Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
SUPPORTING CITY'S
PUBLIC FAIRGROUNDS

penorts of the tournament being held on
tho nublic Fairgrounds of the city at this
sea son of the year, under the auspices OF
the Washington Playground Association,
have aroused interest in the method by
which these means of benefting the young
sters of the street are supported.
The city. which has a population or
about 325 1000 maintains ten municipal
Fairgrounds, thirteen school Fairgrounds
and one recreation center, in the Western
High School, 1t received this year from
the National Congress an appropriation OF
ss1 10000 or this SIS. 10000 was for the
purchase of playground sites. s5.OOO.OO was
for the maintenance of the municipal. play
grounds and 81 10000 was for the mainten-
ance of the school Fairgrounds Beside
these amounts about $5OOv.00 is raised by
the Washington Playground Association
to supplement the appropriation for main
tenance.
The municipal Fairgrounds are kept open
during vacations and afternoons, and Sat
urdays during the school year. except dur
ing January. February and March. The
school Fairgrounds heretofore have been
kept open in the vacation time only, but
hereafter at least a part OF them VIII be
kept open from 3 to 5 on school days dur
ing the school year. The hours at all of
the Fairgrounds during the summer vaca-
ton are from to Il am. and from to 8
pm.
month the first year. and $40 or $40 per
month the second year, according to their
record. with an annual increase of $500 or
5000 per month. The men directors. who
have all had some training as physical d.
rectors, usually begin at 5000 per month
and receive an increase of $500 or $1,000
per month per year. The supervisor Is
paid at the rate Of 10000 per year
The following are the 1907 contributors
to the Washington Playground Associa-
ton:
Mrs James Mcmillan. 500: Mrs. Mary
I. Banks, IS; Miss Elizabeth Be Bliss, IS:
So Mr. Alex Britton, So; Mrs. Morgan
Buckley, $40; Mrs. w. K. Butler. IS: Mrs.
Caroline Cohen. So; DR.. Sigmund A: Cara.
50; Gen. Calvin Dewitt $40; Mrs g.
Thomas Dunlop IS; Mrs. Annie l.. Ed
wards, IS; Col. and Mrs. John W. Foster,
$40; Miss Mary C. Cannot. s.; Mr.. Charles
c. Glover, s15; Mr.. w. T. s. Jackson. IS;
So; Mrs James Lansburgh, So; Mrs. Char
iotte B. Lovett, So; Mr.. r. H. McKim. s.;
Mrs r. H. McKim, IS; Mr.. William B.
Mckinley. IS; Mr.. Ernest NJ. Merrick,
SO; Mr.. John H. Moore. IS; Mrs: Truman
Newberry. So; Mrs. Mary H. Myers. IS:
Mrs. s. Newcomb, So; DR.. T. S. Palmer, So;
Mr. Samuel J. Prescott. s.; Mr.. w. r.
Grand Lodge of Colored Masons of the Dis
trict of Columbia. So; Mrs. Henry Cabot
Lodge. 50; Mrs. Claire Blake Townsend, So;
Mrs. Charles E. Foster. So; Mr. w. M
BALDWIN. $40: Mrs. Sarah NJ. May, So; Col.
George L. Andrews, 50; Prof. E. NJ. Gal
laudet, So: Mrs. Fred C. Stevens, So: Mrs
William J. Boardman, So; Rev. John G.
Ames. SO; Mrs. Reginald Fendall. So; Mrs.
Aline Shane Devin. So: Judge Stanton j.
Peelle. So Mr. NJ. 1. Weller. So; Mr.. c. E.
Wood. $40; Miss Mary c. Gannett So: Gen.
George H. Harries, $40; DR.. Merrill E.
Gates, So; Dr. and Mrs. Jesse II. Rams
burg, $40; Mrs. Frances c. Gordon Cum
mings, 50; Mr.. William b. King,
$40; Mrs. Murray Addison, So; Com
mander and Mrs. Frederick A. Mil
Ter, $40; Miss Charlotte B. Lovett. 50;
Mr.. and Mrs E. B. Alsop, SIS; Mrs. Sallie
l.. Nichols $40; Rev John G.. Ames. SO;
DR.. Charles w. Richardson. $40; Mrs Ar
thur Lee. So; Mr.. David J. Brewer. 50; Mrs.
Orinda Z. Yerkes, 50: Mr. w. r. Tucker
man, So; Mrs. Frances P. Thiras, SO; Mr..
Fred S. Gichner. 50; Mr.. Horace Wylie, So;
Lend a Hand of All Souls Church, So: Mrs.
s. w. Woodward, $40; Miss Helen c. Wood
ward So: Columbia Heights Art Club, So;
Gen. Ellis Spear, So; Mr.. Isaac Goldenberg.
SIS; Mr.. George B. Cortelyou. So; Mrs Her