Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 18
st of themoney that the families exist upon. Then came the playground planners, and theboys and girls thought paradise had indeedopened its gates to them. The changes whichhave taken place in the spirit of play for all seemimpossible; but seeing is believing, and they arethere, as Jimmy and Tommy… … A SCENE IN THE LIBRARY OF A PUBLIC RECREATIONBUILDING. what caught them was the gymnasium in theopen, with its bars, rings, trapezes, and othermuscle-stretchers. A fellow could play ball asmuch as he liked, and for those who knew thegames, there were tennis-courts and,—think ofit! —golf courses!…
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