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Show Improved Roadways Have Some Esthetic Value In addition to their value as aids to commerce and the practical side of life good roads have an esthetic value and exert a tremendous intluence on the Intelligence and culture of the population. popula-tion. Stretching like a winding ribbon past farmstead and village, the modern highway gives grace and charm to the landscape and, like Eugene Field's poem, leads the thoughts wandering "over the hills and far away." Enchantment and mystery linger about any kind of road. A road whether it be the first rude trail of the pioneer or tbe great national highway high-way of today is the vital thread which connects us with the outside world, says the Atlanta Constitution. Among the many thrilling sensations which modern life has brought to humanity hu-manity none is more exhilarating none appeals more powerfully to man's primal instincts of exploration and adventure ad-venture than to glide swiftly over an unknown road into unfamiliar localities locali-ties and be permitted to feast the eye upon scenes new and strange. ' He who cannot get some measure of pleasure from the endless panorama of the countryside, the countless pictures pic-tures of people, trees, luxuriant fields and tumbling brooks which motoring along the average highway presents, must indeed be deficient In the great gift of appreciation for the unusual, the beautiful and the picturesque. |