PLAYGROUNDS IN PARKS 



adhered to, but could well be, as is the case at the Easter Egg Rolling 

 for the Washington children on the White House lawn. There is a 

 beautifully designed kindergarten connected with the folkgarten in 

 Vienna where the children seem to be absolutely in charge insofar as 

 offensive restrictions are observable ; the Children's Garden in Berlin, 

 presented to them by the present Kaiser, is a joy even to grown-ups 

 who still believe in fairies; and there comes to mind a little garden in 

 Diisseldorf just overflowing with bloom at all seasons of the year which 

 has evidently been designed for the children if the fantastic character 

 of the garden seats and the great number of children always to be found 

 there may be taken as an indication. 



Children in far countries seem to know better how to play than they 

 do in this country, and do not seem to make such an effort over it. They 

 enjoy immensely the open areas provided for them without demanding 

 so much in the way of special apparatus and what we know as play- 

 ground equipment. They also are brought up to appreciate that 

 parks are made for their enjoyment instead of for their depredation, 

 and we find them amusing themselves in a quiet, harmless fashion, 

 never interfering with the enjoyment of the other users of the park. 

 Anyone who has ever seen the continuous congregation of children in 

 the Luxembourg Garden at Paris playing about the Great Basin there, 

 or has watched, the little Italian boys and girls amusing themselves in 

 the public garden at Milan, wonders why here in America we must 

 have such scientific provision for child play, such extensive organisation 

 and equipment. There are some few of us that managed to come up 

 fairly well and have very distinct memories of play long before the 

 present style of playgrounds was ever heard of. 



PLAY FACILITIES FOR GROWN-UPS 



Of greater importance in connection with park facilities appears 

 to be the matter of playgrounds for grown-ups who may have for- 



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