Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 15
t near by can be entered.Yes, the poor boy and the poor girl whomust live huddled in the buildings called tene-ments may not even have a back yard to play in, much less a front yard, and when the tiredmother wants a bit of a rest, she must literallyturn them into the streets. They must play… … SCHOOL CHILDREN DRILLING IN A CITY PLAYGROUND. 584 PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS 585 girls going around a telegraph-pole or lamp-postas they join hands singing in a May-pole song. Ifthey are run over while playing hide-and-seekamong the freight-cars, or knocked down by thehorses or motor-car, the parents…
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