| Show 0 1 ri r rIg I s A Ig 9 1 1 I y t r ri II 4 t i i 4 I 0 t i u JJ L f Ju Jutt k r I tt I I 1 4 Ii C y Yi I I 4 Y 12 4 li J Jt f J t t J c cr r r r T nii i u u u u u u x M Mr rs J U 1 C V W 1 n tar T 7 ards ards J j S Or Gt S eat reat W Work T T orl 1 9 for f Poor Foor P L Cho 1 11 i d fi ren l en How the Efforts ot oi the Gifted Authoress Now in America to Realize Some Son ot of the Ideals of oi Robert Elsmere the Book Which First Frt Made Her Famous Iia Have iLic c Led Lcd to the th Establishment ot of Institutions Where the W N aits of the th Slum Removed From the Temptations ot of the tile Streets Are Arc Made 1 Happy andT and aid Taught ul Occupations Specie ClIe ONDON Dol April 2 When tho thin In Inc LONDON L c Congress of School Il was Viti W meeting hi London lol last hummer Ill el of oC tho the American Amelian visited 1 nt at a tho ho PJ S more Ht Ute the nell lion school them thuei years rears niro ngo II O by Mrs IH I III ph 1 AVard After A tier through nil all the department where lueie HOO nU 01 or COO GOO en were ere y cobblIng old II 1 I ing I og thu drilling II fig antI and g In wool wood a I o ehl HH true 1 AC WI had vacation schools In lii you nu had them here lIere but hut we vo havo lIuo nothing like II he this tIlls It is III known that Mm 11 it AVard took from the tho United States the Ihl vacation school Idea which sho has developed so extensively probably ably 1110 t leaders tire are not n u urn that In the mind millot of this j in novelist originated the evening le JC or 01 play islay for fOl poor en which of recent years huts hua been taken up 1111 co sum extensIvely by hy American municipalities UI I I When V lien article art Id 0 Is I printed SIrs Mrs Ward will bo be enjoying her hal lid first IIII t visit 1511 to tho United It Is lieu her Intention to for fUI two months man tho ut at least and amI although she de tie declines I clines that the him trip trill on which sho will Il I be hI accompanied by 11 Ii lieu hel husband ami daughter Is It fur for or u n holiday shut she Is looking forward fOI with much In Interest Interest terest tor st to seeing what American cities base havo done iori und timid me it t c doing mg In lit tho II 0 direction dl toe tion thin ot or If t to her hem tho tle gl t educational reform r of or thu future Til TIlE 12 I PIA Y It H nut mil In to the time autumn of 1117 that limit Mrs 1111 Ward thought of tho tile play phI school To ru of ot lieI Hob itoh Hobort out ort Ideals sue sho ho hud previously money to tn ii a II JUh mont neur Kings I III Cross AH As a IL L Lor for fI or till tile education und of M working e g people hI ii hat U mah hy would be list used uJ In lii the evenings s ii RI tIle tho building IW SI ms Vard Smi uil began ii how hitt its I rooms 11 could be bc i utilised II t In hit the till duy time Among iS mon lImit tho fl rust I Itt iiii to bur WUN a it Sit y for oI poor 1011 chu I Id from li Ii l to 14 H whose or hose only ottly outside nut school bouts was Wall tb th hi und this Mm Ward amii l to act lie t upon hy by h opening tho Iho I Ito now IIO build huh Id IlIg hall to ci tho Immediate d GAMES A S of 11 culled game mt attract attracted ed e l M hO many children un Ott Sa y moin inga thai Mrs AIrs Waid began sun of it If some oie Oll provision Il for far tim dur during hug ing ill tho the lilt lato afternoons a came dune tics the Hour Jour at nt tho 11 Settlement bc with OIK or II two IWO a II wiek vee el Soon Son however tim demand for fOI admission to these thc c made an In so to three or ur four Cour every evem Mr Mrs AVard work vork worked ed el cor at nl her hem now nl tIt other calls upon hr hel time tithe One evening a II week colt sue ho he read react to n a class elaRs of boys Silo her two I no daughters In Imi tho the gaines am nail and handicraft gradually enlisted the hue services of or many fi lends Presently Ples the Duke Duik of became helpfully Interested too loo Anti And gradually the hue weekly attend attendance ance rose OSlO from bout I to 1800 ISOO ur III ur 2000 ORGANIZED years ago agi Mrs Met AVard I extending her work to other districts of or tho thic center I London by play Its It were wele per iier persons sons U I k mi ii In III I ml social I work v i rk ami 1111 1 their hell t I lieu have produced t tumults lunds lo to put l ut in III operation 10 now play centers hell hit average weekly at lit attendance e this hits I winter hits has been bremt 1100 For FOI