Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-07-22


county fair, lasting four days. Be
sides exhibitions Of agricultural imple-
ments and handicraft, farm animals
are also exhibited During the fair,
there are daily ballgames, horse and
auto races and band concerts. Bara-
| 100 also has a Y M. G.. A..
/ The Baraboo river runs through the
city and furnishes waterpower for
various industries such as woolen and
linen mills The city is also some
what of a railroad center; thus many
lof its inhabitants are employees of the
IC. &c N. w. road. The stores and 9TH
er industries are very prosperous and
cater to a large country or farm trade.
Baraboo for many years was the
winter quarters Of two widely known
and prosperous shows, namely, Ring
! ling Brothers and Gollmars and the
city was the original home of the men
who founded these shows. One of these
men, Albert Ringing, erected a beauti-
iful brown stone residence and also a
grand theatre, called Americas Pret-
tiest Playhouse, besides this theatre
Baraboo has another movie" house
called "The Gem"
| Baraboo is the county seat Of Sauk
county The business houses are
grouped about the courthouse which
stands in the center of the city. Madi-
son, the state capital, is only about
| forty miles distant. Tourists passing
through Baraboo, speak of the good
roads, lighting system and the appar-
ent pride the citizens take in keeping
their houses well painted, yards neat
and the business section clean and up
! to date
For schools, BarabeO has three
ward schools, Catholic parochial
school, an annex of the high school
containing seventh and eighth grades
and high school to which come many
boys and girls from surrounding rural
districts.
Recreation in Baraboo
To make a complete survey of re-
creations and games most enjoyed by
children, the cooperation of Superin-
tendent A. G. Kingsford was secured.
Each one of the two hundred ana
fourteen high school students was
asked to write theme on the follow
ing subjects: What Do After School
''What I Do During Saturday and
Sunday or What I Did During Sum
mer Vacation" Baseball seems to be
the most popular sport of the children
, Of this age as shown by the survey.
The children were also asked to name
| the game or games which give them
the most enjoyment. Ire active run
ming games, "Hide and Seek, Last
Couple Out and many other out OF
Card games are not especially popu
lar.
! Of the out of door sports swimming
is by far the favorite. This may be
due to the fact that Devils lake is so
convenient and affords such won
derful place for this recreation.
Picnics, photography, bicycling,
boating, climbing bluffs, skating, hik-
ing fishing, motoring, hunting and
horse back riding are other out door
sports greatly enjoyed. Not many
children attend the moving picture
shows possibly due to the fact that
nearly every child has a war garden
and spends a great deal of his time
there.
In order to find out what the chill.
dren in Baraboo do during their spare
time, it seemed wise to learn what
part the churches play, whether the
children attend church regularly, be-
| long to church choir or any other
church organization in the city. Con-
trary to popular belief tie grammar
school children were found to be less
attached to or interested in a church
than high school Students The
churches hold Christmas exercises,
] Children's Day programs and several
picnics, sleighrides annually for the
i children of the congregations Some
Of the churches also have children's
clubs. Other societies to which some
of the grammar school children belong
are the Boy Scouts of whom Rev. E.
G.. Henke of the Presbyterian church.
| is scoutmaster, and an auxiliary to
this society, The Boy Scouts proper is
comprised of boys from IL to 16 years
LOT age while the auxiliary or junior
organization includes boys between
the ages of 8 and IL years.
Some of the children also do some
kind of work out of school hours.
They clerk in stores, NOW lawns, do
nurse work, do errands, peddle bills,
deliver papers, dispose of ashes and
garbage, split wood, and other odd
ljobs in and around the homes.
With the high school youth comes
the greatest problem of recreation,
as he is passing from childhood to
manhood and childish games and
amusements no longer please or in
terest him. He is continually looking