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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Good Times with the Juniors - -Author: Lilian M. Heath - -Release Date: July 1, 2017 [EBook #55018] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOOD TIMES WITH THE JUNIORS *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - Transcriber’s Notes - - Text printed in italics and small capitals in the original work are - transcribed _between underscores_ and in ALL CAPITALS, respectively. - - More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text. - - - - -GOOD TIMES WITH THE JUNIORS - - - - - Good Times - With The Juniors - - By - LILIAN M. HEATH - - [Illustration] - - United Society of Christian Endeavor - Boston and Chicago - - - COPYRIGHT, 1904, - BY GEORGE B. GRAFF - - - - -Preface - - -“Good times” may be either work or play. But work and play--who shall -define them truly? - -Our block houses, toy engines, and dolls once seemed intensely real and -important to us. They are not so now. In the same way, as we grow into -the still larger consciousness, into the “life more abundant,” much that -we now regard as of grave moment will take on a new aspect, and we shall -see that it was only play. But play is blessed, and necessary to the -very growth that discards it. - -A dear enthusiast in certain lines of work, who is himself growing, I am -sure, once publicly expressed the belief that too close (!) an adherence -to the Christian Endeavor pledge results in a kind of “paperdolatry” -tending toward idleness and pauperism. Dear, dear! Can this be true? - -A look around the social and business world of to-day ought to settle -the question. We take the look, and breathe more freely. Endeavorers -here, Endeavorers there, in places of honor and responsibility--what -could our good friend have been thinking about? We must be permitted to -smile, and think that on consideration he will smile, too. In fact, the -smile cure is the best one for this and all other kinds of pessimism. - -Yet we are serious, too. In God’s great kindergarten, where we are all -scholars, learning through our play-work how to live, who shall say -which plays are most--or least--important? - -One thing is certain. He who said, “Of such is the kingdom of heaven,” -was speaking of those whose only conscious motive was _play_--natural, -graceful, happy, loving life-expression. The growth resulting was -involuntary. With the growth came new impulses, new activities, and new -growth. It is the plan, in God’s kindergarten. Brother, if we would -_grow_, let us not be afraid of play! - -To those whose loving ministry among the Juniors finds frequent occasion -for new plans, this little companion volume to “Eighty Pleasant -Evenings” is offered by one who has found both joy and growth in -preparing it. The proportion of the articles original with the compiler -is larger than in any of her previous collections; but ideas from other -sources have been welcomed and utilized whenever they could be made to -fit the Juniors’ needs. - -Credit for specially contributed articles is due to Mr. Vincent Van -Marter Beede, Miss Imogen A. Storey, Miss Mattie Marie Gamble, Miss Ida -M. Parmelee, and Miss Alice Chadwick. The aim has been to make each -evening or afternoon as complete as possible in itself. The games -described are therefore included in the socials and parties, but in -addition to the general table of contents a separate index of games -alone is given, thus helping those who may frequently wish to try new -combinations. - -With a smile and a prayer the writer sends forth this beloved piece of -her own life-expression, knowing that it will reach just the right -hands. - - Yours in Christian Endeavor, - LILIAN M. HEATH. - - - - -Contents - - - Advertising-Carnival 118 - Barrel Brigade 91 - Bells of Bonnydingle, The 155 - Bird Social 101 - Boys’ Book Party, A 113 - Card-Pasting 115 - Cinderella Reception 139 - Climbing the Bean-stalk 116 - Evening with “Ads,” An 42 - Fairy Strawberry Festival, A 104 - Flower-Show, A 41 - For the First of April 75 - Good Giant, The 23 - Good-Luck Social, A 54 - Handkerchief Gymnastics 97 - Holly and Mistletoe Drill 146 - House Book 67 - Indian Festival, An 111 - Jack Frost Reception 150 - Jack-Knife and Scissors Party 62 - “Jap” Social, A 44 - Letter Social 78 - Making Valentines 57 - Mistress Mary’s Contrary Reception 152 - Mysterious Basket-Ball 121 - New Kind of Dinner Party, A 60 - Orange Social 39 - Pansy-Hunt, A 106 - Parlor Athletic Meet, A 69 - Parlor Golf Party 119 - Parlor Mountain-Climb 93 - Pastery Party, A 49 - Pillow-Fight, A 52 - “Polly Pitcher” Social 66 - Puritan Thanksgiving Dinner, A 126 - Rainbow Social 96 - Rainy Fourth, A 108 - Reception at Curlycue Castle 63 - Red-Line Jubilee 16 - Rope Social, A 20 - Santa Claus Drill 11 - Sky-Parlor Reception, No. 1 47 - Sky-Parlor Reception, No. 2 48 - Star Social 141 - Teddy and the Goblin 130 - Tropical Fair, A 71 - Tuffet and the Web, The 81 - Washington’s Birthday 72 - - - - -Good Times With the Juniors. - - - - -Santa Claus Drill. - -BY IMOGEN A. STOREY. - - What would “good times” amount to in any well-regulated Junior society - if they did not begin and end with the Christmas holidays? We begin, - then, with a particularly jolly little drill for Christmas; and, as - the girls so often have these matters all their own way, we will try - for a change letting the boys be foremost this time. They will enjoy - the fun of playing Santa. The Sunday-school primary class, too, must - be drawn upon.--L. M. H. - -An equal number of tiny boys and girls are to be used for the first part -of the drill. They should be dressed in their nightclothes, and each -little one should carry a pillow under his or her arm, and a stocking -hung across the shoulder. - -The stage must be decorated with holly, mistletoe, and other Christmas -greens. A large fireplace should occupy the centre rear, shown in -Diagram B. A decorated motto, “A Merry Christmas” may be placed above -the mantel. The fireplace can easily be constructed of brick-colored -fireproof paper, which can be purchased at any hardware store for a -trifle, and with a piece of chalk from the blackboard the bricks can be -imitated. - -On each side, as shown in Diagram A, should stand a small Christmas tree -trimmed up in the conventional way, with the exception of candles, which -it is better to omit unless great precaution is used to prevent an -accident. On each tree the lower limbs should be supplied with hooks -corresponding with a buttonhole in each stocking, which will enable the -little ones to hang their stockings quickly and securely on the trees. - -The floor should be laid off for the first part as shown in Diagram A. A -different color used in laying off the diagrams for the two parts will -be found a great help, especially to the smaller children. - -[Illustration: DIAGRAM A.] - -The children enter from the rear, girls from the right and boys from the -left, or vice versa, carrying pillows under their outside arms and -stockings across the same shoulder, and follow lines R and L in A. When -they reach the dots shown on these lines, all extend their inside arms -diagonally up at the side, and grasp the partner’s hand. - -When they reach the diagonal lines, they let go hands, and turn on these -lines, as shown by arrows, turning again on the front line. When the -leaders reach lines R and L, a signal from the piano is given to halt. -In halting, each should keep a distance of fifteen inches from the one -in front, the same as in marching. This distance should be kept -throughout the drill. Another signal is now given to face front, all -turning in the direction of the inside arm. They now recite with -gestures: - -“We are going to hang up our stockings” (holding stockings out toward -the audience) - -“On the Christmas tree” (turning the body just a little and pointing to -the trees), - -“And we know old Santa will fill them, - -“For we’ve been good” (girls, pointing to themselves) - -“And we’ve been good” (boys, pointing to themselves) - -“As good as we could be” (all together). - -“Then we are going up to bed” (pointing up), - -“And go fa-a-a-st asle-e-e-p” (recited very slowly, dropping heads on -the pillows). - -“So, when old Santa comes” (heads raised), - -“We won’t be awake to peep” (peep through fingers). The music is now -resumed, the leaders turn to the rear, and follow lines R and L, turning -on the rear line, and again on the side lines shown in A. From the side -lines they turn on the dotted lines, which circle the trees. After -circling the trees a few times, with the common skip step familiar to -all children, a signal is given to halt. The stockings are now hung up, -after which the signal is given to get back into line. - -After circling the trees a few times more, they continue skipping, -following the dotted lines to the side lines, then to the front line. -When the leaders reach the front line, they turn on the diagonal lines, -resuming the march very softly and slowly, marching on their toes. When -the leaders reach lines R and L, all turn and throw a kiss to the -audience, then make their exit on the same lines as on entering, still -on their toes. - -[Illustration: DIAGRAM B.] - -The same number of larger children, all boys dressed like old Santa -Claus, now enter the fireplace from each side, as shown in B, running in -double time on their toes. Each boy except the last in each line should -wear a rein with sleigh-bells on its full length. All should be supplied -with whips. On their backs old Santa’s knapsack should be strapped, -filled with all sorts of things for the stockings. To increase the -merriment, some of the articles should be grotesque and funny. - -They enter, each driving the one in front, following lines R and L, -turning right and left on reaching the front line, as shown by the -arrows in B, then turning again at the next corner as indicated by the -arrows. On reaching the rear they come down the diagonal lines curving -around the trees, shown by arrows, and then to the front line again. -They then run to the rear on lines R and L, and come down the diagonal -lines, circling the trees on the dotted and curved lines, making a -complete circle. After circling the trees a signal is given to halt and -drop reins. - -They now proceed to fill the stockings, first unstrapping their -knapsacks and laying them on the floor. Signal. While the stockings are -being filled, the soft, slow music should not cease, but continue the -same as when the little ones are hanging them up. Each Santa should -stick his whip in the top of a stocking. - -A signal is now given, and the Santas all fall into line, and the -running is resumed. They circle the trees, and follow the diagonal lines -to the front line, then turn on lines R and L, and make their exit the -same as on entering. - -For a Sunday-school entertainment the small Santas can be used to -distribute the presents to the children in the audience after the drill -is over. - - - - -Red-Line Jubilee. - - -It is worth a great deal to have the right kind of memory. Although -there are more bright spots than shadows in our lives, we are apt to -forget this, and let the wrong kind of memory fasten itself upon us -quite unawares. Many would be surprised, if they kept a record, to see -how far the days with at least some gleams of gladness outnumbered the -“days that are dark and cold and dreary.” Try it. For a “red-line -jubilee” you need to begin a year beforehand. At New Year’s, or just -before, each Junior is to be presented with a calendar, and the plan is -as follows: - -All that you need is your calendar, a clean pen, and a bottle of red -ink. Every evening you take out your calendar, and, if the day has been -a happy one, draw a red line all around the date; if it brought you only -some gleams of gladness, make a red dot for every gleam; and, if it was -a day of sorrow and trouble, unrelieved by any brightness, leave the -date blank, with only its own black line surrounding it. Then, at the -very end of the year, hold a “red-line jubilee,” and, see whose calendar -makes the best showing. As every one learns by kindness to others to -make his own happiness instead of being satisfied with any stale, -second-hand variety, the red lines will grow more and more numerous. To -the “red-line jubilee” bring all the calendars for inspection; let -there be a little talk from the pastor and a short programme of songs -and recitations by the Juniors, every one of the cheery kind. Here are -four that will serve as samples if the recitations are to be short -enough so that each Junior can have one: - -I. - - Smile once in a while; - ’Twill make your heart seem lighter. - Smile once in a while; - ’Twill make your pathway brighter. - Life’s a mirror; if we smile, - Smiles come back to greet us; - If we’re frowning all the while, - Frowns forever meet us. - -II. - - There’s help in seeming cheerful - When a body’s feeling blue, - In looking calm and pleasant - If there’s nothing else to do. - If other folks are wearing, - And things are all awry, - Don’t vex yourself with caring; - ’Twill be better by and by. - -III. - - There’s never a rose in all the world - But makes some green spray sweeter; - There’s never a wind in all the sky - But makes some bird-wing fleeter; - There’s never a star but brings to heaven - Some silver radiance tender, - And never a rosy cloud but helps - To crown the sunset splendor; - No robin but may thrill some heart, - His dawn-like gladness voicing; - God gives us all some small, sweet way - To set the world rejoicing. - -IV. - - The little sharp vexations, - And the briers that catch and fret-- - Why not take all to the Helper - Who has never failed us yet? - Tell him about the heartache, - And tell him the longings, too; - Tell him the baffled purpose - When we scarce know what to do; - Then, leaving all our weakness - With the One divinely strong, - Forget that we bore the burden, - And carry away the song. - -If longer selections are wanted, “Cheer Up” and “The Bright Side” from -“Junior Recitations” are both especially suitable. Such a meeting could -be held the last Sunday in the year; or it could be made a sociable -instead of a meeting, and held some evening during the week. In either -case, don’t forget to invite outsiders and share with them the sunshine -that is being made. If on a week-night, the programme should be very -short; and games, with the refreshments, should fill the rest of the -time. Decorate the rooms with red, including red shades over the lights -if possible, and let a large frosted cake suitably marked with red -lettering help to make the occasion memorable. - -Among the games the variation of tag called “red line” could be included -if the room is large. Stretch a red ribbon across the floor in a -straight line, fastening the ends with weights or pins. This serves as a -goal. One of the Juniors who has been chosen “it” cries, “Red line!” and -starts to chase the other players. As soon as he touches one, both -return to the line; then these two, clasping hands, start out again and -touch some one else; then the three do the same; and so on. When there -are four, or any even number, at the line, they may go two by two; but, -whenever the number is odd, they must all run together in one long line. -When all are caught, the game begins again, the first one caught in the -previous game playing “it” as the new game is begun. - -A “red-line hunt” would be fun, and could be arranged by hiding various -small gifts or souvenirs, each tied to one end of a red cord, this wound -and interlaced for some length around furniture, doors, etc., each child -to be given a free end with the task of following the “red line” to its -happy conclusion. Have each parcel wrapped in white tissue-paper and -tied with a red ribbon or a bit of red embroidery silk, to carry out -still further the plan of the evening. The gifts themselves should be -very simple, and should be something equally suitable for boys and -girls. - - - - -A Rope Social. - - -This is best fun when held in a barn, or a large attic, if stairways, -etc., are safe; and it will prove a good opportunity to “rope in” new -members, or at least to make those who are not members wish that they -were. There is no programme, though Christian Endeavor songs at the -beginning and close are in order at every Junior social. Girls may bring -their skipping-ropes; and, if the place admits of swings, by all means -put up several stout ones. Introduce the game of “rope ring-toss,” or -“grommet-pitching,” as it is called by sailors. The rings are made of -rope, with the strands first separated so as the better to weave them -into smooth, firm rings about six to ten inches across. They are made -all of the same size, or of graduated sizes, as preferred. If desired, -they may be wound with ribbon. The game consists in throwing these -“grommets” over an upright stake, or over pegs driven in the wall or in -a board, each peg being numbered. The players have each a certain number -of throws, and the score is kept to see who is most skilful. - -When tired of this, they may play the game of “pink violets,” composed -of a little delightful nonsense and a good deal of running. The song -which accompanies it may be sung to the tune of “Sing a song of -sixpence,” or to any other that it will fit, or to not much of any tune -at all. The words are as follows: - - “Pink, pink violets, and roses bright and blue! - A Junior in a prison--whatever shall we do? - We’ll open the window east, and we’ll open the window west, - And never, never tell if the prisoner does the rest!” - -The children range themselves in a circle, holding a rope to help keep -the circle of a uniform size. One of them, the prisoner, goes inside the -ring; another, the jailer, stands outside. They begin to sing, and at -the words, “We’ll open the window east, and we’ll open the window west,” -the players on first one side, then the opposite, lift the rope high -enough for the prisoner to pass under; but the jailer outside is -watching. The prisoner may take his choice, but must run out at one side -or the other before the song stops, and must try to run once entirely -around the ring before being overtaken by the jailer. Those holding the -rope must neither help nor hinder the runners after the start is made, -and the openings must be at about equal distances from the jailer. If -the prisoner can run clear around the outside of the ring without being -overtaken, he takes his place with the rest, between the two whose “open -window” set him free; the former jailer becomes prisoner, the former -prisoner’s right-hand neighbor becomes jailer, and the game proceeds as -at first. But, if the prisoner is touched ever so lightly by the one in -chase, he is sent back to the centre, where he must remain; the jailer -joins the ring anywhere he chooses; his right-hand neighbor becomes the -new jailer and his left-hand one a new prisoner with privilege of -escape; and so the game continues. Each time only the _new_ prisoner -may run out. Whenever a third of the players are in the centre at one -time, it ends the game. - -After the enjoyment of the games and swings an old-fashioned molasses -candy-pull may complete the festivities, and, as the Juniors vie with -one another in pulling and deftly handling these most fascinating -“ropes” of all as they gradually assume a light golden color, the social -is sure to be voted a success. - - - - -The Good Giant - -A Fantasy in Two Acts and Two Scenes - -BY VINCENT VAN MARTER BEEDE - - -People of the Play - - KIT LORING, _a boy of twelve_. - JOSCELIN STACEY, _a boy of ten_. - MAYSIE LORING, _a girl of eleven_. - GILLIAN STACEY, _a girl of twelve_. - THE GOOD GIANT GREATBIG. - THE THREE HAPPY LITTLE GIANTS. - THE GIANT’S BABY. - JACK THE GIANT-LOVER. - THE SAND MAN. - THE KIND BEAR. - THE OBLIGING OGRE. - THE DEAR DRAGON. - THE HONEST ROBBER. - THE MOTHERLY GIANTESS. - THE FRIENDLY WITCH. - - Time: This Very Minute. - - SCENE: Act I.--The Wood. - Act II.--The Castle of Giant Greatbig. - - -Costumes - -KIT, JOSCELIN, MAYSIE, GILLIAN: Summer clothing, of the present fashion. - -GIANT: A father, uncle, or big brother, tall, deep-voiced. Scarlet -shirt, loose, elephant-colored jacket and knickerbockers, scarlet hose, -rough shoes. Needless to say, he should be stuffed out as much as -possible. A scarlet sash stuck full of swords and daggers. An -alarm-clock, with a brass chain, in his breast-pocket. Beard black and -full, mustache large and fierce, eyebrows corked heavily, nose and -cheeks reddened. Red bandanna bound about his head. He should _not_ look -as if he had just stepped out of a bandbox. - -LITTLE GIANTS: Boys of twelve, the fattest that can be found. No matter -how fat they are, they should be stuffed out, just the same. Fluffy, -light wigs, short gingham frocks, legs bare except for gay-colored -socks,--say of emerald, scarlet, and vivid blue. Low shoes with a strap -across them, after the fashion of French dolls. - -GIANT’S BABY: A boy or girl of ten, well stuffed out. White long -clothes, tight white cap, ruddy face. The Baby should carry a -policeman’s rattle. - -JACK: A trim boy of eleven, handsomely dressed. Brown jacket, slashed -with Lincoln green; long green hose, pointed brown shoes. A gilt belt, -and a sword and a dagger in gilt scabbards. A curling horn slung over -his shoulder. A small brown cap with green feathers. - -SAND MAN: A boy of ten or eleven. Buff or light-gray jacket and -knickerbockers, pointed cap, long white beard, brown stockings, canvas -slippers. A sack, apparently filled with sand, slung over his shoulders. -A sand-pail fastened to a leather belt, and in one hand a child’s -sand-shovel. - -BEAR: A good-sized boy of fourteen, with a gruff voice. A skin of a -polar or black bear thrown about loosely-fitting white or black -clothing. Clumsy shoes. Better still, a regulation costumer’s bear’s -head, a long fur coat, and Indian moccasins of fur. - -OGRE: A boy of twelve. Jacket and knickerbockers in red and white -stripes, red sash, high boots. Huge nose, brown beard, Turkish fez. - -DRAGON: A slim boy of ten or twelve in tight-fitting clothes striped in -orange and red. Gold belt, long claws on hands and feet. If possible, a -rented crocodile’s head; but a head can be constructed of red and orange -cloth sewed over pasteboard, a large cone representing the snout, two -smaller cones the horns. A long, crinkly tail,--orange and red strips -wound about a heavy rope. - -ROBBER: A piratical-looking boy of ten in a green jacket, red -knickerbockers, and top-boots. A blue sash stuck full of weapons, large -mustache, wide felt hat with green plumes. - -GIANTESS: A mother, aunt, or big sister, dressed to look as large as -possible. Yellow gown, a long white apron. - -WITCH: A nimble little girl of nine or ten. Black, pointed cap, black -cape and skirt. - - -Scenery - -ACT. I. SCENE 1. The best trees are real ones, saplings and evergreens, -cut the morning before the performance. Painted scenery of course should -be used to help out. Palms and shrubs can be rented for the evening. A -great many pieces of candy--say, molasses drops wrapped in -tissue-paper--should be laid in the branches of the sugar-plum tree. The -bean-stalk can be made of three good-sized poles, set close together in -openings cut through the stage. The tops should go up out of sight of -the audience and be secured to a platform where actors can hide at the -right time. The poles should be wound with real foliage, or with green -tissue-paper. The trunk of the telephone tree might be a hollow log, in -which a small door is cut. The bell and cardboard receiver are hung -inside the opening. Branches should be skilfully thrust into the top of -the log, to finish the tree. Branches should be heaped also about the -“roots” of all the trees, and the more green things there are scattered -about the stage, the better. The blunderbuss is made by fitting a -cardboard horn to the end of a rifle, shot-gun, or toy gun; but the -entire weapon can be made of wood and cardboard. - -SCENE 2. Before the curtain goes up the bean-poles should be lifted out -of their sockets, and the tops loosened and held in place by ropes in -the hands of actors on the platform above. At the right moment the poles -are allowed to fall. - -ACT II. The fireplace may be cut through sheets of cardboard. A box may -be placed in the opening. The larger the fireplace, the more giant-like -will it seem. It would be a very good thing if some of the little -carpenters in the company could make a huge chair, table, and cradle. - - -ACT I. - - - SCENE 1.--_A clearing in a thick wood. Left, the bean-stalk; right, - the sugar-plum tree and the telephone tree. The four children_, KIT, - JOSCELIN, MAYSIE, GILLIAN, _are discovered, with their clothes - somewhat torn and mussed. The girls are seated on a fallen log. An - open and empty lunch-basket lies before them. The boys, armed with - sticks, are moving about. At the rise of the curtain_ MAYSIE _is - sobbing_. - -KIT. Cheer up, sis. What’s the use of crying? It isn’t so very late, is -it, Jos? We can’t be many miles from home. We’ve got our compass along, -you know; and all we have to do is to keep due east. - -GILLIAN. I’m sick of our old exploring, anyway! (_Sniffling a bit._) - -JOSCELIN. You make me tired, Gill! What do we care? - -GILLIAN. It was your plan, Jos, and you see how it has come out. I -believe that farmer was telling you a whopper when he said there was a -robbers’ cave in these woods. - -KIT. O no, he wasn’t. It is a true story. Tommy Field’s father says it -is. He says people have been hunting for the cave a hundred years, and -that there is treasure---- - -MAYSIE (_wiping her eyes_). I’d rather have a nice big piece of bread -and molasses than ten million rubies, I would! - -JOSCELIN. We may find some checkerberries yet. - - (_The roaring of a bear, and the trolling of a song, heard._) - -THE GIRLS (_rushing toward the boys_). Oh! Oh! Oh! A bear! What shall we -do? - -KIT. Hide--and be quick about it! There--into those thick bushes! (_The -girls hide at rear._) Jos, we’ve got to defend them! Wish I had a gun or -something! - -JOSCELIN. I think I had better shin up a tree! - -KIT. Not a bit of it. Let’s hide, though. - - (_They do so, peeping out from time to time, and flourishing their - clubs. The roaring and singing become louder. The words of the song, - sung in a great, gruff voice, are the following._) - - Sing fol de rol de riddle-iddle ay! - I am big, and I am strong, - Happy as the day is long. - The sheep, they follow trusting at my heels. - Upon my shoulders light - The cooing pigeons white, - And in my pockets squirrels find their meals. - Sing fol de rol de riddle-iddle ay! - - Sing fol de rol de riddle-iddle ay! - No brazen club for me! - No bloody trickery! - No dragging of a princess by the hair! - No robbing of birds’ nests, - No eating up of guests, - No frightening of peasants at a fair! - Sing fol de rol de riddle-iddle ay! - - (_Enter, right, the_ GOOD GIANT GREATBIG, _carrying a blunderbuss, and - arm in arm with the_ KIND BEAR.) - -_The_ GOOD GIANT. - - Fee--fi--fo--fum! - I smell some boys and girls, I vum! - Be they short, or be they tall, - I’ll hunt them out, and kiss them all! - -Come on, Bear! I hear breathings. Don’t be frightened, my dear kids. We -wouldn’t eat you for anything. - -KIT (_sticking his head around the tree_). Honestly? - -GIANT AND BEAR. Honestly! - -GIANT. Come out, all of you. I want to talk with you. (_The children -come forward, the girls more timidly than the boys. The girls scream -when the_ BEAR _offers his paw and hugs them gently. The boys, too, are -hugged, to their amusement._ GIANT _kisses the children_.) How do you -happen to be in the middle of the wood, all by yourselves, at this time -of day? - -JOSCELIN. We’re lost. We have been trying to find the robbers’ cave. -Say, are you a real giant? - -GIANT. Of course, my boy. Do I appear like a midget? I am not only a -giant, but the last of the giants. My uncle was the famous Two-Headed -Giant, and my fourteenth cousin was slain by Jack the Giant-Killer. - -KIT. Is he alive? - -GIANT. Very much so, I can assure you. Do you know, he’s my only enemy? -To tell the truth, I’m mortally afraid of him. He’s a terrible boy. He’s -sure death on giants, and will never believe that I’m not as bad as my -relatives. I’m afraid he’ll get the best of me some fine day. - -GILLIAN. Please, sir, how can we get home? I want to go, awfully bad! - -GIANT. Well, now, little girl, I’ll see that you get home safely, never -fear. But, dear me, you are the first children that I have met in these -deep woods. I generally go about at night to keep out of the way of -Jack, the Giant-Killer, but my wife wanted me to shoot a few eagles for -supper. - -JOSCELIN. Can you tell us where the robbers’ cave is? - -BEAR. I live in it. - -KIT. Is there treasure? - -BEAR. O, a few pecks of emeralds; that’s all. I threw most of them away. -They are very uncomfortable to lie on. - -JOSCELIN. Where are the robbers? - -BEAR. Dead, all except the captain. He has turned honest, and lives with -the Giant. - -GIANT (_who has been gazing upward_). Hi! There’s an eagle! (_Raises -blunderbuss. Children stop their ears. He fires. An eagle drops at his -feet._) And there’s a crow! (_Shoots again. A bunch of black feathers -floats down._) I’ve only clipped his tail-feathers! How ridiculous the -bird must look! Listen, children. If you start for home now, it will be -dark before you get there. Why can’t you spend the night at my castle? - -KIT. Our parents would---- - -GIANT. I know. You think your people will be anxious. I’ll telephone -them. (_Goes to the tree at the right, opens a little door in the trunk, -takes down a telephone receiver, and rings the bell._) What’s your -number? Cucumber? (_Rings bell again._) - -KIT. No. It’s 333. - -GIANT (_speaking into the telephone_). Give me 333. Thank you. Who is -this? Mr. Loring? This is Mr. Greatbig. I found some of your little -relatives lost in the wood, and they are going to stay at my house over -night. Don’t be alarmed. They will come home in the morning. Good-by. I -didn’t give him a chance to say “No.” - -BEAR. Are you hungry, children? - -MAYSIE. Terribly! - -BEAR. Then I’d better shake the sugar-plum tree. - - (_Shakes a tree, right. Shower of candy. The children scramble for it. - Clear sound of a horn._) - -GIANT (_much disturbed_). Fee--fi--fo--fum! Jack’s horn! Children, I beg -of you to escape with me, or I am done for. Here--up this bean-stalk! - - (_A louder blast from the horn._ BEAR _and_ GIANT _boost the boys up - the bean-stalk, left._) - -GIANT AND BEAR. Hurry! Hurry! - -CURTAIN. - - - SCENE 2.