tl eso tIme the London county count council has allowed the tho use tote of C public school buildings A on oil a to salary of If to tn 20 a it year HI H both hotl bj b h paid nali amid voluntary vol UI till helper carries on sun tho games dancing and amid 1111 gymnastic tutu till clauses In manual training cobbling cooking etc ote aJ nl they now hoot liP exist at lil is I tho thu Kd Ed l Settlement center ceo tel ll H HIn In lii a it mil low mean street lit Ile I I 1 road und mm the stIll no Hut highway In Is sItuated ono cUb of at time the most ucC RaNt 1 lId Thin rids district is 1510 a portion of Stepney Ht Metropolitan whoso population I ii I I Its till the lit 1711 of ot live an nil e of or mol to lii n a houn mid every I lU 1600 lOO 16 O boobies II tile die dl under un otto ono year 11 of u it 11 liS ue A Ai one JIll I in Into hilts the 1110 ill Ilet children seoUl seem Ti to IC tho lie t rl t II 1111 overflow de Ill II At time tho Highway school the Iho weekly d dIs Is und of the COO OO children on Iii the thu th ons about Ilbo t come cumb every night for COl an nil hour and amid forty olt y minutes di ill dividing 11 viding liI hug their hell t I I between betwee a tutu mid and anel active exercise ce clo of uC some sOllie kind The Thu children n are selected rom from ruin four COUI or five O dv schools hy h 11 tho Iho as its being ally all In 10 need of if somo such provision 1 I want the time children whom neither uc church chapel nor 1111 mission work of oC any auty kind him has reached timid Mild the busy superintendent us LIZ II the thc wrIter wilter accompanied r through the rooms anti and ilio ho was watt able tu tl Li show me 1110 a ii 1 number of oC the th hue more moore and lawless s busily II and un happily employed 1 AT ItT In lit one omits hiS big bright blight loom thirty or ur forty fort girls between eight and fourteen lI were weaving Next door tinor n a cobbling class I of boys Jors wan ions making rapid headway somo Hitting In stock I I feet while they thc I ey mended their on only 11 ly I pall of shoes For Fill other boys there lucre wits was IS while In imi the he toy loom two I 0 or three dozen tiny tin girls lucId held tea bit I parties rt or III with dolls UpstaIrs In u IL large nt at tho the hIghway school IK PO girls were wert drilling and amid to lively it rd y music nu while I he In I a another ii not her loom halt bait a hundred boys mostly lousily all 1111 11 but hilt barefoot were swinging bells One Oft of ot their t number mounted ml ted on nit u It table timble wall leading headIng to tie the music of i L match 11 by b another ii young youngster miter ster at II l the tIme piano plu no now IlOW iR liEn hEll WORK My I ly first thought was to counteract tho beet life liCe which fn poor i lI WanlIn munh In lit telling tho the writer wilter how hots her 1111 worl be ho began beJ hogun gun gan J No Nii proper Irol r provision pl hUll hits ever 01 been made nattie for or tho plu ill U ot oC I f the thu children attending tIle thu u schools houIs of oC London and Hoti our cult towns The ilie rIcher dus ses and all 1111 secondary lay hay greut rent stress upon gaInes and ond up III ii to tho ho oge lI e of dir upon the Ito lola loIs loIsI uro 1110 I it hours ms of u if a II childs thi I ids silly day line Is us us its time thor but bUI Ut In lii the hue majority of tiC C cuma Lon l lI lII dUlls dons hOO mu must l play after II tel school hourc hoots cit r In III I it lie at s of or In III I it itt I t It I living I I oh og room mom of ofu IC ICU u It t it ull III u I I Ito Iho t dully do Ihy work hous goIng nir our As a Il arule fl rule he the lie t children cli iii ron arc turned into Iii to lie thu streets with time the babies after tea tell and ml told l not hot to 10 o come ConiO home till bedtime r There Is Iff of ot collIe a amount of sit and for Cor I 1 boys after school In itt Solute como districts where the tho hoe mothers Work out till LII I late e ui III l the lie I lell u n nomad mutt t t time lie ll older cl scum practically to li do limo Iho work of the house HiLl allowing lor l tim these the e various occupations there thon still an nu army aruny of children In I ondon who vho roam the streets after school houma houll and for Cor whom in itt certain In districts it at III I amu 1111 any li rate to the hi life to of oC the tile Street stroet Is lii a school ho l of sharpness Indeed leed In but bUlut ut thin tho same matune time