Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1918 — PUTTING IVY TO GOOD USE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PUTTING IVY TO GOOD USE

How the Plant Was Cleverly Trained to Hide the Naked Ugliness of a Windmill. The - hlghly’decoratlve effect’ of Ivy growing against the walls of castles and other buildings was discovered some centuries ago, but It remained for a very modern farmer to turn the climbing habit of the wild grape to good account, remarks the Popular

Science Monthly. The photograph tells the story. The windmill was quickly turned from a bare framework, suggesting in its ugliness the inartistic but highly useful framework of a skyscraper, t 8 a bower of beauty. As a matter of fact, the farmer used both the wild grape and the ivy (not the kind that poisons), and in two years had the framework well covered. And, as the owner said: “It didn’t cost much.” Moreover, the vine-clad windmill is a thing of beauty if not a joy forever.

The Skeleton of the Windmill Has a Dress That Eve Might Have Envied.