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Show "Beauty Need of America." Comparing the growth of the American Ameri-can people with the growth of a blade of grass, Rabbi Abram Simon spoke at Philadelphia. "The Story of a Blade of Grass" was his topic. . "So small a thing as a blade of grass carries a message to the American Ameri-can people," said Rabbi Simon. "From the life of a blade of grass the people can take a message of life, Industry, democracy, service, and beauty. Speaking on the last of these, he said: "Beauty Is the need of our country. Americans have not realized the- lesson taught by the blade of grass. They have not learned to beautify beau-tify everything, hate dirt and filth, abolish things unlovely and rude. If they had we would have no tenement districts, no crowded rookeries, no smoky manufacturing cities, and no 'garbage drama.' A blade of grass Is a world all Its own if it inspires th American people to desire beauty." |