Show Childs Child's Play Needs Need's Guide By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON While it is right and proper to leave leavo children pretty well alone When they play it is a good idea to give five them something to play with Next to that running a close secand second sec sec- ond and is to give them something to play about At released from winer's winters winter's win win- ers er's prison youngsters are satisfied satis- satis lied fied to behave like Ilke any other otiler young animals with the rope cut They get enough thrill just run running run run- ling ning climbing pushing and yelling But the tho time soon comes after muscles aro are fairly well stretched and bones warmed by the sun when the poetry s of mere motion no longer charms The skipping rope t ti th j swing the seesaw or pr whatever the neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood lood possesses in the way of oC entertainment en- en are quite likely to lose their heir small patrons Even common carriers such as velocipedes wag- wag ins and d scooters may be abandoned ip in n unexpected places Mr Smith I is returning Jamies Jamie's wheel that he be left eft over in our yard Mrs Jones Joness is s ringing up to ask asic if the gr green cn wagon over in the lot doesn't belong t to o Marny In In t the meantime whole cohorts atthe of at the bored sit about on on steps or loll lollon lollon lollon on porch swings They say they anything to do What exclaims Mother With that and tho the slide sUde and the new v garden set Nothing to do I declare The children are right All the time ime fillers Wiers and body exercisers Inthe in inthe the he store wont won't give them anything to o do unless a purpose is provided to o give them interest t Give a child the merest outline of at an Idea for play pisy s a a real reason for It it and he will do the rest This is s the secret of the game Think of yourself for instance with a deck of if cards Would we be interested In n laying out pretty queens and magnificent kings just because we weike like ike the colors colors' Cards are merely a means to an end And so are toys The slide How can we make a game of it Veil Well it isn't a slide at atall atall atall all but a steep icy hill hIlI At the bottom bottom bottoni bot bot- tom toni an Eskimo Is fighting a walrus s kit but ut Kayak Kak has basa u a hole it and I t. t the ho walrus is just about to pounce The other Eskimos know that John- John niko must be rescued at the peril of their own lives It takes a good bit it of sliding to get at him right because of the walrus The seesaw Can a anyone yone make 10 ups and downs without spilling one ono single drop of water from his full ull cup Wagons and tricycles There is always the danger of Indians Indians Indians In In- and tho the idea of the wagon ring If It this comes too near the gunning idea to suit then lets let's seo see There here is the circus parade Purpose is the kernel in the nut of play |