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The National Society for Checking 
the Abuses of Public Advertising has 
for its object the retention of the pic- 
turesque simplicity of rural and river 
scenery. It attaches much importance 
to teaching the young to find pleasure 
in nature and in the picturesque aspect 
of every-day scenes, and impresses on 
all that they ought to respect the right 
of others to the unimpaired enjoyment 
of the country and open spaces. The 
organ of the society, called Beautiful 
World," also contains articles on the 
care of natural beauty. 
The Coal Smoke Abatement Soci- 
ety also has the preservation of natural 
beauty among its objects. 
Moreover, there are many local 
societies which have as one of their 
objects to preserve, either directly or 
indirectly, natural monuments of some 
kind or other. The following are 
some such societies : — the Thames 
