War and Play

If Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, Britain fears the next war may be lost in London's alleyways. A year ago the Government began a campaign to make all Britons physically fit, and last week British citizens undertook a crusade to provide playing fields for the 5,000,000 British children who have no place to play but city streets.

Recreation leaders know that unless a playground is within half a mile of the child's house, he will play in the streets. To U. S. children. WPA has brought thousands of new playgrounds in the last three years. Great Britain will try another way. Announced last week was the organization of the Five Million Club, chairmaned by Rugby School's headmaster P. H. B. Lyon. It urged school children and adults to become members at a shilling a year, promised that each sixpence would buy a square foot of playground. The club has already signed up 20,000 members. As it reduces the number of playgroundless children, the club will change its name to the Four Million Club, the Three Million Club, etc. It hopes eventually to disappear.

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