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and women who could not even afford to buy clubs 

 with which to play. 



It is proper to raise the same question as to 

 whether commissioners having charge of forest 

 preserves would be justified in taking public land 

 for golf. If it is proper to take land in the forest 

 preserve for golf, certainly only that part should be 

 taken which is vacant, that is naturally without 

 trees, shrubs, or other attractive growth. If land 

 in forest preserves is set aside for golf, should it be 

 developed and maintained at public expense for 

 the benefit of the comparatively few persons who 

 would use it ? This question need not be discussed 

 here, but attention is called to the fact that there 

 can be no objection to golf clubs buying land at 

 their own expense adjacent to or partly surrounded 

 by tracts of forest preserve. A juxtaposition of 

 this kind will be of advantage to both the public 

 who own the forest and to the golf club. Either 

 might provide swimming pools, places for coasting, 

 skating, and playing hockey. Either might oc- 

 casionally contain a polo field, provided that in the 

 case of the forest preserve there was no encroach- 

 ment on the forest. The golf club and the forest 

 preserve might combine in skating facilities, es- 



