Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — Use Is the Test. [ARTICLE]

Use Is the Test.

Chicago’s effort to promote outdoor recreation recently received tribute from Enos Mills of Colorado. He is an enthusiastic supporter of the movement for increased utilization of America’s national parks. “No city in the country has done so much for outdoor recreation as Chicago,” he 'said. “You are using your parks.” So it would appear that Mr. Richards practices what he preaches in the magazines. The Chicago News, in accepting Mr. Mills’ compliment, comments: “Chicago does not by any means lead in park area, either absolutely or in proportion to population. But, as Mr. Mills remarks, this community makes excellent provision for the people’s intensive utilization of the available park facilities. The playgrounds, the bathing beaches and swimming pools are designed to bring opportunities for healthful exercise and enjoyment within easy reach of as many of the people as possible, and a true reason for regret is the delay in the acquisition and conversion of the outlying wooded areas.”