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pular Recreation and Public Morality (Sage Foundation). Hartt: The People at Play. W. S. Jevons: Amusements of the People. This is one of the most important programs of the year, and deserves special preparation and study. The modern tendency is to plan everywhere for clean, wholesome amusements for old and young, and the woman's club can cooeperate with the mayor, school trustees, and intelligent men and women, to carry out their plans. Discuss especially what has been done to provide a substitute for the attractions of the saloon; the dangers and the value of the moving-picture show, and how far there may be a public sentiment created for the regulation of these and other amusements. VI--THE TOWN CHILDREN 1. _Town versus Country for Children_--Discussion of the advantages and the disadvantages of each. How to make the most of town life for children. 2. _Outdoor Occupations_--Gardens for children. Games. Athletics. Riding and walking parties, picnics, etc. Study of birds. Nature classes (butterflies, etc.). 3. _Indoor Occupations_--Classes in carpentry, weaving, and sewing. Musical classes, the children's chorus, the children's orchestra. Pantomimes, plays, and dances. 4. _Public Provision for Children_--Museums for children. Public playgrounds. The children's room in the public library. Exhibitions of pictures for children. Illustrated lectures in the public school. BOOKS TO CONSULT--G. Stanley Hall: Educational Problems. L. H. Gulick: Children of the Century. Mangold: Child Problems. Jekyll: Children and Gardens. Women's clubs should definitely interest themselves in the children of the city or country, and do for them what is not done by the public. The value of playgrounds and gardens in cities, and of children's classes in sloyd or manual training in the country, cannot be over-estimated. Musical training is also valuable, not merely for its esthetic results; and children's choruses, with cantatas and oratorios, may be most interesting. Motion dances and national dances are easily taught, the latter especially in towns and cities where different nationalities are represented in the population. VII--PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS 1. _Civic_--The court-house: the proper architecture--simplicity and dignity. Improving an old structure. The grounds. Decorations. The jail: what are the present local conditions? Is improvement possible? Modern ideas of imprisonment and the housing of prisoners.
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