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details regarding the improvement of such a park as this one. The wisest course- that this city could 'adopt would by all means be to acquire as much land for its parks as possible, spending as little as possible upon the Improvement aud mainte- would undeniably make us a beautiful and distinguished metropolis, but now we are almost certain that we are to have them. Not only are we certain of Twin Peaks, but another splendid hill has been added *? our collection as well, fiittnotimeJi called Blue Mountain, be pretty and would afford a quiet .breathing .place, , but It could be fitted up so that it would accomplish a great deal more. In other words, it should be fitted up as a playground more than anything else, and in this way, it would, serve a double purpose. The little ones who v visit Golden Gate Park are hap pier swinging ; and riding the seesaw than they are iany place, else, for they realize that the section was put in for their own special amusement, and they romp and play to their hearts', content. 'There are a number of. novelties that could be introduced in this • Mission Park' that arc impossible out In. our, windy belt; A paddling pond would delight the heart qf every chick ami child who could, pull off her stacking.!, tuck ui> her petticoats and wade In. Water a -foot deep would not be'* cold, for the sun would heat it to a certain temperature, and there would be abso lutely no danger attached to It. Such is my idea for the Mission Par":. There are many harmless en tertainments that cost but little yet there id a deal of merriment^ and fun gotten out of them and more thajn a little mischief averted at the same time, to say nothing of the benefits the children would reap from plenty of fresh air, sunshine and healthy exercise. And, by the way, when I, say children, I mean children, and not small men and women. It is the little folks un der 10 who always seem to be caged up and restless, for they are not old euough to provide diversions for them selves and their one thought in lid is THK people of that favored section of San Francisco out near -the ' Mission ' Dolores have long clam ored for a recreation ground, and •it last their demands have been grarit «d. The, two blocks, bounded b» Dolores, Church, Eighteenth t and y Twentieth streets, 'where the Hebrew . Cemetery ;. formerly, was, have passed Into the noe , session of the. city, and plans I are rap- Idly being, brought tb'a. head for turn- , Ing the' barren lota Into one of the niost _ beautiful : parks that ,now adorn; San -Francisco. Representative artists, landscape gardeners and architects have been asked for their Ideas -concerning the beat decorative scheme for;the proposed»new ; park. In several Instances the same .idea was promulgated:- that," In deference to the historic. interest attached to that por -tiotiiOf the city by reason of the furn; ous old Mission -Dolores,; the general scheme of adornment 'should be on | llh «, old mission plan. Following are e 'ldeaa in brief of those who were proached to* give their Bentlmenta: perlnteudctit , uf Golden Ciute Park. rhe^park question is a very com prehensive and growing subject, and- it is far too large, too im portant and too elaborate in de tail to fully express its importance upon anything other than long and thoughtful Btudy. I feel very reluctant to express myself offhand in this man- But certainly no other place In thin beautiful P/J^e o£jG&ll&fflil* presents HucJb induV/nnit.-* to iho outdoor en- city whose natural situation lends jit- . self jideally to adornment. It should;; have "parks,, parka, and then mor« , parks. This thing of parka should. b« made a question of vital Interest be- \u25a0 fore; the entire people and the Super visors should be pressed for more ) money for parks. As to this. proposed 'J ;pa'rl^: I think 'it .ahould be. laid '.out, on tlie -lines '.-'of a London ' park: well wooded, with plenty of -flowers- and shrubbery, drinking fountains and an ;. abundance of benches. There are many such parks In London sprinkled • ihrougU iho heart of the residence sections." Amedeo Jouliin, the artist, who has visited practically every one of the famous oarLfl of the world, said: - "I think the plan of having grass, and plenty -of -U, tlie b«at.vßut any plan of adorntr.ent would be wise that V.'ould serve to attract children and In duce : them' to make the park their play ground, instead of the streets. To my wind a fountain is the nftst beautiful . adornment that a purk could have, and the new park should by all, means have a fountain." MatK'o Sandoua, ."the young artist from Veronu, who lias been gaining lo cal fame 'as a portrait painter, said: ,{, { "My idea would be to have a park . laid out on the rustic plan. Have a "• targe rustic pavilion, where people may sit in comfort' protected from the strong rays of the sun and wind. I think It would be well to have a rustic bridge cro&sing, Nineteenth street. Have a playground for children on one side of 1 the park, and have the other portion a ! garden spot. I do not believe in man/ ti cv», fur they keep out the sun oa*J bleak tiays. fly all f ' > t-a » i^< I»->\u25a0«*,I »->\u25a0«*,_ :i]^J t !,^f perrecten for Its Improvement and adornment. * ; Improvement arid .adornment: ia, of course^ essential to the general beauty of a city, but such plans apply more to the opening of. proper circulating: boule vards than to anything else. Our. hills need no improvement 1 or " adornment. They arc beautiful in themselves and more beautiful now than they ever will bej exactly -as they must have been infinitely more beautiful years ago be fore -the city was founded and before their defacement began. Nature un adoinfid is adorned the moat. "We should, therefore exert our one rgii?a and reserve our meager resources for the purchase of additional land rather than exhaust ourselves upon ni'»re than the most urgent improvement of .our present parks. The hilltop purks, il acquired, ought each and all l>e con nected by parkways or .panhandles.' Of course, It will be dlflleult to con vince oursolvta that'll la our duty U provide so lavishly and so handsoraeh for posterity; it 'will be very diflicul to convince ourselves that it is not ou plain duty to expend upon ouraelve anil for our own immediate use am gratification all our resources in em belli^liinjj Kuch parks as we alread have. This we have been doing an • will continue to dj, but It Is, howevol very questionable whether we are no making a serious mistake in oxpendin as much as we do upon thrt'so-calie t mi be 111 1 la h merit of our purks by th fi'iii i..!i ot u*»eJe*a monumental. 1 \vj;..i«iiiw«t i -be ' certain- < n~«jiiy . tha values are not <;xceßt>lve. These need not be acquired all at once, but could be purchased from time to lime, rap idly If possible;*: if not rapidly, then slowly. Uut In any event the hilltops should- be reserved by the city for parks. Such a park «yr>m could not T'Jl ntcaaurttiu I"»Te -"\u25a0jJt"lT vTTTuTI ~ nance of existing parks until Una was accomplished; employing in this way all available funds. Such a policy, if persistently pursued, would unques tionably reault in the city owning 'parts lands In all localities, especially in Iho outlying districts, wheX* pivsent land THE NEW MISSION PARK