--_The same._ JACK THE GIANT-KILLER _is chopping furiously at - the bean-stalk. His horn, his lantern, and his sword lie near at - hand._ - -VOICE OF KIT (_from above_). Too late, Jacky, my boy. We’ve chopped off -our end of the stalk; so we’re safe and sound. - -(_Shower of beans falls on_ JACK.) - -CURTAIN. - - -ACT II. - - - SCENE 1.--_A room in_ GIANT GREATBIG’S _Castle. Rear, left, window; - fireplace, with lighted candle on the mantel, centre; door, right, - rear. Bare wooden floor. Left, a big cradle, containing the_ GIANT’S - _baby. A rocking-chair next the cradle. Right, a rude table, on it a - drinking-mug as large as a bucket. Smoke-stained walls. At the rise, a - ring-around dance is going on to lively music. Those dancing are the_ - GIANT, _the_ BEAR, _the_ DEAR DRAGON, _the_ OBLIGING OGRE, _and the - four lost children. The_ MOTHERLY GIANTESS _stands at right, beating - time with a potato-masher on a chopping-bowl. The door bursts open. - Enter the_ THREE HAPPY LITTLE GIANTS _in great excitement_. - -FIRST H. L. G. O papa! papa! - -(_Dance and music cease._) - -GIANT. What is it, my child? - -FIRST H. L. G. Why, we peeped over the edge of the bean-stalk cliff, and -Jack chopped the stalk down, and it fell on his leg, and he lies there -groaning! - -GIANTESS. The poor fellow! Hub, what are you going to do about it? - -GIANT. We must help the lad. Boys, get the rope ladder. (_They do so._) - -OBLIGING OGRE. Here, give it to me. What is an ogre for if not to be -obliging? Come on, everybody! - - [_Exeunt all but_ GIANTESS. - - _Enter through window, left, the_ FRIENDLY WITCH _and her broomstick_. - -WITCH. Good-evening, Mrs. Greatbig. - -GIANTESS. Goo--good-evening! How you startled me! What have you been -doing to-day? - -WITCH. O, sweeping cobwebs off the sky, so that it will be bright and -pleasant for picnics to-morrow. I cleaned soot out of chimneys to save -work for the poor little sweep-boys, and I gave old men and women -diamond spectacles with gold rims so that they can read without hurting -their eyes. - -GIANTESS. You are a good soul indeed. - -WITCH. O, no, I’m not. I’m just reporting progress. And I dropped -chocolates, and caps with lavender ribbons, through the open windows of -Old Ladies’ Homes. - -GIANTESS. Lovely! lovely! - -WITCH. But the best fun of all was giving a breath of air to fifty poor -women who work in city factories. I rode them on my broomstick three or -four hundred miles or so. One dear thing cracked her funny-bone on the -north star. I didn’t mean to brush by so closely. (_Enter the_ OGRE _and -the_ GIANT, _supporting_ JACK, _whose leg is neatly bandaged. The other -people follow._ JACK _is placed in the rocking-chair, by the fire_.) I -can make his leg well, quick as a wink! (_She touches_ JACK’S _leg with -her broomstick. He pulls off the bandage, and capers about -delightedly._) - -JACK. Thank you, dear Witch. Giant Greatbig, I am more sorry than I can -say that I have hounded you all this time. I never suspected that you -were a good giant. You know the kind of man your uncle used to be. - -GIANT (_shaking hands with_ JACK). Well, now we are good friends, aren’t -we, hey? - -JACK. You know I’m an orphan. I wonder if you would care to adopt me. - -GIANT. A very good plan. I know you will set a good example to my boys, -and make yourself useful generally. - -GIANTESS (_hugging_ JACK). You dear child, you! To think that an hour -ago I dreaded to hear your very name spoken! My! How muscular you are! - -JACK. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Greatbig, I would like to change my name. -Hereafter I wish to be known as Jack the Giant-_Lover_. - - (_All cheer and clap their hands. The_ DEAR DRAGON, _after embracing_ - JACK, _goes to centre and recites_): - - O, once I was a Nawful Thing--a dread to man and child. - I snorted and cavorted till the villagers went wild. - I ate a church and steeple and three hundred pews of people, - And then I waved my crinkly tail, and bellowed, bowed, and smiled. - - Of course I was a favorite when July Fourth came round, - For my firework and my smoke-murk were the finest to be found. - Why, people paid a dollar just to hear my mighty holler, - And when I breathed out ten-foot flames they fell flat on the - ground. - - To shorten my biography, I’ll whisper what befell. - A fire-brigade it was that made me anything but well. - They played the hose, and soaked me, and with their wall-hooks poked - me, - Until I crawled away more wet and sore than I can tell. - - I took a cold, and nearly died. When I grew strong again, - I could no more breathe flames, and roar from my grim mountain den. - I had no great desire, sir, to scorch the fields with fire, sir, - Or to make my meals of churches filled with chubby village men. - -(_Loud rapping heard._) - -GIANT. Come in! - -_Enter the_ HONEST ROBBER. - -ROBBER. Hollo, everybody. Having a tea-party, Mrs. Giantess? - -GIANTESS. O, no. Hub picked up some nice lost children in the wood, and -here they are. Children, this is Rob Highway, the Honest Robber. - - (_The_ HONEST ROBBER _shakes hands with all the children_.) - -GIANT (_drinking from his mug_). Well, Rob, my boy, how have you been -making yourself useful to-day? - -ROBBER. This morning I went to the dog-pound with a furniture-van, and -filled it cram-full of lost puppies--cram-full, children. You never -heard such a growling and yowling in your life. I drove slowly, and -whenever I heard a child crying: “I want my dog! He’s lost!” I’d say, -“Describe him,” and it wasn’t long, generally, before the dog and his -little master were in each other’s arms. - -KIT. Hurrah for you, old man! - -JOSCELIN. What else did you do? - -ROBBER. This evening I have chased seventeen burglars and taken away -their stolen goods from them. - -MAYSIE. Did you keep the things yourself? - -ROBBER. Fie, fie, no! I’m an _Honest_ Robber. I restored the property, -and made a hundred dollars reward. - - (_A distant clock strikes twelve, and the_ GIANT’S _alarm-clock goes - off in his pocket. He takes it out hurriedly._) - -GIANT. Yes, I am correct. Gracious, children, it’s very late for you to -be up! My dear, shouldn’t they go to sleep at once? - -Giantess. Yes, by all means, hub. I’ve been so excited I forgot all -about such a thing as bedtime. - - [_Exit, left._ - -GIANT. I’ll telephone for the Sand Man. (_Goes to the telephone at the -right of the fireplace._) 128 Seashore, please. Hollo, Sandy. Take the -first gust of wind for Castle Greatbig. He’ll be here in a moment, -children. - - (_Enter_ GIANTESS, _left, with green boughs_.) - -GIANTESS (_strewing boughs on the floor_). Sit right down, -chickabiddies. (_The_ LORINGS _and_ STACEYS _and the children of the_ -GIANT _sit down together_.) - -GIANT. Good-night, children. My helpers and I have an important piece of -work to do between now and sunrise. We are going to carry a dozen or two -tenement-houses from the city into the country, and set them down gently -in green fields. - -GILLIAN. Won’t the children be surprised and happy when they wake up! - -BEAR. And in place of the houses we shall lay out a beautiful playground -for the poor children who are left in the neighborhood. Good night, all! - -CHILDREN. Good night! - -JACK. Good night! - -OGRE. Good night! - -CHILDREN. Good night! - -DRAGON. Happy dreams! - -CHILDREN. Good night! - -ROBBER. Good night! - -CHILDREN. Good night! - -WITCH. Good night! - - [_Exit by the window._ - -GIANT. I’ll be back in the morning to see that you get home safely. Good -night! - -CHILDREN AND GIANTESS. Good night! - - _Enter_ SAND MAN, _softly, by door, right, without rapping_. GIANTESS - _nods to him, then blows out all but one candle. The_ SAND MAN _waves - his hand. The children sink back on the boughs. He then casts a little - imaginary sand from his bag into each eye, and goes out as softly as - he came._ GIANTESS _takes up her baby from the cradle, left. It - squalls. She hushes it, seats herself in a rocking-chair, centre, and - sings this lullaby:_ - - B-a, ba, b-o, bo, - B-i, bi, baby bye. - Mamma’s little Giant is tired of all his play, - Tired of all the mischief he has done to-day; - Tired of pulling pine-trees clear up by the roots. - Go to sleep, my Giant, my six-foot Tootsy-Woots! - -(_Children snore._) - -CURTAIN. - - - - -Orange Social. - - -Have bunches of yellow flowers pinned to draperies and in other places -where the romping will not cause breakages. All the other decorations, -as far as possible, should be of the same cheerful hue. Some one may -give a brief talk describing “The Children that Live where Oranges -Grow,” illustrated by stereopticon or by some of the Perry Pictures. -This, if carefully prepared, can be made very interesting to children of -colder climates than those of sunny Italy and our own South. Missionary -features may be introduced if desired. - -After the talk have the decks cleared for action. Did you ever see, or -participate in, a game of orange croquet? If not, you have missed a -great deal of fun. It is merely parlor croquet, with oranges for balls, -umbrella-handles for mallets, and big books placed tent-wise upon the -floor for wickets. An umpire could be improvised out of an orange, a -squash, and four or five sticks or clothes-pins. Cut the features in the -orange-peel with a penknife, fasten the orange head and the squash body -together with a short stick whittled sharp at the ends, insert the -clothes-pins for arms and legs, and your umpire is complete. - -Following the croquet may be the game of “Mr. Woodenhead.” A strip of -orange-colored cambric is stretched on the floor, across the room, to -form a race-course. At one end place a large tray of oranges, at the -other an empty basket. The game is to see who in a given time can carry -the most oranges safely across the room, from tray to basket, with the -aid only of a wooden spoon. A jolly face painted or carved on the -outside of the bowl of the spoon, and a large yellow bow tied on for a -cravat, turns the spoon into “Mr. Woodenhead.” He may be presented as a -souvenir to the winner of the race. - -Refreshments may be sandwiches, lemonade, and orange squares, or other -plain cake with orange icing. As the children are about to go home, they -may be given each a missionary mite-box in the form of an orange, to -fill for the benefit of some mission field; or, if it has not been a -missionary social, a souvenir that would please any child is a little -basket cut out of the peel of an orange, using half, with a strip of -peel from the other half left on for a handle, the basket so made to be -filled with candies. - - - - -A Flower Show. - - -Each boy or girl represents a flower. Every one jots down the names of -the other guests and the names of the flowers which he supposes they -are. The reward for the most names might be a dozen roses, and for the -least a pair of sunflowers, or a bunch of squash-blossoms, or a geranium -growing in a bright-colored tin can. Here are some hints for costumes: - -1. Pennyroyal. An English penny hung from the neck by a ribbon. - -2. Oxeye. A target painted on a card. An arrow is sticking through the -“bull’s-eye.” - -3. Monk’s-hood. A boy wearing a monk’s cowl, or perhaps the complete -dress of a monk. - -4. Goldenrod. The boy or girl carries a brass curtain-rod. - -5. Hop. The boy or girl must occasionally hop on one foot. - -6. Four-o’clock, or Thyme, either one. A clock hung from the neck is set -at four o’clock. - -7. Elder. A boy is made to appear like an old man. His hair is dusted -with flour, and wrinkles are painted on his face. He should lean on a -staff, and wear spectacles. - -8. Broom. A girl dressed like a housekeeper carries a tiny broom. - -9. Rocket (rock it). A girl is rocking her doll in a cradle. - -10. Sage. A solemn, wise-looking boy in spectacles, top hat, and long -trousers. He must frequently peep into a large book. - -11. Sweet-william. A boy named William should wear a necklace made of -lumps of sugar. - -12. Jonquil. A boy named John, wearing quills in every available place. - -When the guessing and refreshments are over, a floral game which might -be added is that of “Red and White Roses.” Sixteen can play. Tie a -narrow strip of cloth to one sleeve of each Junior, eight of the strips -white and eight red, to distinguish the Red from the White Roses. -Appoint a captain from each side, or let one be chosen by “counting -out.” Determine in the same way which side shall move first. Spread a -sheet on the floor; mark it off with black crayon in sixteen squares, -four on a side; and you are ready. The object of each division is to get -four players of its own color in a row, either straight or diagonally. -The first captain begins by placing himself on any square he chooses. -The captain from the other side does the same, and the other players -follow, one from each side moving alternately and trying to secure the -row of red or white roses as the case may be. This game, believed to be -a new one, is likely to prove a favorite. - - - - -An Evening with “Ads.” - - -Set the Juniors to collecting clever pictorial advertisements, omitting, -of course, the liquor and tobacco ones. Each might learn what facts he -can, of general interest, regarding the trade-mark chosen or the -business represented in connection with the pictures he has selected. -Then the Juniors invite their friends, young and old, to a social -“evening with ads.” - -The pictures are pinned by the Juniors to a large sheet previously -fastened to the wall. After they have been thoroughly examined by the -guests, they are taken down and distributed by the Juniors. One picture, -together with paper and pencil, is given to each guest, who is then -requested to write, in verse, a few lines to fit the picture. After this -all are called upon to read what has been written. For example, a -shirt-maker has an advertisement showing the picture of the back of a -man’s head labelled, “This is Tom; meet me face to face,” with the -question, “Am I Irish or Scotch?” written above it. The rhyme produced -to fit it was as follows: - - “Can this be Tom, the piper’s son, - Of pork-abstracting fame? - If so, he must be Irish, sure, - The pig could prove that same! - And Irish linen shirts, you know, - Must be the very best; - So buy your goods henceforth of Tom; - You’ll find they stand the test.” - -The papers are collected and put in a safe place, after which a vote is -taken on the merits of the various effusions. - -The pictures are then again distributed, this time to their owners among -the Juniors, who have been making them a special study, and each Junior -who is prepared tells a fact or two in regard to one of the pictures. -The trade-mark of a certain popular brand of cocoa originated in Holland -more than two hundred years ago, and no doubt the way in which it came -to be chosen would make an interesting story. These incidents will bring -out still other similar facts which the guests may happen to know -regarding the advertisements, and a half-hour or so will thus pass -pleasantly and instructively to all. - -Refreshments may consist of some of the articles advertised, or of -sandwiches, apple salad, small cakes, and lemonade, or, if in the proper -season, hot maple syrup and biscuit at a charge of twenty cents a plate. -If so voted, a more or less extended report of the evening’s -entertainment may be sent to the newspaper; and a marked copy may be -sent to the firm whose unique picture advertisement won the popular -vote. This should be accompanied by a letter of explanation. - - - - -A “Jap” Social. - - -Have you ever seen the pretty little Japanese cottages in Jackson Park, -Chicago, with their quaint decorations looking as if they had been -transported in some really magical way from the land of the lotus -blossom? It was looking at these that gave me the idea of a “Jap social” -for the Juniors. - -Arrange Japanese fans, parasols, and lanterns about the room, lay down -strips or rugs of Japanese matting, and partition off various -cosey nooks with Japanese screens. Have no chairs, but plenty of -cushions instead. As to flowers, they can be chosen from a long -list--chrysanthemums, white lilies and roses, purple Canterbury bells, -cherry blossoms, clematis, yellow and white water-lilies; the pink lotus -and white feathery orchid are not so easy to procure, but might be -imitated, perhaps, with paper. At one such social the walls were -entirely covered with branches of trees sprinkled thickly with cherry -blossoms made of pink paper, representing the beautiful gardens of -Tokyo. - -[Illustration] - -This would be a good occasion for the Juniors to entertain strangers and -“grown-ups,” and charge an admission fee, as it can be made very pretty -and interesting. - -Costumes for the Juniors can be improvised from flowered silk or cotton -draperies with a little basting, a twist here, and a pin there, such as -deft fingers can give. Do not forget the _obi_, or broad sash, the -flowing sleeves, and the fans, for the little girls. One of the boys -might wear a straw rain-coat, which is strictly Japanese, and is made as -shown in the picture. Another boy might be a water-carrier, dressed in -dark-blue cotton and bearing a yoke on his shoulders, from each end of -which hangs a wooden water-pail. - -The bells of Japan have a remarkably musical, silvery tone; tradition -says that the finest have much silver in their composition, which may -account for their deep and wonderful sweetness. Whether this be true or -not, they are much more musical than Japanese music itself. They are not -sounded by a clapper within, but are struck from the outside, by a sort -of wooden arm or battering-ram. This might be imitated, by a little -experimenting. - -Tables should be placed around, containing curios and Japanese ware for -sale, including blotters and other small articles decorated in Japanese -designs, some of which can be prepared by the Juniors themselves; also -real Japanese boxes and trays; the fine Japanese colored photographs -procured from the United Society of Christian Endeavor; and the quaint -Japanese dolls. Coins from Japan, if procurable, will be of interest. - -Among the articles for sale should be the toy called by Japanese -children “Daruma San,” or “Mr. Daruma.” It is a strong pasteboard figure -of an old man in a squatting position, and is so rounded and weighted at -the bottom that it will always bob up in a sitting posture, no matter -how often one may knock it over. Another toy still more interesting is -the “Ukibara.” These perfectly plain-looking little paper sticks are -magical in their possibilities, for when placed in water they act as if -they were alive, unfolding and floating around in the form of brightly -colored fishes, flowers, fruits, animals, and many other pretty and -curious things. Children, and older people, too, will watch them a long -time without tiring of the amusement. They come in envelopes. An outfit -costs fifteen cents, and can also be procured from the United Society. - -Stories and recitations about Japan are in order. A fan drill by a -number of girls would be a pretty feature to introduce, if desired, even -though not new enough to claim space for description here. - -Refreshments might include tea for the grown-up guests, sandwiches for -all, small bowls of rice to be eaten with chopsticks, hot ears of -roasted sweet corn on a pretty Japanese tray, and a variety of sweet -cakes. All should be served on tiny square individual tables about six -inches high; and, if any one complains at being obliged to fold himself -up like an umbrella in order to partake of these delicacies, tell him -that his complaints cannot be understood unless he will consent to -express them in Japanese. But, as every one is extremely polite in -Japan, there will probably be no trouble of this kind. - - - - -Sky-Parlor Reception, No. 1. - - -AN attic is usually a wonderland of delight to any normal child, whether -a reader of Sara Crewe’s charming adventures or not; but it is a -wonderland too little explored. A large, clean, light, old-fashioned -attic may be utilized in turn for a reception-hall, curiosity-shop, -library, work-room, dramatic recital, and romping-ground. Its -possibilities are great, and would fill several afternoons. One such -occasion might be as follows: - -Let the Juniors be received with more or less ceremony by the committee -of large or small folk who are acting as hosts and hostesses. If -old-fashioned costumes are worn by those receiving, it adds to the fun. -After the arrival in the “sky-parlor,” the guests are privileged to have -a sight of any antique relics that have curious stories connected with -them. If a nice grandma can be found to tell the stories, so much the -better; but it is to be hoped that she will not prove too fascinating if -there is to be any work done. - -Tables are placed around in light portions of the attic, spread with -piles of old papers and magazines, and a pair of scissors and a chair -for each child. The Juniors look through the periodicals, and clip -pictures, and perhaps stories also, that they think would be good for -future scrap-book use, placing them in boxes, to be sorted next time. -Rosy apples, nuts, and pop-corn will be acceptable after their arduous -labors, and the Juniors will go home quite ready to come again the very -next Saturday afternoon. - - - - -Sky-Parlor Reception, No. 2. - - -This time a corner of the attic is transformed into a representation of -Sara Crewe’s odd little room, so cleverly and mysteriously changed from -dismal bareness to cosey luxury by the East Indian friend next door. -There should be a cot, cushions, rugs, draperies, quaint Oriental -ornaments, and last, but not least, the three essentials--Sara herself, -her long-suffering doll, and the monkey. A toy monkey will do. The story -may be read--and more or less acted, if desired--for the entertainment -of the children. - -Either before or afterward some of the clippings may be sorted ready for -scrap-books; and a few such afternoons of mingled work and play will be -among the brightest experiences of the Juniors. - - - - -A Pastery Party. - - -Be very mysterious in your remarks about what is to go on at this party, -answering all questions by whispering in the ears of your friends: “Why, -don’t you know what a pastery party is like? I’m really surprised!” - -There is pastry and pastry. A pastery party, to keep the secret no -longer, is a scrap-book party, nothing more. O, but it’s fun! Try it. -Get hold of a lot of illustrated periodicals; the more guests you have, -the more magazines you need. If you can find colored picture cards -besides, all the better. Ask your mother to make enough flour paste to -fill several cups. Fifteen or twenty guests are not too many. A sheet, -an old table-cloth, or neat pieces of wrapping-paper should be spread on -the table or tables. There must be plenty of elbow-room for -scrap-booking. - -A pastery party need not be an expensive affair. I once had three dozen -scrap-books made for about two dollars and fifty cents. This is the way -I went about it: Down at the wholesale wrapping-paper store I bought a -good-sized pile of sheets left over from a large order. The paper was -manila, smooth, and not too thin or too thick. I cannot remember the -exact measurements. At any rate, the old binder up-town cut them into -two sizes, and the smaller size, eight by fifteen inches, is the best -for a pastery party. There should not be more than twenty pages in a -book. My covers were of terra-cotta cartridge-paper. Any medium heavy -paper will do. If you wish to be economical, you can stitch each book -with a single piece of string, punching the holes with a scissors-blade. -The books should be numbered. - -When the guests, seated at the tables, are waiting for the pie (or -something) to be brought on, you and your assistants should enter, -dressed in chefs’ aprons and caps, from the kitchen, first with a -trayful of paste-cups, which you should set on the table in a very -dignified manner, one cup for each guest. Maybe the guests will peer -into their cups, and wonder whether they are expected to eat their -custard without any spoons! As soon as they catch sight of the -mucilage-brushes--which can be procured cheaply at the stationer’s--and -the scissors, they will begin to suspect what is meant by the word -“pastery.” Bring on next the scrap-books and the magazines, and tell -your friends that at the end of an hour of “scrapping” rewards will be -given by three grown-up judges for (1) the neatest and best-arranged -book, (2) for the book containing the largest number of pictures, and -(3) for the book which is filled first. - -The time-limit should be exact. Every person should write down on a -piece of paper the number marked on the cover of his book, and next to -the number his own name. The books should be carried to the judges, who -are seated up-stairs in a room with closed doors. Not until they have -announced the winning numbers will they be furnished with the slips of -paper containing the names to which the numbers belong. By taking these -precautions the contest will be absolutely fair. The scrap-books should -be given next day to the children’s ward of a hospital, or to the -children’s room in a library. Each pastery-cook’s name should be written -in his book, and under the names of the successful competitors should be -set down what rewards they won. - -The rewards might be these: A handsome scrap-book, a bottle of library -paste, and a pair of scissors. While the judges are deciding, the -company might play “Jenkins up!” or cut paper dolls. The refreshments -might be miniature apple-pies, the size of a small saucer, for each -guest. After the party is over ask those guests who did not have time to -paste their books full kindly to do so at home and return them to the -hostess as soon as possible. - - - - -A Pillow-Fight. - - -To prepare for this, the Juniors will be busy collecting “ammunition” -for some time, from all quarters--woods and fields, garden and lawn, -library and sewing-room. When there is enough, they can have their -pillow-fight. In fact, they may need to have several of them. - -First, the various pillows, or cushions, must be made. The girls can -first make the plain, square, muslin foundation bags, and then embroider -covers for them, or they can make the covers by sewing bright ribbons -together in strips, or by crocheting them, or in various other ways to -suit their own taste. Each Junior girl, from the oldest to the youngest, -will want to make one. - -Meanwhile, both boys and girls can collect, prepare, and sort the -materials for filling them. Some can be filled with cotton, with a -little sachet-powder sprinkled in; others, with paper torn into small -pieces; others, with pine needles; others, with dried rose-leaves--or -the rose-leaves, if not very plentiful, may be mixed with bits of paper, -or used with cotton instead of sachet-powder. The clean, fine inner -husks of corn, torn into shreds, and dried, make excellent ones; and a -recent fancy is for pillows filled with dried autumn leaves. I would not -advise feathers; they are not so inexpensive, and are usually too much -trouble when flying about in a room full of people. The other materials -named above are all easy to manage, and still other good ones will be -likely to occur to the Juniors and their friends. - -When the foundation pillows are filled and sewed up, which in itself -will be both fun and work for the whole society, and before the -decorated covers are put on, is the time to have the pillow-fight. -Divide the Juniors into two companies; line them up across the room from -one another, with their ammunition; and if they are normal children they -will need no instructions how to proceed. The pillows are “fired” -merrily back and forth until one company or the other is driven from its -stronghold or has had all its ammunition confiscated by the opposing -forces. It is a good test of the sewing, too; for, unless the stitches -are secure, there _may_ be a sudden shower of rose-leaves, paper -snowflakes, or autumn treasures, when least expected. - -Nuts and apples, or other simple refreshments, will be welcome when the -battle is over. The outside covers are then put on the pillows, and the -last bit of sewing--the one seam left open in the pretty cover--may be -finished if there is time, or taken home by the Juniors to be completed -there. The pillows, when done, may be either sold at a fair or given to -some home for invalids, where there never can be too many or too great a -variety. If the latter plan is adopted, a cheering message, either a -comforting verse from the Bible--the health promises are the best, and -will often do what the doctor’s medicine cannot--or a bit of sunshine -from some bright or restful poem may be written on a slip of paper and -pinned to each pillow. Selecting, writing, and attaching these will make -more pleasant work for the Juniors, which may be done separately or -together. - - - - -A Good-Luck Social. - - -For a late October social, perhaps for a Hallowe’en frolic, this will be -liked by many; but it is good at any time of the year. - -A good-luck fairy, or witch, in a