Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-14
WDERTOWNKIDDIES
Given JOY OF Living
Fairgrounds and Bathing
Beach on River Make
for Happiness
PLENTY OF FUN
WITH INSTRUCTION

CARNEY POINT, n. j., Aug. IA
Riddles Of the powder villages are
making merry this summer with a
specially conducted Fairgrounds and
a bathing beach with real life guards.
in which joyous rendezvous they can
romp or swim TO their hearts content.
Both tle playground and the guard
I'd bathing beach are innovations es-
tablishod through the efforts Of the
powder makers wives and some of
the officials Of the dupont Powder
Company. The recently organized
Carney Point Mothers Club gets the
credit for having had regular life
guards placed at the bathing beach
on the shore of the Delaware River,
as the club petitioned the company
some weeks ago to assign some of its
regular police guards TO this special
duty during the summer.
The Fairgrounds has been establish
ed in the yard of the Carney Point
school The instructors in charge are
Miss Norma Pierson and Miss Irene
Campbell Children from the powder
villages flock TO the Fairgrounds
during the open hours from A. NJ. to
70 NJ. and from . P NJ. to 5 P NJ. with
half-d days sessions on Saturdays. Dur
ing the hot weather of August the
plan of keeping open in the evenings
until dark is working out successfully.
The days Of the work are divided up
for special activities at the play
grounds. Tuesday and Friday there
is folk dancing, in which the children
take great delight Wednesday is
sewing day. when the older girls make
aprons and smocks and take their
first lessons in embroidery, while the
other little misses try their hands al
making clothes for their dollies.
The boys have their inning Thurs
day. when the whole playground is
turned over to them for their sports
Then every Friday there is a NINA
tUTe field meet, in which the play
ground children compete in many in
teresting events planned by their in
structors, and. to make the fun great
or and the competition keener, there
are small but much-chrished prizes
for the winners. And. besides, there
is always a treat Of watermelon or ic'
cream or other favorite delicacy fol
all of the little folk picnic at one
of the nearby river resorts during thu
past week made glad the hearts o
scores Of the playground children.
Another attraction for the children
are the storytelling periods az th'
Fairgrounds. when Miss Pearson re
cites fairy tales or other stories, sucl
as all little folk like to hear. Instruc
ton is also given IN basketry. bead
work and some of the other NOR
simple manual training arts TIL
equipment OF the Fairgrounds at pres
ent consists Of swings, see-saws ant
q sand-pile.
During the hot weather the bathing
beach is a strong competitor with tn
nlaygrounds for the children, and tn
adults as well Early in the summe
the villagers were successful in havin
the powder company scrape a sectioi
of the shore IN the cove and remov
all Of the old stumps and rocks an
other rubbish, and a tirst-class bath
ing beach was laid out
A grove of trees skirts the rive
shore az this point and provides com
Portable shade for the bathers an
spectators Every day at high tid'
and frequently al other times, tn
beach is popular retreat for tn
adults, as we'll as the children