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tures are in accordance with good .judgment and 

 wise foresight, but the retention of open running 

 streams with all the beauty originally found 

 along their margins would be just as wise. Walks 

 along the borders of such streams in going to 

 and from one's work would give a daily pleasure 

 (Fig. 1 6). Seats arranged within sound of a water- 

 fall or commanding a view along a stretch of 

 running water fringed with overhanging willows 

 would make ideal resting places. Occasionally 

 such streams are found within the boundaries of 

 great parks, and although these parks are developed 

 for the production and preservation of beautiful 

 scenery, they contain no features more attractive 

 than these lively brooks. Why not keep such fea- 

 tures (active running streams) in intimate relation 

 with the homes of a great city ? They require but 

 little land, scarcely more than the parkway along 

 the side of a broad street. If properly treated, the 

 care would be inexpensive and the appreciation thus 

 shown for nature \vould make a valuable reputation 

 for any community (Fig. 17). 



What has been stated about small streams can 

 be said with even greater force of larger ones. They 

 may have been innocent, harmless and beautiful 



