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Show ARBOR DAY ABROAD. American Custom Has Already Spread to the Old World. A writer In l.a N'atuio or Paris says that in the last thirty ?ears Arbor day, oilglnaiing as an annual festival and holiday In the I'nltoil States, has spread lo many European countries, where Its observance has been entered en-tered on and Is kept up with enthusiasm, enthu-siasm, sa the New York Commercial. Commer-cial. Italy Iiokiiii It In 1902. making Its annual school arbor festival a stale Inslliiilion. In Spain a llko as-Miclntloii as-Miclntloii was rormod In tho same year. llolglnm roll Into line a little later, and In Russia, Sweden, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland. Portugal, Japan, everywhere tho necessity of reforestation refores-tation has been recognized, children are Interested In trees by similar methods. In this respect Franco has taken a leading part, the school children chil-dren going In tho spring Into tho fields, imder the direction of tho tencliers. and there planting trees to develop Into future forests. The French Forest society of tho Friends or Tr-cs, whoso president Is Senator Cahert, has given a strong Impulse to r"'orestatlon, lo all Institutions Institu-tions In Its aid and to tho celebration of Arbor day In particular, this year to be reinforced with tho aid of rectors, rec-tors, prefects, the lorost administration administra-tion and all allied olllclnls. The writer In La Nature. M. HegelBperger, ascribes as-cribes tho origin or Arbor day to tho proposal or Secretary Morton, made In Nebraska, lis adoption as n national nation-al festival speedily following. |