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fVi'i-.vwIiiT.'. Il.Tc we ii;i.s.s,'(l t.liroii(;li miles aiul iiiilus of uiauye 

 groves plmiteil in li{;lit. saiiily soil, and saw train loads of sugar 

 beets, do/ens of oil wells, mid great herds of eattle. Down the 

 Santa Anna Valley we rnslied, lo llie level farm lands, with thou- 

 sands of aeres of beans, eorn. sugar beets, melons, ete. The soil 

 is rich, blaek loam. wcuUed with eight-horse ])lows. Then we 

 eame to San -Inan and the ruins of the niissu)n of San .Inau 

 C'apistrano. the tirst established liy the Kraneisian monks, where 

 the road leads ilown to the I'aeilic. Foi thirty nules or nu)re we 

 rushed along the shore, with the waves breaking almost at the 

 rails, with sharks and poipoises playing in the oeean. ami auto 

 parties eamjiing along the beaeh, a most picturesque sight. \Vu 

 stopped at l)el ^Mar Mathing lieaeh long enough to take on another 

 engine to help ])ush ns up the idills along whieh we ran. at a 

 height of several humlred feet, erossiug over canyons which, in 

 the rainy season, are rushing mountain torrents. 



.\gain we eame to miles and miles of beans, then down the 

 clill's to the city of Ocean Side, and then (Ui to San Diego, arriving 

 at 12:50, where we took antos to the Hotel St. .James, .\fter a 

 hurried wash up and linicli. we were again bundled into autoa 

 by the park oflicials at 2:1.') ji. m., aiul otT to iMexico. We rode 

 about sixteen miles, through a most wonderful assortment of 

 groves of oranges, lemons, dates, ligs, apricots, olives and grape 

 fruit, passing through National City, Chnla Vista and Palm City, 

 where are located the great sea salt works, the salt being obtained 

 by eva])oration. Then we passed the borders into Mexico, and 

 were h(dd u[i and searched by a .Mexican otbcer in quest of arms 

 or anunnnilion. When we arrived at Tia .Tn;ina. onr destination, 

 we attended a small fair and saw open gamlding by men and 

 wonu'u at roulette, dice, cards and slot machines. The side shows 

 Haunted signs invitius the public, at "two bits" (L'.'i iintsl. to 

 see a nude woiuan pose. Tlu're was fortinie telling, mind read- 

 ing, etc.. and when yon think of San Diego, Cal., within sixteen 

 miles, like Heinz, with its lifty-seven varieties of churches, it is 

 easy to realize why the ilexicans are so little respected. As we 

 again entered dear idd U. S. A. we were held up and searched hv a 

 customs official, looking for dutiable goods purchased in ^lexico. 



Then we went on to Coronado Reach, with its unique tent city 

 of over two thousand palm roofed houses and beautiful white 

 hotel; across the ferry and out to Point Lonui, to witness a most 

 glorious sunset and a bay view claimed to be equal to Venice or 

 the Itay of Naples. Then \vc went on to the Caves and Sitnset 

 Clill's and back, in the cool of the evening, to the Pfotel St. .James, 

 arriving at 7:30 tired, dusty, luit rejoicing in having spent one 

 of the most enjoyable afternoons of our tri|>. 



Saturday. August 28. — At 9:30 a. m., all aboard the park antos. 

 J'nder the guidance of Superintendent Morley we visited the Old 

 Town and itaniona's marriage place, a most romantic old mission, 

 containing curious antiques, a stage coach, the old Wishing Well, 

 etc. ilany dated back to 1700. Then we visited the Stadium, a 

 remarkable structure 630 feet long by 300 feet wide, built by the 

 Park Dei)artment at a cost of $1.50'.000. We went next to the 

 inildic playgrounds, then through residential streets lined with 

 beautiful palms and flowers and on to Balboa Park, consisting of 

 1.(00 acres, half of which are uudevelo|ied, except for a most 

 coni])lete road system. Next to the l-'air grounds, wlierc a <lclicious 

 Inncbeou was served in the Administration J!uilding, and after 

 lumdi onr party separated to view the grounds and Iniildings, each 

 to its own taste; the organ recital, the myriads of tame pigeons, 

 Avhieh settled on our heads ami >lioublcrs. ian>ing nnich 

 merriment. 



The beauty of the buildings and gro\nuls in some way even 

 exceeded the San Francisco Fair ;ilthougli not so extensive. The 

 model bungalow, the model farm. etc.. were most interesting. 

 About p. m. all sojoiu'ued to the hottd for a nuu-h-ncedi'd rest. 

