The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-07-28
PlAYOAY MEETING
AS. AN EXAMPLE
OF METHODS
Meeting Held Under National
Association
WAS A STRIKING SUCCESS
One Gathering on Col. Abbotto Lawn
and One at the
Playground.
WAS A STRIKING SUCCESS

One of the most interesting events
| of the season was the Payday meet
| ing of The Playground and Rccrcat-
| ion association Of America on lie
spacious grounds OF Lyman +.
Albeit Pleasant street, Saturday
afternoon Invitations bad been
sent out from The National hcadquar
tcrs in New York city and these
were supplemented by general in
yitation through the Banner, so that
everybody interested was privileged
to attend. 1t was repre- entative
audience which greeted Miss Hmma
| Cheering DR., Cyrus Flint StimsOn
| and Miss Combs on this occasion.
The afternoon was perfect one
for ont door sports. the Sky clear
and the air not 100 warm. The
smooth grocnsward, the moving
abcut OF ladies' end girls in dainty
costumes, the Numerous little chill
drcn. all combined to produce 4 pic
,ure seldom eguallcd and which
brought forth many ordinations OF
delight
At four O'Clock the Cchbog9r and
Ostendg, Russian dances, were civ
en- under the direction OF Miss
CoEbs. by he following girls: Iris
Farnum. Lillian Levin. Florcnce God
frey. Margaret Battles, Helen Fraser,
Elrieda kittel, Eya Smith, Lois
JOliyeJc, Elsa Wahlquist and Mil
drcd Wood, TO ,hc music OF Donnel-
leys orchestra
Then eamo the irish isilt, with
Fanny levin, Mary ilcaly and Mar
rarc. LareA.
pop Goes tho Wcasei' was dane
cd by Harriet Burt, Fannie Loyln
Ruth Godfrey, Louise Graves, Mary
1aright and Margaret Battles. The
concluding dances, Ningaker Barn
and Weaving Dlncc Swedish were
performed by the Misses Anna Far
har Eva Smith, Margarc; Larcn,
Margaret fCuns Margaret ca en-,
by Ills Smith Gertrude Mcclure
Louise Laren, Grace Toomey. Lois
jlliycttc, Eva Ratcile, Victoria Noel
Irene To0mcy, Mildred. Jolvout.
Dorothy Sigworth and Marie Young
Miss Cheering then addressed the
audience and in most charming
manner invited all TO Join in helping
her TO teach the children and olaer
ones some now Games. The audience
responded pretty generally ANA a
ring Was formed for bowing to
Jerusalem and Jericho, which
made n great deal OF fun: his was
followed by You're It," Locvy
Loo. Jolly is the Miller" and the
Poisoned Snake" the last being the
; only game which might be said 90
be anyways violent
Miss Cheering introduced these
cares, lrcm the mildost to tho one
which might be considered rough. to
show how mixed company of chill.
| drcn and older people might play to-
ge,her with both profit and pleasure.
judge Edward II. Holden then in
trodaced Dr. Sumson who dclieverod
a fine address on The Inlerpre a
talion of Play and Playground" He
showed concluSivcly thar the child
with its threshold nature requires
| three things ia order 10 make its life
a normal one, work. play. love He
gave illustrations, TO show the value
! OF right direction in lhoge matters
and OF how children had To bc even
| Taught, oitimes. to know how TO play
Alright Children from the slmns of
tho great city would hardly know
how TO play il set down ia ,hc conn
! try; they wculd have TO be shown
how and carefully educated up 20 il.
pa Stimson spoke OF how the
right kind of play and recreation
was the most necdful kind OF rclir.
ion fer some people. people who had
never relaxed out of Journalism. who
| never knew what a spree" meant.
| meaning. OF course. spree in the
bos, use OF the term. Parents owe
% 10 their children 10 mbund. Ia,
/ loose OF fcunality. become children
4 themselves once mere. for the sake
OF the young.
To sum up. It was carefully
! thCught-out scheme of how 10 best
ufe the surplus energy of the child
both physical and men,al aud was
! ailenuvely listened 10 by an apprc.
| Ciaiiyc audience. Following fhir
| punch was SERVED and The afternoon
I lawn fcte was concluded. IN the eve
ming. az the Recreation Grounds. the
same program was carried cut. with
the exception that Miss Gherinn told
story 81 how he elephant got has
trunk. much 10 ,he delight of all
present There was even a larger a.
tendance than az the afternoon
gathering and notably more men
President OF the village. u. a.. Ward
presided 40 the evening session.
The privilege OF attending two
such delightful and helpful Affairs In
enc day. without cost. was annreci
ated by the many whotock adranfaes
OF the Opportunity and who arc crate
iui &c those who had he meotinrs .r
! charge. AS well as those who gave OF