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AMUSEMENT IN TOLEDO, OHIO 57 and France even during that critical time, for the welfare of children is always of vital importance, and there is nothing childish about child crime. We do not have to go beyond the records of our own Toledo courts to find that children have been con- victed of hold-ups, burglary, arson, and even mur- der. The best solution of the problem and the one adopted in both countries was the reopening of the schools, and the provision of supervised recreation for all children. In spite of the great drain on the finances of the country at that time, England \oted one million pounds to be spent on recreation alone, and the results have more than justified the ex- penditure. When the United States entered the war it was with the determination to profit by the experi- ences of our allies, but forewarned was not fore- armed in the case of the care of the children ; there- fore at the end of the first year of our participation in the conflict, it was not altogether surprising to find that there had been an increase in child crime of 31 per cent in Chicago and 32 per cent in New York City. Sixteen of the other large cities of the country had an average increase in this line of 20 per cent, and in all probability Toledo is no excep- tion to the rule. Our first efifort to respond to the call from Washington was a play survey of the city to see what conditions actually prevailed here. A chart was prepared on which could be checked up all the children seen out of doors, and where they were and what they were doing duly noted.