BRINGING UP A PARK THE WAY IT SHOULD GO 



consistent comprehensive scheme in the development, and arousing 

 interest and support toward its eventual accomplishment. 



Third: That whenever possible the designer originally employed 

 to prepare park plans shall be retained in a consulting caj^acity even 

 though for but a small proportion of time per annum, to assist the park 

 superintendent or other executive in charge to understand the motive 

 of the design, advising and helping him in its execution, and passing 

 upon any change in the general plan which new conditions may re- 

 quii-e, thus preventing whimsical changes by those in authority, which 

 might sacrifice work already accomplished and jeoj^ardise the attain- 

 ment of the final harmonious and aesthetic effect anticipated in the 

 design and for which preliminary steps may already have been taken. 



A park is the citj^'s child, needing to be nourished, trained and 

 educated exactly like a human being; and, in far greater degree than 

 many a child, may be depended upon to show thanks and gratitude for 

 whatever attention may be lavished upon it. It is civic suicide to forego 

 the raising of parks, however nuich trouble they may be in their infancy 

 and during the growing age. A park successfully brought to the full 

 of its powers becomes a city's pride and joy, it establishes a precedent 

 of beauty, many gardens follow and property values increase. A park 

 properly brought up is a town or city asset, never an extravagance ; a 

 help and support against misfortune, a rejuvenation and pleasure on 

 the approach of old age. 



