Show DOING AWAY WITH UGLINESS of kansas city have the right idea in influencing the taste ol of the public Pu lollo speaking of city beautification a co or dinato subject with city improvements on a scale it to Is interesting te to note that kansas city has a citizens anti ugly association its object Is to keep tho the town spruced up it calls attention to things that ought to be done to make kansas city prettier and the things that ought not to be done that will mako make it less pretty tb than it to Is it la Is greatly interested in zoning and in lesser esthetic regulations such as those that affect billboards weeds tree pruning and topsy like cheap architecture that jest grows without vIt hout P planning lanning its main influx influence ence at first Is propagandist gan dist precept and preaching Is the idea but ordinances aro also an aim thoro there Is much in persuading the public and a single object lesson in beauty Is worth a hundred hund rm sermons in our own humble opinion it if you want an appreciation of beauty in city planning and building show shiow a bit of it accomplished complis hed and therell herell bo be a clamor for more st louis globe democrat |