. Providence : the sovthern gateway of New England, provd of its honorable history, happy in its present prosperity, confident of its fvtvre. have grown and several new ones havebeen created. Roger Williams Park, of course, is one of the most notable public pleasuregrounds of New England. There are fine forests and rolling hills and manymiles of drives. There is a splendid casino with a cafe, and a naturalhistory museum that is popular and useful. In the extensive chain of lakes, there are nearly 140 acres of water surface,extending into so many bays and inlets that they make a shore line of s
. Providence : the sovthern gateway of New England, provd of its honorable history, happy in its present prosperity, confident of its fvtvre. have grown and several new ones havebeen created. Roger Williams Park, of course, is one of the most notable public pleasuregrounds of New England. There are fine forests and rolling hills and manymiles of drives. There is a splendid casino with a cafe, and a naturalhistory museum that is popular and useful. In the extensive chain of lakes, there are nearly 140 acres of water surface,extending into so many bays and inlets that they make a shore line of sevenor eight miles. 51 In the winter, throngs of skaters hasten to the park and it is not unusualto see 10,000 people upon the ice. But Roger Williams Park is at its bestupon a moonlit summer night, when the hot city has poured out its throngsby trolley car and auto and bicycle, or by the humbler vehicle of shanksmare. From the gaily lighted platform in the lake the music of the band floatsover the waters. High among the trees is the terrace of the casino ; aroundthe bandstand are flitting dozens of row boats and canoes, and on all the. i\VTrXKT RIVKl! 1- surroundmg hillsides are happyjparties hushed by the music to a decoroussilence. Red and green lights from tiny launches dance upon the water,and over on the opposite boulevard are immense tangles of motor cars, withstaring eyes. It is all very entrancing, and a celebrated writer, whoknows almost everything there is to know about almost all the placesthere are, once wrote that he had not supposed there was anything quite sopoetically exquisite this side of Venice. From the park on Neutaconkanut Hill, the prospect embraces the homesof nearly seven-ninths of the population of the state, besides those of the wT^ L-AfcV<^» ife^^^ IlK! (S 1 1 i ^Hfi^^^^^^^H R i^Akjfc^-^ii -^(^ ^^^ ti ^^H^^^Mt^^uStc^K^^^^^^^H ? ^ag|| t Kuimnl m !!sr 1* lg^ ii ^^ ?i I m 11 Massachusetts city of Fall River, spread out in all its length upon a
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