Evening journal., 1915-07-09
Riddles Make Merry Now That
City Fairgrounds Are Open

the feat with something like con-
tempt
"Yes. you could" (this with the ut
most scorn). wat chew bet now
Smarty?'
well. you're so smart, lessee row
long you kin stay under, Mister re-
Joined the nine-year- r-cld- going-on-ten
youngster. assuming that - dare you"
air that no real boy has ever as yet
been able 10 resist lmmediatuiy, no
doubt. the contest would have started
had not another OF the crowd az that
psychological moment happened to do
rather spectacular dive II un-
deubtedly saved the day and inciden-
tally the reputation Of two swell
swimmers.
The Cool Spring Park pool was not
/ loriginally built for swimming II is
the pond that is used for skating in
winter and in no place is II more than
two and one-halt feet IN depth. II Is
out Of doors and is more for the small
children than il IA for larger ones,
though both are allowed there Two
buildings ono for the boys and one
for the girls have been turned over
to the children In which they can
dress and unlress A lively group of
boys and girls was in the pol when
n was visited by a representative OF
THE EVENING JOURNAL yesterday
Three boys who were summing them
selves on the stone slab in the mid
die Of the pond that onte held the
fountain, were proving excellent tar
gets for water splashing that was
enthusiastically being done by group
OF other children. From the amount
Of water that was splashed out OF
that pond one wondered how it was
that there was any left in Il.
SWims "Mile n Minute"
Gee, I'm eoin' a mile a minute, ,
said one boy half swimming and hall
pushing himself across the pond
"Aw that's nothin' got the Citl
lof Wilmington skinned a mile" said
another rapidly forging ahead OF the
first speaker.
Say. fellers." said still another
wouldn't II be lots OF fun to swim L
Philadelphia some time? Bet chew
could now" he asserted with tina
you u-don't-believe-me do-you" air.
Swim to Philadelphia. wy dom
chew make it Moo York and be don,
with it?" scornfully piped up on'
little "tacker" as he made a, stonl
skip water.
Hey look al the allergater." erie
one, pointin. to a water bug and thei
laughing at the easy marks" At thi
point the conversation drifted to un
important matters such as "swlmmir
clean TO New Castle and back with
out stopping which was declare
. possible. fighting a ferocious shark Il
the Christiana. that another boy sal
an uncle of his had done "onct" an
, riding on the draw bridge while
was in motion which was the thrill
ing experience rccited by one si1
year-older.
The children who frequent this poe
, are allowed to stay in from ten unit
! three o'clock and Il is estimated tina
, between fve hundred and siA hur
1 ldred children go in there every da.
. The pool is filled from a fountain
\ few yards distant and twice a wee
v II Is drained and thoroughly cleanel
r But the swimming pools are not "
h only attraction to the playground. N,
e by long way. The other featur,
z are proving equally as alluring
4 childhood with the result that eac
Of the Fairgrounds literally swarl
e with an excited, happy and intereste
E lcrowd of children They come TO IN
Fairgrounds alone in groups Of two
O. and threes and IN family parties. III
v older ones wheeling baby carriages q
r drasging the little brothers and sil
4 ters along by the hands
: All Glasses Get the Fun.
|. All sorts and conditions are repr,
n sented in the picturesque groups tn;
!. surge over the Fairgrounds ana thu