Show RED BARNS A wealthy Wisconsin man desiring to enhance the beauty of the country side about him recently offered to aid his neighboring farmers in putting a fresh coat of paint on their barns But he insisted that red barns are a curse on the landscape and that he would not lend a hand 1 in n painting anybody's anybody's any any- 1 body's barns that color After a half dozen barns had blossomed blossom blossom- ed out in dazzling white or fresh cream color an architect of the community came to Ito the defense of red paint declaring there thero out to be a law requiring red for barns So the quarrel went on and is still going on on- There is no disputing tastes and colors s and everybody has a right to his preferences But in this case the architect was right Any Anyone one who does not like a red barn i is is abnormal and irregular It stands out over the green fields 1 like a red bird on a cedar tree It is is a jewel in the landscape and gladdens the eye the year round Give us more red barns |