long red cloak and high pointed hat, -should be mistress of ceremonies. If the time is Hallowe’en, the rooms -may be lighted with Jack-o’-lanterns. One doorway may have a portière of -apples hung on strings of different lengths. The tallest Juniors are to -stoop and “bite” for those hanging on the longest strings; the shorter -ones reach for those above, in the same way. In the middle of this -portière hangs a horseshoe, and for the first game let the Juniors each -try to throw three tiny apples between the prongs of the horseshoe. -Those successful in doing so are supposed to have good luck throughout -the coming year. - -Another game that might be played is apple-shooting. Place apples of -distinctive colors, red, yellow, and green, afloat in a tub of water, -and let the Juniors shoot at them with toy bows and arrows. To fire an -arrow into a red apple assures one of good health; to shoot a yellow one -means wealth; and those who succeed in hitting the green ones are to -have some especial piece of great good luck. - -Arrange the chairs in the form of a horseshoe, and seat the Juniors, all -except two--one who goes out of the room, and one who acts as -“reporter,” and must have a good memory. This is the game of “wishes and -compliments.” Each player makes a remark or wish concerning the one out -of the room. For instance, one says, “She wears a wig.” Another, “I wish -she would sing a song.” A third, “She can’t sing a note.” A fourth, “She -can recite beautifully.” A fifth, “I wish she may go to Africa as a -missionary.” A sixth, “She is dreadfully conceited.” A seventh, “She is -the best scholar in her class,” etc. The “compliments” will not all be -of the most flattering kind, and the wishes will be either sensible or -nonsensical ones, as occur to the wishers. Then the reporter calls in -the absent one, tells her that one person has said so-and-so about her, -and asks her to guess from the remark who the person is. She has only -one guess for each remark. As soon as she guesses one correctly, the one -thus discovered must take her place; and so on throughout the game. - -This game might be followed by a number of “good-luck stories,” each -Junior telling the best piece of good luck, as he considers it, that -ever happened to him. - -A hunt for four-leaf clovers, of which there may be a hundred or more -made of green paper and hidden about the rooms, will be enjoyed. The one -who finds the most may be rewarded either by some trifle like a pin-tray -or by a stick-pin in the form of a four-leaf clover or horseshoe; or, if -he is one of the younger Juniors, by a copy of that charming little -book for children, by Mrs. Annie Rix Militz, “The Wonderful Wishers of -Wishing-Well.” - -Again the Juniors may be seated in their horseshoe row, and play the -game of “wishes and results,” which is quite different from the other -wishing game. Each is given a slip of paper and a pencil, and is asked -to write his greatest wish. These slips are then collected and others -passed, on which each player answers the question, “What do you think -would happen if you should have your wish?” These “results” are -collected as were the wishes, and after thoroughly mixing the slips, but -keeping the two sets separate, each set is numbered from one up, and the -wishes and results are then read in pairs, according to number; the -results, as might be expected, often proving amusingly inappropriate to -the wishes. - -Refreshments may be apples roasted and corn popped by the Juniors -themselves, to which may be added nuts, lemonade, and cookies in the -shape of horseshoes and four-leaf clovers. Just before the close, the -good-luck fairy or some other “grown-up” should give a short talk -clearly explaining the truth that every person really controls his own -“luck,” and saying that a magical recipe will be given to each Junior on -starting for home, which, if followed, will keep him always fortunate. -This “recipe,” typewritten and handed to each in an addressed envelope -labeled “Good-Luck Recipe,” is the definition of “luck” given by Max -O’Rell, as follows: - -“Luck means rising at six o’clock in the morning, living on a dollar a -day if you earn two, minding your own business, and not meddling with -other people’s. Luck means the appointments you have never failed to -keep, the trains you have never failed to catch. Luck means trusting in -God and your own resources.” - - - - -Making Valentines. - - -If some of the Juniors wish to surprise their friends, or the inmates of -their pet charitable institutions, with kind thoughts in the form of -valentines, those made by themselves are sure to be most acceptable; and -then, too, it is such fun to make them! - -The materials needed are white and colored paper, including gilt and -silver paper, also paste and scissors. One has first to cut the colored -paper into squares, which may then be folded into quarters and the -quarters into triangles; then cut these into all kinds of intricate -tracery, and they will be pretty when unfolded, for the repetition gives -beauty to the most awkward cutting. Next paste them on a background of -white, and decorate them with mottoes or with tiny doves and hearts, in -gold. - -One little girl even attempted to cut out a Cupid for a very special -valentine, to be given to her grandma; and, although the Cupid was a -little lop-sided, it was still quite imposing. Another wee girl, the -little sister of one of the Juniors, made good use of her kindergarten -skill by _sewing_ a valentine! Her sister prepared it for her by cutting -a heart about three inches across, from a piece of folded paper; using -this as a pattern, she marked around it on a piece of cardboard, made a -small oblong in the centre, for a picture-frame, and pricked the outline -for the five-year-old to sew with blue silk. This was accomplished with -much delight, and with a stamp picture of the giver pasted in the centre -of the oblong was as pretty a valentine as need be. - -One favorite kind, the “window” valentine, was made by taking a square -of paper, doubling it and cutting one straight slit half-way across from -centre to the outside; then folding it once the other way--into -quarters--and cutting off the corner so as, when unfolded, to make a -square opening in the centre, with its corners opposite the sides of the -larger square. While the paper was folded in quarters, a third slit was -cut, parallel with the last one. When unfolded, this brought strips each -side, which were folded back on the outside of the valentine; a picture -was pasted back of the opening, and the valentine looked like this: - -[Illustration: WINDOW VALENTINE] - -Another was made to represent the front of a house, with a “Welcome” -door-mat and a door that opened and disclosed a photograph of the giver. -On the door was inscribed, - - “Open this door, and you will find - One who would be your valentine.” - -Still another represented a dainty lady on horseback just ready to jump -through a paper hoop held by a clown. Underneath was the verse, - - “Jump through this paper hoop of mine, - And find your own true valentine.” - -The paper in the hoop concealed a photograph. Of course it should be -explained to the children that valentines containing photographs are -supposed to be for relatives. - -One of the prettiest surprises of all on the occasion of which I am -speaking, was a wonder-box, made from a piece of heavy paper six inches -across. Fastened securely in a most mysterious way, and with bits of -candy rattling tantalizingly inside, it was a delightful, but not an -easy, task, to open it, even to those who knew how. - -[Illustration] - -The diagram shows by dotted lines exactly where the paper squares must -be folded, and the heavy lines show where it must be cut. The holes are -for the corners, folded small, to be put through, and then straightened -out again. - -This is the way the wonder-box looks when done: - -[Illustration: WONDER-BOX (Closed)] - -It would be as good for a Christmas present as for a valentine. - - - - -A New Kind of Dinner-Party. - - -This was one of the invitations: - - DEAR BERTOL: - - I hope you will not think it odd if I ask you to be either a - table-furnishing or something to eat at my dinner-party. Will you be - kind enough to be served at my house two weeks from to-night; that is, - Tuesday, October sixth, nineteen hundred and three, at half-past - seven? And, if you accept, will you not please let me know what you - choose to be? - - Hungrily your friend, - L. BETTINA ARNED. - - _45 Muscovy Street, - Tuesday, September twenty-second._ - -About thirty children came. Of course there were more girls than boys -(there always are); still, the boys could be discovered without a -microscope. Some of the guests were these: - -1. Mock Turtle (soup). A boy with green cloth slippers on hands and -feet, and a green oval cardboard shield on front and back. He wore green -trousers and stockings, green tissue-paper hair, and green goggles. - -2. Black Bass. A boy in burnt cork dressed like a negro singer. On a -card hung about his neck was drawn a bar of music showing “bass” notes. - -3. Duck. A little girl in a white duck dress. - -4. Turkey. A boy in a fez and Turkish clothes--orange sash, baggy red -jacket and trousers, and pointed shoes. He wore an immense burnt-cork -mustache. - -5. Game. A girl carried a checker-board under one arm and a pachisi -board under the other. - -6. Hare. A girl with her “hair” worn long. - -7. Pear. Two girls kept hold of hands all the evening. - -8. Sole (the fish). A girl wearing a card on which was pasted the -picture of a shoe-sole. - -9. Whitebait. A boy dressed in white (not duck, however). He carried a -short bamboo fish-pole. The hook end of the line was fastened about his -neck. - -10. Chinaware. A girl in Chinese clothes. - -As soon as a guest arrived he was given a numbered sheet and a pencil, -and was told to guess--without exchanging hints with his neighbors--what -everybody else was supposed to be. The reward for the longest list was -an angel-cake, and for the shortest a stick of barber-pole candy, tied -with bright green ribbon. Really, there were two dinner-parties that -evening, for while the lists were being counted Mrs. Arned served -lemonade and crackers. - - - - -Jack-Knife and Scissors Party. - - -The boys all bring their jack-knives, of course, and the girls their -scissors. Other tools and materials, provided by the committee, are a -pile of white pine boards knocked from old boxes; a bundle of -tissue-paper and crape paper; some cardboard; a pot of glue; some wire, -pins, tacks, small nails, and hammers. Rewards are offered to the boy -and the girl who at the end of two hours have made the most useful or -ingenious articles. - -There is a wide range. Wooden spoons, plates, toothpicks, -paper-cutters, dolls, toy boats and sleds, statuettes (!), window-sash -supporters, and tabourettes; tissue-paper lanterns, mats, valentines, -bouquets, and dresses for some of the wooden dolls; these form only a -partial list of the result of one such contest. Ingenious Juniors will -delight in inventing new and astonishing effects in both paper and wood. -“The American Boy’s Handy Book” and “The American Girl’s Handy Book” -would be suitable rewards. After their arduous toil the workers will -appreciate a lunch of sandwiches, fruit, and lemonade. The articles made -may be either given to some charitable institution or saved for a -Christmas tree or fair given by the Juniors. The latter plan will -generally prove more desirable, as only a few of the articles would be -as suitable for inmates of any one institution as they would be for -those of private homes. - - - - -Reception at Curlycue Castle. - - -Invite the Juniors to a reception at Curlycue Castle, giving date, hour, -and street address, but no other particulars. When they arrive, they are -introduced to the Queen--or King--of the Curlycues. This important -personage is dressed in a more or less fantastic costume, in which the -most conspicuous feature is profuse ringlets made of lovely light golden -shavings; and carries a sceptre or wand, which in explaining the games, -etc., is waved about in a style full of curves and curls, peculiarly its -own. - -The Juniors are suitably welcomed, and in a brief address the habits -and customs of the singular, newly discovered race of people called -Curlycues are explained to them, and they are informed that for the next -two or three hours they are to consider themselves as belonging to the -same race. Each is furnished with a long shaving curl, which badge of -honor the newly made Curlycue, whether girl or boy, is expected to wear -throughout the occasion. - -Tell them the Curlycues are expert in shooting at a mark--whether they -always hit it or not; that they have been much troubled by certain small -wild animals called “excuses” which are found in the woods about the -castle; and that occasionally these animals become so bold that they -make themselves great nuisances, creeping into the castle itself, and -hindering the Curlycues about their work and study. Then call all the -Curlycues to an excuse-hunt. - -In a large unfurnished room have a target almost half covering one side -of the room. Have it prepared in advance with drawings of a number of -comical faces, each plainly labelled with the name of some foolish -excuse, such as “I didn’t think,” “He dared me to,” “Just this once,” -“No one will know,” “She did it first,” “He began it,” “I don’t want -to,” “I’m afraid,” “Wait till to-morrow,” “In a minute,” “By and by,” “I -forgot,” “I can’t.” Truly a formidable array! Of course it should be -explained that the most of these are entire strangers to the Juniors, -but as Curlycues they are privileged to hunt them out and shoot them on -the spot. - -Each hunter is supplied with a bow and three arrows, and is told to see -how many excuses he can dispose of. Some excuses count more than others -in the score. This may be arranged at the discretion of the Junior -superintendent. For instance, each excuse might count five, except “I -forgot” and “Wait till to-morrow,” each of which might count ten. If a -hunter has shot a certain excuse, it does not debar the rest from having -a try at the same one if they wish. As in real life, each excuse may -have to be killed several times over. The Curlycue who scores the most -with his three trials is the winner. - -After all have had a chance, and the excuses are pretty well disposed -of, the children will enjoy a “Curlycue drawing-contest.” Give them -paper and pencils, and tell them each to draw a Curlycue; that is, it -must be explained, a single line about two inches long containing one or -more crooks or curves. Exchange the papers, and let each draw a picture, -using in it the line already drawn. Twenty minutes, or a half-hour, if -preferred, may be the time-limit. A small reward may then be given for -the best drawing. - -A lively piano march now calls the Curlycues to their feet. They form in -single file, and follow their leader in a very whimsical and circuitous -march, finally bringing up at the dining-room, where crullers or other -“curly” cakes are served, with milk or lemonade. Or the cakes might be -flat, with chocolate, pink, or white icing decorated with “Curlycues” in -another color. - - - - -“Polly Pitcher” Social. - - -This is a missionary “jug-breaking” in which the mite-boxes, in the form -of tiny gilded jugs or pitchers, are all fastened to various portions of -an imposing rag or pillow doll, the size of a grown person, if possible, -named “Polly Pitcher.” Polly is fond of jewelry, and wears bracelets, -necklace, earrings, and even a nose-ring, all composed of the -mite-boxes. - -As the Juniors know well for what purpose they have been saving, this is -a time for rejoicing and merrymaking rather than for set speeches. After -“Polly” has been despoiled of her treasures there may be, in another -room, a game of “Polly Pitcher bean-bag.” This is the way it is -arranged: - -Have three bean-bags, two of them four inches; the other, five inches, -square; a hoop fifteen inches in diameter, wound with ribbon; suspend -this hoop from the ceiling by a ribbon loop tied to one side, from which -you are to hang a small bell so that it will swing in the centre of the -hoop. - -Each Junior in turn is the “pitcher,” and in this case the bell is -“Polly.” The player takes the three bags, and throws them successively -through the hoop, trying not to disturb “Polly,” who will be sure to -protest every time that she is hit. The two smaller bags are thrown -first, then the larger one. Whenever the player succeeds in throwing a -bag through the hoop without disturbing “Polly” it counts ten; that is, -if the bag is one of the smaller ones. If it is the large one, it -counts twenty. Whenever Polly lets it be known that she is disturbed, it -takes off five from the pitcher’s score. - -If there is time, other favorite games of the Juniors may be introduced. -But usually it will be found that la belle Polly is fascinating enough -to divide the honors about equally with her bejewelled namesake, and -that by the time the refreshments are over and the size of the -missionary fund is announced, the social may close with a few of the -Juniors’ brightest songs. - - - - -House-Book. - - -When my sister was a little girl, she had one play that always gave her -unfailing delight. It was her “house-book” as she called it, and I am -sure the Juniors, especially the younger ones, would enjoy the -fascinating play-work as much as she did, and the “houses” thus -concocted might be given to a children’s hospital, where they would -serve as fairy palaces for the tired little sufferers to dwell in. - -The brown cover of Daisy’s house-book was nothing ornamental; in fact, -the book, to begin with, was a more or less blank one that had already -served its purpose in some commercial capacity. But that did not matter. -You opened it to the first page, and saw the front of the house, -outside, with its piazza and lawn. A hammock was swung somewhere,--I -forget whether it was on the lawn or the piazza,--and some very -distinguished-looking paper-doll people were going up the steps. Then -you turned over the leaf, and found yourself in the parlor, with rug, -chairs, and little tables, a piano, and all complete. Each page was a -room. Going on, you visited in turn the library, dining-room, kitchen, -and, I think, hall and stairs; then you took a peep into several -sleeping-rooms, and of course the most important room in the house was -the playroom, with two children in it, and toys of various kinds and -sizes, scattered about. Generally speaking, the furnishings were in -remarkably good proportion and well arranged; but the house lacked a -cellar. Perhaps it was in Florida, where cellars are seldom indulged in. - -A house-book can be made as simple or as elaborate as one desires. -Pantries, cellar, china-closets, linen-closets, and attic might all be -included; and one could put a cheery-looking cook in the kitchen and a -trim maid with a ruffled apron in the dining-room, besides a large -family of children and the father and mother, and, if you like, the -grandfather and grandmother too. With such a wealth of pictures to -choose from as can be found in the different papers and advertising -sheets, very little need be left to the imagination. By all means set -the Juniors to making house-books, and by the time they have real houses -of their own to furnish, or even before, they will have acquired a very -good idea of what is needed and where to put it. - - - - -A Parlor Athletic Meet. - - -Send the Juniors an invitation reading somewhat like this: - - “You are invited to enter one or all of the athletic events of the - Parlor Athletic Club, on Wednesday evening, November third, at 65 - Sycamore Street. Everybody will break training at the end of the meet. - - “BERTRAND C. FROST, _Field Marshal_. - - “_October twenty-fifth, 1903._” - -As each guest enters the front door, the scorer should put down the -guest’s name, number it, and pin on his back a plainly numbered card. As -he enters the parlor or dining-room, a paper and pencil should be given -to him. The events should be plainly listed on a blackboard. The -announcer should say: “Will each competitor please write his number at -the head of his sheet, and under this the numbers, but not the names, of -the events which he means to enter? The more entries, the better. Hand -your sheets to me.” - -Four judges (grown people are the best) can quickly make lists of the -people entering each event. Then the announcer should clear the field, -and the events should begin as promptly as possible. The following list -may be too long: - -1. Taking the largest bite from an apple hung by a string. The hands of -the competitor must be held behind his back. - -2. Holding the breath the longest without laughing. - -3. Balancing a cane on one finger the longest. - -4. Throwing bean-bags into a hole cut in a board. Fifteen feet is a good -distance. Each competitor should be allowed five bags. - -5. Laughing in the most original manner. - -6. A tickling-match. Two competitors should each be given a feather. One -hand must be held behind the back. An eight-foot circle is drawn. The -winner is he or she who stays the longer in the circle without making a -sound. - -7. Hand-wrestling. Two people stand opposite each other, with legs -braced, and grasp each a hand, holding the other hand behind them. The -point is to jerk or pull your opponent in such a manner that he is -forced to move one of his feet. - -8. Standing on one foot, on a chair, the longest. The right arm must be -held up straight, and not supported. - -9. Sitting down on the floor, and getting up again most gracefully. The -arms must be folded. - -10. Thrusting a cane through a swinging napkin-ring. The fewest thrusts -count the most. - -11. Running up-stairs in the quickest time. Every stair must be used. - -12. “Putting” the balloon. The competitor must stand in a seven-foot -circle, or come up to a line from not more than seven feet back, and -“put” a toy balloon as far ahead as possible. The distance must be -measured from the spot on the floor or ceiling where the balloon first -strikes, to the middle of the putting-edge of the circle or of the -putting-line. - -13. Bending over and touching the ground with the palms of both hands. -The knees must not be bent. The point is to go over as many times as -possible. - -Three places should be counted in each event. A first place should score -three points; a second place, two points; a third place, one point. The -largest reward should be given to the boy or girl having the largest -total score. Be sure to give rewards that either a boy or a girl would -like, for girls have a way of winning them when they have a good chance. - - - - -A Tropical Fair. - - -For decorations use the graceful Florida moss if it can be procured; if -not, tissue-paper orange blossoms are pretty. Palms and similar potted -plants may be placed here and there. Have a pond made of a large mirror -with the frame covered with foliage, and in or on the pond should be a -number of pond-lily needle-books and penwipers; these the Juniors can -easily make of white and green cloth for petals and leaves, with bits of -yellow wool in the centre. There may also be in the pond some -frog-shaped and alligator-shaped boxes made of wood with the bark left -on for the alligators, and finished in both cases to look as lifelike as -possible. - -In the centre or at one side of the room have an orange grove. The -oranges are various small articles, each wrapped in a wad of cotton, -made as nearly round as possible, covered with orange-colored -tissue-paper and tied with a green string to the evergreen trees -composing the grove. Each purchaser is to select the orange he prefers, -paying a trifle for it. - -Besides the pond and the orange grove there may be a lemonade-well -profusely decked with foliage, a booth where real oranges and other -tropical fruits are sold, another booth for cake and candies, one for -fancy-work, one for flowers, and a special one for fans, all having -suggestions of the tropics about them. If the orange scheme is to -predominate, the fancy-work booth should be filled with articles made in -shades of orange, and the cakes, candies, and ices may be flavored with -orange; the booths may be draped in orange and white, and the girls in -charge of them should wear white dresses with orange ribbons. In the -grove should be seats and small tables where refreshments can be served -as ordered. - -This will be found no more trouble to prepare, on the whole, than most -ordinary fairs, and is much prettier. - - - - -Washington’s Birthday. - - -In Miss Alcott’s “Jack and Jill” are described several good tableaux -taken from scenes in the life of Washington. The cherry-tree episode is -delightful; Washington crossing the Delaware, exciting; and the -“Daughters of Liberty,” the “Surrender of Cornwallis,” the pathetic camp -scene, “Washington at Trenton,” the Washington family, and the simulated -statue of the “Minuteman,” all very effective. The detailed description -would take too much space here, but the book is to be found in most -libraries; and, even if it is not obtainable, the subjects may prove -suggestive, and are all within the ability of children or quite young -people. - -Many, however, will prefer games. Did you ever play “cherry-tree blind -man’s buff”? For this you will want twenty or more candied cherries, and -an impromptu cherry-tree, which may be the bough of an evergreen placed -upright in a flower-pot or a box. Tie the cherries to the branches with -bits of silk thread a few inches long. Blindfold the Juniors one at a -time; turn the blindfolded one around three times; give him a pair of -scissors; and tell him to clip all the cherries he can from the tree, -allowing him three minutes for the trial. He must not feel for the tree -with his hands, but simply reach out with the scissors and clip where he -thinks the cherries are. A little box of candied fruit is given as a -reward to the one who succeeded in clipping the most cherries. - -On one occasion of this kind the “yarn-spinning contest” described -originally in the “spinning social” of “Eighty Pleasant Evenings” was -included, the guests each trying to tell the most improbable story. But -instead of the most successful story-teller’s being honored with the -title of “fibmaster-general,” the reward was quite unexpectedly -presented to the one who had told the _poorest_ story, on the ground -that Washington was a poor hand at telling stories and to be like him is -a mark of patriotism worthy of reward. - -“Burying the hatchet” is suggestive of all sorts of peaceful things, -but is in reality quite a lively contest. Divide the company into two -sections. Have ready one of the little hatchet-shaped candy-boxes, to be -had at most confectioners’ about February 22. One division of the -Juniors leaves the room; the other division hides the hatchet; and the -outside party returns, and tries in five guesses to locate it. If -successful, their side wins a point; if not, they win nothing. The two -divisions change places, the first hiders of the hatchet going out of -the room and becoming the guessers. Each side has three turns, -alternating in this way. The side which has then won most points -receives the hatchet filled with bonbons. - -A “Washington quiz” historic in character, might be included, with such -questions as the following: - - 1. In what State was Washington born? - - 2. In what year was he born? - - 3. Did George attend any college? - - 4. Who sent him on his famous journey through the wilderness? - - 5. What position did he hold under Braddock? - - 6. How did he act when complimented first on his military service? - - 7. In what year was he made commander-in-chief of the Continental - army? - - 8. Where did he spend the winter of 1777? - - 9. When was he elected president? - - 10. How long did he hold the presidency? - - 11. Where did he die? - - 12. Did he hold slaves? - - 13. Did he approve of slavery? - - 14. What became of his slaves after their master’s death? - - 15. By whom was he called “First in war, first in peace, and first in - the hearts of his countrymen”? - - ANSWERS.--1. Virginia. 2. 1732. 3. No. 4. Governor Dinwiddie. 5. - Aide-de-camp. 6. Blushed, stammered, and could not speak. 7. 1775. 8. - Valley Forge. 9. 1789. 10. For two terms of four years each. 11. At - Mount Vernon. 