. The Kindergarten magazine. pursue his call- 144 KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE. ing and still keep his suspicious eyes on his his hat was proffered him after being restored to itsformer adhesiveness, he received it with great distrust. Heexamined the stitches with minute care, held it by its brim,and thrust his little fist suddenly into the crown; but asthe two pieces held together he seemed relieved, and put iton his head, much to the satisfaction of the Foolish Woman,who had no faith in it as a sand hod. On the west side of the playground, where the streetsidewalk projects over abou
. The Kindergarten magazine. pursue his call- 144 KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE. ing and still keep his suspicious eyes on his his hat was proffered him after being restored to itsformer adhesiveness, he received it with great distrust. Heexamined the stitches with minute care, held it by its brim,and thrust his little fist suddenly into the crown; but asthe two pieces held together he seemed relieved, and put iton his head, much to the satisfaction of the Foolish Woman,who had no faith in it as a sand hod. On the west side of the playground, where the streetsidewalk projects over about six feet above the level of theplayground, there have been placed forty-two low swings,each wide enough to hold two; and when eighty-four littlepeople, talking, disputing, singing, are all swinging as highas they can, and the heads and feet bobbing up against thesidewalk overhead, your eyes will be as bewildered bythis sight as are your ears by the mingled Polish, English,Bohemian, German, and Russian. At either end of the. ON THE GIANT STRIDE. playground are four big swings ten feet high, generallyoccupied by the older or larger children. Near these are A CHICAGO PLAYGROUND. M5 two Giant Strides or Flying Dutchmen, as the children callthem. A giant stride is an upright pole with a revolving iron
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