. Book of the Royal blue . tly traced to the methods of reachingtheir interest, and especially the puttingforth of efforts to reach the children of thetenement districts and of foreign-born par-ents. The story telling, which all childrenlove, is very stimulating. Some days threehundred children, in groups of one hundred,will gather in the club rooms at one ofthe branch libraries on benches and rugsat the feet of the story-teller, eager for afairy tale or the thrilling Norse stories orthe inspiring Arthurian legends. From thirty-two homes, removed fromthe vicinity of the libraries, volunteerlib
. Book of the Royal blue . tly traced to the methods of reachingtheir interest, and especially the puttingforth of efforts to reach the children of thetenement districts and of foreign-born par-ents. The story telling, which all childrenlove, is very stimulating. Some days threehundred children, in groups of one hundred,will gather in the club rooms at one ofthe branch libraries on benches and rugsat the feet of the story-teller, eager for afairy tale or the thrilling Norse stories orthe inspiring Arthurian legends. From thirty-two homes, removed fromthe vicinity of the libraries, volunteerlibrary visitors issue books to children eachweek, in addition to the thousands sent out•It the school libraries, class room libraries,high school, factor>% settlement stations, thesub-stations and branches. Every reputa-ble source is utilized for bringing the booksinto the lives of the children. The Cleveland branch libraries, of whichthere are nine, are among the handsomest yjT/OXJ/. EDICJIIOXJL ASSOCIATION and the best equipped in the countrw Manyof them possess good sized auditoriums andall of them commodious club rooms, util-ized by womens clubs, neighborhood clubsand boys and girls clubs for debating andstudy. The widely known park system of Cleve-land comprises twent\-eight magnificentparks, including 1,700 acres (52 acres inlakes) and threaded by over thirty milesof parkways and boulevards, thus bringingtogether in one beautiful whole the hills andmeadows, forests and wooded dells, streamsand lakes that exhibit natures prodigalityof expenditure and mans understandingadaptability of it to the uses and happinessof the great public. The park system extends in a girdle ofverdure almost entirely around the city,the extremities resting upon the lake front,cast and west of the city. These lakefront parks, Gordon and Edgewater, havea very attractive feature in their bathingbeaches with public bath houses. They arecither of them reached by street car withinhalf an
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