PARK AND CEMETERY 
Novel Wading Pool in 
Quite a number of improvement organizations in dif- 
ferent parts of the country are interesting themselves 
in public playground work with excellent results. In 
some places swimming pools are established in connec- 
tion with the playgrounds. One of the best and most 
novel features in such grounds has been introduced 
at the newest of Chicago’s parks, McKinley Park, on 
the southwest side of town. It is a large, shallow pool 
of water that is to be artificially warmed just enough 
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McKinley ParK, Chicago. 
to make it safe and comfortable during the outdoor sea- 
son, so that small children may wade any day in the 
week. There is what the children call a “real island” 
in this delightful pool, or wading pond, and even the 
little fellows are equal to reaching its enticing shores 
on their voyages of discovery. It is a feature that ap- 
peals with great force to the children of the neighbor- 
hood, perhaps particularly because they live too far 
from the lake to often enjoy wading. F. C. S. 
DESIGN FOR MODERATE COST PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAIN. 
Sizes: Base, 7-lx4-4x0-6; base, 5-1x24x0-8; basin, 2-4x2-0x2-4; pilasters, 1-4x1-4x4-10; frieze, 4-7^x1-154x1-0; cap, 5-'£x2-lxl-l; basin of Quincy granite, 
all polished; the rest of light Barre. W. W. Dutton, Designer. 
