Show SUMMER IN A CITY'S PARKS And then there are the people They are not splendid like the tulips and probably not all of at them are as reliable as the fountain The They are not employed to sit on the benches for the embellishment embellish embellish- ment of the park pant but go there gratis and for reasons o of their r own and with fg t t g little concern n about o how tI they become the park AU All day long and In summer late Into tn the evenings there are children In the park and it Is they who most contribute contribute con con- tribute to Its adornment In May they theys abound u II in iq great e variety bareheaded r care less s children r from 0 beyond r Third I ge avenue and children cleaner better dressed and of a more regulated behavior who come with nurses There are babies too es especially especially es- es In the morning some of 01 them ata of at ofa ofa a most delectable quality There are many persons who give the Impression of 01 being unemployed and some of ot being so continuously and by profession there are many readers chiefly of ot newspapers there are convalescents taking the air and people ordered by bv doctors to keep out of doors and there are others whom you wish were convalescent but who do donot donot donot not look Jook so There are old men and women who appear In the morning stay all aU day and vanish in the dusk They and the professionally unemployed ed come to have a proprietary interest in In the park and Its Us visitors and take an easy pleasure in whatever er can afford it and especially in the babies and the nursemaids nursemaids nursemaids nurse nurse- maids and the small children mothered by sisters or brothers a little older park Conversation l e gf e en n may who o oa a always seek tr It be 1 All had the In n l languages languages lan lan- the arc are spoken there and remarkable experiences of the vicissitudes of life lite are area areto areto to be gathered by whoever oe has a ears to hear a and time to listen And in the evening even even- e ing there are often lovers who might I per haps prefer seclusion e II o If they could couget get e eli It but are not so set lIet in their preferences as to feel constrained to let the tho evidences of affection wait watt on solitude e. e They come with other thousands to the band concerts concerts concerts concerts' con con- which crowd the park on summer evenings Their hearts arts being attuned to harmonies they love the music and In the solitude of 01 a a. crowd they find themselves them- them selves sufficiently secluded E. K S S. S Martin In Harpers Harper's Weekly for tor August |