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Show preservation of Niagara Falls The widespread awakening of the public mind to the importance of rendering render-ing the environment of human life as beautiful and elevating as possible, consistent con-sistent with the daily routine of our busy modern life, is one of the happy omens of the time. Evidences of this awakening are many and various. It is visible in our domestic architecture, and in the interior furnishings of our homes. I Its recognition has led to the demand j that our public buildings shall be mo.iu-1 mo.iu-1 mental, not merely as to their mere bulk, but in the just balance and pro-; pro-; portion of their masses, an 1 in the ap-; ap-; propriate character of the details. Our I best architects are striving, will a zeal j which is worthy of a better success, to J lend some touch of beauty to that modern mod-ern monstrosity, the sky-scraper build-. build-. ing. Most promising, also, is that rec-I rec-I ognition of the inherent monotony and j ugliness of many of our modern cities, which is expressed in the new movement move-ment in the direction of civic govern- j ment. i Furtherevidence is shown in the grow- ! ing determination of the American peo- J pie to preserve intact the more notable 'of the objects of grandeur and beauty, ' with which the hand of Nature has so liberally enriched the United States. ' The legislation which has thrown its protection around the Yellowstone Park, the Yosemite Valley, the groves of ma- j jestic trees in California, and the various : national reserves of the country, has rendered, both to the people of today, and '.o all posterity, a service which will ; be acknowledged with growing emphasis j as the years go by. Never, we believe, I has preservative legislation of this character received such widespread ap-! ap-! proval as that which saved the majestic Falls at Niagara, already sadly defaced, I from further spoliation by hydraulic ! power plants. The interest in the Falls ! is more than national it is worldwide; and the traveler from other countries, be he European or Asiatic, considers that his itinerary is scarcely complete j unless it has included Niagara. Hence the announcement that the integrity of the Falls had betn forever insured by an international treaty between Canada and the United States, was received i with all but universal approval. There J are other great waterfalls in existence, ; it is true, notably the majestic drop of J the Zambesi River at Victoria Falls; i but they are more or less inaccessible ' altogether so, in fact, to the traveler! whose purse is limited: whereas Niagara j by virtue of its accessibility, is open to j the world. Scientific American. i I |