line of ot Idle Idleness ness gloss loud and dishonesty TAIaS IT hl UI I In III it hue t education bill hili lii Il lor fui 01 tho Ito pi went session of o ii E lii there thele Is u tu II l giving gI vI mig local I authorities ties tics power to h tIan hid and hidI I vacation schools und mind un It if In lit the end th state thus takes tWill over und continues hem hui work vork Mrs Words Wal ambition will ho bo realIzed Such Stich a tu IllUS clause went through tl ough both of or parliament without op oi opposition position pO last luat session halt but lost hut when the Ih bill ot or that hiLt tithe time wits was defeated In Ito Iho t house of or lord A short Khon enabling ote t however went 00 U I through I Ii rough last lilOt m Under this t hi cities may assist Ill schools and 1111 1 Lon Ion London don county t council IH Is now to what extent it will use this IO JI r ILAY lLA Y mOUNDS c Although Al C It lest by hy It milem loll of or tho Iho t he public lIl he money they CUll can cit mm have hae ha a tm much more complete photo playground thull In III tho Ito ll ot or Lon Ion London don domi aro much bettor hun Hum t I him thu t I tue hu play playgrounds grounds of It NOV New York und In h summer II I most ull 1111 I lImit play center gumes und mis III t rot to t u tho t open and the the he whole ook to tu tho the future The rime are al H IC designed I to t o be lie 1 mc a n preparation for special study of t art tirE or nm rude and lod the play 1151 lIre aro beci III I mm g to tu the public evenIng n roin the lie I of nr onil dider Brent attached to tu thIs ri ISO I it rest that thu t III In Inthe IIII the I his poorer i tooler districts trl ts of London not miot moru It 1010 thun thull t him i m ono mO Oil boy luny In u so thousand t lid it the th law lao will J him a sit 14 H With his hlf family In In serious med of ot the thOu few Cow shillings e can earn ho he takes aloeS the III lIttlE job iou frequently works without learning much will wit be he later on em and ut lit IS 18 Hilda him himself hImself him himself self stranded too old for boys work url and lit tit for fOI no lit mans occupation ex except except the tile unskilled U tIed laborer borer hi If it lie Ill happen hilt Ito to IC bo li strong enough Just lust here lIerl Is III It IL pertinent to tl remark r that the thue of boy bo labor Is one of tile the principal subjects under by h the royal commission now overhaul overhauling ing poor 1111 law administration JI IN CRIME CHIm small shopkeepers and from froin the thc polled police In Iii play center neighborhoods one learns how hoo potty petty street light lightIng Ing log and gambling and other ithmer crimes have laoc us lIS a it result of oC the tho counter attraction Many hll children who roam the th lit tire ore taught In lut their helm earliest yeats carH how h to Oti beg then t bow holl to 10 steal Meal und time tho of cit the Iho play hIllY center JI Is la of groat value alue In overcoming these evil ovll bullits hit bits Recently a 1 police sergeant visiting ono one of tho III J Kist Elul centers while true trac tracing ing lag a Il series of petty crimes c himself a mus full fall struck ill nt the thy sight of r several elal old busily mending shoes a und iud weaving ls At t all III centers attendance has hues steadily ripen until winter t and JIll have beers been common weekly attendance Ui At t A t the he th t Mime tuto time the lue t un tin ii cost of a r inn I lieu has climbed ci flOm moth OO lIPI I IIII to 1750 1700 Of O late lato Mrs IIII Ward tells me ut tot a suggestion of or a Il member of ott the county councils education commuter u l I few Cw SW children tb lId men who have 1110 jut gut inlo imi I it with the I hit police hits und havo boon brought ht up before the Industrial schools sec hec halt I havo been sent lelI to tu mig play centers Instead of it being committed to toan an ion Industrial 1 The jimo have havo so Ill III fur CUI tim been bOIl Not all ull are ur equally success fill III hut but to those of us who have watch watched ed eti d It U from rain the thit beginning he It Is lit evident that time thc PItch i enter J movement linn hOH enormous It la is thus the natural completion Ion of the lie t chillis school limn I mb utah und would WI u do more to 10 ue sate our OUI ICI wi III and nw gIrls of or the tho uge use und room trout from autti degeneration thun lilly any 1111 other othel sin single gle gl gb reform I I |
