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cut through the grass, and ~this had been found in work very well once the public ■bceairii- accustomed to the idea. One, illustration of Essen (German) showed the way in which small park*, were linked by footways, 60 as to form a: quiet route by which children could go to school or to the larger parks. CHILDREN'S RECREATION. Oilier illustrations showed the child* ren's playgrounds in Chicago, where facilities were given not only for children's' gymnasia but also for wading and swimming pools and playgrounds, and lending" libraries, which were in constant communication with the central libraries. The system was explained by which many of the American cities gave cheap parks to the ratepayers by a special as-" sessment on the value, by which adjoining properties were increased, showing that town-planning under proper conditions is profitable and economical. The results of the improved conditions of life in garden cities and suburbs, said, the, lecturer, was a very great factor in the question. In the village of Harboiirn, near Birmingham, a garden suburb, the infant death-rate was less than one-fourth that in the adjoining district of the city. In Letchworth it was about eight per thousand, as agoinat" 20 per thousand in cities like ham, A WORD TO NEW PLYMOUTH. -, The lecturer paid a special tribute ifl the public spirit displayed by the bodies such as were now working on the in« provement of the sea - front, and, ,the Tourist and Expansion League, urg; ing them to pursue their work on progressive lines. He also uttered a word of warning concerning the necessity fol .by-laws to check anything like "jerry, building' on small areas in the growinf suburbs. He concluded with a brie' epitome of the essentials to an ideal eitj —accessibility, beauty and convenience , At the conclusion of the lecture a vofc of thanks,' proposed by Mr. S. Percy Smith, was carried by enthusiastic ac clamationi

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