Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-10
GLOBES CHILDREN

The child that is born and reared in Globe is surrounded by many favorable conditions. He lives in a climate which permits him to be out Tn the open air and the sunlight nearly every day in the year. His amusements while not varied, are largely those that cannot be found in the average city. The little tots of Globe are. probably not aware that their thousands of city cousins in the far east would view them with eyes literally green with envy, could they but see them moving through the street on an amb- ling burro. This envy of the eastern hopefuls would assume still greater and more poignant proportions if the extensive operations of mini ature mines conducted by Globe children in the sides of the canyons were brought to their not ice. Yes! The pastimes of our children are de cidedly novel, but they are all too few And there IS much that they miss.
 The halcyon age of childhood is, of all others. through which the human being passes, the par ticular one that should, in the humdrum life of after years, bring us memories richly freghted with pleasure. The details of that aIfsavage and withal irresponsible existence always re- talnS invlolate a certain sanctuary in our minds To recall our swimmings and paddings ill the pools and streams of our childhood haunts is a pleasure to which the grownups frequently have recourse to while moling in environs of brick and steel. The thousand and one foolish little games of childhood even our heartbreak- ing escapades with juvenile sweethearts in pin afores or rompers, often recur to us with rose ate romance enhanced by the intervening years The griefs that so often endangered our child ish happiness are, for the most part, forgotten But the pleasant memories remain, perpetual source of comfort
 But think of the child that has missed all these pastimes of childhood. He has been cheat ed out of a most valuable legacy. He has ample grounds for grievance against mankind His parents may not be surprised if in later years he reproaches them for permitting him to miss what was best Tn that period of his life And to their dying day the man or woman whose lot in life never included childhood playing in plen- ty, has lost something that is irretrevable. Juvenile playing is as necessary to the proper development of a normal healthy adult as is the air we breathe or the food we eat. Childish make-believe is usually regarded by grown peo pie as nothing more than play or fooling But as a matter of fact, it is most serious occupa tion to the child If you don believe this, just watch group of tots at play. In every ges- ture of their hands. in every lineament of theirl faces, one can see that, to them, at least, they are unconsciously learning, through imitationl of grown people, to ultimately be prepared for the earnest work of the world of which, in al few years they are to become an integrate part
 The nature of a child craves some outlet for surplus nervous energy. In movement and nx l ercse there is growth In inaction and lack of mental stimulus are retrogression and arrest ed development Deprive the child of health. f,sl lxNl.N I tendencies need not be great. It is a natural and inevitable outcome. One need, then, look no further for an explanation of the crimes that make juvenile courts in our large cities neces sary These children, lacking any field for le