The Washington times., 1910-11-13
"Pretty Lady" TO Do Play
ground Missionary Work
With Father.
FUTURE LOOKS DARK
WITHOUT MORE CASH
Money to Keep Grounds Open For
ever, Says Befurred Visitor, If
Every One Saw Children Play.

TIE Pretty Lady, all furs and brown
: shoes and red cheeks. stepped from the
carriage, while the man in plum colored
4 livery held wide the door,
She fumbled moment at the fasten-
ings of the sa,e, climbed the four ter
race steps and began to pick her way
across the Georgetown Fairgrounds t.
where stood the director in charge.
The director was extending the cour-
tesy OF her handkerchief TO a distressed
young woman or five. and did not see
her approach.
She stood for Q moment until the sa-
cred rites OF the handkerchief had been
administered and the young woman OF
five with a very red nose had again
sought the delights Of the teeter pole
You see I've come" she said, smiling
to the director in charge. who had no.
seen anything of the sort yet.
why, how do you do? I'm so glad
to see you" The director in charge
came over and grasped her hand.
Read About the Riddles.
y want you to come over the grounds
with me and show me the Riddles at
play, won't your said the Pretty Lady
smiling You know 1 have heard and
read so much about them. that I want
to see them myself"
Lets walk over 10 the flying rings
most of them are over there" said the
director. and, picking their way eXpertly
to avoid being bOwled over as yelling
America hurtled by at the game of tag.
they reached their destination without
accident although twice the Pretty
7 ,Tx Ia- to- ff,,- he
crash.
Under the tall framework that sup
ported the rings. a half a hundred chill
dren milled around, shrilling and strug-
Cling to be next TO travel.
A thin gangling boy first agilely went
the route, without apparent effort \
black eyed. black haired girl followed,
drawing herself up and timing the flight
Of the rings to the fraction OF a second.
and then from the starting platform.
tot Of five swung out TO make the vOy-
age.
The Pretty Lady watched with eager
interest. She remembered that she had
never been able 20 do that stunt while al
college. When she swung out the other
ring was always going away from her
and then her arms got SO tired getting
the start for the next ring. And this
little straw haired grille of five was ne
gOtiating the distance on full man size
warm up to this little ill-clad bundle Of
pluck. What beautiful eyes she had,
too
One Visit Convincing.
Don't YOU know" she said to the
director, IF you could only get the peo-
pie of Washington to drop in here once
Just oncs-you would have money
enough within week to run the play
grounds forever
They stood for some minutes watching
the never-ending procession that fioated
from the starting platform, struggled
across TO the end. and, drOIpiT- OF.
wormed it's way back to the starting
point again
u was inst thinking said the Pretty
LADY, thOughtfully, as thew started to-
ward the steel chain swings. what Is
to become Of all these children, If the
Fairgrounds do close. Where are they
going 10 lind recreation"
''Well, OF course, great many Of
them are the children of well-tO-do pa
rents YOU know, and they will find some
safe and healthy place 10 PLAY, bcvOal
a doubt. although at that, the Young
sterS are going TO be all broken up
about it. But the Door kiddies-Well. it S
not hard 10 tell where they will be
thrown The streets and alleys Of
Washington swarmed with them before
the Fairgrounds We're instituted, ard
there are three now where there were
two then. You can see for yourself
where they are going to land"
Some Missionary Work.
The pretty lady stood for a long time
gazing abstractedIy at the football game.
Perhaps she was evolving some new
and startling trick play, or perhaps she
was thinking Of the hundreds Of little
boys and girls to whom these grounds
would be closed before many days I'M
+ less the funds for their winter mainten-
ance were raised
"\Vell. they are going 20 keep open
until December ], understand" said the
Pretty Lady. as she settled her neck
piece and Struggled her hands deeper
into her muff. II am going to do what
I can with father and any missionary
work among my friends that / find pos
sible"
Once more they negotiated the distance
% the gate without accident.
please come again, won't you?' said
the director, as they parted
Il surely WILL promised the Pretty
Lady, as she once more wreStled with
the fastening Of the gate Ghe courtesy
of the person in the plum-cOlored livery
did not extend beyond the carriage door,.
a little blue-eyed girl stopped the flight
of her swing long enough to stare at
the Pretty Lady. She liked her hair
and cheeks and all, she thought, but
most she admired the fur coat, the muff,
and the liveried fOOtman.