The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-12
Municipal Toy Warehouse Advo-
Gated by Ethical Culture
School Man.
YOUN SHOULD PLAY THE
GAMES OF 100 YEARS AGO
Season for Every Game and Sport,
From Marbles to Base
ball.

NEW YORK, April Tutors who
can explain in detail the merits of an
agate shooter over an ordinary mig
gle" and professors who are just as
versatile In going into details regard
Ing kite rigging as they are I'm ex-
planning the best method for a take
of In leap frog, are what Professor
Percival Chubb. Of the Ethical Culture
School. of No. SO Central Park West,
declares to-day are needed in every
part Of this city. Professor Chuhb
Is one OF the greatest advocates of
the out-of-deor training in the coun-
try, and he hopes within a couple OF
years TO have every boy and girl In
this section OF the country playing
games that their parents did and TAX
ing just as much fun out of the open
air pastimes as the people OF half a
century ago did.
The first thing to bring about. Pro-
fessor Chubb declares, is the realiza-
ton OF the natural sequence of sports
and pastimes, and that every game
and sport has n season of its own.
This idea has been lost. he declared,
during the last decade. Formerly il
was a regular thing for marbles TO
have their own season, after tops had
held their sway. and before 1t was
time to play humble peg.
After the mumble-peg season came
the time for hoop rolling, and then
kite flying. These seasons had their
opening and closing days, and the sea
sons were as strictly observed fifteen
years ago as the hunting season Is now
by sportsmen, Ieapfrog, although
strenuous game, wanie strictly reserved
for the summer time: but digging tun-
nels building Indian shacks and fish,
ing were also INDUCED In during the
same time. Bows and arrows were
possessed by all boys and girls and a
youngster who did not know the In
tricacies of prisoners base" ''woolly
woolly wolf" and all the rest of the
outdoor games, was ciassed as a molly
coddle.
Bring the children out Of doors and
put an end to illness or the alterna-
tive. hoodlumism." said Professor
Chubb to-day. Let the city appro-
pirate money to maintain a munich
pal toy warehouse. Here the various
toys and paraphernalia used in the
games can be brought out when the
proper season comes and when II il
time for them to be called in let them
be put away until the following year.
The youngster who knows the natu-
raj sequence of games Is the one who
Is most popular with his playmates
and there is no reason why every
yeangster III the city ought not to
know all about this, and the city ought
to help them"
Professor Chueb favors throwing
open all the parks In the city to the
youngsters for their games and hav-
ing the Keep on the Grass" signs
Lee
rooms for antiquities. He advocated
before the Playground Association Of
America some time ago that the Board
Of Education use all its hundreds of
school sites in the Ave boroughs as
Fairgrounds until building has actu-
ally been commenced.
..It would aid greatly in helping us
to teach the youngsters the games their
fathers used to play" said Mr. Chubk
for the city to use the roofs of all the
public buildings as roof gardens. They
could be fenced off so that they would
be safe and give miles OF clean breath
ing space for the school children. The
schools also would give great relief
In the eongested districts. while the
court houses come pretty near accom-
modating all the children who need
the clean and healthy games and pure
air to save them from early graves.
"Out-o door games for children lead
TO the other athletic sports, and what
boy does not know the honor Ii Ia
among his playmates to get a place as
a regular member of the first baseball
or football team. and the girls are just
the same in the branches of athletics
which they take part In. Competitive
games are the things that are needed
ed, but to enjoy them the children must
be given air and the city aasiat aid Ina
the project. The Fairgrounds should
not be restricted to the congested dis
tricts, for the children OF the well-to-
do are just as much in need of healthy
out -of door sport as the poor ana
take Just as much pleasure In the