To the Editor of the "Nonti-Cuixa Dalny News!
Sin—To my mind there appears to be one very great need in this town, and I am Wondering if there Are many others who would agree with me—the thought in mind being playgrounds and places for the entertainment and enjoyment of children from about the age of Bor 0 upwards!
The grown-ups have their and tennis clubs, ete., for outdoor exercise, their ordinary clubs. for teacdances, bridge, ete., babies have their small enclosures where they gather together, with their a but older children have no pla all. Even a. huge place Jessfield is all right as far as the very small children are concerned Who ave interested in the swings, ete, in the children's section, of for the grown-ups who wish to walla around (oF anybody of any age who is interested in the sailing of yachts on the small lake), but there are terests for the older boys and If they even try to throw hi small rubber ball front one"to the. taters for the. grown-ups, witha Small. section "for the, babies, but there again ix nothing for the know:
cine, and want to play their wanes ing chen eho ned loi of ext of football, baseball, cricket, ete, unfortunately not Known about?
Are there any places which 1 have
not, isn't it about time a few Blacen' be alfeted for their "come Blete. enjoyment. without restric. tons? "At present, if they want to play scames" they. seem 2 have {0 hang around on the paths of com. pounds or out on the rtrests, winch far from healthy of pleasurable.
They are atic to enter Jessfield Park without payment, bud inthe majority of cates "they. are not terested' as "there ts' nothing jo when you get there." "Surely it tare enough to cot off one sees tion "where. they can play aound Without interference? "There sal Would be plenty of, space left for the people who watk'around. ie'conte anything to set a section fitted up and ket up suitably, then charge could be made for the children entering that' sections fe sure that parents sould fon willing to-pay and thus ensure their children's real enjoyment in the open air, Has anybody aby interest in this question, any: remarks, or any suggestions, as it eecms a very acute Distractes Morure of One. shanghai, Mar. 20, 193.
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