Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-22 | Page 13 | Play Keeps Boys out of Mischief

1 PLAY KEEPS BOYS OUT OF MISCHIEF Recreational Centers in in U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S Produce Results I NEW YORK April 22 More More than I playgrounds and recreational centers centers cen cen- j cen-j in the United States are helping to keep boys out of mischief teaching girls swimming and other athletics and showing adults how to benefit benent themselves themselves themselves them them- selves physically and mentally by byplay play The effect they have in keeping boys out of ot trouble with the police pollee is emphasized emphasized emphasized em em- in reports which have come cometo to the Playground and Recreation association association as association as- as from all over the country as one of the most important results of the establishment of pla playgrounds grounds in cities These facts are given in the yearbook of the association just made public The chief of or police of San Francisco believes the establishment of neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hoo hood recreation centers is a constructive constructive constructive tive measure toward suppressing the crime wave He asked the community service to extend its recreation work because he believed belle that the wrong use of ot leisure time had much to do with the increase In crime e. e Granville Lee supervisor of ot the Portland Me l recreation commission says that bad boys behave themselves better during the playground season and also that there are arc fewer street k I accidents of children because of ot play play- grounds I I The playground directors of Bay Day City Mich have discovered that summer summer summer sum sum- mer activities on the playgrounds have practically eliminated all swearing cheating and stealing among the chil chil- dren They note with satisfaction that the spirit of fair play has helped to put the playground bully where he belongs I and boast of an appreciable falling off oft of or delinquents Cases are arc reported where mothers have been amazed to note that their children did not catch cold althou although h they played in the snow that the youngsters gained in weight and appetite appe appe- tite In one case a father forbade his daughter to play because it made her herat eat at too much One thousand children were were taught to swim in one week at Tacoma Wash Vash and it is estimated that the majority majority majority ma ma- of them girls have learned to swim at Seattle Pageants plays and community j I Singing have been fostered 1 throughout the country in the past year with good results One pageant was given at Kalamazoo Mich in a snowstorm but it was attended by several veral thousands and the scenes were much enhanced by bythe bythe bythe the snowy setting Community singing in factories has been helpful In establishing friendships among the and between them th-em and their employers and in lessening the popularity of of crap shooting Many different organizations are promoting this this' work this work worle with the result that a 42 per cent gain is reported last year The two favorite occupations of savages sav sav- ages dancing ages dancing and looking at pictures pictures- are the two favorite occupations of what I Is known as modern civilization S S. cl S. S A A. Aj Alexander British canon