Commercial recreation (1920) (14764439105)

Identifier: commercialrecrea00mole (find matches)
Title: Commercial recreation
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Moley, Raymond, 1886-1975
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Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Foundation Committee
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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ables for family parties. This poHcy of the park isvery important. That form of recreation is best inwhich the individual is allowed actively to partici-pate. For example, a game of billiards is to be pre-ferred to a motion picture exhibition. The Hum-phrey Company has showTi the way to all recreationalauthorities by proving that active participation intheir own recreation is actually sought by mostnormal people. The Humphrey Company has rigidly maintained ahigh standard of decorum in the dance hall. Fornearly two decades, innovations in dancing havebeen firmly resisted and the dances which are allowedhave been limited to the Waltz, Two-Step andSchottische. It has not been easy to carry out thispolicy but the firmness of the Humphrey Companyin their position in this matter has had a two-foldreward. The first is financial; the second, a commonrealization that dance halls throughout the city havebeen compelled by the very force of public opinionto approximate the Humphrey standards. 114
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Finally, Euclid Beach represents in an admirableway the ideal family park. There is probably avsider diversity of ages represented in the averagegroup at EucUd Beach than at any other form ofamusement. One of the most interesting facts con-cerning the park is the fact that half of the receiptsare in before six oclock. Attendance.—During the present season the Cleve-land Railway Company has maintained a count ofthose who go to Euclid Beach on the street cars onSaturdays and Sundays. Consequently, it is possibleto estimate ver> accurately the number going toEuclid Beach on street cars. A count coveringnearly two months indicates that the average num-ber who go to Euclid Beach on street cars on Satur-days is about 6,500. The average number going inthis way on Sundays is 15,000. On May 30, 22,982were counted, while on July 4, there were 26,029.This of course does not include those who come inautomobiles. The number of automobiles stoppingat the park varies from 500 to 5,000 a day. Ac