The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-06
WOMAN,S REALM
Your
Children

paris-The traveller has q ten
dency to compare the customs Of
other lands with their own, and not
infrequently with q preipdiced eye.
The prejudice may favor our ways
and means ut home. but quite 90
often one hears visitors exclainn,
"Why can't we do this or that
with our chiidren2" And ! happened
TO hear some American mothers
voice my own opinion on o matter
that ! believe the French beat Us
at.
II "a O very definite civic effort
10 amuse VERY LITTLE Chill
DREN.
In Paris and other cities In
France, for instance, everywhere
that there Is o park or an open
space available, one sees tiny car
ousels or merry.go.rounds. The lit.
tie horses arc not bigger than good
sized dogs; also, there are tiny
carriages for babies too small to
stick on the diminutive steeds. The
conveyances are close 70 the
ground, and the whole pocket edi-
ton Of our roaring affairs could be
folded up and carried away on 0
medium -sized truck.
Pleasant Music with Fun
No rip-snorting music accompan-
les these racers on their circular
track, but instead, 0 little tinky
organ piping O merry tune makes
II oil jolly for little Yvonne or
Gilbert, who have been allowed two
pennies or 80 10 play the horsies.
And this 10 not oil. In the ia
nous Tuilleries Gardens, for ex-
ample, the most beautiful OF city
parks, there are not only these
small carousels, but Punch-and-
Judy shows, Fairgrounds, with very
small and very, very safe swings.
The Fundamentally show has
q miniature stage. The seats ore
low and little. The whole thing Is
on O scale that makes your chill
dren feel intimate and ut ease.
Needless TO say, the place Is full
OF people oil the time. Children
play there from morning until
night. OF course, the little ones are
accompanied by mother or nurse,
But the others 90, too. There are
special concrete areas for skates,
and scooters and tricycles. And
above Gil, there are literally thous-
ands and thousands OF chairs
everywhere.
Parislans Seek Outdoors
II were asked what had i'm
pressed me most In Paris, the
streets, or the lovely erays OF the
trees, the cleanliness OF the build
ings, I believe I would have TO be
truthful and answer, "Chairs." For
wherever you 90, into o handker-
chief OF O park, or one OF the enors
nous, magnificent gardens fol-
which the city Is famous, there ore
chairs, and chairs and more chairs.
Oh, how the Parisians do enjoy
beng outdoors and, as someone said,
they fuse" every lovely inch OF
space under the trees and the sky.
Papa and Mamma and the children
wouldn't think Of spending oil their
free moments at home. No, out they
20, certainly Mama and the chill.
dren, the flrst chance they get.
In time we too shall get TO II. ]
dare say. We now make small nur-
sery furniture for he toddlers and
undergraduates; but 10 for II has
not occurred to us 10 slice down any
of our anusements either In size
or price 10 suit the Lilliputian GUS
toners. 80 here is o suggestion for
city fathers, or concessionnaries,
or Whenever wishes TO set up on
amusement place OF his own. Build
small. 'Puild low, and put plenty OF
chairs oil about 10 make II look
coxy. II IA timely now 10 be plan
ming for next spring.
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