Show STREETS ST GIVEN TO CHILDREN Certain Thoroughfares In New York City Closed to Traffic to Permit Permit Per Per- mit Youngsters to Play New York city is trying the experiment experiment experiment ment of closing certain highways to traffic daily and letting the youngsters romp in them Huge signs are placed across these thoroughfares reading Street closed for play Miss Mis Ruth Robinson chief play organizer organizer or or- says It brings an ache to the heart to see how reluctant some of the babies are to cut loose and play in the open street Play seems inextricably inextricably inex inextricably associated in their little minds with guilt No one after watchIng watching watching watch watch- I ing for an hour or two the healthy spirit that grows among the children in these allotted play streets can doubt their benefit to the little people of New York Play is the best constructive factor in child growth Even kittens and puppies will not thrive unless ss permitted permitted per per- to play Play Is the post Jost skillful skillful skill skill- ful of physical trainers and mora moral te teachers Child ChUd Child Betterment Bulletin |