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Show URGES PIE II GAREflF PARKS Commissioner Flygare Believes Be-lieves Citizens Should Keep Rubbish Off Lawns Solution to the problem of keeping city parks and city lawns clean and free trom rubbish and paper which always al-ways come ai :i tenult of crowds. Is jought by City Oojrfunissioner t'hrls :'-are. who Is proposing a system 'in ue In Bobenectady, New York. V hi r,. clt parlu a,re alwayi kept clean through pride of ownership which the public takes and promotes- Mr. hMygare got his Idea through an I irticle In the '"American City," a mag-slne mag-slne devoted to dvlc Improvement. Through the pet System the ieople of ;'i- city '.ill In educated through propaganda prop-aganda which Heeka to promote cl !c pride and gain SPPreClatlOn Of the fact of ownership. The people nre shown Ihst the parks belong to them and they should take the same pride in keeping them clean and beautiful aa tht ) !o in their own homes and lawns, j The article which gives the story of Schnertad and It system follows: M 1 ii s,.N- "llanj cities have Wished that thelr( patks might be free from "Keep ffi thv Grass" signs. In the parks of BoheaeCtady there are no signs except' to direct traffic. The services of po-licemen po-licemen arc not required to keep the crowds In order, the crowds take care of themselves. This condition is due' to the schooling of the public in the I feet that they, the people, own the parks, and that their money has built mid maintains the entire system. Thel civic lesson has been well 1 arned "If the people prefer to sit or walk) on the grass they are never stopped.' Otns can be grown cheaper than good I wli can b developed. Appreciating! the fact of ownership, the people dol no steal or destro the lowers norj Injure the trees. Vandalism is un- known. Pnpers are not strewn on the Utvni nor thrown Indiscriminately I about the parks, but sre placed In the' receptacles provided IMcnte parties) throw their refuse in the cans located In the picnic groves. The people arel given the liberty of the parks, and they know how to combine that liberty with order. "Schenectady is said to be the first e:ty In America to Introduce community commu-nity singing and dancing on the pavement pave-ment as a municipal project, carried en by the park bureau. In the congested con-gested sections of the city thl has proved to be a moat popular and sue-' Oeesful form of entertainment Entire i'' Ighborhoods turn out to enjoy the' affairs. Neighbors meet one another the same status and become better i. nualnted. Through the medium of ' ese dances friendly relations are established es-tablished between people who In no other manner would hae htronm ac- j imtnted." ao |