12. Yes. 13. No. 14. They were set free. 15. Henry Lee, - in a resolution presented in the House of Representatives. - -Little paper flags tinted red, white, and blue were used in one such -test, the questions being written upon the reverse side. - -For refreshments, serve lemonade with canned cherries dropped into it, -and fancy crackers or cakes in the form of little hatchets. - - - - -For the First of April. - - -Perhaps one of the Juniors has a printing-press; if so, this is a good -chance to use it. - -Print hand bills asking “all the wise people” in town to come to your -entertainment to be given the evening of April 1, naming the hall and -the price of admission. - -Tickets should be distributed when asked for; as the hand-bills should -announce, the tickets of admission are to be at a certain price, payable -at the door as you go out, after the entertainment is over. This plan is -in keeping with the rest of the evening, and is also partly to reassure -any who suspect that an April First entertainment might be so complete a -hoax as not to take place at all. - -Have a poster at the entrance of the hall, warning every one, “Who -enters here must leave all sense behind.” - -The decorations are truly unique. Rugs, strips of carpets, and an -occasional chair ornament the walls, while pictures and posters are hung -up on the floor. A curtain might be gracefully draped along the floor of -the platform. Everything, as far as possible, is in the place usually -assigned to something else. - -Programmes printed all sides up with care, and as unexpected in -typographical arrangement as the furnishings, should be handed around. -The announcement at the top of the page should be in small type, the -rest in larger size; the margin should vary in width from line to line, -each paragraph beginning at the edge of the sheet; and every sentence -must begin with a period and end with a capital. The Juniors, with a -little suggestion now and then, will find this part of the work great -fun, and will learn some things regarding correct rules of printing in -the very effort to break them. - -The first thing on the programme is, of course, the good-night speech, -thanking the audience for their kind attention and generous applause, -and inviting them, before leaving, to partake of refreshments. The menus -that are then passed may contain all sorts of possible and impossible -dishes, but the refreshments themselves must be always something widely -different from what was ordered. For instance, if one orders quail on -toast, coffee, and layer cake, he is likely to get a cheese sandwich, a -pickle, and a glass of water, with the grave assurance that these dishes -were exactly the ones that he ordered. - -After the refreshments the programme is rendered. “A recitation by -little Edith Jones” proves to be some time-honored selection like “Mary -had a little lamb,” or “You’d scarce expect one of my age,” recited in a -childish lisp and high key, by the largest, tallest boy in the society; -in fact, one of the seniors may have to be called upon for this honor, -as he should be, if possible, more than six feet tall. “A patriotic -address by General Wynhart” should be, on the contrary, a particularly -captivating dialogue or duet by two pretty little girls, or a motion -song by several tiny tots. “A violin solo by Signor Grateforio” is a -song by a quartette. “A bass solo, ‘Rocked in the cradle of the deep,’ -by Professor Rorer,” should be a little girl’s lullaby to her doll, very -soft and sweet. “Grand chorus by four hundred voices” may be a violin -solo. And so with the whole programme, ending with the address of -welcome. Aim to have many really fine numbers, but see to it that every -one is something unexpected. - -As the people go out, the spirit of fun will have so thoroughly taken -possession of them that it will be a wonder if there are no buttons or -similar treasures offered as the price of admission, or rather of -escape; but not many would be so mean, and then it need not be accepted, -for, when asked, every one will be obliged to admit that he has had his -quarter’s worth of fun. - - - - -Letter Social. - - -Label each Junior with a letter on his arrival. This may be done by -having ready in advance small cards, each with a letter plainly painted -on it and with a ribbon loop attached, to be pinned on the dress or hung -around the neck. In preparing the letters omit V, X, and Z, and make -several copies apiece of the letters in most common use. - -First, the Juniors may see what words they can form by grouping -themselves according to their letters. For instance, a Junior labelled -with F goes and finds one with O, and together they have made one word, -“of”; then these two group themselves with a third labelled R, and by -rearranging the order they have “for”; then by finding successively T, -H, and U, they have “fort,” “forth,” and “fourth,” etc. No group may -discard a letter once accepted, nor add one that will not make a -correctly spelled word, but they may rearrange the order of their -letters as often as they wish. At the end of a stated time the group -that has the longest word has won the game, which might be known as -“word-building.” - -Another letter contest, with the same labels, is perhaps still more -interesting. It is called the “Alphabetical Question Game.” One of the -Juniors asks another a question. The answer must begin with the letter -worn by the one replying, and must be given before the questioner can -count ten slowly and distinctly. If the one questioned fails to reply in -time, or starts his reply with a wrong letter, the questioner takes his -letter from him and adds it to his own. All players supplied with one or -more letters may go about asking questions in this way, but two must not -question the same player at once, and no one may give the same answer -twice. A player may answer from any of the letters that he is wearing; -and, if a player loses his only letter, he is supplied with another, but -not more than twice. When time is up, the player having the most letters -is the winner. - -A game of “letter tag” is one in which the vowels all chase the -consonants. Each Junior wearing a vowel is given a particular corner for -his “den.” There is also a general goal. At a signal the vowels start in -pursuit of the consonants, all circling the room in the same direction. -Those consonants that escape to the goal without being overtaken are -safe for the first run; those tagged are obliged to return with their -captors to the respective “dens” and remain there until the end of the -game. After a certain number of these runs the vowel that has captured -the most consonants is pronounced Czar, or Czarina, as the case may be. -But this is not all. The players remain where they are. Paper and a -pencil are given to each vowel, and the one that can make the longest -list of words, using only his own letter and his captive consonants, is -the final winner, and receives the reward. - -By this time both vowels and consonants will be ready for refreshments, -which may consist of lemonade and fancy alphabet crackers, or cakes with -lettered icing. A few songs and recitations may be introduced to add -variety; and a pleasing exercise for the close would be “The Juniors’ -Message to All,” given as follows: - -Select eight of the Juniors who are rather slender, about the same -height, and dressed in white. Take off their labels. Placing a large -screen temporarily before them, or closing the sliding doors between -them and their expectant audience, arrange them in front of a dark -curtain or other background in such positions that they will themselves -form letters of white, spelling a short word easily recognized. It is -not very difficult, but you will need to experiment a little. For the -first letter, one Junior stands facing the audience for the upright -part, another sits on the floor just behind, facing the right; for the -second letter, two Juniors curve themselves as completely as possible -around a hoop which they both hold, the open part toward the audience; -for the third, two stand leaning away from each other, with hands or a -string tightly clasped to keep from falling; for the fourth, the same -arrangement as the first except that the standing Junior reaches one arm -straight out at the side, toward the right of the audience, and the -seated one also reaches one arm partly out in the same direction. Remove -the screen when you have them arranged to your satisfaction, and the -other children will recognize, in living letters of white, the word -“LOVE,” which is the Juniors’ message to all. - - - - -The Tuffet and the Web - -A Fantasy in Two Acts and Two Scenes - -BY VINCENT VAN MARTER BEEDE - - “Little Miss Muffet - Sat on a tuffet, - Eating curds and whey. - There came a black spider, - And sat down beside her, - And frightened Miss Muffet away.” - - -People of the Play - - LITTLE MISS MUFFET, _Queen of the Meadow_. - THE BLACK SPIDER. - THE FLY. - THE CRICKET. - THE WISE MOLE. - THREE FIELD-MICE. - SIX LITTLE DAIRYMAIDS. - THREE ELVES, _boys_. - THREE SPRITES, _girls_. - SIX RABBITS, _three boys and three girls_. - -ACT I.--The Meadow. - -ACT II.--The Spider’s Web. - -(_A constant undertone of music throughout the whole play._) - - -Costumes - -LITTLE MISS MUFFET: A dainty little girl of ten, with long hair and a -daisy garland. Short frock of white or sky-blue, bare legs, and socks to -match the frock. White slippers. - -SPIDER: A stout boy of twelve, in tight-fitting, shiny black from head -to foot. Jet ornaments sewed here and there. Black mittens. Swarthy -face, black beard, large smoked goggles, top-hat, the worse for wear. - -FLY: A slim boy of nine, in tight green clothes. A long-tailed coat, -with brass buttons, green long hose, green slippers, rainbow wings. The -wings can be made much as a kite is made. A green skull-cap. - -CRICKET: A boy of the same age as the Fly, but a trifle larger. Plain -loose black jacket and loose knickerbockers, black shoes, black -skull-cap, brown wings. There should be brown patches here and there, as -if the fellow were poor. - -MOLE: A boy of twelve, in gray--very dark gray--flannel knickerbockers -and a gray cloak. Spectacles, fur cap, shovel under one arm. - -FIELD-MICE: Boys smaller than the Mole. Brown, loose-fitting jackets and -knickerbockers, torn black stockings, black tails (cloth wound over -rope). - -DAIRYMAIDS: Six little girls from ten to twelve, in low-necked white -frocks. Bare arms. White stockings, mob-caps and aprons. - -ELVES: Boys from eight to ten, in tightly fitting clothes. One boy in -red, another in white, another in blue. Long hose. Pointed caps, cloth -over cardboard. Wide sashes to match the costumes. - -SPRITES: Girls of the same ages as the Elves. Short frocks, low neck, -short sleeves. Colors of frocks: yellow, violet, and orange. Garlands of -wild-flowers, gold and silver wands. - -RABBITS: Girls and boys of the same ages as the fairies. Boys.--Loose, -light-gray flannel jackets and knickerbockers, and hoods with long ears -which either stand up straight or stand out at right angles. They can be -stiffened with little bamboo sticks. Short gray tails. White stockings. -Girls.--White flannel hoods, ears, jackets, skirts, and stockings. - - -Scenery - -ACT I. Back scene to represent a blue sky. A green carpet should be -spread, and over it grass or hay should be scattered. The tuffet is a -tiny stool made of rough wood; or the stool may be a handsome gilded -one, with a cushion of yellow silk. The Spider should let himself down -from a beam which the audience cannot see. Great care should be taken -that the beam is strong, and the rope securely fastened to the beam and -about the Spider’s waist. - - -ACT I. - - SCENE.--_The Meadow. Music. A birthday party in honor of_ LITTLE MISS - MUFFET, _who at the rise of the curtain is discovered on her tuffet, - centre_. _Left, a number of baskets. Dance of the_ SIX LITTLE - DAIRYMAIDS. - -MUFFET (_when the dance is done_). That was a beautiful dance, dear -friends. Thank you ever so much. I notice that the four-o’clocks at my -feet are opening, so that it is time for our guests to arrive. - -FIRST DAIRYMAID. How fortunate that there are no ugly black clouds in -the sky! - -MUFFET. Please, please do not use the word “black” any oftener than you -cannot help. It reminds me of that horrible, crawly, eight-legged -creature who lives in a--ugh!--in a web! - -SECOND DAIRYMAID. Pardon me, Miss Muffet, but is it true that the Sp---- -I mean that this creature dropped down from a tree the other day and -asked you to be his Queen, and live in his--den? - -MUFFET. Yes, yes, of course, it’s true; but change the subject, I beg of -you. (_Enter_, _left_, FLY; _right_, CRICKET. _They advance toward_ -MUFFET, _glowering angrily at each other. Each kisses a hand of_ MUFFET -_at the same moment_.) I am so glad you could come, both of you. - -FLY (_pointing at_ CRICKET). What is _he_ here for, I’d like to know? - -CRICKET (_pointing at_ FLY). And what is _he_ here for, pray? - -MUFFET. O, I do hope you won’t quarrel--to-day, especially. I think a -great deal of you both; don’t I, Dairymaids? - -DAIRYMAIDS. Of course you do! - -FLY. That’s the worst news I could possibly hear, Miss Muffet. Do you -mean to say that you like that plain black fellow better than you do me? -Why, just look at my wings! I really think you might choose me as your -King of the Meadow! - -CRICKET. How can you listen to such talk, Miss Muffet? That Fly is -nothing but a vain popinjay, strutting and buzzing around! _He_ can’t -sing. I’m the right kind of King for you, every time! - -FLY (_angrily_). Bzzzzzzzzzz! - -CRICKET. There! Did you ever hear a more disagreeable racket? - -MUFFET (_covering her face with her hands_). O, what shall I do? My -birthday party is being spoiled! - -DAIRYMAIDS (_covering their faces with their hands_). Yes, her party is -being spoiled! - - (CRICKET _and_ FLY _disdainfully fold their arms, and turn their backs - on each other. Music. Enter, right, in a dignified manner_, WISE MOLE - _and_ THREE FIELD-MICE. _They bow low before_ MISS MUFFET.) - -MUFFET. How glad I am to see you, Wise Mole, and you dear counsellors, -the Field-Mice! What should I do without you all to guide me when I get -into trouble? - -MOLE. You have evidently been weeping, my dear Queen--and on your -birthday, too! What dreadful thing can have happened? (_Looking about -uneasily._) Surely you have not seen the black Spider again? - -MUFFET AND DAIRYMAIDS. O, no, no, no! - -MOLE. Tell me about it, whatever it may be. - -MUFFET. Why, I cannot make up my mind which I would prefer for a -husband--the Cricket, or the Fly. One has a beautiful song; the other, -beautiful wings. They are both angry, and insist on knowing which one -shall sit upon the tuffet with me. - - (MOLE _and_ FIELD-MICE _put their heads together_.) - -MOLE. It is our opinion that the tuffet is not big enough for more than -one person, so that neither the Fly nor the Cricket can claim your hand. -Come, be friends! (_Putting the hands of the rivals together. They shake -hands not very cordially, while the_ DAIRYMAIDS _applaud_.) - -MUFFET. O goody--goody! Now we can go on in peace! (_Music. Enter, -left_, RABBITS; _right_, FAIRIES. MUFFET _stands up on her tuffet, and -kisses her hands to the newcomers_. CRICKET, _right_; FLY, _left_; MOLE -_and_ FIELD-MICE _right of stage_.) Welcome to my meadow and my party! - -DAIRYMAIDS. Welcome! Welcome! - - (_Music. Dance of the_ FAIRIES _and the_ RABBITS. _The_ DAIRYMAIDS - _stand in a row at rear, clapping time_.) - -MUFFET (_seating herself when the dance is over_). Sit down, my dear -guests, and have some of the curds and whey which the dear Dairymaids -have provided. - - (_Music. The_ DAIRYMAIDS _take out from their baskets, left, spoons, - bowls, and jars of curds and whey. They serve_ MUFFET _first. - Rumbling, thundering music._ SPIDER _lets himself down directly over_ - MUFFET _by means of his “thread” (rope), and lands at side of Queen, - whom he tries to embrace._ MUFFET _and all her guests jump up, - screaming. Stampede, left._ SPIDER, _quite deserted, seats himself on - the tuffet. Low music._) - -SPIDER (_untying the “thread” from his body. The thread is drawn upward, -out of sight_). I’ll have her yet! She’s a pretty little thing. I’m -bound that she shall sit in my parlor and spin for me all day long! My -web shall be the largest and silkiest in the wide world. I have no time -for spinning. I would much rather be eating nice fat flies. I’m hungry -for one at this moment. Ah, but I saw a dainty specimen standing at Miss -Muffet’s side. Burrrrrooooo! I’m furious to think that the Queen and her -guests have escaped me! (FAIRIES _peep out, laughing_.) Who dares to -laugh at Me, the King of the Web? (_The_ FAIRIES _dart out on stage, -right_.) - -FIRST ELF. You’re it for tag, Spider, old boy! - - (_Exeunt_ FAIRIES, _right_. SPIDER _gives chase. Enter cautiously, - left_, MUFFET _carrying her bowl of curds and whey, and_ FLY. MUFFET - _seats herself on her tuffet, looking about fearfully_.) - -MUFFET. Has the horrid thing really gone away? - -FLY (_protectingly, but stammering with fright_). Of c-c-course, Miss -Muffet, I-I will pro-protect you. (_He tries to sit on the tuffet._) - -MUFFET. No, my dear Fly, there is room for only one on the tuffet, you -know. - -FLY. How can I show my great love for you, my Queen of the Meadow? - -MUFFET. By slaying the wicked black Spider, who has devoured so many of -your relatives, to say nothing of dragon-flies, caterpillars, -and--crickets. - -FLY (_drawing his dagger_). I’ll give battle to the monster at once! -I’ll slay him single-handed, and wrap him up like a mummy in his own -web! Farewell! (_Music._ FLY _kisses the hand of_ MUFFET. _Exit_ FLY, -_right_. MUFFET _goes on eating her curds and whey_.) - -CURTAIN. - - -ACT II. - - - SCENE.--_The Spider’s Web. A dark, dungeon-like room. Straw on floor. - Small door at left. Swords and spears hanging on rear wall. - Spinning-wheel, centre. From it radiate many strands of web (colored - string). As the curtain rises, the_ SPIDER _is spinning at his wheel. - Noise of some one coming rapidly up the stairs, left._ - -SPIDER (_jumping to his feet_). Hark! An enemy! - - (_Takes down sword from wall. Brandishing the weapon, he retreats into - a further corner, right, where he squats down. Door bursts open. - Enter_ FLY _with a drawn sword_.) - -FLY. Bzzzzzzzzzz! This is thy last hour, thou foul black Spider fiend! - - (_A terrific encounter with swords. The web is partially cut down. - Finally_ SPIDER _and_ FLY _grapple_. SPIDER _puts_ FLY _on his back, - holds him down, and binds him with web. Just as he picks up his sword - and prepares to give_ FLY _his death-blow, a great trampling is heard - on the stairs, and at a blast from a fairy trumpet enter_ CRICKET, - _followed by_ FAIRIES, RABBITS, MOLE, _and_ FIELD-MICE, _all armed to - the teeth_.) - -CRICKET. At him, my men! And to the rescue of the Fly! - - (ELVES _and_ RABBITS _throw themselves on_ SPIDER, _overcome him, and - bind him, hand and foot, in his web. Meanwhile_, SPRITES _release_ - FLY. _Enter_ MISS MUFFET _and_ DAIRYMAIDS.) - -MUFFET. Poor Fly! To think that I allowed you to attack the black Spider -single-handed! I can never forgive myself! I hope that I have sent aid -in time! Are you wounded? - -FLY. My wings are somewhat snipped; that’s all. - -MOLE (_holding a sword to the_ SPIDER’S _throat_). Will you promise by -your eight legs to spin nothing hereafter but beautiful garments for -Little Miss Muffet, Queen of the Meadow? - -SPIDER (_in a meek, choked voice_). I promise. - -CRICKET. Remember, you are never to spin another web as long as you -live! I don’t care to have any more of my relatives entrapped. - -SPIDER. I promise. - -FLY. Do you promise to eat no more flies as long as you live? - -SPIDER. I do. - -MOLE. Very well, Elves, I appoint you as guards for the black Spider -over night. In the morning I will send around two Roosters whom I know. -For a reasonable salary of corn I am sure they will consent to keep an -eye on him hereafter. - -MUFFET. Dear Fly, I like you all the better now that you have so bravely -bearded the black Spider in his web. Never again will he attempt to sit -beside me! (_Spider groans._) - -CRICKET. But what about me? - -MUFFET. As for you, my dear Cricket, I like you just as much as I do the -Fly, because you have led the expedition which rescued him and captured -that horrid thing. (_Spider groans._) Now, friends all, let us go back -to the meadow, and finish our curds and whey. - -(_Music._) - -CURTAIN. - - - - -A Barrel Brigade. - - -In a little Ohio farming community the children of Junior age have many -bright plans of work, and one of them is a barrel brigade. That is not -what they called it, I think; but the name fits so well that we will let -it stand, and I know that many Junior societies will like the plan. -Probably some of them are already trying it in one form or another, but -for those who have not thought of it here is a new field of usefulness -of the kind that brings “that comfortable feeling” both to the workers -and to those to whom the barrel is a welcome and sometimes unexpected -source of supply. - -The particular barrel brigade mentioned meets regularly, either monthly -or oftener, on Saturday afternoons, for sewing and other business -necessary for their purpose, which is to fill a barrel each year, to be -sent to some poor family or families, either near or far, perhaps to -some struggling missionary’s household where the little ones are more -numerous than the ways of providing for them. - -From the materials at their disposal the children prepare and put in all -kinds of things that they think will add to the comfort of those -receiving them. Take an imaginary peep into one of these barrels, and -you will see something like the following array--if you dig deep -enough!--warm crocheted mittens, babies’ socks, hoods, and even shawls; -children’s clothing, now become too small for some of the rapidly -growing first owners; reading-matter of various kinds; a few toys -sprinkled in here and there, not always new, but so carefully repaired -by the young carpenters, painters, and seamstresses as to look like new -or even better; aprons, holders, and dish-towels; bright home-made rugs, -cushions, and even a patchwork quilt, for some of the little girls are -as fond as were their grandmothers of cutting calico into little pieces -for the sake of sewing it together again. Never mind; this is not so -foolish as it may seem, for the quilt is warm, most of the pieces were -bits left over from gowns, and surely the old-fashioned “quilting-bee” -must have been royal fun for the brigade. - -When all else is packed, a generous storekeeper usually contributes -several pairs of shoes and rubbers, and other small articles, just to -“fill in the chinks.” The shoes, of course, are selected, according to -sizes previously learned, to fit the different pairs of feet that they -are to cover. And, if some larger articles are contributed also, the -hearts of the brigade are still further rejoiced. - -Any Junior society, whether in city or in country, could have a “barrel -brigade,” and with very little expense collect and prepare things so -useful and appropriate for the particular family or persons that are to -receive them that the practical value would prove worth many times the -cost. The barrel’s contents will vary according to the need, and also -according to the materials at hand; but it is hardly necessary to say -that food, if at all perishable, should not be included if the barrel -is to go by freight, as it is likely to be a long time on the way. -Clothing, reading-matter, and many other home comforts can be packed and -sent with safety. - - - - -Parlor Mountain-Climb. - - -Decorate the room with such mountain flowers and foliage as can be -procured, and order in advance of a stationer enough favors for all the -Juniors, each favor, when pulled, to reveal some article of -travelling-costume in crape paper or tissue-paper that will suggest -mountain-climbing. They might all be odd mountain hats of various colors -and kinds, the Alpine predominating; or some of them might be long -travelling-cloaks. - -For the first half or three-quarters of an hour have a stereopticon talk -on the people and scenery of the Alps, giving pictures of Swiss peasants -and their cottages, and interspersing story and incident to add to the -interest. Follow this with a little appropriate music; a “Swiss bells” -instrumental selection and one or two pretty mountain songs like “The -Herdsman’s Mountain Home” would be good. - -Then the Juniors are presented with their “travelling-bags,” as the -favors may be called, and are told to open them by pulling, and that -they will find something to wear while climbing the mountain. When all -are dressed for the climb, the preparations are completed by giving each -an alpenstock, and arranging several hassocks, cushions, big books, -etc., in the path of the prospective climbers; for the “mountain-climb” -proves to be an obstacle race on one foot. - -When this part of the fun is over, there may be a written question game, -involving more mountains. Here is a list that may prove suggestive: - - 1. What mountain in Switzerland is a girl’s name? - - 2. What mountain in North Carolina is a favorite relative of most - Juniors? - - 3. What mountains are full of maps? - - 4. What mountain in Asia is the atmosphere and a small animal? - - 5. What mountain in Wales was pelted by a storm? - - 6. What mountain in Massachusetts reminds you of horseback-riding? - - 7. What peak in Japan is the first syllable of a girl’s name and an - exclamation? - - 8. What mountains are household animals and also destroy life? - - 9. What mountain in the Apennines is something that hurts, and the - exclamation it causes? - - 10. What mountain is a famous university? - - 11. What mountains in Australia are a kitchen stove in good order? - - 12. What mountains, if mixed, would make gray? - - 13. What mountains could blow a loud blast? - - 14. What hills in England are a kind of cloth? - - 15. What mountain in Brazil is a musical instrument? - - 16. What volcano in Sicily becomes a girl’s name by changing one - letter? - - 17. What mountains give light at night? - - 18. What mountain is a Bible character? - - 19. What mountains mean a pleasant day? - - 20. What mountain makes a noise like a college yell? - - 21. On what mountain did you eat your dinner? - - 22. What Irish mountains are very sad? - - 23. What mountain in Oregon is worn on the head? - - 24. What mountain belongs to the baby? - - 25. What mountains in Spain are a good kind of soap? - - 26. What mountain in Palestine is a balm? - - 27. What mountains in Texas could take a scalp? - - 28. What mountains are dangerous to boats? - -Following are the answers: - - 1. Rosa. - - 2. Grandfather. - - 3. Atlas. - - 4. Ararat. - - 5. Snowdon. - - 6. Saddleback. - - 7. Jesso. - - 8. Catskill. - - 9. Corno. - - 10. Harvard. - - 11. Black Range. - - 12. Black and White. - - 13. Big Horn. - - 14. Cheviot. - - 15. Organ. - - 16. Etna. (Edna.) - - 17. Mountains of the Moon. - - 18. St. Elias. - - 19. Fairweather. - - 20. Hooper. (Whooper.) - - 21. Table. - - 22. Mourne. - - 23. Mt. Hood. - - 24. Cradle. - - 25. Castile. - - 26. Gilead. - - 27. Apache. - - 28. Rocky. - -To the Junior who has answered the most questions correctly a reward may -be given, perhaps some pretty little article of Swiss workmanship, a set -of the Perry Pictures comprising mountain views, or a book containing a -good story of mountain life. - -Refreshments served in picnic style may be sandwiches, and berries -supposed to have been “picked on the mountains.” Close the evening with -singing. - - - - -Rainbow Social. - - -After a missionary meeting let the Juniors decide what missionary or -mission field they would like to help; then give to each a mite-box -marked with his own name, to hold missionary pennies. Some months -afterward, have your “rainbow social.” - -Collect the missionary mite-boxes a few days before, and except on the -bottom, where the name is written, they may be gilded to suggest still -further the pot of gold to be found at the end of the rainbow. - -The room where the social is to be held should be decorated with -tissue-paper in rainbow colors. Each Junior should have a rainbow chain, -made of the same material, hung around his neck. The refreshments should -have the rainbow colors, too--oranges, apples, olives, variegated -ice-cream, etc. The “rainbow” feature may be carried out in another way -by asking each one present to tell one bright story or happening, or -sing a verse of some bright song, or recite something cheering. - -Tell the Juniors the story of the pot of fairy gold supposed to be at -the end of every rainbow. Then have your “rainbow hunt,” arranged with -ribbons as in the “red-line jubilee,” except that the ribbons are of -rainbow colors, and at each end is discovered one of their old friends, -the mite-boxes, transformed into a treasure of shining gold. The Juniors -may exchange them, if they wish, among themselves, until each one has -his own; then they are broken and the “gold” inside counted separately -and all together. Close the social with a bright missionary song, and -later, after devoting the money to the object determined upon, tell the -Juniors as much as possible of just how it was used, and why it must -have seemed to those receiving it like “fairy gold” indeed. By this time -the Juniors’ interest in missions will probably be so enthusiastic that -they will want to try it all over again. - - - - -Handkerchief Gymnastics. - - -There are still many girls, even in these hygienic times, who are not -fortunate enough to attend schools that have gymnasiums. For these the -Junior girls may like to help organize a class for the practice of -handkerchief gymnastics. The writer has made a thorough test of every -one of these exercises before recommending them, and knows them to be of -practical benefit. They are similar to those practised daily at Cornell -University. - -More breath means more life, and some of these exercises are especially -good to promote deep breathing. Let each girl come provided with a large -handkerchief and a gymnasium suit, which is easily adapted from an old -dress having a loose blouse; nothing but the skirt will require change. - -[Illustration] - -Standing erect on the ball of the foot, grasp the handkerchief by -diagonally opposite corners, so that the hands will be about an arm’s -length from each other. At the beginning and end of each exercise the -handkerchief is to be only lightly stretched. A towel may be used -instead of the handkerchief if that should be preferred, holding it by -the ends instead of by the corners. - -The following directions will show the different positions to be taken. -Do not overdo the matter; some of the little girls will require frequent -rests, and some will be eager to go on; hence it is sometimes well to -divide them into classes. While most of these positions are easily -understood from the directions, a few are more difficult to describe in -words. We illustrate certain ones. - -[Illustration] - -1. Arms extended straight forward, on a level with shoulder. - -2. From position 1 bend the arms, and rise onto the toes. Extend the -arms and sink back from the toes. Repeat from five to ten times. This -exercise is especially adapted to produce deep breathing. The mouth must -be kept closed. