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Show Abate tho Potter Nuisance. Tho ordlnnneo for poster restriction framed by tho Municipal Art society, and now under consideration by the Aldcrmanla Committee on Ilulldlngs, should bo mucin a luw. It Is n fair, conservative and needed remedy for a continually Increasing nuisance Its enforcement would Injure no one, except ex-cept that the prollts of il tew sign and bill board people mlfellt ho lessened to a slight extent And no such consideration considera-tion should bo allowed to stand In the wny of a movement to beautify lho tlty and rcmovo a menace to the Uvea and limbs of pedestrians An nrdlnuncc limiting lim-iting tho height of blllbonrds on tho ground to 10 feet nnd thoso on the tops of bulldlngj to S feet will Interfere In no way with legltlmnto advertising, Tho man who puts up ono of tho mnmmoth monstrosltlei that now hurt tho ejo nt every turn, does so simply because his competitor ' i business h is one ns big Tromlnenco is merely comparative, und v.. th tho s ze limited the contest would become one of nrtlstlo quality and at- Ml k ' 1 BBBl trnc tlvcncss. This has been the result , L- i lBBBl of similar regulations In I'm la and tho 3 1 Ii ' ill ijafl other la-ga continental cities. London if lt&t.JH Is now following their lead, and so aro it. MV'-m &1111H Chicago, IlulTalri and Rochester In this Cf tlfi' -Jtt JllllH country. Let Now York keep puco Willi M ! f5 II ilW LiM tho world cnpltuls before the smaller ft E?'1 I BBal American clllca shamo us Wo shall H IfiV ( BBai then heir fewer comments such as that flA' lK I I BBai of Trcildent l.llot of Haivard upon tho ttV" Jf! ; !BBal j rdld ugliness of tho city which every HI ' .' i ilnBBjl good cltlen hopes to see tho most beou. M ,kt- , i.M tlful in tho land -New Yoilt Mall and '$ sn? v'J BBai i:x,rc"s hi AiiBBl |