Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-28

their souls rang true
In Chicago.
Now, in Chicago: Chicago. the city
of Hull House; Chicago the city OF
1900 iliterate voters; Chicago. tn,
place Of our present international
shame; in Chicago there are miles OF
parks with miles Of beautiful blooms
secure from Ky Einstein and Sammy
Braziewski, because Ky and Sammy
have more pride in the parks Of Chi.
cago than you have IN the parks OF
Tulsa
We have very interesting array
OF parks here. 254 acres they are
And know thc-e are people here who
wished that we did not have 20 spend
SO much money ou the city govern.
ment We have an equivalent Of parS
area for a city OF 25,400 persons; OF
that 25I acres, perhaps 100 is i'm use.
Oklahoma City. near 90 you, has 2,2OO
acres You have an acre for every
four hundred of your persons The
thriving. progressive, rich young city
ought 20 have an acre. IS they have
in Madison. Wisconsin, for every Sc ,
at least an acre FOR every 81, as they
have in Minneapolis; possibly an acre
for every %, rs they have in Okla
homa City But Oklahoma City is not
rich like Tulsa,
Now. in addition 20 these acres Of
parks, We have teeu doing some other
things. we have baseball park.
which, as ! understand, is q railroad
yard in expectancy We have three
general baseball diamonds. We have
water sport. hut 1t is in indoor bath
ing pools. We have a lake six miles
away, though we might make one ont
OF the river at our door We have no
saloons, and SO with Il characteristic
American nonchalance. We have pro-
vided nothing 10 take their places
We have not single permanent
equipped gambling establishment in
the city. We are strong on virtue if
We are short on play. And | wonder
II the connection between virtue and
play has ever been made clear to us
Here it is practically all of the
harm enters the life OF the child,
young or grown. comes into il in his
play periods Practically all the
harm that enters the life Of the child
NJ any axe comes into il in his play
period II you will not guard the play
periods Of your children, God help
you in their occupation periods.
Family Recreation.
Every now and then the telephone
bell rings in the Alert office and |
think | know in advance what 1t is.
Daddy. can't you come home and 90
skating ] am not trying to rub il
in. because | know you do not have
much skating here. Daddy, can't
you come home to 20 skating" Nearly
always daddy can. When he gets
home Il is 20 find two boys. one thir-
teen and one fifteen-and they are
quite the most wonderful boys in the
world-Standing there on either side
of their mother, and their mother and
the boys have skates on straps, and
they shake them as | 90 in the door,
and then we start down 70 the lake;
IL is only two blocks and half away;
for you must know that in Minneapo-
lis. We are not yet so fashionable
that mothers do not play with the
members Of their own families CAP
plauseD Then we get down to the
ice; where crazy city government.
crazy city government actually
spends the money Of the taxpayers
keeping the snow off the ice so that
the Albert family can skate. Then
we have little row 10 see who shall
put the little mothers skates on, and
il II is the baby who wins, il takes
longer. So We start out, then. across
the ice, all skating confidently, be-
cause those that play must play well.
As we skate. we hold hands Is it
good social factor, good friends. to
have the members of the family to
hold hands together? Pretty soon we
come upon another family with an
other mother equally unfashionable;
and so we play; We play perhaps until
the early twilight of our northern
winters comes upon US all too soon.
Back 70 the house We 80, making the
discovery that il you can get :; family
TO play together in the open air in
the autumn or the winter or the
spring, there is not likely to be much
kicking over the dinner. nor is il hard
10 get the boys to go 10 bed on time.
The difficulty is to keep them awake
until they get their lessons
The next morning early. on my
door hear rap. kind Of per
emptory rap. Buddy. don't you
think he is awake yet; gee, whizz, he
is sleepy" When | call Come in,"
they come, and they dive into bed, on
each side of me, great long bow
And we rough house together n while
and pretty soon one Of them whispers
in my ear a question produced by the
talk at school in the play period the
day before intimate question, a
question 50 intimate that we three
discuss it in whispers with only the
great Father of all the boys in the
world to overhear us. Is there a man