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Show , SocletUa for Parks and Playgrounds. New York Star. There are two societies in Brooklyn that I believe do not have their counterparts coun-terparts in any other large city of the union. They are those for fountains and tree planting and parks and playgrounds play-grounds for children. The former has done much to give Brooklyn its peculiar pecu-liar attraction of well-foliaged streets, aud the latter is prepared to lead public pub-lic agitation for the benutification of some of the now unsightly public squares. F resident S. H. Duryeaiscon-tident Duryeaiscon-tident this project will ba speedily carried car-ried out. "We shall expect," he says, "the cooperation co-operation of tho public authorities, but our reliance will not bo solely upon them. We have received numerous and liberal promises of financial aid in carrying out our project of providing pretty public playgrounds for the children chil-dren of the city, and much of our work will be dono at private expense. We will soon issue an address to the people asking them for their moral support and for monetary assistance." |