The evening world., 1912-05-20
MAYOR TAKES TRIP !!
THROUGH PARKSTO
. SEE K|DD|ES PLAY.
Also Takes a Peep at the Bears
and the Mongoose and
Tells About It.
SUNDAY PLAYING o. K.
Even John Calvin Bowled
With His Neighbors on
Sabbath, Gaynor Says
SUNDAY PLAYING o. K.

The parks Of New York were the SUBJ
sect Of an interesting discourse BY
Mayor Gaynor to-day. Accompanied by
. policeman. he made q round of Central
Pork yesterday In his automobile. He
6Aw the children at play. watched .
baseball gams. viewed the tennis players
and studied the condition Of the park.
which 10 constantly brought to bis at.
ttntion by numerous lettera
ne moral the Mayor draws from bis
sunday trip. which also included Cohoy
Island. Bath Beach. Fort Hamilton and
the ocean front about Averne. Is. that
the people Of New York want outdoor
rpcreatioh on Sunday and that they
shouid have IT, He emphasized this
Doint ana described the innocent amuse-
nsat be found everywhere.
y suppose you aid know We have
fine park over In Brooklyn, and that
Broosiyu u q part Of ths$Aty." said the
lesyur. 81 went through Prospect Park
= Drookiyn fr0t That park - one OF
tahs finest - tAs worh--tar inner than
C0traa PARK. And Il 10 In good condi-
ton. I walked al through Il. I even
locked q the bears and the raccocns.
end also the menoEeNe. also saw the
sdjphfng parade ground, and not q soul
On e. ! hooked particularly at that II
IVES mos: lonesome looking place.
IN the afternoon I went through
Central Park I found children At the
merry-go-rounds and swings. and the
tann1s grounds were covered with play
era They were enjoying themselves
ianmenseiy. The boats on the lake were
all out. also. Most OF thss people exer-
eising and amusing themselves seemed
TO be people that are indoors during the
rsek.
EARKs ARE IN FINE CONDITION,
= 4 THE MAYOR FINDS.
= found the parks in fine condition.
Aone OF the fields had been ploughed
. ana are being seeded down anew.
Some people arc very much disgusted
about that. It II a necessity to do that
periodically. Even the farmer knows
,grass dies out after u number Of yearas
and especially after three or four dry
summers like those We have had.
II have people wrfte me all sorts o.
complaints about Central Park. = There
aaems TO De q whole lcs Of people who
the city. That Is because there are SO
many people who think Manhattan Ia
all there 10 Of the city Of New York. I
would like to take some OF these peop.
pie around, some day. and show them
the different parks Of the city-in the
Bronx, In Brooklyn and In Queens Bor-
Sagh. ..
Most Of those who write complaints
shout the park are people who write
ahout what they see - they ride or
lf3ve Though They ssem to think
The pask - just for thoir special de-
AGAS, 70 look at a. they ride or drive
throu9h I Invariably write to them
that very thing. and ask them to re-
member that the parks were not made
~ the special benefit Of those who are
10 fortunate that they can ride or
drive through them, but that they are
nAds for all the people.
NOT SINFUL TO PLAY ON GUN.
DAY, His HONOR THINKS.
II do not understand II 10 any more
, anfui to play tennis IN the parks than
70 row . boat In the parks: wal
drought up to b still on Sunday. We
:, woriGsd hard In the helds during the
= sunday. But have no quarrel with
tAooe who want to take recreation on
sunday. When John Knox visited John
calvin at Geneva. on q Sunday after
noon, he found HIN out IN the heldi
DiayiAg bowls with his ns!shbors.
nut DO think people ought to 70 to
church IN the forenoon II they want to
- out and take recreation IN the after
neon. But there 10 no Sunday question
N al this. We should al observe the
sabbath. or The Sunday. but We must
respect tho honest We've Of every one
- the way Of DOING IT,"