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the general policy in America for cities to provide free public parks and 

 playgrounds. However certain resorts have been maintained very suc- 

 cessfully under corporate ownership, frequently as attractions for trans- 

 portation companies; or they have been maintained, like Atlantic City 

 and Coney Island, by the concessionaries. Mr. Downing'* reasoning 

 was sound; but Americans have simply found another route to the same 

 objective. F. A. W. 