 .Sunday, August 20. — V\'e left San Diego, tlie train pulling out 

 at S:40 a. m. After an nncvcntfid ride Ave went back over the 

 Santa !•> to Los Angeles, arriving on time at 12:.50. We jnnqicd 

 into antos and rushed over the \'iadnct to the Salt I^ake Route 

 of the S:ni Pedro. Los .Angeles and Salt Lake Pailroad. leaving 

 at 1:2.') 11. m.. jiassing Pomona at 2:18. We saw ,sreat groves 

 of walnut trees and fields of snnllowers. acres and acres of Ilg 

 trees and fields of teasels, and gradually climbed up into tlie 

 mountains, which are covered with sage, with Iicrc and there, 

 little bunches of cacti and dw;irf |i;ilms. P.y o'clock we were 

 again in the valley, where many Cueca palms were seen. Behind, 

 tiie mountains shone, a beautiful purple, in the sunset. During 

 the night we crossed the nuiuntains of Xc\ada and went llirou<;li 

 a dozen tunnels. 



(Space would not permit carrying the story to its completion in 

 tliis number. It will be concluded in the December issue. — Editor.) 



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THE DRIFT OF MODERN RECREATION. 



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 I licii I think [lark boards have luunci that chihlren 

 lit all ages and hulh sexes do not get along well in 

 play. 1 hat is to say, boys and girls play very well 

 logether u\) to possibly nine or ten years of age, but 

 above that age it seems as thotigh the girls need a 

 separate place if they are to have a really good time, 

 and likewise the boys. 'J'hey need a different kind of 

 play space, if they arc to let alone the little children. 

 The problems are solved greatly when some division 

 of sjjace is worked out — spacing the children off if 

 you jilease. 



Then, 1 think the boards are seeing the necessity 

 of having real recreation in the ].)laygroimds, or else 

 getting otit friiin umlcr the supervision altogether. I 

 believe there arc many possibilities there that have 

 not been wnrkcd nut. Every community is becoming 

 more and nicprc alive to this supervision — the women's 

 chilis, ch.'unbcrs of commerce, the schools and the like. 

 \\ h\' cannot the park boards say: "^\'e will su]jply 

 the areas. We will give you our rules and regulation, 

 etc., iiiiw, yiiu furnish the kind of stipervision that you 

 want." ^Ir. Manning of Baltimore, has done some- 

 thing of the sort for 3'ears. He supplies the physical 

 equi]iment, the ground and up-keep, etc., then the play- 

 ground c< miniission supplies the superx'ision which is. 

 demanded there, but which we cciuld imt always call 

 adeciuate. 



And here again, it seems to me, there is a larger 

 pro))lem to be met in the park development. I won- 

 der if we have not reached the time when large parks 

 which were developed many years ago — it is only 

 some thirt)' or forty years ago that we started real 

 park development, but we have in all large cities 

 parks, which when they were begtm, were in the 

 suburbs ; now I wonder if the time has not come for 

 developing mcire parks in the outskirts to carry on — • 

 these fine pl;inting schemes, and these nature system?^ 

 and other wonderful things in our ])ark development, 

 and utilize the older parks for recreation facilities. 

 There is this crying need of facilities every year, more 

 tennis cotirts, more swimming pools, more row-boats, 

 more everything that represents facilities for this 

 active recreatiim. 1 wonder if we have not reached 

 the time when we must give considerable thought to 

 using parks in the interior of the cities for this active 

 recreation ; giving these parks architecttiral treatment, 

 rather than this beautiful landscape treatment, of 

 course never giving up certain landscape treatment ; 

 but couldn't we carry the people into the ]mrks by 

 subways, etc. Certain parks are now fighting com- 

 panies who wanted to go through them with their 

 electric lines. Why not suggest the tunneling under 

 the parks and carrying the people in street cars 

 under the parks and letting them out at places where 

 we can develop a beautiful architectural feature in the 

 parks and bring these people into the very center of 

 the parks : and \vh\- should we fail to allow people go 

 throu.gh in automobiles? People, if they had parks at 

 |)eripherv of the city, could reach them with Fords — 

 evervone has a Ford these days — consequently these 

 park's at the edge of the city are more easily reached 

 than were the pVescnt parks in the earlier years. See 

 how nnich wc could gain in areas of tennis courts, and 

 sec liiAv much more these parks in the outskirts would 

 in truth become recreation grounds where you could 

 step upon everything. 



I thirik wc have got to sc|ueeze some of the water 



