New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-03
ST|RS CHILD WHITE WINGS
Mrs. Loebinger Gathers Junior
League Together Again.
RENEW PLEA FOR CLEANING
One Interested Listener Is john
ny Heine, Who Is To Be a
King of Fairies.

Mrs. Sophia NJ. LoebinGer, the original
fresh air suffragette, she who set the
fashion, now so prevalent, OF talking
votes for women from a soap box, broke
silence Of several years 70 talk from
soap box again yesterday. But u
wasn't about anything so largo az vast
igg the ballot 1t was semi-domestic
topic. the question Of clean streets.
Mrs Loebinger for q long time has
noticed that st. Nicholas Park and the
streets In that upper West Side region.
where she lives are in a perfectly dread
ful condition. She made up her mind
to appeal to the rising generation. SO
last April she got the children Of the
nelshborhood together, and told them it
was up TO them 10 do what the neglectful
street cleaners didn't do They must
pick up all the litter they saw, and she
would call them the Junior Park Pro-
tectivo League, and by and by give
medals to the most energetic among them.
| Other matters kept her from calling
another meeting Of the league until yes
terday. when she gathered the youngsters
around her In tho new playground, at
. l5tlH sllttl anu tOilFthl dNbnhtr rht
& heart to heart talk with them.
Children" she said impresslvely
when / crossed Eighth avenue to-day,
a little way below here, what do you
think / saw? A dead cat. It had been
there don't know how long, and was
covered with flies. Now, what would II
be your duty to do II you saw that?'
There was a pause, and then the voice
Of youngster, who evidently had as
Simulated somewhat imperfectly her In
structions to the children TO get busy
was raised.
Tell de street cleaner" he said.
| However. Mrs. Loebinger wasn't dis
couraged. She says there really has been
| wonderful Improvement In the streets
! up there since she enlisted the children.
/ The boys don't steal the covers OK
garbage cans half as much az they did.
/ and I'm other ways are showing a moral
, Improvement. She told them yesterday
/ that she wanted them TO act AZ policemen,
as we'll as white Wings. and arrest any
B body who threw rubbish In the streets
/ or spat H. a streetcar. She wrote TO
Mayor Ga. nor all about the new league
last April. Oh. H. but he hadn't an
swered yet.
| One OF her n &C. listeners yester-
/ day was john. =. who Is TO be
king OF the fairies he children's fete
/ I'm Central Park tonight. Any one who
may wonder how Johnny came to be
chosen to rule over the fairies-chosen out
of fifteen hundred or SO OF playground
| boys-wouldn't wonder II he saw him.
For Johnny Is plump. Johnny Is very
plump His face is fairly dotted with
dlmples, and his fat little arms and legs
are fairly bursting out Of their clothing,
So. VINO could make a jollier fairy kins
/ than Johnny Heine? Johnny is not averse
| to fame
There was piece about me in an
evcnin' paper" he said. proudly.
There was a piece about you In
morning paper, too. I wrote IL" re-
porter informed him
Got II wild you?" asked Johnny. eager
~. NO? oh. pshaw! Say" insinuating-
ly. ~ youse are comm dis way again.
won't youse bring IT,
Johnny is nine years old.