Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-04-22
ORR NEW YORK LETTER.
New York, April 10Th, "a.

| put whoever lt was COuiu H"No Ii"'4A
fully added land girls will be boys
too if they get good chance. Per
haps more terse and comprehen-
sive statemsnt would be simply
children will be kids. Ho" ever
these things may be determined, the
fact remains that joyous, innocent
Youngsters will have good time III
the midst of almost any environ
ment.
| The Youngsters here have their
games about like all little ones do,
even if they have not the bro ad fields
! for Fairgrounds which are the royal
prerogatives of the country bred lads
and lassies.
| 1t is great fun to watch them at
their play. In the regions OF the
free schools in all sorts OF quarters OF
this city the little people, untram-
meled by gaudy dresses, stylish hats
and trained nurses, play with lib
ertv and unrestraint which is very
pleasing.
Two games are particularly III
favor with the little girls, skip-the-
rope and jackstoues. Their rope
may be a series of old rags, elongated
and fastened together, but their fun
is as lusty as if they swung a cord OF
golden links They run in" sing y,
in pairs and in groups, just as the
big girls of your now debating so
ciety did when they were younger
and more giddy. They cheat toe, as
girls-some of them will always do.
| They are annoyed by scamps of boys,
who doubtless have little tlnge OF
earlv love for someone in the group,
and who make teasing their way q
wooing, IS scamp boys always e.
And then the girl who = the ,e."
lent of the young affection chas.s
her tormentor away, has an embrac-
ing scramble with him, gives him a
tap If affection and goes back with a
warm, pleased look in her eye. Oh,
its the same old story, only placed .
in a little different setting.
The game of jackstones is not like
the one which | remember. The /,
iackstones themselves are the same
they always will be like little iron
sawbucks with round knobs on some
of the ends, but III addition to them
the little girls use a rubber ball or a
large marble of the variety which we
useA to call chineys. The manner
of using the ball or marble is to toss
it up about foot, grab the jacks and
then catch the sphere on its first
bounce. OF course this makes the
game more complicated that just
plain Jacks alone would do. They
have "twosies, threesies, 'scramb~
lings, soft eggs, " ''hard eggs" and
a lot Of other formulas which | have
forgotten. They play on the side
walks, sitting down in groups where
the sun shines warmest, and chatter
like lot of graduates playing
whist.
Some Of the squares are great
Fairgrounds for hordes of kids.
Other squares, like Union Square
and Madison Square, are too busy
with people. Washington Square,
with It's great Washington Arch, its
statue Of Garibaldi and It's bust of
some inventor, whose name slips my
mind, Is a favorite spot. Every noon
and night sees an immense concourse
of youngsters of high and low degree
playing and romping there as hard
as they can.
Roller skates offer field of e3pec-
ial aitractiveness to both boys and.
glrls-as also do velocipedes. Where
the number of skates is limited the
owners very generously divide with
a friend, each taking one. 1t is as
tonishing how dexterousIy they
manage to get around and what a
lot Of fun they manage to get out Of
one skate.
The boys have a great scheme with
their skating around the Washington
Arch. They keep a sharp lookout
for coming wagon or the 9th Ave
nue. coach, for the Washington Arch
is at the end of the avenue, and
when one comes they dart forward
to meet it and then, ciinging on be
hind, go spinning over the smooth
pavement in a manner to make one
wish to be lao again.
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