The craftsman . , sculpture, iron work, the making of banners andposters; the designing of public utilities, such as under-ground stations, bill boards, water fountains, electricstandards, street names, numbers, guide posts, newspaperstands, park seats, etc* Festivals and holidays were alsoconsidered: the holiday dressing of Brussels and Ant-werp was seriously studied, and holiday festivals, insteadof being commonplace, as they are with us, became oc-casions of interest and of note* Surrounding cities be-came imbued with the same enthusiasm and the goodwork spread from town to town* Galleries
The craftsman . , sculpture, iron work, the making of banners andposters; the designing of public utilities, such as under-ground stations, bill boards, water fountains, electricstandards, street names, numbers, guide posts, newspaperstands, park seats, etc* Festivals and holidays were alsoconsidered: the holiday dressing of Brussels and Ant-werp was seriously studied, and holiday festivals, insteadof being commonplace, as they are with us, became oc-casions of interest and of note* Surrounding cities be-came imbued with the same enthusiasm and the goodwork spread from town to town* Galleries of public artof all periods were founded and attention was called to allthat there is artistic in things of historic interest* It wasfound that while utility is economy, artistic utility waseven greater economy; that the finer designs securedbv this society often cost less than the more gaudy, moreelaborate efforts which had preceded them* Brussels, to-day, is markedly benefited by the existence of this society*. ^^O^-^ :§. «o ^^ *«r -vi 6^ <u 1^ -
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