Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-26
.HANDSOF K|DD|ES
HAVE TASKS T0D0
Recreation Center at Grover
Cleveland Scheel Proves
Popular.
WORK OF VALUE TAUGHT
DURING MORNING HOURS
Weekly Entertainments Also Prove
Attractive to Children's
Parents.

xuACutSs
Can washingtons young "twigs- be
bent in the right manner during the sum-
mer months. when time hangs heavy and
little hands are apt to get into mischief
Can something not only wholesome but OF
practical value as well be carried on
successfully here?
1t can.
The answer comes from the Grover
Cleveland School, where for three weeks
Washington's first real recreation CEN
ter has been carried on through the ac-
tive work of three interested women and
the financial support Of score or more
of persons. Through this work children
in the vicinity OF the Grover Cleveland
School have been interested In all sorts
Of activities. which. II is believed. will
prove profitable for tn m.
Dressmaking. typewriting, basketry,
embro derry. crochet and lace making are
now being taught at the school, Carpen-
try and hammock making are to be start
ed in the near future for the boys. Car
pentry work probabl will be started next
Monday. This industrial work Is done In
the mornings.
Plenty of Athletics.
BY way of recreation the afternoons
and evenings are given over to base ball.
volley ball. tether ball. quoits and ring
games for the older children swings and
the sand pile furnishing amusement for
the younger ones. Twice a week Miss
Cecil Norton, the teacher I'm charge o, thu
recreation work, te. S stories to tho
youngsters. Every ricay e.en.ng an IN
tertainment is given at which the par -nts
and friends of the children are i"vitel 10
be present. Costumes and the n cessary
parapherna Ia ior the entertainment and
plays the children give are made II the
center. An average ATTENDANCE of 40
has marked these functions, .aan. Of the
visitors being prominent in the official
life of Washington These wee..ly exer-
Uses are always CLOSED with the sn ing
of patriotic songs led BY two gins d. essei
IN the national colors.
interesting Program.
Last evenings exercises consi ted Of
dances and musical numbers. minuet,
an Irish Jig and a German dance COM
prised the dance numbers. while m asicai
numbers were given by Car. Edmonston
and the Saturday Morning Violin En-.
sembie of Miss Ida Ullman. Miss ullman
played. a 500. Miss e. McRae acted as
accompanist for the children. In the
dances. the following boys and girls took
part Minuet, Margaret Burns. Gladys
Britain. Sarah Dodek. Elsie Strasser.
Marion Hoffar and Go der Norton; Irish
Jig. Elsie Kane and Blanche Shepherd;
German dance, Flora Ia e. Gladys Brit
tain, Lillian Friedman Effrus Friedman,
Paul Beail and Waiter Parker.
Next Friday Sleeping Beauty" will be
given. These exercises are ali conducted
m the assembly hall of the building,
and the scenes are appropriately staged
by the youthful actors.
Cleanliness in mind and body Is also
an aim OF this new institution In the
which have just been installed. are prov
ing exceedingly popular to both the boys
and the girls. Heath talks will be
given weekly, beginning next Monday, by
superintendent, of nurses OF the District:
DIR. Macatee will talk to the boys ana
Miss Strong to the girls.
Center Well Attended.
The center is well attended, about 80
boys and girls. representing large num-
Der of nationalities. being present daily.
Many of the mothers also drop In once
in a while. Quite number of children
get books at the branch library which
has been opened there by the Pubic IL
brary, while others read boohs while
they are there.
Machines which the girls use in drcss-
max ing. typen riters on when ne o-ng
sters can write business letters nd va
rious other apparatus were donated b.
business firms here.
While the oder ca.idren il flae sase-
ment weaving baskets. MAJ -
d. esses or l,rscticlng Oh the Hfl ets,
the younger Ih4lureu Ma. ..aN a the
sand eile or may anus il i#es -
sN inging. 4 large arspo. ts}. .. the
yoLng learner b. ne ia th .iren
VINO ate toe small ~ al ~ r-a
work or to read, but ar n. sS-., u
pay.
S.ddons to Pay Visit.
Commissioner F eder. ok L. I'D .ons has
prom sea 10 pay the center v.sit in the
near future DR.. william NJ. Dasiuson,
superinten dent of schools. who mas been
an active suppo. tel of the project, Will
be present at the same time.
Miss Frances S. Farley. principal OF
the Grover Cleveland School. Miss Cecil
Norton, the teacher in charge of the
staff of the school, and Mrs. Howard
Beall, mother of one Of the pupils and
active In various Lines of social work,
were instrumental In making the center
reality. These three women collected
the money to keep the center open dur
ing the summer months and secured the
donations of Apparatus
All of them are active In the work
which Is carried on. Airs. Jacob A. Nor
ton teaches the children lac mixing.
while Miss Helene Stern comes TO the
school twice q week to teach embro derry.
r.. ~. Gurus wiil give the ms .ruction ih
hammock making and arrangements are
now being made to secure the teacher In
carpentry.