New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-16
Mayor Gaynor Will See to 1t
That Policemen Don't Interfere.
JUST IGNORE THE KICKERS
None of EN- Have Children of
Their Own, Anyway-But
Beware of Automobiles.

Policemen. take notice, You are 10 wink
hard with both eyes whenever you see
little Miss Helen Roth. OF No. 80 West
1O5th street. go by on her roller skates.
Mayor Gaynor wrote TO her yesterday
saying he thought possibly he could bring
that about, because she had complained to
him that the policemen chased the girls
In her neighborhood whenever they went
to play in the streets. The Mayor again
showed his lively interest In children and
their welfare when he dictated the, follow
ing letter TO Miss Roth:
Office Of the Mayor.
September 10. 1911.
Dear Miss Roth: I have received your
letter OF September H. telling me that you
and the little girls In your neighborhood
have no place TO play after schoo' anu
that wherever you go 10 play you are
chased ! am very sorry about 1t and ! Will
see II I can do something for you some
people think you ought TO stay In the mouse
all the time. But you must go out ana
YOU must play somewhere. ana we must
let YOU play in the streets until there IL
some other place provided.
Do YOU know. | receive letters daily from
men and women who hate 10 see the emit
dren play in the streets at all. but on IN
uuiry 7 always find out that they are peo-
pie who have no children or their own.
You say YOU want TO skate on roiler
skates Maybe ] can get the police w
that wav to wink so hard with both eyes
that they won't see you when you go by
on your roller skates. But be caretul not
To run into anybody or bump into an auto
mobile. But there are very few accidents
of that kind When one such accident iip-
pens lot Of people write 70 me as though
II were the rule instead Of the exception
W. J. GAYNOR. Mayor.
Miss Helen Roth, No. 80 West io5th street
Little Girl Tells Troubles.
The little girl who elected all this from
the Chief Executive OF i've million people
Is only thirteen years old She was stand
ing beside the piano in her home In West
IO5th street shortly after dinner last night.
adding her small sized voice TO the duet OF
big brother and sister.
Yes. | wrote to the Mayor" she said
when the song had finished II didn't keep
copy OF the letter, but this is what l
said:
Honored Mayor Gaynor. Dear Sir: We.
the little girls of this neiEhborhoOd. nave
no place to play Wherever We go We get
ased There is quite nice hill on Man
haitian avenue where W. can skate. and in
the winter go sleigh riding. There Is quite
a cranky couple OF the avenue That always
chases US. We cannot skate IN the
park
oh wait a minute. put In there some
where. The cranky couple always makes
complaints TO the policeman And then l
went or, SO please tell us where We can
play. Sincerely Yours. Helen Roth.
DO the policemen chase YOU often?'
Miss Roth was asked.
oh no. she said. with vigorous shake
of yellow curls. the policemen are awful
nice But the cranky couple speak To them
and they have 10 chase rs. This couple
have seven OF our balls now. We don't
play on their steps. We play in an empty
house next door-No. rs it is--but the balls
90 i'm their areaway and they keep them.
They hit little boy yesterday; sort Of
pushed him over"
Yes" put in Mrs. Roth. warming IN the
discussion. "the other day when some ~
the girls were lust sitting on the stoop
sewing they poured pail Of water all
over them Helen has 70 play outdoors.
She's been a frail child most Of her life.
She didn't go 20 school until she was eight
years old