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -3. From position 1 bend the left leg at the knee, and raise it till it -touches the towel. Same with right leg. - -4. From position 1 extend the left leg sideways and swing the arms to -the left. Return to position 1. - -5. Arms raised high above the head. - -6. From position 5 bend the body at the hips, and lean as far forward as -possible, the body and the arms remaining in a straight line, the head -raised slightly, and the weight of the body resting on the toes. - -7. From position 5 bend and extend the knees, keeping the body upright. - -[Illustration] - -8. From position 5 bend the left arm, and lower sideways the right one, -which is extended. The towel passes across the back. The left hand holds -the upper end of the towel back of the upper part of the arm, close to -the shoulder. Raise the arms back to position and repeat to the left, -the right arm being bent and left extended. - -9. Arms lowered in front of the body. - -10. From position 9 twist the body to the left, the feet remaining -unmoved, and at the same time raise the arms, keeping them extended, -until they are high above the head. In the same way repeat the exercise, -turning the body to the right. - -[Illustration] - -11. From position 5 bend the body forward, swinging the extended arms -as low as possible without bending the knees. - -12. Towel directly in front of the forehead, the head and elbows back. - -13. From position 12, with toes apart, charge forward with the left -foot, keeping the right knee straight, bringing the weight on the -forward foot; return to position by rising on the toes of the forward -foot and giving a slight spring. - -14. From position 5 swing the arms forward, bending the body at the hips -and bending the knees. The feet, with toes apart, remain with the soles -flat on the floor; the arms rest on the knees; and the towel is near the -floor directly in front of the feet and as far forward as possible. - -15. From position 9 the left arm, bent, is raised over the head in order -to raise the towel upward directly behind the back. The right arm -remains extended downward. The towel is raised by bending the right arm -and extending the left. After raising and lowering the towel some five -times reverse the process, the right arm bending above the head and the -left arm extending downward. Finally the towel moves up and down behind -the back, while deep breath is taken and held. - -When the exercises are once learned, they are the best of tonics, and -all the more exhilarating if done to music when the class is together. -The children should also be encouraged to practise them regularly at -home for perhaps five minutes just after the daily sponge-bath. The -older ones especially, whose increased school studies are beginning to -suggest round shoulders, will find the plan a great help. Their lessons -will be learned more quickly and easily because with the blood in active -circulation the brain will be clearer. - - - - -Bird Social. - - -Choose a pleasant, sunny room for your bird social, deck it with green -boughs and foliage, and provide places for a number of cages. Invite the -Juniors all to come, and ask those that have canaries or other pet birds -in cages to bring them. Of course this social must be held in the -daytime, and in mild if not warm weather. If the moving is done gently, -the birds will enjoy the social as much as the Juniors, or even more, -and you will have a gay concert. Let some experienced bird-owner give a -little talk to the Juniors on the best ways of caring for their birds. -It will be likely to save the life of some feathered songster, for not -every one, however careful and tender-hearted, understands just how to -keep the pets happy and healthy, as birds should be when at their best. - -It may interest the Juniors to know that one of King Edward’s latest -fancies is improving the singing of English canaries. He has had fitted -up in Windsor Castle a large aviary to which hundreds of English -canaries have been sent. Here bird-trainers from Germany are busy -improving the voice of the English canary by means of “bird-organs” and -the suggestion found in hearing the better-voiced German canary sing. -The birds pass through a regular course of singing-lessons, and take -from three to six months to “finish.” - -After the talk about caring for birds, which should be so informal that -the children should feel free to ask questions, a little fun is -introduced in the way of a bird-guessing game, conducted as follows: - -Write on a blackboard, or blackboards, part or all of these twenty-four -questions, which are plays on the names of well-known American birds. -The guests should be provided with paper and pencils. Half an hour -should be allowed for the guessing. At the end of that time everybody -should pass his list to his right-hand neighbor and correct the list -which has been handed to him. Some one should read the answers slowly. - -1. The way some English people pronounce a word which means “yell.” -(Owl--howl.) - -2. A letter of the alphabet. (Jay--J.) - -3. The bird that chews its cud. (Cowbird.) - -4. A bad-tempered William. (Crossbill.) - -5. The royal bird that is fond of a hook and line. (Kingfisher.) - -6. A good time in a field. (Meadow-lark.) - -7. The bird that ought to win every race. (Swift.) - -8. The bird that is like a baby before it can walk. (Creeper.) - -9. The bird that Yale ought to like. (Bluebird.) - -10. The bird that whacks everybody. (Thrasher.) - -11. The bird that is almost as important as the Pope. (Cardinal.) - -12. The bird that you mustn’t stroke the wrong way. (Catbird.) - -13. The bird that is “talk.” (Chat.) - -14. The bird that you never ought to do just because you have beaten -your friend at checkers or something. (Crow.) - -15. An unusually small sample of a well known vegetable. (Peewee--pea -wee.) - -16. A bird that is almost “her glove.” (Hermit.) - -17. A bird that can fly when there is plenty of wind. (Kite.) - -18. Where bread is baked. (Ovenbird.) - -19. Something found on a tree and then put in a nest for a certain -purpose. (Nuthatch.) - -20. A bird that is always thieving. (Robin--robbin’.) - -21. A bird that makes good coasting. (Snowbird.) - -22. A bird that spanks an unfortunate boy having a common first name. -(Whip-poor-will.) - -23. The bird that is a sweet-smelling tree. (Cedar-bird.) - -24. The sparrow that the hounds like to chase. (Fox-sparrow.) - -Most of the time will be spent in comparing experiences and pets, and -the Juniors will go away more than ever resolved to be kind to their -little feathered friends, which are among the most beautiful and most -helpless of God’s creatures. - - - - -A Fairy Strawberry Festival. - - -A strawberry luncheon given at the summer home of one of my Chicago -friends reminded me that the Juniors would delight in a strawberry -festival all their own. Where there is a hospitable farm or garden with -a large strawberry-patch, whose owner agrees to give the berries for the -festival if the Juniors will pick them, the way is open. - -Usually in our northern latitudes the strawberries ripen just in good -time for the beginning of vacation, so that without interference with -school preparations the Juniors can pick the berries in the morning -while the dew is still on them. Twenty Juniors, each with pail or -basket, will make short and merry work of the picking. Then the fruit -should be kept in a cool place until afternoon, when it is taken to the -church basement or wherever the festival is to be, and hulled. There -might be a slight reward given to the Junior who picks the most berries, -also to the one who hulls the most, provided that the hulling is done -carefully. - -Cake and ice-cream should be previously engaged, and some of the boys -may call for the cakes at the various homes in the afternoon. The -ice-cream, of course, will be delivered by the dealer, unless that, -also, is home-made and presented. Sugar for the berries must not be -forgotten. - -With a few hints from the Junior superintendent the older girls can -arrange the tables, decorating them as prettily as they please with -flowers and ferns brought by the younger ones; and the boys may help -prepare the checks or tickets, with prices plainly marked. There should -be separate checks for the berries, ice-cream, and cake, so that, -whatever the order, the checks may be ready to send with each plate. - -If the occasion has been well advertised, as it _will_ be--trust the -Juniors for that!--people will come in large numbers; and the Juniors, -previously drilled, may wait on them, the larger ones attending to the -“dishing out” in another room, while the smaller ones, dressed in fairy -and brownie costumes, act as waiters. Two of the Juniors, a boy and a -girl, might serve as cashiers. - -When all have been served, toward the close of the evening there may be -several songs and recitations, ending with a fairy drill, following the -plan of the “holly and mistletoe drill” described elsewhere in the book. -If the room, or at least the wall back of the platform, be decorated in -green or in pink, with roses and ferns in profusion, the drill will -appear to better advantage. - -The Juniors and their superintendent will find plenty of work, as well -as profit and play, in connection with this occasion, as is the case -with most strawberry festivals; but all will enjoy it; and, if thought -out well in advance, the details may be so divided as to make the labor -light. The flower committee of the older society will readily lend a -hand with the decorations if they are asked; and the fancy drill could -of course be omitted, although it is a very pretty feature. If given, it -should be by the smaller Juniors, both boys and girls, in their fairy -and brownie costumes, and all carrying small, light trays instead of -half-hoops. - - - - -A Pansy-Hunt. - - -From the colored plates in flower catalogues, and from advertising and -other picture cards, select those having pansies, the prettier the -better. Let the Juniors help collect them. This in itself would seem to -be a “pansy-hunt,” but it is only the beginning. - -When there are several hundred pansies, not as yet cut out, the Juniors -may meet for their work. The first thing to be done is to cut out the -pansies. This will not take long, and as the fingers fly some one may -read aloud an entertaining story, perhaps a short one by “Pansy”; or, if -that is not at hand, a bright one from the latest _Christian Endeavor -World_ is always in order at such times. - -Next, the pansies are all placed in small, numbered envelopes, ten -pansies in each, preparatory to playing the game of “butterfly -pansy-hunt.” Half of the Juniors go out of the room, and the rest -proceed to hide the envelopes. When called in, the hunting party, who -are the “butterflies,” have a grand rummage, and the “butterfly” that -finds the most pansies is made the leader of the hiding party next time. -The divisions are reversed so that the hiders become the butterflies -each time that the pansies are all found. As the envelopes are numbered, -it is easy to determine when this is the case. Quick wits in thinking of -new places, and sharp eyes for discovering them, are thus kept busy, and -when tired of this game the Juniors may all be seated again around a -long table while the superintendent produces a large pasteboard box with -a pansy-decorated cover. Explaining that pansies mean “thoughts,” and -that this box is full of bright and sweet thoughts to be used for people -who have not quite so much to make them happy as the Juniors, she -invites the children to a new kind of pansy-hunt, which is not entirely -for themselves. - -The box is passed around, and each Junior takes out a handful of the -clippings, which, needless to say, have been carefully gathered by the -superintendent and her friends, so that each one contains a thought -worth reading, and within the comprehension of the Juniors. Selections -found in books could be used also by typewriting them on slips of -paper, and might include a number from the Bible. Several rolls of baby -ribbon, one each of all the different pansy colors, should be in the -box. - -When the Juniors are supplied with a handful of thoughts apiece, give to -each a pen and ink and a package of little cards. These cards should be -a trifle larger than visiting-cards, or just large enough to contain one -of the short written selections and a pansy. Let the children copy on -the cards, in their own handwriting, from the clippings the ones which -they like best; this will leave the original clippings to be used again -for other purposes. Each Junior may write seven, one for each day in the -week, after pasting a pansy on each card; then tie a ribbon a few inches -long through a hole in one corner, leaving one end free, and tie the -free ends of all seven ribbons together so that they can be hung up. If -the ribbons used are as many as possible of the different pansy colors -for each bunch, the effect will be extremely pretty. Some of the more -skilful workers may find that they have time to prepare a second bunch -in the same way. - -These handfuls of thoughts may then be sent where they will be most -appreciated, and the pansy-hunt will have served, at the very lowest -estimate, a double purpose. - - - - -A Rainy Fourth. - - -There are bright possibilities in every cloud, and even a rainy Fourth -of July is no exception. So the Joyville Juniors discovered. Of course, -they were intending to have a picnic, besides enjoying the regulation -fireworks; and here was a cold, steady drizzle, for all the world as if -it were November. - -Great were the lamentations; but just as the “Sultan of Sulkydom” was -about to have everything his own way he was put to rout by a big covered -wagon driven around from one house to another where the Joyville Juniors -lived. There were twenty-three of them in the society; but sixteen -houses contained them all, and fourteen of these were quite close -together; so it was not more than an hour before the last youngsters -were collected and all were landed in the big upper room of Judge -Elsworth’s house. Miss Elsworth, the Junior superintendent, welcomed -them with a certain twinkle of the eyes which made every Junior -instantly conclude that in spite of the rain they would manage to have a -good time. - -“Just wait a minute until the Independence Wizard comes in,” said Miss -Elsworth mysteriously, “and then the best part of the fun will begin.” - -The children were breathless. Presently there were three sharp raps at -the door, and the Independence Wizard was ushered in. - -Two artistically draped table-covers, a wig, mask, skull-cap, and -glasses had transformed Miss Elsworth’s brother into a very presentable -wizard, and after entertaining the children for a half-hour with parlor -magic he produced from apparently nowhere a bundle of bright-colored -tissue-paper, some tinsel, a rubber ball, a large potato, a dried -sunflower stalk, and several other mysterious things, and said: “Presto! -change! The weather is not quite all we expected outdoors; but we are -independent, and will make our own fair weather right here. We will make -our own fireworks, too, and fire them off without even waiting till -night. That is what wizards are good for, if they are Independence -Wizards; and every one of you is going to learn the wizard trade, -beginning this very minute; that is, if you want to. Do you?” - -Of course they did, and the girls were assured that this splendid offer -included them too; for would they not make the very best of witches? - -With the aid of his sister, who had mysteriously disappeared a short -time before, and who reappeared now as the Independence Witch, with a -book of magic all her own in the form of a magazine saved for just such -an emergency, the wizard soon had the children absorbed in making the -charming paper fireworks fully described by Lina Beard in _The -Delineator_ for July, 1902. They can be fired off indoors as well as -outdoors; and the gorgeous comets, brilliant pinwheels, sparkling -calumet with its bright sparks flying all over the hair and clothing of -the experimenters, the sunflower-stalk sky-rocket, and the bamboo pistol -with potato bullets, were all as fascinating as they were harmless. - -After the bright showers indoors had made the revellers quite forget the -dull showers outside, a giant firecracker candy-box was called into -use; and with songs, stories, and a lunch which disappeared so rapidly -as to convince any skeptic of the acquired magical powers of those -present, the fireworks were sorted out, and many of them were found to -be quite uninjured. These were carefully packed in a box for the -Children’s Home, and the Juniors voted that rainy day the best -Independence celebration ever held in Joyville. - - - - -An Indian Festival. - - -Chicago’s one hundredth birthday was the occasion of a celebration -interesting to many thousands, and not the least interesting feature was -the Indian village in Lincoln Park. Picturesque in their typical -costumes, the red men appeared much as their ancestors did a century -ago. From Chief No-zu-kah, the medicine-man in his coonskin cap and red -blanket, who rattled his medicine-bags as he walked, down to -six-year-old Hach-si-acha, the braves and squaws were the centre of -attraction; and this, together with an Indian festival once successfully -given by a wide-awake older Endeavor society, inclines me to think that -the Juniors should have one of their own, improving on all former -undertakings of the kind, and perhaps on nature as well! - -War-paint and feathers, beads, blankets, and moccasins, should be -brought into use for the costumes. Decorate the rooms with plenty of -boughs and foliage, to represent a woodland scene; hang cages of -singing birds from the branches; and have a wigwam in one corner, with a -buffalo robe spread in front of its entrance. Two Junior “Indian” girls -who have learned the now popular basket-weaving, may be seated here at -their work, with finished baskets for sale. One or more flower-girls may -wander about, selling colored grasses and other similar treasures. One -of the Junior boys may represent a medicine-man, and sell roots and -herbs; another may sell bows and arrows to all who wish to test their -skill at the target, which must be so placed that stray shots can do no -damage. A loan exhibition of Indian curios will be instructive, if there -is some one to explain them; and the Indian portraits, in colors, to be -found among the Perry Pictures, will prove interesting. A fancy-work -booth may contain feather fans, dainty bags of beadwork, dolls dressed -as pappooses and squaws, and birch bark made into all kinds of pretty -conceits, from toy canoes to bon-bon-boxes filled with salted nuts -instead of candy. - -The bows and arrows will play a lively part in the evening’s -festivities. A small sum may be charged for each trial, if desired. -Archery is said to be the coming sport; and, if it is indeed soon to be -revived from its centuries of partial sleep, and thus rival golf and -other favorites, one cannot begin to practise too soon! It is certainly -graceful, healthful, and fascinating enough to warrant the revival. - -Refreshments should be nuts and fruits, delicious in themselves, but -served on wooden plates by “Indian” waitresses in the most primitive -manner. A programme might be rendered beginning with a reading from -“Hiawatha” illustrated with tableaux, which the Juniors, with careful -training, can present as well as any one; including also an Indian -hunter’s drill with bows and arrows, in which either boys alone, or -girls alone, or both boys and girls, might take part; and closing with -all the Juniors’ forming in line and uttering a war-whoop, which if not -realistic will be at least startling. - - - - -A Boys’ Book Party. - - -Library parties for grown people are common enough, but the boys should -have a costume book party of their own. The more boys present, the -better. The following suggestions for costumes may be helpful: - -1. “Black Beauty.” A good-looking boy in burnt cork. - -2. “Little Men.” Two or more brothers or friends wearing high hats, -long-tailed coats, etc. - -3. “Pilgrim’s Progress.” A boy wearing a gown and carrying a staff. The -word “Mecca” should be printed on a label fastened to his breast. - -4. “Tom Saw-yer.” A boy whose real name is Tom should raise a telescope -to his eyes every few minutes. - -5. “Rob Roy.” A red-haired boy in Highland costume. The plaid should be -correct. - -6. “Kenilworth.” (Kennel worth.) A boy leading his pet dog. - -7. “Under the Lilacs.” A boy wearing a garland of real or artificial -lilacs. - -8. “Under Drake’s Flag.” A boy wearing the British flag as a turban. - -9. “Merry adventures of Rob-in Hood.” A boy named Robert wearing his -sister’s hood. - -10. “St. Nicholas.” A boy dressed as Santa Claus. - -11. “The Pirate.” A boy dressed as a typical pirate. - -12. “Story of a Bad Boy.” A boy wearing a placard on which is printed -“The History of My Life.” - -13. “Boys of ’76.” Two boys, each wearing a placard marked, “100-24.” - -14. “Recollections of a Drummer-Boy.” A boy with a drum. On a placard is -written, “Forty Years Ago.” - -15. “Sketch-Book.” A boy carrying a drawing-book under his arm. - -Thirty is a good number to be present at a book party. All the guests -should send their book-titles to the host of the evening two or three -days before the party. At the door each boy should be handed a pencil, a -blank sheet of paper, and a numbered card which he should pin to his -back or sleeve. Half an hour should be allowed for guessing the names. -One reward might be a book like Kipling’s “Barrack-Room Ballads,” or -“Seven Seas;” another, a paper-cutter; and, for the shortest list, a -blank book. Ice-cream and cake have nothing to do with books, but -should be served just the same, if possible, to comfort the losers. - - - - -Card-Pasting. - - -A good variation from making scrap-books for a children’s hospital, -especially if the workers happen to be few, is to use large cards, -preparing them like the different pages of a picture scrap-book, but -leaving them separate. Then they can be easily handed from one bed to -another; and, as they can be divided among the different children, they -can be seen by many at once without waiting till enough whole -scrap-books can be filled. Ten Juniors can easily prepare fifty cards in -a single afternoon, but the pictures will be most interesting if weeks -are spent in collecting them. - -Take large white or delicately tinted cards about eighteen inches long -and twelve inches wide. Paste on them gay pictures cut from advertising -cards and other sources, arranging them according to taste. One card -could be a menagerie, or a “Noah’s ark,” with a long procession of -animals winding all around from top to bottom. Such a card once made had -an array that would have astonished Noah. There were dancing bears, and -elephants with howdahs on their backs, and circus horses, and monkeys -dressed like Italian lazzaroni, and pigs with apples in their mouths, -and even a Christmas turkey carried on the heads of three geese. Another -card could be made up entirely of flowers or of flowers, birds, and -butterflies. Another could contain ships, sea-gulls, fishes, and some -shells on a supposed beach at the bottom. Funny groups of people doing -all sorts of things can be arranged. - -Some of the figures can be cut from newspapers or old magazines; if -bright colors are desired, a paintbox can be brought into service, but -usually the uncolored pages are very acceptable mixed in with those cut -from colored plates and cards. - -Sometimes figures cut from stiff cards will not be easy to paste, but by -spreading them (on the wrong side, of course) with a rather thin boiled -flour paste, and letting them lie for a few moments, they become softer -and more pliable. - - - - -Climbing the Bean-Stalk. - - -A barn with a captivating hay-loft, a stout ladder with a vine thickly -twined around it, some croquet-balls, four Indian clubs, a pointer, and -a supply of apples, oranges, and small bags of nuts or cracker-jack, are -all that you will need--except the Juniors, who are most necessary of -all. - -“Climbing the bean-stalk” consists of going up the ladder to the giant’s -castle,--the very same castle, in imagination, explored by the immortal -Jack,--and finding and taking possession of the treasures. This means a -hunt in the hay for the apples and other things previously hidden there. -The pointer, croquet-balls, and Indian clubs may be tucked in to add -variety to the store. - -After the treasures are all discovered and safely brought down the -bean-stalk, the Juniors will enjoy a game of “croquet-bowling.” A -sufficient space should be cleared on the barn floor, and the four -Indian clubs should be set up at one end as pins, three in a row behind -the king-pin. The bowling is then done with the croquet-balls. - -The party may conclude with an impromptu “freak show,” using the -hay-loft as a pedestal from which to display the “freaks.” This is where -your pointer comes in. The amount of fun to be had from a “freak show” -can be best understood if I give you the description of Vincent Van M. -Beede’s, in his own words, only remarking that the barn adds to the -general hilarity, and that one of the Indian clubs would do very well -instead of the suggested andiron. - -“One rainy morning last summer the children and I had great fun getting -up a freak show. As we had not thought out beforehand what we were going -to do, things were all the funnier. Little Marvyn, seven years old, -stood on a table and chose to be Pullaway, the Boy with the Rubber Skin. - -“I was asked to be lecturer, so with a pointer in my hand I explained as -glibly as I could how marvellous a boy this was. Why, he could stretch -out the skin of his cheeks two feet, and then let it snap back again! -(Pullaway now showed his power.) Martin, a handsome fellow of twelve, -was Stickeminus, the Human Pincushion. I showed the (imaginary) audience -that pins had no effect on the feelings of this wonder. ‘I will stick a -pin into his arm this very minute,’ I said. Strange to say, the Human -Pincushion squealed! Fritz, thirteen years old, who has a beautiful -physique, was Lomposo Musculario, the Strong Man. ‘See him lift that -mighty andiron,’ I remarked. ‘It weighs 555⅕ pounds.’ Lomposo puffed and -groaned under his heavy burden. Essie wanted to be the Fat Lady; I -suppose because as a matter of fact she is very slender. It was -surprising how much she succeeded in blowing out her cheeks. Madeleine, -Champion Pie-Eater of the World, gobbled up anywhere from fifty to -seventy-five (imaginary) mince pies, and Jolliby, as Burroo, the One -Armed Wild Man of Borneo, seized my arm in his teeth while I was telling -what a dangerous creature he was. The other freaks set up a chorus of -alarm, and I do not know what would have become of me if Winkles, who -was the _Very_ Wildest Man, had not grappled in deadly combat with -Burroo; and, if Madeleine had not offered them her best (imaginary) -pies, they would, I fear, have devoured each other on the spot.” - - - - -Advertising-Carnival. - - -Having made out a list, for your own convenience, of well-known business -firms, local or otherwise, whose names could be represented by costumes, -let each Junior come dressed to represent one of the firms. For -instance, Marshall Field’s might be portrayed by a boy in a soldier’s -uniform, with dried grasses and other field treasures extending from -pockets and buttonholes; Macy’s, by a girl named May, or dressed as -queen of the May, with a placard attached bearing the letter “C.” The -same letter, worn by a boy carrying a gallon can, a hammer, and a -barrel-hoop, would answer for “Siegel and Cooper.” “Tiffany” might be -portrayed by a picture of two people having a slight quarrel, the -picture being fastened to the costume of a girl named Fannie or Annie, -or to that of a boy carrying a large palm-leaf fan and limping as if one -knee were affected. - -Local firms, however, should predominate, and the utmost secrecy should -prevail in all the preparations. When the evening of the carnival has -arrived in all its glory, give each guest a pencil and paper, and reward -with some gift the one who can without assistance make out the longest -correct list of firms represented. Such an occasion would be interesting -to others besides the Juniors; and a charge for admission might be made, -in which case a light repast should be served, and a fancy march of the -various “walking advertisements” should add to the attractions. - -This occasion might be combined, if desired, with the “evening with ads” -described elsewhere in the book. - - - - -Parlor Golf Party. - - -Most boys and girls are somewhat familiar with golf, and the Juniors -will probably prove no exception. Any kind of “parlor golf” may be -introduced, as simple or as elaborate as you please. Here is one kind -that must be interesting, called “Quiet Go-lol-uf,” and explained by -Vincent Van M. Beede as follows: - -“This game is meant especially for boys and girls who know something -about the royal and ancient game of ‘golf’ sometimes called ‘go-lol-uf’ -just for fun. Seat your friends about a table, pass around pencils and -paper, and then say: - -“‘We are going to play go-lol-uf. I hope you won’t squabble much. This -game is a little different from the outdoor kind. Here you are expected -_not_ to get into a hole. I shall pass to each of you a card on which is -written something about golf. Write your answers on the large sheets; -and don’t forget, please, to write your names at the bottom of the -sheets. Number the answers, of course. At the end of every two minutes I -shall yell “Fore!” and everybody must pass his card to his left-hand -neighbor.’ - -“Here is a list of terms: - -“1. A dancing-party. (Ball.) - -2. A drink. (Tea.) - -3. A box in which to keep the vegetable from which this drink is made. -(Caddie--Caddy.) - -4. A society. (Club.) - -5. The man who rows next the coxswain in a racing-shell. (Stroke.) - -6. A common color. (Green.) - -7. Bold. (Brass(e)y.) - -8. The man who holds the reins. (Driver.) - -9. A number. (Fore--four.) - -10. A guess. (Hazard.) - -11. Used for smoothing clothes. (Iron.) - -12. A story that is not true. (Lie.) - -13. A piece. (Slice.) - -14. Something with which one eats. (Spoon.) - -15. The noise made by an animal that does not like Thanksgiving. -(Gobble.) - -16. A place where hay is kept. (Loft.) - -“The rewards might be a golf-club, a scarf-pin, a score-book, a pair of -balls, or a rubber tee.” - - * * * * * - -Another game of golf is the one played on a table wound with a somewhat -crumpled cloth. Each player is furnished with a pea and a pin by way of -ball and stick. It is very good fun when there are players enough to -make the contest exciting; for the winner is the player who is first to -roll the pea up to goal. The pea that collides with another, or pushes -it, or even touches it, is sent back to the starting-point. - -Other games mentioned elsewhere in the book may be substituted for one -or the other of these, in case not all present are enthusiasts on golf; -but the second one could be adapted to the veriest novice, while -interesting to all. Refreshments of cake and chocolate may be served, -and it would add to the fun if the small iced cakes were decorated with -various golf emblems. - - - - -Mysterious Basket-Ball. - - -Collect the materials, either with or without the Juniors’ help, -beginning some time in advance. When the time comes to have the “ball,” -the more mystery the better. - -Place a large basket or clothes-hamper in the middle of the room. This -is the “mysterious basket” part, and each Junior is then told to help -himself to his “ball,” one of the many bundles wrapped up to look as -nearly like balls as possible, all the way from the size of a baseball -to that of a basket-ball. - -Have ready plenty of scissors, paste, glue, needles, thread, and the -celluloid thimbles that can be bought for a cent or two apiece. As each -“ball” is opened, it proves to hold the materials for making a small -Christmas gift or article for a fair to be given by the Juniors, or for -a Junior fancy-work booth at a “grown-up” fair. - -Many simple and inexpensive articles, both pretty and useful, can be -made by children of Junior age, both girls and boys. If a piece of work -which is all sewing happens to be drawn by a boy, so much the more fun. -The Junior superintendent acts as “umpire,” answering questions and -explaining the rules of the game. A thimble worn on the thumb is “foul,” -even if the fingers _do_ seem to be all thumbs, which is often far from -being the case. - -Here is a partial list of articles which might be made: - -1. Stamp-box, of heavy water-color paper, ready cut out. The one who -draws this bundle will have an easy task; merely to fold the box into -shape, paste the flaps on the inside, decorate the cover with a two-cent -stamp, and tie it in place with a ribbon. - -2. Chamois spectacle-cleaner, cut in any fancy shape; two pieces -buttonhole-stitched around the edge with colored silk, and caught -together with fancy ribbon. - -3. Pocket pincushion made of two pieces of stiff cardboard covered first -with a thin layer of cotton batting, then with wide fancy ribbon; sewed -together around the edge and filled with several kinds and sizes of -pins. - -4. Chinese pen-wiper made of two nutshells glued together to make a -head; a pigtail of braided horsehair; a Chinese costume of red cloth -with several flannel leaves under the loose, short coat; ink features -for the face; and, if one likes, Chinese hieroglyphics in ink decorating -the costume. - -5. Match-scratcher. Cardboard foundation, with a strip of blue paper -pasted across the top to represent sky; a strip of green paper of the -same width, pasted across the bottom for grass; a larger strip of red -paper between, marked off with ink to represent a brick wall; a cat made -of emery paper seated on the grass facing the wall. - -6. Recipe-holder, of two teapots or teakettles cut from celluloid, tied -together with ribbon and decorated with water-colors in lettering or -other design. - -7. Blotter, calendar, and pen-wiper combined. A dozen pieces of colored -blotting-paper tied together with a ribbon; the outer one with a picture -and a small calendar pad pasted on; or there may be a cover made of -white cardboard decorated with gold or silver paper bells, or with -flowers or leaves carefully and _separately_ cut from Japanese -tissue-paper napkins and pasted on. A tiny pen-wiper made of several -circles of chamois is to be tied in one corner. - -8. Cover for a kodak album, made of rough, heavy tan or brown -writing-paper with a target in the centre. The target is made by pasting -four paper circles of contrasting colors, one over the other, each -smaller than the last, the smallest one in the centre being the -bull’s-eye; and printing, each side of the target, in gold or white, the -words “Snap-Shots.” - -9. Court-plaster case of water-color paper, tied together with ribbon, -the cover decorated with a picture, the leaves of court-plaster. - -10. Shaving-paper “snowballs.” These are very pretty, and are made of -many circles of white tissue-paper caught together in the same way as a -ball pen-wiper, and furnished with a hanging loop of red ribbon. - -11. Pen-wipers of several thicknesses of felt, cut out leaf-shape or -flower shape, and held together with a bow and ends of ribbon. - -12. Junior “comfort-powders.” Tie a cheery Bible verse or other pleasant -message in a piece of fringed tissue-paper; then tie fifty-two of these -in a bunch, one for each week in the year. Or the Juniors might combine -in this, and make the powders daily ones. - -Other articles, as simple or more elaborate, will be thought -of in abundance; pretty ironing-holders, hair-receivers, dusters -and duster-bags, sweeping-caps, lamp-mats, dinner cards, -whisk-broom-holders, etc. The work, if well prepared in advance, could -probably be done by the Juniors in an hour at the longest; some of it in -much less. Rewards should be given, not for the most rapid work, but for -that most neatly done. The “umpire” may enlist the aid of one or more of -her friends in preparing the work, giving instructions, and assigning -rewards, especially if there are many of the small workers; and the -Juniors may be allowed to exchange tasks if thought desirable. - -After the work is done, and while the committee is deciding as to its -merits, the “ball-team” may indulge in refreshments in the appropriate -globular form of doughnuts, oranges, or pop-corn balls; after which the -afternoon may close with the award of the gifts and a stirring game of -real basket-ball; or, if it is in the evening, or too late in the season -for this out-of-door sport, try a game of “Little Queen Fluff” instead. -“Little Queen Fluff” is a ball of cotton covered with colored crape -paper. Place the chairs two feet apart in a line across the centre of -the room; arrange the Juniors one opposite each chair, against the wall -on both sides of the room; give one of these balls and a palm-leaf fan -to each; and let them see which can most successfully send his own -particular “Little Queen Fluff” through her castle underneath the centre -of the chair, to the opposite side of the room. The side which gets all -its balls across the room first, fanning them by way of the “castle” -underneath the centre of the chair, wins the game. - - - - -A Puritan Thanksgiving Dinner. - - -This is a combination affair, enlisting Endeavorers of all ages; but the -Juniors’ part in it is an important one. The main idea is to make it a -pleasant occasion, not only for those who would have a Thanksgiving -feast anyway, but for as many as possible who would otherwise go -without. The very poorest should be hunted up and included in the -invitations. - -Let me tell you how the plan was once carried out by a lady and her -little fourteen-year-old niece, whom we will call Priscilla. The writer -says: - -“With the help of kind friends and faithful Bridget we made very much of -a success of our dinner, and many a poor soul was made happy for one day -at least. For several weeks previous, Priscilla and I spent our evenings -by the great fire in the big kitchen, dressing Puritan dolls for the -children, and making other gifts. Priscilla asked old sailor Hogan to -make for her a small model of the Mayflower such as she had seen in -Pilgrim Hall at Plymouth, and after we had stretched the old mahogany -table to its fullest extent, which reached almost the entire length of -the kitchen, and covered it with Grandmother Alden’s white damask -banquet-cloth, Priscilla placed the little ship in the centre on a large -mirror. The frame of the mirror we concealed with sea-sand, shells, and -pebbles; and on one side we placed a large stone which John had carved -into the shape of the dear old rock on which our Pilgrim Fathers landed. -We scattered over all this thin flaky cotton sprinkled with crystallized -alum to imitate snow, and the little Puritan dolls on deck made the -scene very realistic. The body of the ship we filled with our gifts. - -[Illustration: DIAGRAM 1.] - -[Illustration: DIAGRAM 2.] - -“Priscilla made fruit-baskets, and bowls for the nuts and candy, out of -pumpkins. John sawed three large bright yellow ones for her as shown in -the diagrams. After these had been scooped out, using the contents for -pies, and dried thoroughly, we placed them on the table on mats of green -tissue-paper cut in the shape of pumpkin leaves. The effect against the -white cloth was quite pretty. For each of our poorer guests we made an -old-fashioned reticule of yellow cloth tied with green braid. In these -we placed a pair of woollen gloves, two pairs of woollen stockings or -socks, a handkerchief, a cake of soap, and an order for a stout pair of -shoes. In the way of gifts for the other guests there were little -keepsakes such as pumpkin pincushions made of yellow silk and tied with -green ribbons, Plymouth Rock paper-weights, and little models of -Governor Carver’s chair in which we tied yellow pincushions with green -ribbons. There were napkin-rings, needle-books, stamp-boxes, -paper-cutters, and pin-trays, all with engravings of the Mayflower or -some Pilgrim emblem. We had plenty of dinner for all. There was -everything required for a Thanksgiving feast, from the turkey and -cranberry sauce to plum pudding, into which Bridget had put plenty of -plums. All who helped in receiving dressed in Puritan costumes. - -“After the dinner had been eaten and the presents distributed, Miss -Katherine Anderson, one of the teachers in the public school, gave a -little talk, for fear the significance of the occasion might escape some -of the most ignorant; but I am glad to say that there were none except -the very smallest who did not know the history of our Pilgrim Fathers. -The ladies of our old town have decided to give a dinner of this kind -every Thanksgiving.” - -When the Endeavorers are to give such a dinner, the little address would -naturally be by the pastor, and the Juniors’ part of the preparations -might well begin with the “mysterious basket-ball” described elsewhere -in the book. In this case the small articles to be made or decorated -would of course consist wholly of such as would be adapted for gifts at -the dinner, and the Juniors should be told of the plan at the beginning -of their work. They could also help in dressing the Puritan dolls and in -receiving the guests; and, if they wish to do more, they might give a -“Mayflower drill” in Puritan costume. - -An entertainment of this kind could also be given to raise money for the -church or society. In such cases, of course, the philanthropic features -would be omitted, an admission fee charged, and the articles from the -Mayflower sold. - - - - -Teddy and the Goblin. - -(_Teddy’s Dream on Christmas Morn._) - -BY MATTIE-MARIE GAMBLE. - - -The necessary requirements are a cot, a chair, a candle and candlestick, -a large stocking, a small camera, and a large wooden frame with an -opening about five feet square. The frame might be gilded or covered -with yellow Canton flannel, and should have a support at the back of -each side to hold it firmly in an upright position. There should be a -box or platform high enough to be on a level with the lower edge of the -opening of the frame, back of it. - -The stage should represent a scene in the woods, with an abundance of -green foliage; and leaves or green cloth should cover the floor. Near -the back of the stage should be a curtain that could be drawn to each -side, on which are painted trees, etc., to carry out the woods effect. - -Back of this curtain arrange a small sleeping-room, in which are placed -the cot and the chair with the candle on it; and in some prominent place -is hung the stocking, well stuffed, with the small camera peeping out at -the top. - - -Characters. - - TEDDY, _A little boy of ten years_. - FUN, _A little old goblin_. - RED RIDINGHOOD AND WOLF. - OLD WOMAN WITH BROOM. - JACK THE GIANT-KILLER. - THE GIANT. - JACK AND JILL. - TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON. - JACK-BE-NIMBLE. - BO-PEEP. - SIMPLE SIMON. - - -Costumes. - -TEDDY. Long nightgown reaching to just above the ankles, barefooted, and -hair tousled. - -FUN, _the goblin_. A boy of twelve or fourteen years, quite small for -his age. Long beard, pointed shoes that turn up at the toes, long belted -blouse and tight knee pants, stocking cap with tassel. - -RED RIDINGHOOD. Long red cloak and hood and a basket. A large dog may -represent the wolf. - -OLD WOMAN. Pointed hat with brim. Old shoulder-shawl and dress to -ankles, carrying a dilapidated broom. - -JACK THE GIANT-KILLER. Page’s costume and sword. - -GIANT. Very large man. Any fantastic costume. - -JACK AND JILL. Dressed as country children and carrying a pail, Jill -with sunbonnet. - -TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON. Boy about sixteen, tall and slender; short -waistcoat, trousers above shoe-tops, little old hat on back of head; a -pig made of white Canton flannel under his arm. Or, if a small live pig -could be procured, it would add to the merriment. - -JACK-BE-NIMBLE. Small boy in short waistcoat and trousers, with candle -in candlestick. - -BO-PEEP. Shepherdess costume. Long crook with ribbon tied on end. - -SIMPLE SIMON. Trousers to shoe-tops; straight ragged garment extending -almost to knees, and left open at neck; hair tousled. A tin pail and a -rod about two feet in length with long string tied to it and piece of -bent wire attached to the end of string. - -TIME. Just before dawn Christmas morning. - - - SCENE _opens on the little bedroom._ TEDDY _asleep on the cot. Keep - the front of the stage as dark as possible during this scene, with - woods curtain drawn aside, and throw a dim light on the bedroom from - behind the scenes._ - -TEDDY (_waking, sitting up in bed, and rubbing his eyes_). My, but it’s -dark! I wonder if Santa Claus has been here yet. Guess I’ll see. -(_Strikes a match, and lights the candle, holds it above his head, and -peers around. Suddenly seeing the stocking fairly bulging with gifts, he -puts the candle on the chair, bounds out of bed, and makes a dive for -the stocking. When about to take it down, he hesitates._) I know it -ain’t time, but I just _can’t_ wait. I’ll just take _one_ thing out. -(_Reaches up carefully and takes down camera._) My! if it ain’t the -camera I wrote to Santa Claus for. I wonder how it works. (_Turning it -over._) I’ll take Rover’s picture the very first one. (_Dances back to -bed, camera in hand, and, pulling the covers over him, begins examining -it. Yawns several times, and talks in a sleepy voice._) Won’t ma and pa -be (_yawns_) surprised--when--they--see--(_yawns again_)--it, -though?--Wish--I--could---- (_Falls asleep._) - - (_In runs little old goblin, frolics around the room a little, blows - out the candle, and perches himself on the foot of the bed._) - -FUN. Aha! been into your stocking already, have you? and sound asleep -again. Well, well (_then talking to himself_), I will just wake him up -in dreamland, and have a little fun with him. (_Turning to_ TEDDY.) -Well, Master Teddy, how are you? Merry Christmas! - -TEDDY (_very sleepy and still holding on to camera_). How do you -do?--but I--I don’t know you. What is your name? and where am I? - -FUN. That’s so! Why, you are in dreamland; and you don’t know me?--ha! -ha!--well, my name’s Fun. You think that a queer name? Well, I took that -name because, you see, people are always wanting to do things “just for -fun,” and so I thought I would be well taken care of! - -TEDDY. I wish I could take a picture with my new camera just for fun, -but I don’t know how. - -FUN. Is that so? Why, I can take fine pictures. Just come with me into -the woods, and I will show you. (_Jumps down and pulls_ TEDDY, _with -camera, out of bed by the hand_. TEDDY _hangs back as if frightened_.) -O, don’t be afraid. I will take good care of you, and bring you back -again. Come on; we will take pictures of Mother Goose children in the -woods. - -TEDDY. O--real sure ’nough live children? - -FUN. Yes, I should say so. I know them all--Jack and Jill and Red -Ridinghood and---- - -TEDDY (_excitedly_). And Jack the Giant-Killer? - -FUN. Yes--all of them. - -TEDDY. O, let’s hurry! (_No longer holds back, but runs out, pulling_ -FUN _after him. As they leave, the foliage curtains should be quickly -drawn together, leaving only the woods, and the light should now be -turned on that scene. Enter_ FUN _and_ TEDDY, _looking around_. TEDDY -_disappointed_.) I don’t see anybody. - -FUN. Just wait. Now you stand behind the tree and watch. Keep quiet. -(_Enter_ RED RIDINGHOOD _talking to the wolf, the dog. While she is -talking_, FUN _takes the camera, and turns it in her direction. A stout -rubber band can be attached to the camera so that no one can see it, and -he snaps it very loud as he takes the picture._ FUN _turns to_ TEDDY -_and grins_.) I got that one; now we must get ready for the next. -(_Winds screw. At the same instant some one behind the scenes winds an -old clock or something that makes an equally loud sound. This should be -done each time a picture is taken. Just as he is ready for the next_, -TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON, _runs across the stage with pig, and_ FUN -_jumps quickly to snap the camera_. FUN _turns to_ TEDDY _and winks_.) -Nearly lost that one. (_Winds again. After that the rest of the -characters come in, in quick succession, so that all of them are in -almost at the same time, each of course in his or her own way._ SIMPLE -SIMON _should set his mother’s pail down at one side and begin fishing -in it, always looking as silly as possible_. JACK-BE-NIMBLE _places his -lighted candle on the floor, and frequently jumps lightly back and forth -over it. In the meantime the giant has lain down asleep, and_ JACK THE -GIANT-KILLER _has taken his position with one foot on giant’s chest and -sword in hand_; BO-PEEP _has fallen asleep, and so on_. FUN _skips in -and out among them, snapping one picture after another, always winding -after each. Finally he stops_.) I wonder if I have them all. - -TEDDY (_in loud whisper_). You didn’t get the giant. (_Is so interested -that he forgets to keep back, and finds himself in the centre of the -stage._) - -FUN. Why, I forgot Little Bo-Peep! and the dear child is fast asleep. -(_Snaps camera again. At the same time, seeing_ TEDDY, _the children all -begin to laugh and dance around him, having lots of fun_. TEDDY _becomes -frightened, and, burying his face in his hands, cries aloud_. FUN _runs -to him, and when the children see the goblin they all scamper off the -stage_, BO-PEEP _and the giant disappearing with the rest_.) What is the -matter, my little friend? - -TEDDY. I’m so (_sobs_) scared! - -FUN. Scared at what? - -TEDDY. Because they’re all around me. - -FUN. Who? - -TEDDY (_looking up wonderingly_). Why!--why, where are they? - -FUN. You crazy child, who are you talking about? - -TEDDY. Red Ridinghood and Jack the Giant-Killer and--and all the rest! - -FUN. Ha! ha! (_Laughing heartily._) _You_ don’t understand them. Now you -see them and now you don’t. - -TEDDY. Wish I could see them again, but I don’t want them to see me. - -FUN. Well, the pictures are all ready now, and they are fine ones, too. -One hundred times larger than your camera. Think of it! Would you like -to see them now? - -TEDDY. Well, I should say so! - -FUN. All right; here goes. First we will have Little Red Ridinghood. -(_During the performance in the woods the cot, chair, etc., should be -removed and the large frame with platform back of it put directly behind -the foliage curtain. Back of the frame opening and platform should be a -woods background if possible. When_ FUN _announces the subject of each -picture, some one behind the scenes, near the front, should read slowly -and clearly the story or verse describing that picture. Meanwhile, those -characters are taking their positions in the frame, and when ready must -not move. As each story or verse is finished, the curtains are drawn -aside for a minute, showing the picture, and then drawn together again. -Then the next story and its picture, and so on until all are shown. As -each one is presented_, TEDDY _and_ FUN _dance around and clap their -hands, making such exclamations as “O my!” “Isn’t that great?” etc. -Curtain falls on the last picture_. FUN _and_ TEDDY _are again alone in -the woods_.) Here they all come back again, I declare! Too bad they -could not have seen their own pictures. O, well; it doesn’t matter. Why! -where are you going, Teddy? - -TEDDY. I’m going home! (_Runs off the stage._) - -FUN. Wait a minute. (_Talking to himself._) No use. Guess I had better -see if he gets home all right. (_Follows_ TEDDY. _Enter all the children -singing Mother Goose rhymes. While they are dancing and singing, the -large frame is removed, and the cot, etc., are replaced the same as in -the first scene. As the music is finished, they dance off stage. Curtain -opens on bedroom scene._ TEDDY _asleep with camera, and the goblin -perched on bed again_.) Well, the little fellow has had quite a treat, -and it is nearly time for him to wake up; so I must leave him for this -time. (_Jumps down, and as he steals lightly out, kisses his hand to_ -TEDDY.) Good-by, little chap. I hope you will have a fine Christmas day. -Good-by. - - (_A bright light is now thrown on the cot, and_ TEDDY _wakes up_.) - -TEDDY. My! it’s broad daylight, and I’ll bet the folks are all up. -(_Sits up on one side of the bed; suddenly thinks of the camera, and -takes it up._) Wasn’t Santa Claus good, though? (_Meditatively._) If I -only knew how to use it! (_Brightening._) Why, I do! Now who was it -showed me how? O, yes! it was the goblin, I do believe; and I’ve been to -dreamland. Yes, it all comes to me now, and I’ve resolved that ---- -(_Standing and reciting._) - - When there’s something to be bought and you haven’t got the money, - You just write out that little thought,--now that sounds rather - funny,-- - Just write it nice to Santa Claus, and seal it up right tight, - And when you go to bed you know he’ll bring it sure that night. - Because, you know, ’tis Christmas eve, when Santa always comes, - And brings you lots of things you want--nice cameras and drums; - And when you’re puzzled as to how to work the things you get, - Just go off into dreamland, and you’ll find out, you bet! - ’Cause Fun, the little goblin, is always sure to know, - And you can take a trip with him if you are not too slow. - Then you will find out how to do most anything under the sun, - And when you wake up bright again, you’ll know just how ’tis done. - -CURTAIN. - - - - -Cinderella Reception. - - -The Juniors come, if they wish, in fancy costumes; the smallest girl can -be Cinderella, in pretty slippers, and a trained Empire dress of pink -cambric, with her hair piled up on top of her head; and the smallest boy -should personate the prince, in a light-blue cambric suit with many bows -and buckles. Others may be the cruel stepmother, the proud sisters, the -fairy godmother, the king, the queen, and various other distinguished -people of the times. - -Among the games which might be played is “my lady’s slipper.” One player -goes out of the room, and is blindfolded. The rest seat themselves in a -line in seats low enough so that their feet all reach the floor. The -feet must not be tucked under the chairs, or otherwise disposed of in -any way except straight on the floor in front of the seated players. The -blindfolded one is then called in, and tries to find out, by lightly -stepping on the toes of each, who is the one thus trod upon. Some -players can keep perfectly still while this is going on; but many have -not the necessary self-control, and the slightest laugh, exclamation, or -other noise often reveals the secret. The first one whose identity is -thus learned must change places with the blindfolded one, and the game -proceeds as before. - -Perhaps the children will like to try a “slipper obstacle-race,” which -is like the race in the “parlor mountain-climb” except that each Junior -wears a paper slipper which must be kept on throughout the race. - -“Fairy bowling” is another good game. Cover the dining-room table -temporarily with a cloth of bright-colored flannel or other woollen -material; arrange across it, near one end, a pasteboard arch, or one of -heavy wire wound with ribbon, fastening the ends of the arch to bricks -on each side, covered like the table. Prepare a large bowl of suds, made -of soap, warm water, and glycerine; and arrange the players, boys on one -side of the table and girls on the other, giving to each boy a clay pipe -and to each girl a small fan. The boy at the head of the line takes the -bowl, blows a bubble, and drops it on the table. The girl opposite tries -to fan it under the arch before it breaks. Tally is kept with pink and -blue paper disks on little tally cards which may be attached to the -fans. Pink means a successful bowling; blue, a failure. As each two -players complete their trial, they go to the foot of the line, which -moves up to let the next two try. The game may consist of five rounds, -or four if there are many players. A ribbon-bedecked pipe and a pretty -fan might be the rewards given to the winning bowlers. - -Here is a new kind of “slipper-hunt,” which is enjoyable. Tell the -Juniors that there are forty pairs of slippers hidden about the rooms, -and offer a reward to the one finding the greatest number that prove to -be pairs. The slippers should be of different colors, and about three -inches long. They are cut out of cardboard from patterns found in an -illustrated catalogue. - -The plan of a doll Cinderella seated in a pumpkin coach lined with -light blue, with four and twenty chocolate mice harnessed to it with -ribbons and driven by a colored doll coachman, is not new, but is very -pleasing, especially to the younger ones. Refreshments may be -slipper-shaped sandwiches or cookies, lemonade, and the chocolate mice. - - - - -Star Social. - - -If you wish decorative features, the following are attractive, though -not necessary to the success of the social. - -Cut from gilt paper as many stars about an inch in diameter as there are -Juniors. Then take a large star-shaped wire frame, one of those supplied -by florists for Christmas decorations, fill it with evergreen or holly, -if the social is to be held near Christmas time, and suspend it from the -ceiling or chandelier by ribbons, extending from each point upward and -meeting at the centre. From each point of this large star hang a group -of the little stars, by strings or baby ribbon of different lengths, so -that from each point the gilt stars will be hanging in a cluster, some -higher, some lower. Number all the stars, those in each group having a -number of their own. Thus the cluster of stars from one point will all -be numbered 1, those from another point 2, and so on. - -Some of the Juniors are probably taking piano lessons, and making good -progress; or learning to play on other instruments; and of course a -number can sing well. Ask several of the musical ones to come prepared -to play or sing. A few others should have recitations; and two or three -who like to write can each write an original story not more than five -hundred words long. - -As the Juniors come in, give to each of them a pencil and a star-shaped -white card with the words written from the centre towards each point, -“Pictures,” “Music,” “Stories,” “Speaking,” and “Museum.” Ask them to -write their names on the reverse side of their cards; and then to read -what is written on the star-points, and to make a check or cross very -plainly in that point having the name of the thing they like best. The -cards are then collected, and will be, by the way, no slight help to a -new Junior superintendent in learning to understand the tastes of the -children with whom she is to work, even after this particular good time -is over. - -While the cards, after being collected, are examined and sorted, some -game may be played. The “flying star” is a good one. Each player is -supplied with a small empty spool, with a colored paper star pasted over -one end. Half the stars are red, the other half blue, to distinguish -which side the player is on. Arrange twelve berry-boxes, quart size, on -the floor in a hollow square. Mark four of them on the bottom with the -figure 5; four of them 10, and leave four blank. Place a tin cup in the -centre. Let the players stand a few feet away, and they may test