New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-14

| founded by Miss Grace Dodge. II several
acres and has grounds for baseball and other out
| door games. II is open TO all children. kinder
garten teacher being in charge throughout the day.
and. needless to say. 1t Is godsend to that quar-
! ter of the city
| Yesterday a trying day for the children de-
! pendent upon these Fairgrounds for amusement
| The foul air OF the tenementhouses Is worse than
usual on a warm rainy day, and 1t Is next to I'M
| possible to keep the small incorrigibes indoors.
| A reporter from The Tribune stopped at the
Nurses Settlement. NO 265 Henry-st., yesterday
| to look at the playground which is kept through
| out the summer in connection with an open-air
| kindergarten. Several little tots. boys and girls
! were busy az work pulling up weeds small that
! they must have sprung up since morning In the
| fowerbeds.
..They make any excuse to come" said one OF
the teachers after telling them to run home ana
keep out Of the rain ut almost takes one person =
time to send them away on rainy days. They are
enthusiastic about the kindergarten. too. which IL
hardly more than play. consisting only Of outdoor
exercises | often have children far away as
J IIouston-st stop mo and ask me- TO let them come
to the 'scuppin' school, as they call it,"
This playground is of the most attractive in
the city though small. II consists OF three back
yards of ordinary size. opening together and filed
with hammocks "scups." which Is the name the
children give to the rope swings; ladders. parallel
bars and other arrange nents for gymnastc ex-
ercises.
Under a bright -colored awning is a sand pile. big
enough and white enough 10 delight the heart Of
The Fairy Queen of Sandtown. Around the yard Is
a border of flowers. and the high wall is almost
covered with vines carefully trained by loving
little hands A chief delight Of the children is to
care for these flowers and not single weed Is
permitted to thrive In the sacred fower-beds.
Severa. toys for the ground have been donated
by the neghbors. who are greatly Interested In It,
hat.o rtnl ha ,h.rc
have access In the evenings. great feature OF
the place is the pigeon-house and birds. which ar
ford end of amusement.
ITS a doube-decker. and the birds are lots of
fun: but they're gone in now out Of the rain" ex-
When this playground was first established /.
was open to an children but as 1t came to be
that 1t soon impossible Dor them to play to-
gether. They would come by the hundreds and
stand outside OH the streets begging 10 be admit
This season 1t was found necessary TO make some
restrictions. In the morning It is given up to the
kindergarten. which numbers about sixty The
little ones. and the evenings are monopozed by
the working girls and the boys clubs. SO IT'S
ehde on sSay larger to n he
Der than usuai are admitted aud entertainments
frequently given. which are attended by sew
The Fourth OF July celebration lasted four even
ngs the guests Of every evening being different
The yard was hung with Japanese lanterns there
served from improvsed tables.
NUMEROUS FAIRGROUNDS.
The College Settlement at No IS Rlvngton-st
and the East Side House. Seventy sxh-st. and the
East River. both have Fairgrounds conducted on
similar lines. There are others at the Chapter
House of the Kings Daughters Henry-st = at No
Cioerck-st.: at the Riverside Association West
Sixty-ninth-st.: One-hundred nd four st and
Second-ave. The Society for Parks and PLAY
grounds for Children Of which Abram 8 Hewitt
Is president and William r. Stewart secretary
has established "A large playground the north
East Side.
THE KINGS GARDEN
The Tenement House Chapter OF the Kings
Daughters and Sons has fitted up the yard Of its
new house. at No. IS Henry-st.. a playground
for the children OF .he neighborhood who call
IL the Kings Garden"
The managers OF the Settlement want the chill
dren to feel perfectly at home In the playground
and have never burdened them with any rules and
regulations; but the little have idea never
thcless that language and manners that are
proper enough In the street are not suitable for the
Kings Garden" Yesterday a little girl violated
this unwrttcn law. and was quickly brought to
account by her companions.
Don't you know" they exclaimed In chorus
that you mustn't such words In the Kings
Garden -
A SUGGESTION
II has been suggested that the next public play
ground to be opened ought to be on the top OF the
power house OF the Third Avenue Cable road at
Bayard-st A playground IL much needed in
that nelghborhood. and. II provided with sand
heaps and games and kindergarten. this spot
would be source Of health and happiness 10 =
large number Of children