Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1928, Page 21

——— EXPERTS 10 STUDY RECREATIONINUS. Seek to Educate Public on Proper Use of Park Areas. Special Dispatch to The Star. ATLANTIC CITY, September 22.— How best to use the extensive recre-; ational resources in and near American cities, including parks, playgrounds. beaches, schools and even churches for the maximum pleasure of the people, will be the theme discussed by 600 pub- lic reacreation executives who ~will gather here October 1-6 for the fif- teenth national recreation congress un- der auspices of the Playground and Recreation Association of America. Recreational factlities have llxl\cr(;’ascd rapidly since the beginning of the pres- cn‘l"l::nlury !\Inr(‘g(h:ln $1.000,000,000 has been expended for our 250,000,000 acres of municipal parks and their equipment and $100.000,000 a year is spent to maimtain them, according to the Playground and Recreation Asso- | ciation. In addition, $32,000,000 was | expended in 1927 for organized play- grounds, athletics, swimming pools, | Summer camps, social recreation and other activities under public auspices. greatly exceeding sums invested for! this purpose in previous years. And these figures do not include the amount spent for church-centered recreation and the activities of a number of na- tional recreation agencies. Face Many Problems. The large sum of money expended for land and equipment, the cost of their maintenance, the unused oppor- tunities for play in_ school buildings shut up several months a year, the un- certainty among churches as to their role in supplying recreation for their members, the lack of standards and proportion in a number of city recre- ation systems and other problems ledl the recreation congress committee in the selection of its theme. Municipal parks which now contain many golf courses, tennis courts and other recreational areas, began to de- velop shortly after the Civil War, but did not become impressive in number until the turn of the century. In 1892, about a hundred cities reported parks, while in 1902 the number had grown to 796. In 1926 communities provid- ing parks totaled about 1.620. Since 1906, the number of cities re- porting organized recreation has grown from 41 to 815. Tae expenditure for active recreation mounted from $9.- 317000 in 1922 to twice the sum in 1926 and more than tiree times that amount or $32,191.000 last year. Bond issues for recreation in the period 1923- 1927 totaled $147,106,000. The growing demand of adults for active sports has created special prob- lems for recreation executives. In some cases, bond issues for golf courses are being seriously considered, while seri- ous health and accident conditions, which playgrounds, could relieve, are ignored. This situation is one of the questions which delegates to the recre- ation congress will face. Movement is Slow. “The idleness of school buildings six- sevenths of the hours of the year is a condition with which the American peo- ple_are no longer satisfied,” says Jcixa J. Tigert, former commissioner of edu- cation, in_a recent publication of bis | burcau. The use of the school plant for recreation and social activities 1s increasing, but the movement is slow How to get the majority of schools open for evening use and how hest to relate the school building to other recreational facilities is another question which the recreation congress will consider. Of increasing popularity among the children on the playgrounds are hand- craft activities, Many objects in wodd tin, cork, clay, Soap and other materials. including pottery, baskets, dolls, bird houses, toys and other things, will b exhibited at the recreation congress. But the most striking demonstration in this field will be the national play- ground miniature aircraft tournam of model planes built by the boys them- selves. This will be held on October 5 and 6, concluding the congress. Both indoor and outdoor meets will be held. Reproductions of famous planes of re- cent years, like Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, as well 25 scientific models, will be flown. This meet is under auspices of a distinguished committee of flyers and patrons of aviation, including Co: Charles A. Lindbergh, F. Trubce Davi- scn, Assistant Secretary of War 1or Aeronautics; Harry F. Guggenheim and others. JIM TULLY’S WIFE AGAIN ASKS DIVORCE Charges Novelist and Former Hobo Boasts He “Recognizes No Law.” By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, September 22.—Mari- tal affairs of Jim Tully, who from a hobo became famous as a novelist, were back in the Divorce Court here tod:y fo. the second time in the last few menths After having withdrawn her first suit for a divorce soon after it was filed last June, Mrs. Margaret M. Tully yesterdoy filed a new action agains the novelist Tully, at the time of the previous rec- onciliation, blamed the domestic trouble on “Hollywood whisperers.” who at- tempted to “attack him thorough his home.” In her suit yesterday Mrs. Tully ac- cused her husband of declaring he “rec- ognized no law” and was without re- gard for ordinary conventions. He told her flatly, she said, that he “expected 1o continue to associate with women of the underworld.” In addition, she accused Tully of beating her so severely that he broke her nose on one occasion. Her statement that she would like to be a mother, she said, sent her famous husband into a rage. 'Again he scolded her, her suit recounts, because she spent 5498 for a hat. The carnings of the writer were listed by his wife as $2.000 a month, while the community property was valued at $150,000. : 3 Office Business WALK Theatre Golf Tennis TO College School Shopping Govt. Bldgs. Convenient to All Car and Bus Lines. Live in The Bradford 1800 K St. N.W. Furnished and unfurnished apartments, 1 room and bath to 7 rooms and 2 baths. Elec- tric refrigeration. 24-hour tele- phone and elevator service. Manager on Premises. Geo. W. 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