Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-14
East Slider. Object to Caruivals.

MT. Editor: Another carnival has wis., ited the Battlegrounds and after a weeks engagement has gone. To those not too near this means merely that an idle hour could be passed away here and any loose change left behind. Little ones and older ones as we'll could enjoy the excitement of hobby horses. Ferris wheel, or whip, and those who reve1 in the haz- ardous look with equaminity at the hair-raising performance in the motor drome. All very good, you say, and agree with you. But there Is another side to the story that most of you have had no reason to think of and to which I want to call your attention This is the side that Is but too familiar to those unfortunates who dwell in the ir1medi- at vicinity of the Battlegrounds. To be- gin with, there is all the noise attend ant upon getting this city of tents from the cars to the field and set up. The shows begin toward night and last until anywhere from 10.30 till midnight Ones windows at this season must be open and all the noise comes in as well as the air. You who do not live here can scarcely realize the awful din of hobby horses, whip. Ferris wheel, shouting shownaen and worst of all, the excruciat- ingly nerveracking noise of the motor drom. Most of us who are around the half century mark find sleeping very diff f1cult, if not impossible under such try ing conditions. Tuesday morning we feel rather tired and not quite fit for the work of the day. Wednesday morning we feel somewhat more so Thursday morn ing finds us decidedly jaded; Friday we can hardly move; Saturday we faintly sing, "Oh, Land of Rest, For Thee I Sigh Y But we must summon our re- serves of vitality and nerve force if any are left. for Saturday night is an all night session, for as soon as the show ends the packing begins and that and the moving of this tent city back to the railroad station occupies the night You crawl out of bed Sunday morning and if your eyes are not too tired, you be. hold the last stragglers leaving the grounds. I wish you who are not ia. miliar with this side of the story could see these grounds. Public attention l was called (and rightly sol, to the litter left on Memorial Bay at Chelsea Parade, but who cares what is left or 1 the Battlegrounds of the East Side? whc cares if breeze from the river fill 1 our dooryards with papers and rubbish
 Is this the way the residents of this sec tion are encouraged to beautify thei I homes or build new ones? How long. | ask you, would such conditions be toler ated on Broadway? As I look from m. living room windows this afternoon, 1 can see the river-so cool and restfu l 1ooking-but between it and me lie tn l tlegrounds-littered from end to ent with rubbish and loose papers-to b blown anywhere 1t happens by the wind You say the Battlegrounds are privat property. Very well. Twelve pigs in sty might be private property, but hoy INv,. H.n kAHa &aI fv14 -f dence section of city? There hay | already been two carnivals here thi season-two weeks of nerve torture t many of us-and how many more ar coming I know not. Shall we law abid ing citizens of this section be obliged t suffer in silence or leave our homes |
 order to get sleep? Is there no redress Tn the name of humanity won't some body "come over and help us?''
 EAST SIDER.
 Norwich, June IS, 1922.