their -skill in throwing. Each spool, or “flying star,” landing in the cup, -counts 20; when landing in one of the boxes, it counts whatever that -box is marked. Each side keeps tally, and when all the stars have flown, -the scores are compared to see which side has the larger. - -Next, divide the Juniors into groups for the game “constellations,” -which is really several games in one. The division is made according to -choice as already marked on the cards given out on arrival. Those who -chose “Pictures” are put in Constellation No. 1, and to them belongs the -cluster of little hanging gilt stars marked with that number. Those who -chose “Music” are in Constellation No. 2, and so on. The gilt stars are -taken down and given to the Juniors thus by number, pinned to the dress -of each; and thereby every Junior becomes a “star,” and must prepare to -shine accordingly. As before stated, however, the star decorations are -not absolutely necessary; the Juniors can shine even without being thus -labelled. - -The constellation of “star artists” sit together, and for half an hour -engage in some drawing contest. Perhaps the game of “accidental high -art” is as good as any. Spread a newspaper over a table; let each player -be furnished with two pieces of paper and a pen; and on the table place -a bottle of India ink and a fountain-pen-filler. With the filler let one -drop of ink fall upon one of the pieces of paper belonging to each, and -tell him to press upon it his other sheet of paper. This gives each -player the foundation for two pictures, so that if his first attempt is -not an entire success he can try again. The aim is to make of the -grotesque and shapeless blot, by the help of the pen and imagination, a -picture of some object--animal, tree, landscape, or whatever turns out -to be most feasible. As blots are never twice alike, there is every -opportunity for the fancy and skill of the artist. - -While Constellation No. 1 is thus engaged, No. 2 is in the next room -preparing its musical programme with the help of those who have brought -something to sing or play; Constellation No. 3 is selecting recitations; -No. 4, if this is the authors’ group, is deciding on the order of -reading and perhaps the titles, or any other unfinished part, of its -original stories; and No. 5 is arranging a museum of natural curiosities -in the form of interesting hats, paper-cutters, and other small articles -whose origin and method of manufacture and use they think they can at -least partially describe. - -At the end of the half-hour all the stars gather to listen to the -entertainment provided by each constellation. The “star artists” exhibit -their works of art; the star musicians play and sing; the star authors -read their effusions; the star orators declaim or recite; and the star -museum-directors give their exhibition. A vote of thanks, or some more -substantial reward, may be given to the constellation furnishing the -best entertainment. - -Close the evening with refreshments consisting of cheese sandwiches cut -star-shaped and filled, presumably, with green cheese from the moon; and -glasses of creamy milk fresh from the Milky Way. What star or -constellation could fail to be satisfied with such fare? - -On leaving, each Junior might be given a star-shaped Christmas card as a -memento. - -This plan is capable, of course, like most of those given in this book, -of endless variation. A “surprise constellation,” or some other -preferred, might take the place of any one of those suggested. The -stories, recitations, and music might be given without any previous -arrangement outside, if a thoroughly impromptu programme is desired; but -in most cases a little inkling of what will be expected of them, in the -case of those likely to be called upon, makes the result more -interesting. Some of the musical numbers and recitations could be -humorous, others more serious; but most of them will naturally pertain -to Christmas or stars. The following, once contributed by the writer to -_The New Voice_, might be given by one of the more thoughtful Juniors as -a recitation: - - Star-jewelled was the Night’s dark brow, - As, with a light caress, - Smiling, she saw the wondering Earth - Her promised King confess, - While Hate and Greed shrank back before - God’s Love-thought, born to bless - As the angel choir was singing. - - O glorious Christmas yet to dawn, - When men shall understand, - The lowly manger of the heart - Become a temple grand, - Each cruel wrong and strife depart, - Quelled by an infant’s hand, - While the Christmas bells are ringing! - - Then, Fear-thought, flee! and Hate-thought, die! - As gleams the Star’s clear ray, - Join, World, the wise men’s holy quest; - Put evil far away; - And give till all the earth is blest; - Let Love-thought rule to-day, - Every heart its incense bringing. - - - - -Holly and Mistletoe Drill. - -BY IMOGEN A. STOREY. - - -An even number of small boys of uniform height must be used for this -drill. Usually it will be found necessary for the Juniors to call in the -aid of children outside the society, which will furnish a fine -opportunity to win new members. - -At the rear of the stage a small hut should be constructed of light -framework, and covered with heavy brown paper. The roof and window-sills -of this must be spread with cotton to represent snow. - -On the floor of the stage a heavy white cloth should be stretched, and -in the rear and at the sides boughs of evergreens covered with cotton -should be arranged to represent the woods. - -The floor of the stage must be laid off as shown by diagrams to prevent -mistakes. Half of the children must be dressed in fairylike suits of -white, carrying a half-hoop trimmed with mistletoe and white satin -ribbons, the ribbons tied at each end of the hoop. The others must be -costumed in like manner, only in red, having hoops trimmed in holly and -red ribbons. All must wear green gauze wings. - -When the drill begins, old Santa and his wife should be seen busy in -their little house, fixing toys. If presents are to be distributed, they -must be placed in the hut previous to the beginning of the exercise. The -children enter skipping to music, following the lines shown in Diagram -A, mistletoes on the right and hollies on the left, or the reverse. - -[Illustration: DIAGRAM A.] - -They skip, following lines as indicated by arrows in A, with arms in -upward bend position and hoops arched overhead. When the leaders reach -lines R and L, the skip step is changed to a march, and they join hoops -with partners so as to make a complete hoop with bows at each side. This -is a very easy movement, though it may seem the contrary. Those on the -right extend the inside arm straight to the side, shoulder-high, holding -the end of hoop with the arch down. Those on the left extend their arms -in the same way with the arch up. Each child grasps the end of the -partner’s hoop with his own in the inside hand. - -On the leader’s reaching the front line the first position of the hoops -is resumed by all with skip step. When the side lines are reached, they -turn on the diagonal lines and begin a fancy step, dropping the hoop -down around the neck like a boa. On a change of music drop the hoop, and -advance the inside foot diagonally to inside (towards partner), and -place it on the floor, first count; hop on the advance foot, and swing -the outside leg across in front, bending the knee so that the foot which -is crossed over comes almost as high as the knee of the inside leg, -second count; swing the same foot diagonally forward to the outside -again, and place it on the floor, third count; hop on it, and swing the -inside leg across in front of the outside, fourth count. This step is -called “swing-cross step,” which somewhat explains the movement. On the -leaders’ reaching the front line the skip step with first position of -hoop is resumed by all. On reaching the side lines again, instead of -coming down diagonal lines as before, they turn on the rear lines as -shown in B, and come down the lines R and L in C, with the following -fancy step: - -[Illustration: DIAGRAM B.] - -[Illustration: DIAGRAM C.] - -Advance the inside foot, and touch the toe to the floor, and the inside -arm straight to the side and the outside hand on the chest, the arch of -the hoop up, first count; change the weight to the forward foot, the -hoop arched overhead the same as in skipping, second count; repeat the -same to the opposite side, third and fourth counts. Continue this until -the front line is reached. Then resume the skip step, and follow lines -as before in A. - -When they reach the side lines, old Santa steps to the front door of his -hut, and blows a whistle or horn, and the skip step is changed to a run -on the toes. The players run down the side lines, and turn on the lines -shown in C leading to the hut. When the leaders reach the cross marks on -these lines, a signal from the piano or another blast from old Santa’s -horn is given for them to halt, which should be executed by them -together. After they have halted, old Santa steps down from his door, -and gives another blast, and all should turn facing inside; that is, -towards lines R and L. Old Santa should walk up and down inspecting -them. - -Old Santa, in deep tones: “I have decided to engage you, Mistletoe and -Holly Berry fairies, to do some work for me this beautiful Christmas -night, for I am getting old and lame. Can I depend on you?” - -Fairies all together: “Yes, sir.” - -Old Santa: “I want you to take each child in this audience a gift from -me and my wife. Will you do it?” - -“Yes, sir; indeed we will,” should come in loud, emphatic tones from the -little fairies. Santa should go back to the door of his little hut and -receive the gifts from Mrs. Santa Claus, who hands them out to him. -Santa must call out the names as he gives them to the fairies, as they -file past on lines shown in C, turning on lines R and L, thence down the -steps in the centre. After distributing the gifts they return for more -by side steps as shown in C. In this way the presents, even for a large -audience, can be easily disposed of. - - - - -Jack Frost Reception. - - -The Juniors may wish to give a Christmas tree to the children of some -orphan asylum, combining with this plan a merry time for themselves as -well. If so, a “Jack Frost reception” would be a good way of doing it. - -One of the smaller boys, who is also one of the liveliest in the -society, should be chosen to personate Jack. He should be dressed in a -close-fitting suit of white Canton flannel, the fleecy side out, with -here and there little tufts of cotton batting sprinkled with diamond -dust. Long white stockings, with tiny bells sewed on them, and a few -sprigs of holly, complete the costume. - -Red crape-paper shades should cover all the globes. The tree should be -hung with glittering icicles of rock-candy, and trimmed with tufts of -sparkling cotton snow. An imitation bird’s nest for each guest is lined -with crinkled white tissue-paper, filled with white sugar almonds, and -placed among the branches. Then the presents, which might be toys or -books that the Juniors have outgrown, in small boxes wrapped around with -cotton batting and tied with white thread, make lovely snowballs. Pull -the cotton out between the threads till each box is a fluffy, -ball-shaped mass; then dip them in diamond-dust; label each with the -name of the one for whom it is intended, and hang them with gilt or -silver cord to the tree. Snowballs of all sizes may be made thus, and -those too large to hang on the tree may be piled around the trunk. - -When all have arrived, there may be singing by the Juniors, after which -the “snowballs” are distributed. Jack Frost capers gayly about, ringing -his bells, and tossing the balls to the children, who in turn toss them -lightly about from one to another till each one reaches its owner. The -birds’ nests of almonds and the candy icicles are left on the tree until -later in the evening. - -Refreshments are served at the north pole. On the centre of the -dining-table place an uneven block of ice, and extending up from the ice -have a long pasteboard mailing-tube covered with the imitation snow. A -white toy bear standing on the top of the pole, holding in its mouth a -sprig of dusted holly or evergreen, and several other bears grouped -around its base, complete your north pole, and, to further the arctic -effect, the chandelier may be trimmed with icicles and dusted sprays of -green, and for an added touch of elegance, if desired, there may be Jack -Frost place-cards made in fancy shapes, spread with a thin coating of -mucilage, sprinkled with diamond-dust and the names written in gold or -silver lettering. Of course these are not necessary. A substantial but -wholesome lunch should be served. - -One or two simple games selected from the index in the back of the book -may be introduced if wanted, but the presents and the little feast will -take up most of the time. Finish unloading the tree; close the evening -with the singing of more Christmas songs; and the guests will go away -convinced that the Juniors are not only the happiest people in the -world, but that they are glad to share their pleasures with those not so -fortunate. - - - - -Mistress Mary’s Contrary Reception. - - -Another name for this entertainment would be “A Midwinter Flower Fête.” -It is charming at any time of the year, however, as both the winter and -the flowers can be made to consist wholly of costumes and decorations. - -The guests are received by “Mistress Mary” of Mother Goose fame, with -several “pretty maids all in a row.” The members of this reception -committee should be dressed as for a garden party, in white or light -dresses, large hats, etc. They may be chosen from the Intermediates or -older Juniors, or from the grown-up society; perhaps they might be the -Junior superintendent and Junior committee. - -Entering, the guests find themselves, to their surprise, not in a -garden, but in a world of ice and snow. Cotton sprinkled with -diamond-dust is on all sides, with red berries and evergreen from the -winter woods; tables are spread for a feast in an ice grotto where the -palest of blue and green draperies are combined with mirrors and lights -so arranged as to increase the illusion; and there is a constant tinkle -of invisible sleigh-bells. - -Just as every one begins to shiver, there comes a burst of gay music; -and Mistress Mary’s flower-garden appears in the midst of the wintry -surroundings. It is a striking and pretty contrast. The smallest Juniors -are chosen for this part of the entertainment. While the children are -coming in, some one should sing the time-honored lines: - - “Mistress Mary, quite contrary, - How does your garden grow? - With silver bells and cockle-shells, - And pretty maids all in a row,” - -or, as one version has it, “_flower_-maids all in a row.” The small -Juniors are dressed as follows: The boys in closely fitting suits and -caps of green, trimmed with strings of sleigh-bells and small shells; -the girls in dresses and hats of tissue-paper or crape paper, each girl -representing a flower. The blossoms most easily imitated can be selected -by studying a florist’s catalogue or a botany with colored plates. Some -wild flowers are delightfully suited to the purpose; such as the -buttercup, the daisy, the blue marsh clematis, the pale yellow -adder’s-tongue, the pink swamp mallow, the wild rose, the bluebell, and -the Carolina lily in its brilliant hues of crimson, orange, and brown. -Then there are nasturtiums, asters, morning-glories, sweet peas, and -chrysanthemums; in fact, the list will be found to be a long one. -Ribbons and artificial flowers may be used as trimmings where they will -heighten the effect. - -Each child should carry a basket decorated with the appropriate flower -or with “cockle-shells” or “silver bells,” as the case may be, and -filled with small articles for sale. A fancy drill is given on entering; -and, if desired, some appropriate flower songs or recitations may be -added. Then the contents of the various baskets should be offered for -sale. - -If any of the guests do not understand where the “contrary” part of the -entertainment comes in, ask them if they ever knew a flower-garden so -contrary to nature as to grow in such surroundings before their eyes. Of -course, the Juniors are never contrary in any other way. - - - - -The Bells of Bonnydingle - -In Two Acts - -BY LILIAN M. HEATH - - -Characters. - - DOROTHY DOT, _A dear little girl under a magic spell_. - SIR DISMAL DUMPS, } - THE BUGABOO MAN, } _Two enemies of children_. - QUEEN OF THE COSEY CORNER, _The children’s fairy friend_. - FAIRY BRIGHT-THOUGHT, _Chief counsellor of the Queen_. - WEST WIND, _Friend to_ DOROTHY. - DOROTHY DOT, _Grown larger, after the spell is broken_. - OLD WOMAN WITH BASKET. - CAROL, } - AVIS, } _Friends and playmates of_ DOROTHY’S. - FRANK, } - ROY, } - REALLYWISH, } - JUSTNOW, } _Brownies_. - I CAN, } - I WILL, } - Six, eight, or more SUNSHINE FAIRIES. - - -Costumes, etc. - -DOROTHY DOT, _while small_. Girl of nine or ten, small for her age; -dainty modern dress. - -SIR DISMAL DUMPS. Boy of fourteen, or older; antique court costume of -gray and dark green. - -THE BUGABOO MAN. Boy of fourteen, same style of dress as Dismal Dumps, -but colors red and dark blue. Wears a mask. - -QUEEN OF THE COSEY CORNER. Girl of fourteen; trained white spangled -dress, crown, and wand. - -FAIRY BRIGHT-THOUGHT. Girl of ten; short white spangled fairy dress, -with wings. - -WEST WIND. Girl of fourteen who can sing well; flowing rose-colored -robe, long gray mantle. - -OLD WOMAN WITH BASKET. Girl of twelve or thirteen; brown or purple skirt -to ankles, gingham waist, small red shoulder-shawl, sunbonnet. - -DOROTHY DOT, _grown taller_. A well-grown, bright-looking girl of -thirteen, closely resembling the small Dorothy. Dress apparently the -same, only longer. - - CAROL. Girl of eleven or twelve. Ordinary dress. - AVIS. Girl of eleven. „ „ - FRANK. Boy of twelve. „ „ - ROY. Boy of eleven. „ „ - -REALLYWISH, JUSTNOW, I CAN, and I WILL. Boys of ten; Brownie costumes. -(“I Will” should have the strongest voice.) - -SUNSHINE FAIRIES. Girls of eight or nine; flowing hair, short fairy -dress of bright orange-yellow, made still brighter by a liberal use of -spangles. Wings. - -COSEY CORNER. Prettily draped and cushioned couch in one corner of rear -of stage. - -SUNSHINE TREASURE-BOX. First act, a box about the size of a small but -deep trunk, labelled on the front in plain lettering, “Sunshine.” - -SUNSHINE TREASURE-BOX. Second act, box of same shape, but very large; if -possible, nearly four feet deep; with same label in same position on -front, in letters of the same shape but larger. Have blocks of wood -nailed inside for steps. The lid should be on hinges, and the whole back -of the box, except at the very top, is sawed out, leaving it open. The -curtain hangs at the rear of the stage, with a large opening immediately -behind the box, so that Sunshine Fairies and others can easily pass into -the box from behind the scenes. Foliage, rocks, and stumps for seats, -and other playground accessories. Have a stump and a particularly soft -rock against the outside of the box, to serve as steps. - -CHANGE OF COSTUME. In the second act, near the close, Sir Dismal Dumps -and the Bugaboo Man should change quickly while in or back of the -Sunshine-Box, from their former costumes to suits of spangled -orange-yellow cambric, made in similar style. - - -ACT I. - - - SCENE.--_A playground, with_ CAROL, AVIS, ROY _seated on rocks and - stumps, talking. Music as curtain rises. Music stops._ - -AVIS. Did you say that she _never_ could grow any larger? - -FRANK (_entering_). What’s that? _Who_ never could grow any larger? - -CAROL. Why, don’t you know? It’s Dorothy Dot. Dear little Dorothy! It’s -all because she was enchanted when she was only seven years old, by that -dreadful enemy of all Sunshine people--Sir Dismal Dumps! - -FRANK. O yes, I remember. He _is_ a rascal--that Dismal Dumps. He put -one of his magic spells on her--he and his Bugaboo Man together--so she -never could grow any larger unless ---- - -ROY. Yes, she never could grow any larger, unless ---- - -AVIS. Unless what? Do tell me all about it. - -CAROL. I thought you knew, Avis. Unless the key is found, the key to -Dorothy’s magic treasure-box. The Sunshine Fairies are shut up in the -box, and until they are let out we children will all have lots of -trouble because of that horrid Dismal Dumps and his Bugaboo Man. - -FRANK (_walking about, his hands in his pockets, looking as if thinking -very hard_). This _is_ a puzzle that gets me! The box that holds the -Sunshine Fairies is locked, and Dismal Dumps stole the key, and keeps -it hidden away. But say, wasn’t there something about the _box_ growing, -too? - -ROY. Why, yes. You see, it’s a magic box, and was meant to grow larger -all the time, just as Dorothy was meant to grow larger herself. But, -when the key was stolen, it--the box, I mean--stopped growing, and _she_ -stopped growing, and now ---- - -ALL (_coming forward and singing; tune, “The Red, White, and Blue”_). - - O sad is the plight of our playmate, - While under the dark, cruel spell; - No peace can she have, night or morning, - For foes watch her footsteps too well. - When found is the key to her treasure, - How gladly our chorus we’ll sing! - When forth come the bright Sunshine Fairies, - The bells of Bonnydingle will ring. - O the bells, bonny bells, how they’ll ring! - O the bells, bonny bells, how they’ll ring! - When forth come the bright Sunshine Fairies, - The bells of Bonnydingle will ring. - - (_Enter_ DOROTHY, _running_.) - -DOROTHY. O Carol, Avis,--all of you! I’m _so_ afraid! When I started to -come over here, I was sure I heard Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo Man -talking, just around the corner, and I ran as fast as I could, to get -away from them. I’m afraid they’ll be here, yet. (_Looking around -uneasily_). But (_brightening_) I must tell you the good news. I’ve -seen the Brownies! - - (_All crowd around her._ FRANK _and_ ROY _give a surprised whistle_.) - -AVIS. _Have_ you, Dorothy? - -CAROL. And will they help us plan what to do? - -DOROTHY. Yes, they said they would help. Here they come, now. - - (_Enter Brownies, running, skipping, and capering in various ways, - which lively antics they must keep up at intervals all through the - play. Coming forward and facing the audience, they sing, each one in - turn; tune, “Yankee Doodle.”_) - -REALLYWISH. - - Kind friends, my name is Reallywish; - I serve the people gladly. - Whenever they are true to me - They cease to mourn so sadly; - For, don’t you see? they go to work - To make their wish come true, sir! - And when they smile instead of shirk - There’s little they can’t do, sir. - -JUSTNOW. - - And my name, if you’d know it well, - Would save you much debating; - For it’s Justnow, and when I’m called - I never keep folks waiting. - I hasten gladly on my way, - As fast as I can run, sir! - And when I work, and when I play, - ’Tis very quickly done, sir. - -I CAN. - - They call me by the name I Can; - That name I’ll never alter. - I’m bound to do what any man - Should try, nor will I falter. - Brave thinking helps to bring success; - I’m every one’s good friend, sir! - Whate’er I try, I’ll carry through, - And push it to the end, sir. - -I WILL. - - And I, the last, am called I Will, - And never should you doubt me. - Some call me stubborn, but I’d like - To see them do without me! - For ships I sail and houses build, - And every lesson learn, sir! - Make haste and call me to your aid, - If you would comfort earn, sir. - -AVIS (_clapping her hands_). O what dear Brownies! And so you will help -us to get rid of that hateful Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo Man we’re so -afraid of! What shall we do first? - - (_Brownies, puzzled, look up at the ceiling, down at the floor, and in - various corners, as if for an idea._) - -REALLYWISH. I really wish, my friends, O yes, I really wish I knew---- - -JUSTNOW. Just now, exactly what is best for us to plan and do. - -I CAN. But, if each one of us will only think and say, “I can----” - -I WILL (_emphatically_). We’ll conquer Dismal Dumps and his Bugaboo Man! - -CHILDREN AND BROWNIES (_all together_.) We’ll conquer Dismal Dumps and -his Bugaboo Man! - -ROY. Here they come, now! (_Children huddle close together and look -frightened, yet resolute. A few strains of very doleful music, from -behind scenes. Enter_ SIR DISMAL DUMPS _and_ BUGABOO MAN, _right_.) - -DISMAL DUMPS (_scowling fiercely_). Well, here’s a pretty howdy-do! -Don’t these children know they shouldn’t loiter around like this? -They’ll be too late to have any dinner when they get home! Besides, -there’s all their next week’s lessons not learned. - -BUGABOO MAN. Well, the lessons are so hard they won’t be able to learn -them anyhow; so what difference does it make? - -DISMAL DUMPS. Then they’ll all grow up without knowing anything. In -fact, no matter how hard they try, they’ll never amount to anything. - - (_Children whisper together during this conversation. Brownies - gesticulate as if giving directions. All nod their heads in consent, - and approach_ DISMAL DUMPS.) - -CHILDREN AND BROWNIES (_singing; tune, “Maryland, My Maryland”_). - - Listen to the children’s plea, - Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps! - If you’d go and leave us free,-- - Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps,-- - We would be so very good, - Learn our lessons as we should, - We’d surprise you; yes, we would, - Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps! - - But before you leave the land, - Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps, - If you’d kindly understand, - Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps, - _Please give back the treasure-key_; - Set the Sunshine Fairies free! - We would, O so grateful be, - Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps! - -DISMAL DUMPS (_haughtily, folding his arms_). What impertinent nonsense -is this? Actually asking for the key to the Sunshine-Box! I’d laugh at -the very idea, if it weren’t against my principles ever to laugh at all, -or even smile. Bugaboo, what do you think of this ridiculous idea? They -want us to give up the key! - -BUGABOO MAN (_laughing loudly_). Ha! ha! ha! ho! ho! ho! As if we would -give it up! - -DISMAL DUMPS. There, you young rascals, you have your answer. But you -_never_ will have the key! - - (DOROTHY _begins to cry, and goes slowly out, left_, AVIS _and_ CAROL - _with her, trying to console her_. DISMAL DUMPS _and_ BUGABOO - _converse confidentially, right_. BOYS _and Brownies consult, left_). - -BROWNIES (_coming forward and then towards left, singing; tune, “Jingle -Bells.”_) - - Come along, come along, - Children one and all! - Hasten to the Cosey Corner ere the shadows fall! - Dorothy, Dorothy, - Trouble yet will end. - In the Cosey Corner we shall find the children’s friend! - - (_Repeat, as they go out, left, followed by boys._ DISMAL DUMPS _and_ - BUGABOO MAN _come forward at centre_, DISMAL DUMPS _looking more than - usually glum_.) - -BUGABOO MAN (_persuasively_). Cheer up, old fellow! You certainly got -the best of it, as you generally do when you have _me_ to help you! - -DISMAL DUMPS (_shaking his head dolefully_). That’s all very well, -Bugaboo, but what we should do if those children should ever get ahead -of us and manage to open that box, I’m sure I don’t know. I can’t bear -the sound of bells, and those Sunshine Fairies would be too much for us -both. - -BUGABOO MAN. That’s so; we never could live in the same country with -them. Of course not! But there’s no danger! Nobody can open the box but -that insignificant little Dorothy Dot, and _she_ can’t without the key. -Come on, now; let’s find some one else that we can make unhappy. I -heard a woman saying she was afraid it was going to rain. Let’s tell her -it certainly will. There’s a big black cloud coming up, now. - -DISMAL DUMPS (_brightening a little_). And I heard a man complaining of -hard times. Let’s go and make them all the harder. We can do it. - -BUGABOO MAN. Of course we can; we always do. Come on. (_Links his arm in -that of_ DISMAL DUMPS, _and hurries him along till in the latter’s -effort to keep up he stumbles over a rock and drops the key. Neither of -them sees it._) Be careful; you might break your bones sometime over -these stones. Hurry, or we’ll be too late. (_Exit both, right._) - - (_Enter_ OLD WOMAN, _left, with basket. Sees key. Stops, and picks it - up._) - -OLD WOMAN. Well, I never! What careless person has dropped a key, I -wonder? I’ll just put it in my basket for safe keeping while I look. -(_Exit right._) - - (_Enter_ AVIS, CAROL, DOROTHY, FRANK, ROY, _and Brownies, left, on - their way to the Cosey Corner. The Brownies are carrying the Sunshine - Treasure-Box. They place it at the rear of the stage, with the - labelled side forward; then all approach the Cosey Corner, singing; - tune, “John Brown.”