Show I 1 desecration desecration of rural en england u 1 nd much deplored I 1 the destruction of countryside beauty by tile building of modern highways and the developments hint attend their course 1 evoking protest in england walls fences and even wayside cottages many of them ilium oil alil and picturesque adorned by loni long cultivated culah growths of shrubs noi flowers have been destroyed or marred says the kansas city ity timm alm the villages have lost their quaint and restful aspects tind and in many instances sequestered cit and anal inns have given way to obtrusive modern a structures truc tures of the most utilitarian ta fyie ve bidding for the passing trade of if the much traveled highways these there dis figure ments and the increasing use of at billboards are a pilet grief pi let to those of natural english pride with the exception of a few of tile the older eastern states american villages I 1 have not lleen been greatly marred by modern roads in very many instances the advent at af a highway and its passing parade of motor cars hire have been incentives for towns to adopt more progressive policies better paving better kept premi premises and houses attractive little parks frequently have been invitations for the motorist to stop to rest or trade with us there Is no great problem of destroying the countryside by road building although a new highway certainly Is anything but attractive within its right of way whether in th the a course of years the roadsides shall be made attractive with the growth of grass wild flowers flo trees and shrubs well perhaps in country the pressing problem Is the wayside shack and the ubiquitous billboard these we shall have and have more oppressively pres unless there Is a check on those whose chose greed lias has no respect for beauty |