Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-07
Names of Authors In Figure.
OUR PLAYGROUND.

| HltrNtIOuS pIaCc.
our editor asked how we were GO
ing to spend our vacation. so 1 will
| tell you. l am going to spend 1t
| right here. And | don't think any
one here needs to go away for fun
| or excitement. for right here on our
| playground there is enough excite
ment for whole month OF visiting
! In another place would amount to.
| And YOU would say so too il you saw
i our playground.
hundreds of eager crowds cf' peo-
! pie go To see the park in the cool of
night or the hot OF afternoon. to in
| dulSc in the sports and places OF
recreation that our playground pro-
vidcs.
Our playground has made. believe,
everyone in Clifton Forge happy,
! especially the little tots, for where
could they find anything to excel their
wadinS pool shoot the shoots"
swings. sce-saws. merry go-rounds
and the many other things made by
Nusy workmcn FOR their pleasure?
Many people passing in or near
| clifton Forge are loud in their adj
miration of our playground. and
csucci,1v o,r arc, ,,ira,,r >Ii..
| cbonhcrs from ,v,,,,i,
she has said that of the many play
grounds she has supervised over, none
| co,ld connor, wi,h ~.
wcu IN harir ,o,,;, 49,,
! nl,vrrou,d !,
| shady grove with h,outifui troas III
around.
| The scenery around h ,s oo,oi,,
beautiful; even prettier tina, :, MIC.
| ture. l think. II IL esncri,,y n-o,;,.
at night
| Farther down. from which ;pnun-
cradle creeks low tho MOONLIGHT
| sparkles on then, l,,,o .ii,t.rirr ion.
els at night. Towcrin,- n,ount,irs
| surround il. and Won can hardly 500
through the trees. for tn. ,,,ves arc
so thick. ONLY AZ ni,bt one can 500
the moon pceping through the trees
| ana watch II as /, shines on Tho wo
tiers of the pools ne,r about
| The whole nor, 70 inc,oscd hv , hr
| wire fence. with an entrance by a
bridge and also by a road far Off.
| Everywhere YOU 40 in the playground
| YOU see hcncntS ana benches Tor the
| people To rest. There are many beau
tiful shady trees about of all kinds.
The principal thing one encounters
on the playground is a large swim-
/ ming pool for every one. 1t is in
closed by tall fence. with a screened
| entry TO the lighthouses and swim
| ming pool. Around the pool. which
is over eighty feet long and eighty
feet wide with over seven feet depth
| in the deepest place, is a large board
! walk, ana the whole pool is surmount-
ed by cement from end to end. Hun
drcds Of people take a dip in the
pool every day.
We also have lifc-saver who
! teaches us how To swim and who res
| cues pcoplc--but so far there have
been no casualties yet.
| Adjoining the pool are about thirty
dressing rooms and also a shower
house Every one has TO take II
| shower before going in the pool.
| We have rules AMI regulations for
| our pool. and no one with diseases
is allowed to so in the pool; so you
see there are little cnanccs OF our
| Tho town soil. ,,so ,o,, Irin,. ,,o
creom etc ca If ,,, an, ,,,isnna
hc can GOT n rofroshin,. d,,,I
| N,xt is Tho wodirr ,ooi ,or ,bo
littlc tots which * anon, :, foo, ,.on
| in IN. middle u - ,,so ino,o, H.,
! n wire fcpc, ana , small, hnordwo,,,
and IL ON tho orIcr az ~ ~, ,ooi
/ n s..ns III, r,,, too -, 49,, -, coz,
tn. litue tots sr,oshinr nbou, the
pool having tho limo M ,bcir ,,vcs
once heard - wou,p s,v :, :,
man ne shc watched tbcm snI,ebi,,,
around. Geo don, vou ,y;sb Won
v,s l,,d ,coino"
| po,,h,lcss il corri.s many nconlo
hack tn ,h,ir cnildhood VINO, ,bov
| vor. "Tu., :, l,iI u,,, , ,,,r, t,,,
n, ioy,
| Th. next thing is n cement foun-
tain. from whic,, everlasting" cold