanship or uanan ; - . b used
Kelaey of Borton to be one of the mo treea
efficient sections. At all event the de- on v in case i
partment has brought out a pamph et , phu,ted In the sp g
which is well prepared on the bin- I lc r tected and al80 be
board question It goes Into .the vari- , be wortn wWle Tree9
ous aspects of the subject, tells what co
has been done In this and other conn. J .nonM never be planted in
trie and recommend regulation by , use uu
Jap Ubbfx Enlneer, who did the work ot lour
enalnee end crewt
; v. ' w . ,.3K
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