. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . e smoke nuisance will be not merel) abated but abolished,and there wdl be no stain on the escutcheons, or the chimneys, ofthe great corporations. From monumental to industrial architecture, by way of thechimney tops, is an easy step and highly suggestive of the closerelation between the useful and the beautiful. If industrial archi-tecture is given a shelf by itself, there are few cities that would makea more creditable showing than this city of homes and venerable buildings of the United States Armory are modelsof simplic
. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . e smoke nuisance will be not merel) abated but abolished,and there wdl be no stain on the escutcheons, or the chimneys, ofthe great corporations. From monumental to industrial architecture, by way of thechimney tops, is an easy step and highly suggestive of the closerelation between the useful and the beautiful. If industrial archi-tecture is given a shelf by itself, there are few cities that would makea more creditable showing than this city of homes and venerable buildings of the United States Armory are modelsof simplicity and agreeable proportions. It is undoubtedly throughtheir silent influence that many of the more important factories inthe city exhibit a thoughtful regard for careful, harmonious design. It appears, therefore, that in our modification of Natures perfectlegacy by means of architectural garments, we have not gone farastray. There is health and hope and vigor in us, and while muchremains to be done, there is comparatively little that needs to 1 ILLY HAINES Wiiose wise foresight aiul biijuest have U-iit much incentiveto the work of beautifving SpringfieKI Springfield Present and Prospective 23 IV. LOOKING FORWARD I . BED ROCK IN THIS age of science and certainty one takes large risks who ven-tures any other vaticination than cautious reasoning from causeto effect. Dont never prophesy unless you know is excellentadvice, yet every man whose mind is not comatose will sometimesyield to temptation and try to describe his air castles, not alwaysproviding for them visible means of support. Already Springfield has a foundation whereon to rear the templeof a goodly city whose extent and abiding wealth will be limitedonly by the intelligence, industry and unity of its citizens. Letintelligence stand first. He would be a poor student of history andhuman nature who failed to see that the nobler qualities that raiseone community above another are intimately related to
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