Health in home and town . f it as a IS© HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN private park for one hundred years has produced mostbeautiful lawns and trees. In St. Louis, Forest Park,the Worlds Fair Ground, is the largest park, and will be preserved in its nat-ural beauty. The Park System ofChicago. — The parksystem of Chicago isone of the most com-plete and extensive inthis country. It con-sists of seven largeparks, five smaller parks,and forty miles of bou-levard connecting theparks and forming near-ly a complete different ways inwhich the several parkshave been developed areinteresting. Jackso
Health in home and town . f it as a IS© HEALTH IN HOME AND TOWN private park for one hundred years has produced mostbeautiful lawns and trees. In St. Louis, Forest Park,the Worlds Fair Ground, is the largest park, and will be preserved in its nat-ural beauty. The Park System ofChicago. — The parksystem of Chicago isone of the most com-plete and extensive inthis country. It con-sists of seven largeparks, five smaller parks,and forty miles of bou-levard connecting theparks and forming near-ly a complete different ways inwhich the several parkshave been developed areinteresting. JacksonPark was the seat of theWorlds Fair, and stillretains many lagoons which are suitable for Park contains a summer swimming pool, bath-house, an open-air gymnasium, and a playground. Gar-field Park possesses a great athletic field and track. InLincoln Park, on the lake shore, are the zoological gar-dens and the chief sculptural decorations of the city, statue of Lincoln and the Grant Abraham Lincoln Statue by in Lincoln Park THE PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS 151 County Parks. — The foremost county park systemin America is in Essex County, New Jersey. Thiscontains three large reservations, six parks, and con-necting parkways, some of which are still to be South Mountain Reservation is noted for its beauti-ful mountain scenery, its waterfalls, and its forests. Jj^Ff^JJ^T—^-, ... .-, ? sJr-pf- ^?-:^B Bj& * #%- !*:>^J Rfe^<; ? *&<: V * *&?Jw ?:? * ??M*^.:* ^!&fi^ ... ?... , - J ™* ??? - ? --;?;? A Well Kept Park Eagle Rock Reservation contains a high and famouscliff, Eagle Rock, six hundred feet above this point wonderful views may be obtained oftown, country, and river. It is said that it looks uponmore homes and varied industries than any other naturalelevation in the world. Need of Playgrounds. — Play is necessary for everychild to develop musc
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