SWAYING TREE TOPS 



The city of to-day is the danger 

 spot in our civilization. It lures to 

 death the best and purest manhood 

 and womanhood of the land. The 

 strong true American sons and 

 daughters of the soil who have 

 been developed through four genera- 

 tions, drawn to the city, lose their 

 identity, their sense of responsibility, 

 and their moral sensitiveness in a 

 decade. If this land is to keep its 

 pristine vigor, the call of the city 

 must be hushed. The attraction of 

 the artificial and unnatural must be 

 offset by a call back to the beauty 

 and vigor and purity of the country. 

 The architectural appearance of the 

 average American city is matched 

 by the average morality. Both are 

 vulgar, crass, materialistic. The 



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