Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-03
K|DD|ES GREET
FAIRGROUNDS
Happy Youngsters Out In Force
Human Interest In
cidentS Abound.

The happy laughter of kiddies
timed the official opening of the public
Fairgrounds yesterday afternoon and
evening. There vas h typical worlds
series waiting line at school No. 2 as
the youngsters eagerly awaited the APP
proach Of $50 o'clock for the gates
to be thrown open. The same impa-
thence grippcd the children in the VI
cinity of school No. S. The playground
at school Nc. s opened In the after
noon and was already working In
smooth running order by nightfall.
Tucked away from the cares and
worries of parents, away from the
dangers of the street with their busy
traffic, there amidst all that makes for
cleanliness and strength and vigor OF
body, these little girls and boys romp-
ed through their first session Of lit"
1t was q glowing sight and an inspira-
ton to see these youngsters go through
the programs prepared o them by
their instructors. Many were the
touches OF human interest.
The playground at school No. 8, just
oozed with N and vim. The chill
dren practiced their playground cry
without a pause. As IL greeted h
Ears OF the passersby, It sounded
something like this:
just Like College
Rahi rah, rah. sis, boom, bah, No. 8,
ran. Iau, ran, ana LutH SA0
of MY Country It's of Thee 'hoated
out on the afternoon breeze. 1t was 2
o'clock and the playground was open.
The Riddles from the district around
the hospital were beginning their af-
ternoon of fun. Miss Pauline Avchtn
is in charge here.
Every child was asked to indicate
on a ard what game they liked to
play best. One little girl, looking
ah0pA five a1fhnfOh SIN 1Urn rflU claim
ing eight years, wanted to indicate
tag" but the spelling was too great a
task. Finally she summed up enough
courage and asked a big girl standing
near her, and was informed t-a-g-e
spelled tag"
While Miss Roberta Winons, the
playground supervisor, hurried the
big boys out on the field to play a base
ball game, which she umpired, Miss
Cynthia Frost, who was assisting for
the afternoon, formed the girls into a
large circle and started a game OF
dodge ball and Miss Avchin played
bean bag with the small boys.
Happily they changed from one
gam to another learning new ones
and enjoying old ones ten times more
here than they possibly could upon
the streets One small urchin about
ten, put lime all over his face so the
other boys could see how his big sis
ter looked when she was dressed up"
Crowds on Hand.
At $50 o'clock Nc. 2 grounds were
opened, also in charge of Miss Avchin,
and at 1880 o'clock No. s, under the
leadership of Miss Lena Goldman, was
ready for play: Long before the open
ing hour, the children thronged n
playground and by the time Miss
Goldman and her assistant, Miss Ada
Wilentz, arrived the place was crowd
ID. Their names were taken and the
groups were divided as had been done
in the afternoon; and then games
were started. Walking by on the
street one could hear the ~children's
voices raised In wind, wind. vim and
Pull. pull. etc, followed by the Vir-
ginia reel
The playground under the direction
of Miss Cynthia Frost on the Hayes
tract in Catalpa avenue, will be opened
next week. This is to be used as a
recreation center as well as a play
ground.