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been employed that they have been used as illustrations 

 of a park feature. 



With the exception of the rough archaic arch that 

 forms the bridge, the whole picture of its south side 

 might be that of a cataclysm of nature. If the illus- 

 trations are carefully examined it will be seen that before 

 bringing these stones together there has been careful 

 study given to their selection and the way they would 

 naturally come together under the impelling force of the 

 elements brought to bear on them year after year. 



But there are other features pertaining to a park or 

 an estate that are more evidently accessories and there- 

 fore need intelligent adjustment, or, in some cases, for 

 various reasons, abandonment. 



The names of these features are numerous; a few of 

 them are statues, busts, memorials of all kinds including 

 tablets let into the rock, museums, libraries, bandstands 

 of a permanent character, stadiums, restaurants (no 

 strong Uquors should be sold in a park on account of 

 the women and children if for no other reason), merry- 

 go-rounds, playgrounds, games of all kinds. 



These things mar the harmony and injure the turf 

 and produce a disturbance of the mind that lessens the 

 pastoral and other sylvan charms of the park. It should 

 be remembered also that important as it is that children 

 should have all reasonable opportunity to amuse them- 

 selves in the park, yet as there are adults as well as 

 young people who have the right to enjoy the scenery, 

 their "due and privilege" should not be neglected. 

 The remedy for the temptation to overcrowd the park 



