The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-11

Where the snow falls black IN winter and the
whiting sultry heat
Cones Ike a Pssti-cile= IN SUMNER ---' III
narrow. dirty street
Yet amid the want and sGualor OF the
You could Ind The IitiIs fellow by his happy
smiling face
Say. Mister. wants to sell de Times
next Sunday. cause I likes desc play
grounds meself"
Il was the little fellow with the happy,
smiling face He came into The Times
Office TO add his name 10 the volunteer
army Of boys VINO viii sell The wash
fnrton Times Sunday for the benefit of
the Fairgrounds Of the city, because he
knows all about Fairgrounds, this boy
Of TIE crowded, sorry street, and he
likes them
Ne. too,r said his companion Ne
for seIlin' de Times mex sunday, and
me for playground Deg don let me
play on de street. an II a cop sees q
feller playinr IN a brick yard e drives
i'm on. 2 does An so I says. me- for
Playground
The Other Boy.
The Other Boy is for them. too. the
boy. OF the prosperous ueiEhboThOod, the
boy who is as wei dressed and clean
and Just as good as boy can well be
With other boys and girls gf his class
he may be found every cay at the
neigh borhOod playground fsr like the
boys and girls Of the narrow, dirty
street these others, toe. raust Play
Now this Is how IL con Is about that
on Sunday there VIII be- 0oys and BOYS
To sell The Times. scores or them from
various districts Of the city having re-
spOnded to the request Of the paper that
they volunteer To- swell this Sunday sale
Tor the benefit OF the Washington Play
grounds Association ON Sunday they
VIII be seen on every street corner
cneerttv offering their papers in order
that the penny fund for the Fairgrounds
may grow and grow And now that the
boys are to sell the papers, YOU and /
have only 10 buy them
Good Of Fairgrounds.
What's the good Of Fairgrounds
You might as vel teach a fsh 70 swim
as a child 10 play" has been said time
and time again bv the skeptic But
the skeDriC fOrEers thar right play and
wrong play are two different sorts Of
play, and that the playground and the
street are two different sorts OF places
Last year" one OF the playground
workers in large Eastern city tells me
little Tim appeared fn our Juvenile
court for stealing apples He was
warned and let 60 Again he was
tempted and fell, and again brought "a
court. placed under a probation officer
and sent home once more counIafnt
was made, and Tim vas again in court
In despair the probation officer took tlse
boy aside and said
Now, Tim. tell me honest. why %
you steal these apples2 Do Won get e.
hungry for them, YOU Just can't he'll
ito
The boy looked a life surprised
hung MS head moment. and then said
Why, don care nothin- abou
eatin- EN-, but its such fun TO have OIg
Chase him. And why nCtZ Thou
sands Of generations OF boys before hin
have been chasing something or esrI
other all these years.
Need Of Courts.
But # Tim could have chased bow
g and been chased by them on the pTav
ground, the community could have dis
3 Qenssd with the services Of the IuveniI
Ccur- so far as he was concerned
IF the Fairgrounds Of Washington ar
g. TO open In May instead of July, and
: the boys and girls are to play under IN
r. direction Of a playground supervisor in
stead Of a probation officer. the Wash
inEtOn Playground Association mus
have funds
The man or woman who contribute
10 these funds viii be buying so man
cubic feet Of sunshine, fresh air, ali
shall we not say happiness, for the If
Tie fellow whom despite MS trouble:
We always recognize by his happy, smi
ing face