Art Out-of-Doors 
There should be no more walks than are 
needful ; they should neither be so straight 
as to lack beauty, nor so meandering as to 
lack good sense ; and they should be as nar- 
row as convenience will permit, for gravel- 
streaks are not charming objects in them- 
selves, and the greater their breadth the 
more they decrease the apparent size of the 
place. A walk six feet wide, where one of 
three would have sufficed, will dwarf its sur- 
roundings to a much greater degree than 
most owners realize. 
A lawn can be injured almost as much by 
foot-paths as by drives when they cut across 
it. A properly kept lawn is as delightful to 
walk upon as to look at, and, in our dry 
summers, the days are rare when it will be 
too wet even for a lady’s shoe. Of course, 
there may be cases when some distant object 
— a summer-house that is constantly used, a 
boat-house, or a tennis-court — will so con- 
stantly attract the feet that, unless a walk be 
provided, a ragged path will be worn across 
the grass. Then a made walk is naturally 
better, for anything is better than a look of 
untidiness and neglect in grounds which 
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