New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-21
TOTS AT ST. LOUIS FAIR.
Their Special Playground and Nursery in
Up-to-Date Fittings

When II WAS announced that the Board OF Lady
Managers OF the ST Louis Exposition had aban-
coned the model nursery which IL had proposed 10
establish on the fair grounds much regret was
expressed by those who knew how necessary such
an institution would be. and how many little chill
oren would suffer cruelty in its absence But the
danger has been averted. happily for the Massa-
chusetts civic League came TO the rescue OF tina
innOcents and child visitors 20 the fair are having
the best OF good times in model playground on
the model street arranged by the league
Accommodations have been provided FOR two
hundred and hftv children. and here. Tor the pay
ment OF a small sum. parents may leave their
children a! day. with the assurance that they
viii be carefully tended by trained uursemaIds
The playground has been laid out with a wide
e1panse " grassy lawn and plenty OF shrub5ery
ana vines ard everything conceivable and attain
able has been provided for the comfort and arnuse-
ulent OF the lite ones.
There are miniature gardens and sand heaps In
which the children dig to their hearts con-
tent, finding from time 10 time curious shells
bright pebbles and other treasures There ara
dolls and toys OF all kinds in abundance and a
outdoor gymnasium where young athletes can
csport themselves under the guidance OF d teacher
There IS also Il Kindergarten where the tots are
scientifically amused. and where II they have 4
bent for learning. they may be initiated into the
mysteries OF sewing and office work.
When the children tire or these diversions and
begin 10 sigh for the attractions OF the Land OF
Nod, there are hammocks and go-carts IN which
they can have comfortable maps. When they be-
come grimy with playing In the bosom Of
Mother Earth. attendants ready 70 give
them baths. and they arrive they
clothed in stout cotton boomers which al
low them perfect freedom romp and dig in the
dirt When they APE hungry they ted with the
best foods and the purest water obtalnable. and
when they are i'll tn~ conveyed
gency hospital near by. Under these conditions
the child is safer than in ITS mothers care and
parents enjoy the exposition without anxiety
the welfare of their little ones.
The playground Is intended for the older babies,
but the infants have also been provided for. For
their model nursery has been built close
the playground IL Is itted up in the approved
fashion, and has dainty little diet kitchen where
food is prepared by expert hands for the delicate
little stOmachs.
A lost child department is also connected with
the model playground. II IS strange. but true
mothers, becoming interested in the many sights
of d great exhibition often forget their children
and allow the little wander off and vanish
veyed at once the model nursery and the
mothers find them safe and happy in sand piles
cribs In the mothers do not reclaim the chill
dren on the day upon which they lost the
nursery keeps them night, for II would Do
nanifestly impossible to turn them out
The nursery and playground arranged by
Mrs. Ruth Ashley Hirschfeld of New-York. and
are intended object lessons. well for the
benefit of the little folks whose parents bring them
to tho fair
Mrs lHirschheld also arranged the congress OF
together children OF many chronological types-the
Indian pappoose. the fur clad Esquimau, the al
mond eyed Chinese and the dainty American in