PRESERVING THE COUNTRYSIDE
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—One has not noticed any adverse views in the Press regarding this laudable subject, and yet it is significant how many journals have been contributing recently to the dis- figurement of our roads and lanes.
ThoSe converging on Epsom and Ascot in race weeks, and even. Wimbledon, have for miles been placarded with ex- hortations to read this or that publication.
Posters plastered on trees, attached to hedges and so forth are a distinct eyesore. • Cannot we look for a lead from these, of all quarters, for the preservation of what rural amenities are left to us ?—I am,
[We do not gather from our correspondent's letter whether the posters to which he refers were permanent, or merely put up. for the occasion. If the latter, we feel that the lover of our countryside might in any case find more congenial places than these roads at these times, and that the harm done is therefore not so serious as it might be. At the same time we welcome this letter as further evidence of a feeling which may point to the wisdom, as well as the good taste, of some firms who have recently, we hope at no sacrifice of revenue, restricted their advertising in the interests of the preservation of beauty.— En. Spectator.]
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