The Washington times., 1915-07-14
BUSY little girl

~ Hnes on the plackpoaFo-
, ~ very straight white lines
with never a hump or a
wiggle. At length, satisfied with.
her work, she took UP a long list
and began to copy 1t in the neatest
Of printing. First of all came a
big Monday" then the busy little
girl wrote the following program.
the effect:
10-12. sewing. Mrs. Mcleod.
1o-l, crayon class. Miss Simonton.
10-11. game class, Miss Simonton.
lo-12, basketry, Miss Carr.
lU-H, crocheting, Miss Strasser.
Cross stitch, Miss Blair.
I p. m. voley ball, boys vs., girls.
p. m, ring games, Miss strasser
and Miss Schaefer.
7 p. m, baseball, second team.
SO, modern dancing. Miss Norton.
After this she went on to copy
the schedule for an equally thrill
ling Tuesday, an exciting Wednes-
day, a delirious Thursday. and a
triumphant Friday, all part Of the
playground and Margaret Wilson
b Social Center ground Of Grover
Cleveland School.
On Tuesday, for instance, come
sewing. paper cutting. basketry.
and dScross-stitch work, games OF
baseball and volley bail. a balance
board contest and. most popular OF
all, showers. an orchestra rehearsal
and the rhythm class.
Preserves and Dances.
The Wednesday feature is perhaps
, the preserving lesson by Mrs. z. +.
oliver, though the dancing In the
evening Is a rival attraction for the
Young people. On Thursday comes
the sunset story hour-the happiest
time of the whole weeks work to
the smaller children. Every Friday
there is a free entertainment for the
people Of the neighborhood. usually
a lecture of current interest. Satur-
day Is only a half day. but In the
morning the girls are dyeing their
rhythm dresses and making cos
tunes for a play that is to be given
on July 30.
There are four people in particular
who are working hard to get every
one in the neighborhood interested
in some branch of the summer work.
First comes Miss Frances Farley.
principal of the school. whose pro
gressiveness has made possible the
complete equipment of the social
center. and the ever-increasing op-
portunities which 1t offers to those
who must spend the summer months
anywhere in the vicinity or Elgntn
and T streets northwest.
Miss Cecil B. Norton is director OF
the playground and social center.
She has charge of the classes In
RHYTHM and modern dancing, plans
the programs for the Friday enter
tainments and seems to be every
where at once to help where she Is
needed.
Miss Edna Carr is assistant direc-
tor of the playground and in addl-
ton she teaches all the basketry
and raffia. On the basketry days
her room is overcrowded with an
eager group that sometimes hops up
and down in its eagerness 10 learn
a new stitch in raffa, or new
weave in basketry.
Volunteer Corps.
The fourth member of the execu-
tive staff Is Clarence Berkeley. the
janitor, who manages to preserve
perpetual peace among the various
boys clubs, and decides all questions
regarding the use Of the playground
apparatus.
Even with these officers in COM
mand, 1t would not be possible to
gives Individual instruction in the In
dustrtal arts to SO many children
and grown-ups were 1t not for the
assistance given by the volunteer
corps, who are giving their help
where 1t is not possible to pay SAL
aries. Miss Elsie Strasser, herself
Grover Cleveland alumna. gives
instruction in embroidery and GRO
Cheting several times a week. Yes
terday, however, she was cutting out
some blue chambraY aprons, which
were to be stamped and prepared for
embroidery.
Miss Elsie Schaefer is also helping
with embroidery. Miss Bernice Blair
Is the cross-stitch specialist. Recent
" the younger children have been
embroidering blue and pink bibs in
simple cross-stitCh designs, includ-
ing a, fat puppy with most intelli-
gent expression, a squirrel amiably
a family of ducks posed according
to size, just like the Three Bears"
Mrs. Melvin Cooper and Mrs.
George Mcleod, mothers OF the
neighborhood, give lessons In plain
sewing and &c cutting while F. Snm Mrs Teno ba11
whenever there is any costume
making to be done.
Miss Estelle Simonton has charge
of the crayon class and directs some
OF the games, and the ninth volun-
teer worker is Miss Colder Norton,
the rhythm on Tuesday evenings.
Cooking For Mothers.
Mrs. E. E. oliver. a cooking ex-
rert, has a class on Wednesday
mornings that Is becoming popular
with the mothers who live near by
Last week, she made ten glasses oi