Show lan Throughout the country countr the system of or vacation playgrounds s is now so strong strong-hl entrenched that scarcely a city or town exists exist where one or om more of or these delightful recreation places has not been established d. d Vocation Vacation playgrounds are the source of much civic pride In Chicago thousands of or dollars are annually appropriated to carr carry on this work Municipalities are learning that It is far better to train the children right than to reform young oung criminals The busy child is the happy child and the boy and the girl who Is provided with a suitable playground congenial companions outdoor sports anti and watched over o b by the kindly eyes ees of or an nn super super- supervisor visor Is far tor removed tl from the temp temp- and anti the dangers of or the streets of the tho city The Tho playground mo movement moment ment deserves es tho the hearty rt support it has received The board of education in some somo cities refused at nt first to allow vacation playgrounds to be established in the schoolyards now no the members of oC these same sante boards hoards are among the thear ar ardent ent supporters of the vacation playground They rIley have havo learned that the children do not de destroy tro the trees of or which the tIme school schoolyard might boast hont neither do they thov break hren windows or annoy tho the neighbors In Ill Columbus practically every overy district district dis dis- district dis- dis of the city now v possesses a vacation vaca tion playground and in this manner children of or the tIme conge congested tell districts are provided with recreation places aside from flOm the street An afternoon spent visiting the various playgrounds of the city will convince con the time most skeptical that time and money moner spent sIlent in their support is monc money and time well spent |