ROADS AND PATHS 



WE have already found that turf may be much 

 more attractive than roads or paths, even 

 though the latter are planned for aesthetic 

 reasons as well as for the sake of convenience. The 

 cost of mistakes in ordering such matters too exclusively 

 or unintelligently on the artistic side, is some of the 

 actual convenience of the place ; the cost of mistakes, 

 when the beauty and artistic effect of the place alone are 

 considered unintelligently, is the constant irritation, and 

 consequent loss of comfort, of things not rounded out 

 and made suitable for the definite end for which they 

 ought to be made. 



We shall see, as we consider further the different fea- 

 tures of home grounds, how often the question arises 

 as to the best way to reconcile apparently conflicting 

 claims of beauty and utility. Each should have due con- 

 sideration, each should be studied in the light of what 

 we believe to be sensible needs and conveniences and 

 genuine artistic simplicity and breadth, and these need 

 not be allowed to conflict with each other if they are 

 intelligently managed. Thus the temptation comes to 

 multiply the number and extent of our roads for the sake 

 of convenience, with the sad result of mighty small bene- 



