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while, and suitable provision should be made for 

 them, not one hundred miles or five hundred miles 

 away, but near at hand. Often there arc delightful 

 natural areas near at hand which persons do not 

 see. 



A society for the preservation of native land- 

 scape, perhaps with the assistance of a landscape- 

 gardener or some amateur nature lover, should 

 point out and secure such places as have been 

 named. Ordinarily, a man works steadily through- 

 out the year with the exception of a short period 

 when he has his "vacation," and then he spends the 

 money he has saved up and a part of his "vaca- 

 tion' 1 in traveling to some distant "resort." Per- 

 haps it would be possible to have just as attractive 

 "resorts' 1 near at hand and have more frequent 

 vacations with all of the time spent in really living. 

 The frequent vacations might be short, Saturday 

 afternoons and Sundays, but they would be rest- 

 ful and enjoyable. 



COUNTY PARKS 



There should be a friendly adjustment between 

 townships and counties in the matter of parks. 

 Some may think that township parks will answer 



