The Washington times., 1910-02-10
Little Ones Dislike Being
Deprived of Pleasures
Till July.
PLAN IS PROPOSED
TO START IN MAY
Proceeds Of Sales of The Times on
Sunday Go TO This
Fund.
By SELENE ARMSTRONG.
So for the Fairgrounds.

Eo- Tor the Fairgrounds,
Five thousand children and more. at
their games on the Fairgrounds OF
Washington.
Five thousand children taken of the
streets and cut Of the stUfIy houses
Five thousand children removed from
the danger Of accident; from the prob
ability OF the Juvenile Court, from the
threatening shadow Of the tuberculosis
sanitarium.
Five thousand well. happy children
That is what our Fairgrounds ac-
complished for Washington each az
last summer
Think II over, and contrast II viii
what happened over in Chicago Miss
Jane Adams writes
Fifteen thousand young people were
arrested las year in Chicago because
they had failed 10 keep even the com
mon law Of the land Most OF these
young people had broken the law in
their oIuudering efforts TO find adven-
Tire
Deaf to Appeals
Possibly these 1000 youths were
brought TO grief because the adult pOpu-
lation was deaf 10 the appeal Of these
Young creatures, who were claiming
their share OF the JOY of life. hiuglng
Ulratfous for unknown realities, their
-ruutterable lOnSlnSs Tor compaLlloIlSLllp
and pleasure
For this was in spite OF the fact that
Chicago spends much more than " ash
ingtOn on Fairgrounds and parks
Inc total attendance Of ali the play
grounds of washington for SlnSle
week last summer was 35,6l5, making d
total daily average Of 1888 children
With the first sign OF spring Wnen
ones pulses stir with sort OF shame
faced longing to play truant. these 20
fo-s and girls VIII grow restless AT -
restraint Of the narrow street me
brick walls Of orderly rows Of houses
prison. They viii be conSclous- ana W.
r-aFze their parents ard teachers pam
fully conscious. OF but one desire, the
desire 20 play
Chance TO Contribute.
But they cannot play. because there
viii be no place for them The play
grounds viii be here. Il Is true, but they
cannot open in May They must re
main closed until July and these 80
or more children must miss the happl-
ness of the spring out-Of-dOOrS- Thai
Is. unless the Fairgrounds get some
money
they will Tor on next Sunday, Feb
rIaTy T.. every man and woman WH'
buns a. copy OF The Times VIII be glVlIz
= mite 10 the Washington Playground
Association The entire proceeds or ln'
sales OF the paper on that DAY viii z.
To this organization, n order that tn
fairgrounds OF Washington may bt
opened to the children OF the city y
the spring, when they may enjoy play
instead OF months later, when the list
IFsSQess and wca rineSs o. summer have
laid tEofr heavy hand upon these boy:
and girls
This Is uiv You should not fail TO on!
-He next sunday evening edition Of Th'
Times. On the streets Of the city tina
daE there viii be dozens o. volunteer boys
besides the regular army Of Times boys
al OF them crying the paDeT for sale
All Of them making Il very easy fol
you to give your mite 20 the children''
MANY responses have been received
tu the request made by The Times FOL
voIuutse. newsboys to sell the pdPel
On February = Tor the oenei1L or Jl'
Washington Playground Association
More many more viii be needed Th'
more papers sold the larger the fund
SO tell al the able bodied youngsters il
your uci-hbOrhOOd TO get out SUndal
for Ire SOOd cause Coupons % 90
tain Ire necessary badges viii be found
sIzevI ere In today's issue Of The Times
What May Be AveTted-
Reulah Kennard, the woman who ha3
been al the head Of Fairgrounds for tn
children Of PittsburE. says
There is a woman in our city tOda-
who Is the lasting shame Of OUT mOderl
Industrial system Her scuIptured typ
is Michael Angeles Night that lie
in san Lorenzo. woman with sad
unde-eIoped features, the spirit shining
Cimiy- as through q veil Chained 4
her destiny she lies PROSTATE stricken
and dumb We cannot bear the hurdel
% this woman. unless We place besid
Ee- the vision Of the larger. f-eer- noble
woman that IS 10 be