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AMUSEMENT IN TOLEDO, OHIO 61 desire on the part of the citizens to sec that the children of our city are provided with the opportun- ity for engaging in profitable activities. The old- fashioned games developed a great many very de- sirable qualities—health, courage, endurance, self- control, honesty, quickness, judgment, as well as such distinctly social virtues as team-work and loyalty. Not one of these characteristics is apt to be developed by either the paltry "fooling" or the passive pleasures which seem to have taken the place of the lusty games. Health and power, too, are usually gained in childhood and if missed then these rich attributes are usually missed for all time. The problem, therefore, is far too important to be left to solve itself. Of course well-regulated play grounds offer a partial solution of the difficulty. In Toledo, one is confronted immediately by the lack of funds to pro- vide the necessary grounds with adequate equip- ment and supervision, and of the two the latter is by far the more important. , Another plan, and one that promises to be far- reaching in effect, is that of teaching games that require both thought and skill, and may be planned in a small space, which seems to be all that is avail- able in nearly all parts of the city. The teaching of the games is to be given special attention in both the public and the parochial schools. If the ganu - are played frequently in the school rooms or on the playgrounds, the interest may carry over to the home, and the children will then play them there