Evening journal., 1919-08-08
KIDDIES ENJOY
DAY IN PARADISE
Poor Tots Ale Given Happy
Outing in Woods Beside
Running Brook
ENJOY THEMSELVES
WE'LL, ASK THEM !

Three hundred children OF this city
can give FIRST hand Information as 10
where paradise is located They were
there yesterday, many all day long.
wilminstonians will be surprised TO
learn that n Is on the outskirts Of this
city Perhaps many wilmingtonians
have been there without realizing IL
was paradise. But then they have not
bad the right perspective 90 enable
them 70 discover the true Joys Of the
place
These children were prepared TO ap-
preciate paradise by q summer spent
on hot brick sidewalks. bordering a
flthy roadbed. and surrounded by un-
lovely, dirty brick tenements During
the hot nights they tried TO sleep on
the sidewalks. or tossed and turned
on creaky. cots in sitting closets falsely
called bedrooms. The air was full Of
dust. and fles, and mosquitoes and
garbage smells. and typhoid germs, and
the noise Of passing carts. Jazz music
from cracked records and quarrelsome
voices Of weary human beings.
Their ovcrvorked. discouraged moth
ers listlessly put the youngsters into
any ragged. grimly clothes that came
handy. They were fed on the wrong
sort Of things. unssnitary milk, cheap,
near-csndy. tea. not enough bread and
potatoes. and scarcely any meat. They
spent the day playing around the street
watched by a sympathetic cop who I
was divided In hts mind over the fear /
Of the kiddics being run down by traf- /
ilc. and The problem OF no play-place 1
II he kept Them on the street Many 4
OF these three hundred youngsters had ,
the spanish influenzt last october and
have not fully recovered
When these little folks. ranging from
shrce weeks TO twelve years in age.
were taken yesterday TO place OF
green woods and running brooks,
where ice cream flowed as freely as
The brooks. and everybody could ride
IN dclirious circles on flying wooden
horses all they wanted TO. no wonder
IL seemed like vision OF the New
Jerusalem.
The children were taken by the Vol
untcers Of America. visibly present in
The persons OF Adiutant and Mrs. Louis
Boss. 10 Shellpot Park in four large
trucks donated by The r. Blumenthal /
Morocco Company. The truck drivers
gave the happy kiddies an hours extra
ride in the vicinity Of the park. \
number OF invalid widows also went
With the children upon this nth an
nusl outing given by the Volunteers
All the amusemenis OF the park were
open TO the children. The merry-go-
round proved especially popular The
vaudeville show staged especially for
the youngsters was next in favor. The {
ice cream, however. is what the boys
md girls appreciated most. During the 4,
lay milk, lemonade and ice cream were r
'crNed. 40 noon esch child was given
uniform lunch box containing ham, d
hecse and apple butler sandwich. cake. n
ruit and a sucker. In the afternoon 3
mother one hundred boxes were given a
ut 10 those who were hungry. r
During the afternoon - pairs OF new
lockings were distributed TO those "
'ho needed them and 30 new pairs OF N
hoes were gratefully received by the
1iidren who were most in need of te
'otwear. 4 dozen baseballs, bats. para OF
,ls and aprons were given as prizes NJ
the winners Of the athletic contest
I'D in the afternoon. lpl
II O'Clock in the evening the trucks in
turned for the youngsters. who were ps
e beneflciaries OF the altruism Of br
cal citizens and merchants who CON vi
ibuted TO the Volunteers OF America IL
'or children's outing fund. Not mis-
- marred the day OF fun and frolic. gu