_) - - Queen of the Cosey Corner, let us in, we plead, - We’ve come to ask your counsel, for we’ve dire distress, indeed! - We know you help the troubled, and we’ve come to tell our need, - O Fairy, hear our call. - ’Tis the Brownies and the children, - ’Tis the Brownies and the children, - ’Tis the Brownies and the children, - O Fairy, heed our call. - - (_Curtains slowly part at the corner of the stage, right, displaying a - “cosey corner” where the Queen is seated in state. She rises and comes - forward._) - -QUEEN. You poor children! I know your trouble before you tell it. You -wish to get rid of Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo Man; you want the key to -this dear little girl’s treasure-box, so you can let the Sunshine -Fairies out. Is that it? - -CHILDREN. Yes, and so Dorothy Dot can grow. - -QUEEN. That is right. Be seated, all. Now, for a few moments keep -perfectly still. (_Children seat themselves on stumps, etc._) I cannot -give you the key at once, but I will call my chief counsellor, Fairy -Bright-Thought, and then I shall be able to advise you. Keep very quiet, -now, or she cannot come. Brownies, see if you can keep still for two -whole minutes. It will be good practice for you. (_The_ QUEEN _resumes -her seat. The Brownies give a final excited caper; then seat themselves -on the treasure-box. All are silent. Soft music for three or four -minutes; then_ FAIRY BRIGHT-THOUGHT _emerges from behind the draperies -of Cosey Corner, and whispers in the ear of the_ QUEEN. _The children -start up, but seat themselves again. After a moment_, FAIRY -BRIGHT-THOUGHT _disappears again behind the draperies. Music stops._) -Listen, children and Brownies! I have a secret for you. The spell is -already partly broken, for--just think!--_Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo -Man have lost the key!_ Now Dorothy Dot can grow! (_The children begin -dancing and the Brownies capering with delight._) But wait! (_All -stop._) It is true, Dorothy Dot can grow, and so can her treasure-box; -but until she has the key the Sunshine Fairies must still be prisoners, -and you are not yet rid of Dismal Dumps and his Bugaboo Man. Now, this -is what you must all do. Search for the key everywhere. As for Dorothy, -she can go away for a while with the kind West Wind, to a beautiful home -on the prairies, where she will not be troubled by Dismal Dumps and the -Bugaboo Man. Then she can grow all the faster, and meanwhile you can all -be looking for the key. But, mind you, the key will be found at some -moment when you are doing a kind act; and, when you want Dorothy, you -must call her. Now away with you! Good-by! (_Retires into Cosey Corner, -with curtains drawn together._) - -CHILDREN. Good-by! Thank you! Good-by! - - (_Enter_ WEST WIND, _who approaches_ DOROTHY _slowly, singing; tune, - “Wind of the Western Sea.”_) - - Breathe and grow, breathe and grow, - Child of the Sunshine Land! - Grow, grow, breathe and grow; - Life is for thee most grand! - Over the prairies wide and free, - List to the West Wind’s call to thee, - Child of the Sunshine Land! - Come, my little one; come, my pretty one, come! - - (_Wraps_ DOROTHY _gently in her mantle, and leads her slowly away_, - DOROTHY _waving her hand in farewell. The children and Brownies - respond by waving caps and handkerchiefs. Exit_ DOROTHY _and_ WEST - WIND. _Music, same tune, continued instrumentally, as curtain falls._) - - -ACT II. - - - SCENE.--_Same as before, but larger box in place of the one left at - the rear of the stage._ - - (_Enter_ CAROL, AVIS, FRANK, ROY, _and Brownies. The children examine - the box, being careful not to lift the lid; the Brownies come - forward._) - -REALLYWISH. I _really wish_ I knew why we haven’t found the key. - -JUSTNOW. Perhaps _just now_ we’ll find it, if we’re good as good can be. - -I CAN. We won’t give up and say it can’t be done; I know it _can_. - -I WILL. And we’ll conquer Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo Man! - -ALL. Yes, we’ll conquer Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo Man! - - (_Enter_ OLD WOMAN _with basket. Stumbles and drops basket, scattering - wares._) - -OLD WOMAN. Oh, dear, dear! I didn’t see that stone! - -AVIS (_running up to her_). Did you hurt yourself? You didn’t _quite_ -fall, did you? - -OLD WOMAN (_beginning to pick up wares_). No, but just look at my spools -of thread, and buttons, and all my whole basketful of things--scattered -all over the ground. - -CAROL. Too bad! Never mind, we’ll pick them up for you. (_To_ ROY.) She -looks tired. (_To_ OLD WOMAN.) Suppose you sit down on this rock and -rest, and we’ll ---- (OLD WOMAN _sits down_.) - -ROY. Yes, we’ll have them all picked up in a jiffy. - - (_The Brownies_, ROY, _and_ CAROL _pick up the various articles, - while_ FRANK _and_ AVIS _put them into the basket and arrange them_.) - -OLD WOMAN. Bless your kind little hearts! There, now they’re all right -again, and I must be going. I’m quite a bit rested, too. Thank you, -thank you. (_Rises, and starts to go._) - -ROY (_hastening after her with the key_). Wait, wait! here’s your key! - -OLD WOMAN. Key, is it? But it’s not mine. I picked it up not long ago at -this very spot. No telling who dropped it; one can only guess. - -CAROL (_eagerly_). Perhaps that’s Dorothy’s key! (_The children and -Brownies crowd around to look._) - -OLD WOMAN (_indifferently_). Well, keep it and ask Dorothy, whoever she -may be. I don’t know anything about it. Only persons in sight when I -picked it up were an old curmudgeon dressed in gray,--the -crossest-looking fellow you ever set eyes on,--and a queer-looking man -with him dressed in red, for all the world like a circus clown. I -couldn’t catch up with them, they were going so fast. - -AVIS (_clapping her hands_). It is, _it is!_ - -ROY. Hurrah! - -FRANK. Whoop! (_The Brownies express their delight in the most fantastic -capers yet. The_ OLD WOMAN _sets down the basket, looking interested_.) - -CAROL. Hark! the Bells of Bonnydingle! (_Ringing of bells, while all -listen._) - - (_Enter_ DISMAL DUMPS _and_ BUGABOO MAN, _talking excitedly. Bells - stop ringing._) - -DISMAL DUMPS (_to_ BUGABOO MAN). It was all your fault! - -BUGABOO MAN (_fiercely_). Don’t you dare to say it was my fault! _I_ -didn’t lose the key. You dropped it yourself! - -DISMAL DUMPS. You made me drop it, anyhow. And now did you hear those -bells? That means the key is found, and we’re done for if we can’t get -it again. (_Seeing the children._) Quick, Bugaboo, _here’s_ the key. -Make ’em give it up! (BUGABOO MAN _starts towards the children, who -retreat slowly_.) - -OLD WOMAN (_to_ BUGABOO MAN, _stepping between him and the children_). -It’s _my_ opinion you’re a thief, sir! you and the gentleman in gray, -there; and you won’t get that key again, I can tell you! - -BUGABOO MAN _and_ DISMAL DUMPS (_together, advancing nearer_). Won’t we? - -OLD WOMAN (_taking off sunbonnet, and flapping it vigorously at_ DISMAL -DUMPS). Shoo! Shoo! (DISMAL DUMPS _retreats hastily_. BUGABOO MAN -_advances towards the group._ OLD WOMAN _still more vigorously, flapping -at_ BUGABOO MAN.) _Scat!_ (BUGABOO MAN _runs backward so fast he almost -tumbles down_. DISMAL DUMPS _and_ BUGABOO MAN _consult, at a safe -distance. The children come forward a little._) - -CAROL. O, I wish Dorothy would come! - -ALL THE REST. So do I! - -REALLYWISH. Why, we’re forgetting what the Queen of the Cosey Corner -told us. If we _really wish_ Dorothy would come, why don’t we bring her? - -JUSTNOW. Why, of course. Let’s call her back just now! - - (_Bells begin ringing joyfully again._ DISMAL DUMPS _and_ BUGABOO MAN - _turn first one way, then the other, confused, and place their hands - over their ears as if they could not bear the sound. Bells continue - ringing very softly, while the children and Brownies sing; tune, - “Bring Back My Bonny.”_) - - Our playmate is far o’er the prairies, - But never a heart was more true; - She’ll come on the wings of the morning, - O Dorothy, welcome to you! - West Wind, West Wind, - Bring back our bonny, to-day, to-day, - West Wind, West Wind, - Bring back our bonny, to-day. - - (_Bells still ring, as softly as possible. The children listen. - Instrumental music behind scenes, very soft at first, but gradually - growing louder,--“Home, Sweet Home.” Enter the taller_ DOROTHY, _and_ - WEST WIND. _Children rush to meet_ DOROTHY, _holding up the key. The - music stops, but bells still ring, while_ DOROTHY _takes the key, goes - to the box, and unlocks it, followed gleefully by Brownies. Sunshine - Fairies emerge from the box, assisted, if necessary, by_ WEST WIND, - _the_ OLD WOMAN, _and_ DOROTHY. _The fairies skip about delightedly; - then, seeing_ DISMAL DUMPS _and the_ BUGABOO MAN, _start to chase them - both_. DISMAL DUMPS _and_ BUGABOO MAN _run around in evident terror, - trying to escape. At last both jump into the box. Brownies instantly - slam down the lid, and sit on it. Bells ring out more loudly for a - minute or two, then subside as music begins. Chorus of Brownies, - children, and Sunshine Fairies, all but Brownies dancing around_ - DOROTHY _and_ WEST WIND; _tune, “Marching through Georgia.”_) - - Welcome home, our playmate dear, this happy festal day! - O, kind the West Wind’s care of you while you were far away. - But now we have you with us, and we hope you’ve come to stay, - For Sunshine rules Bonnydingle! - Hurrah! hurrah! the merry bells do ring, - Hurrah! hurrah! our voices gladly sing; - Nevermore shall frowns and tears their sorrow to you bring - For Sunshine rules Bonnydingle! - - (_Bells ring loudly again during the refrain, which is repeated. - Throughout the song, Brownies wave caps, arms, and feet as - enthusiastically as possible, without leaving their post on the - Sunshine-Box._) - - (_Enter_ QUEEN _from her Cosey Corner. Bells and music cease._) - -QUEEN (_kissing_ DOROTHY). Welcome home, Dorothy dear! How you have -grown! So our plan was a success. But suppose we listen to Fairy -Bright-Thought again. She has still another message for us. (_All are -quiet. Soft music for two or three minutes. Enter_ FAIRY BRIGHT-THOUGHT, -_who whispers in the ear of the_ QUEEN, _as before. Music stops._) My -chief counsellor advises a strange thing. She says, “Open the box.” Will -you do it? - - (_The Brownies get down from their perch, looking puzzled. The - children slowly approach the box._) - -ROY. But won’t the Bugaboo Man---- - -AVIS. And won’t Dismal Dumps---- - -DOROTHY. Never fear. What harm can they do us now? Poor old Bugaboo Man -and poor old Dismal Dumps! I’m sorry for them. It was when I was little -that I was so afraid of them. Besides, as we all know, whatever advice -comes from the Cosey Corner must be safe to follow. Come, I’m going to -open the box! - - (FRANK _and_ CAROL _help her to raise the lid. Out come_ DISMAL DUMPS - _and the_ BUGABOO MAN, _but completely transformed, in new and - glittering costumes, and with smiling faces. Both come forward._) - -DISMAL DUMPS. I found, when I once got into the Sunshine Box, that I -couldn’t be dismal any longer! - -BUGABOO MAN. And _I_ found that it isn’t half so much fun to frighten -children as it is to amuse them! - -BOTH. So we are both going to be sunshine people ourselves, like all -good Juniors. - -DOROTHY (_shaking hands with them_). I’m so glad! Now we’ll all be happy -ever after. - - (_Bells begin ringing again. Music. March of all the characters, and - final tableau._) - -CURTAIN. - - -VARIATION OF “THE BELLS OF BONNYDINGLE” FOR CHRISTMAS. - -To adapt the play to Christmas, where there are gifts to be distributed, -omit the final march, and, instead, add the following bit of dialogue -after Dorothy speaks for the last time: - -BUGABOO MAN. And to prove that we _really wish_ to be Sunshine -people---- - -DISMAL DUMPS. We will look into that wonderful treasure-box again _just -now_,--for it’s Merry Christmas,--and see if we can’t find something to -make these good people all the happier. - -BOTH. We _can_, and we _will_! (_Going to the box, they reach in and -take out present after present, handed up to them by two persons -concealed, one behind the box, and one in it. The presents are marked -with the names of those for whom they are intended, and as fast as taken -out by the transformed_ DISMAL DUMPS _and_ BUGABOO MAN, _who read the -names aloud, they are handed to_ DOROTHY _and the other children, who in -turn pass them to the Brownies_, FAIRY BRIGHT-THOUGHT, _and the Sunshine -Fairies, to distribute among the audience_.) - - - - -Index of Games - - - Accidental High Art 143 - Alphabetical Question Game 78 - Apple and Horseshoe 54 - Apple Shooting 54 - - Bean-stalk Raid 116 - Bird-Guessing 102 - Burying the Hatchet 73 - Butterfly Pansy Hunt 106 - - Cherry-Tree Blind Man’s Buff 73 - Constellations 143 - Croquet Bowling 117 - Curlycue Drawing-Contest 65 - - Excuse-Hunt 64 - - Fairy Bowling 140 - Flying Stars 142 - Four-Leaf-Clover-Hunt 55 - Freak Show 117 - - Grommet Pitching 20 - - Juniors’ Message to All 80 - - Letter Tag 79 - Little Queen Fluff 125 - - Mountain-Climb 93 - Mountain Quiz 94 - Mr. Daruma 46 - Mr. Woodenhead 40 - My Lady’s Slipper 139 - - Orange Croquet 39 - - Pink Violets 20 - Polly Pitcher Bean-bag 66 - - Quiet Go-lol-uf 120 - - Rainbow Hunt 97 - Red and White Roses 42 - Red-Line Hunt 19 - Red-Line Tag 19 - - Slipper-Hunt 140 - Slipper Obstacle-Race 139 - - Table Golf with Pins and Peas 121 - - Ukibara 46 - - Washington Quiz 74 - Wishes and Compliments 55 - Wishes and Results 56 - Word-Building 78 - - - - - Transcriber’s Notes - - - Inconsistent lay-out, spelling, hyphenation and punctuation have been - retained, except as mentioned below. - - Changes made: - - Some obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected - silently; the lay-out of stage directions in the plays has been - standardised. - - p. 32: SCENE II. changed to SCENE 2. - - p. 87: _Spider_ gives chase changed to SPIDER gives chase - - p. 135: _Nearly_ lost that one. changed to Nearly lost that one. - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Good Times with the Juniors, by Lilian M. 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Heath - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Good Times with the Juniors - -Author: Lilian M. Heath - -Release Date: July 1, 2017 [EBook #55018] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOOD TIMES WITH THE JUNIORS *** - - - - -Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lam and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="tnbox"> -<p class="center">Please see the <a href="#TN">Transcriber’s Notes</a> at the end of this text.</p> -</div> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/cover_sm.jpg" alt="cover" width="399" height="600" /> -</div> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h1>GOOD TIMES WITH THE JUNIORS</h1> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="hh"> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/titpag.png" alt="title page" width="336" height="600" /> -</div> - -</div><!--hh--> - -<div class="scr"> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<p class="center fsize200 toppad15">Good Times<br /> -With The Juniors</p> - -<p class="center fsize125 toppad35">By<br /> -LILIAN M. HEATH</p> - -<p class="center highline15 toppad175">United Society of Christian Endeavor<br /> -Boston and Chicago</p> - -</div><!--titlepage--> - -</div><!--scr--> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Copyright, 1904,<br /> -By GEORGE B. GRAFF</span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="front">Preface</h2> - -<p>“Good times” may be either work or play. But -work and play—who shall define them truly?</p> - -<p>Our block houses, toy engines, and dolls once -seemed intensely real and important to us. They are -not so now. In the same way, as we grow into the still -larger consciousness, into the “life more abundant,” -much that we now regard as of grave moment will take -on a new aspect, and we shall see that it was only -play. But play is blessed, and necessary to the very -growth that discards it.</p> - -<p>A dear enthusiast in certain lines of work, who is -himself growing, I am sure, once publicly expressed -the belief that too close (!) an adherence to the -Christian Endeavor pledge results in a kind of -“paperdolatry” tending toward idleness and pauperism. -Dear, dear! Can this be true?</p> - -<p>A look around the social and business world of to-day -ought to settle the question. We take the look, -and breathe more freely. Endeavorers here, Endeavorers -there, in places of honor and responsibility—what -could our good friend have been thinking about? -We must be permitted to smile, and think that on -consideration he will smile, too. In fact, the smile<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_6">[6]</a></span> -cure is the best one for this and all other kinds of -pessimism.</p> - -<p>Yet we are serious, too. In God’s great kindergarten, -where we are all scholars, learning through -our play-work how to live, who shall say which plays -are most—or least—important?</p> - -<p>One thing is certain. He who said, “Of such is -the kingdom of heaven,” was speaking of those whose -only conscious motive was <i>play</i>—natural, graceful, -happy, loving life-expression. The growth resulting -was involuntary. With the growth came new impulses, -new activities, and new growth. It is the -plan, in God’s kindergarten. Brother, if we would -<i>grow</i>, let us not be afraid of play!</p> - -<p>To those whose loving ministry among the Juniors -finds frequent occasion for new plans, this little companion -volume to “Eighty Pleasant Evenings” is -offered by one who has found both joy and growth in -preparing it. The proportion of the articles original -with the compiler is larger than in any of her previous -collections; but ideas from other sources have been -welcomed and utilized whenever they could be made -to fit the Juniors’ needs.</p> - -<p>Credit for specially contributed articles is due to -Mr. Vincent Van Marter Beede, Miss Imogen A. -Storey, Miss Mattie Marie Gamble, Miss Ida M. -Parmelee, and Miss Alice Chadwick. The aim has -been to make each evening or afternoon as complete -as possible in itself. The games described are therefore -included in the socials and parties, but in addition<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> -to the general table of contents a separate index -of games alone is given, thus helping those who may -frequently wish to try new combinations.</p> - -<p>With a smile and a prayer the writer sends forth -this beloved piece of her own life-expression, knowing -that it will reach just the right hands.</p> - -<p class="right"><span class="padr10">Yours in Christian Endeavor,</span><br /> -<span class="smcap padr4">Lilian M. Heath.</span></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_8">[8]</a><br /><a id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="front">Contents</h2> - -<table class="contents" summary="contents"> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Advertising-Carnival</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_118">118</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Barrel Brigade</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_91">91</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Bells of Bonnydingle, The</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_155">155</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Bird Social</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_101">101</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Boys’ Book Party, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_113">113</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Card-Pasting</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_115">115</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Cinderella Reception</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_139">139</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Climbing the Bean-stalk</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_116">116</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Evening with “Ads,” An</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Fairy Strawberry Festival, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_104">104</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Flower-Show, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">For the First of April</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_75">75</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Good Giant, The</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Good-Luck Social, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Handkerchief Gymnastics</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_97">97</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Holly and Mistletoe Drill</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_146">146</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">House Book</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Indian Festival, An</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_111">111</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Jack Frost Reception</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_150">150</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Jack-Knife and Scissors Party</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_62">62</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">“Jap” Social, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Letter Social</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_78">78</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Making Valentines</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Mistress Mary’s Contrary Reception<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_10">[10]</a></span></td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_152">152</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Mysterious Basket-Ball</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_121">121</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">New Kind of Dinner Party, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Orange Social</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Pansy-Hunt, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_106">106</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Parlor Athletic Meet, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_69">69</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Parlor Golf Party</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_119">119</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Parlor Mountain-Climb</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_93">93</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Pastery Party, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Pillow-Fight, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">“Polly Pitcher” Social</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Puritan Thanksgiving Dinner, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_126">126</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Rainbow Social</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_96">96</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Rainy Fourth, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_108">108</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Reception at Curlycue Castle</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Red-Line Jubilee</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Rope Social, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Santa Claus Drill</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Sky-Parlor Reception, No. 1</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Sky-Parlor Reception, No. 2</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Star Social</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_141">141</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Teddy and the Goblin</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_130">130</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Tropical Fair, A</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_71">71</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Tuffet and the Web, The</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_81">81</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Washington’s Birthday</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td> -</tr> - -</table> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_11">[11]</a></span></p> - -<p class="center fsize200 highline4"><b>Good Times With the Juniors.</b></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<h2>Santa Claus Drill.<br /> -<span class="smcap secondline">By Imogen A. Storey.</span></h2> - -<p class="intro toppad1">What would “good times” amount to in any well-regulated -Junior society if they did not begin and end with the Christmas -holidays? We begin, then, with a particularly jolly little drill -for Christmas; and, as the girls so often have these matters all -their own way, we will try for a change letting the boys be -foremost this time. They will enjoy the fun of playing Santa. -The Sunday-school primary class, too, must be drawn upon.—L. M. H.</p> - -<p>An equal number of tiny boys and girls are to be -used for the first part of the drill. They should be -dressed in their nightclothes, and each little one -should carry a pillow under his or her arm, and a -stocking hung across the shoulder.</p> - -<p>The stage must be decorated with holly, mistletoe, -and other Christmas greens. A large fireplace should -occupy the centre rear, shown in <a href="#Fig2">Diagram B</a>. A decorated -motto, “A Merry Christmas” may be placed -above the mantel. The fireplace can easily be constructed<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> -of brick-colored fireproof paper, which can be -purchased at any hardware store for a trifle, and with -a piece of chalk from the blackboard the bricks can be -imitated.</p> - -<p>On each side, as shown in <a href="#Fig1">Diagram A</a>, should stand -a small Christmas tree trimmed up in the conventional -way, with the exception of candles, which it is better -to omit unless great precaution is used to prevent an accident. -On each tree the lower limbs should be supplied -with hooks corresponding with a buttonhole in -each stocking, which will enable the little ones to hang -their stockings quickly and securely on the trees.</p> - -<p>The floor should be laid off for the first part as -shown in <a href="#Fig1">Diagram A</a>. A different color used in laying -off the diagrams for the two parts will be found a -great help, especially to the smaller children.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig1"> -<img src="images/illo012.png" alt="" width="450" height="349" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Diagram A.</span></p> -</div> - -<p>The children enter from the rear, girls from the -right and boys from the left, or vice versa, carrying -pillows under their outside arms and stockings across -the same shoulder, and follow lines R and L in <a href="#Fig1">A</a>. -When they reach the dots shown on these lines, all extend<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> -their inside arms diagonally up at the side, and -grasp the partner’s hand.</p> - -<p>When they reach the diagonal lines, they let go -hands, and turn on these lines, as shown by arrows, -turning again on the front line. When the leaders reach -lines R and L, a signal from the piano is given to halt. -In halting, each should keep a distance of fifteen inches -from the one in front, the same as in marching. This -distance should be kept throughout the drill. Another -signal is now given to face front, all turning in -the direction of the inside arm. They now recite with -gestures:</p> - -<p>“We are going to hang up our stockings” (holding -stockings out toward the audience)</p> - -<p>“On the Christmas tree” (turning the body just a -little and pointing to the trees),</p> - -<p>“And we know old Santa will fill them,</p> - -<p>“For we’ve been good” (girls, pointing to themselves)</p> - -<p>“And we’ve been good” (boys, pointing to themselves)</p> - -<p>“As good as we could be” (all together).</p> - -<p>“Then we are going up to bed” (pointing up),</p> - -<p>“And go fa-a-a-st asle-e-e-p” (recited very slowly, -dropping heads on the pillows).</p> - -<p>“So, when old Santa comes” (heads raised),</p> - -<p>“We won’t be awake to peep” (peep through fingers). -The music is now resumed, the leaders turn to -the rear, and follow lines R and L, turning on the -rear line, and again on the side lines shown in <a href="#Fig1">A</a>.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> -From the side lines they turn on the dotted lines, -which circle the trees. After circling the trees a few -times, with the common skip step familiar to all children, -a signal is given to halt. The stockings are -now hung up, after which the signal is given to get -back into line.</p> - -<p>After circling the trees a few times more, they continue -skipping, following the dotted lines to the side -lines, then to the front line. When the leaders reach -the front line, they turn on the diagonal lines, resuming -the march very softly and slowly, marching on -their toes. When the leaders reach lines R and -L, all turn and throw a kiss to the audience, then -make their exit on the same lines as on entering, still -on their toes.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig2"> -<img src="images/illo014.png" alt="" width="450" height="436" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Diagram B.</span></p> -</div> - -<p>The same number of larger children, all boys dressed -like old Santa Claus, now enter the fireplace from each -side, as shown in <a href="#Fig2">B</a>, running in double time on their<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> -toes. Each boy except the last in each line should -wear a rein with sleigh-bells on its full length. All -should be supplied with whips. On their backs old -Santa’s knapsack should be strapped, filled with all -sorts of things for the stockings. To increase the merriment, -some of the articles should be grotesque and -funny.</p> - -<p>They enter, each driving the one in front, following -lines R and L, turning right and left on reaching -the front line, as shown by the arrows in B, then turning -again at the next corner as indicated by the arrows. -On reaching the rear they come down the -diagonal lines curving around the trees, shown by -arrows, and then to the front line again. They then -run to the rear on lines R and L, and come down the -diagonal lines, circling the trees on the dotted and -curved lines, making a complete circle. After circling -the trees a signal is given to halt and drop reins.</p> - -<p>They now proceed to fill the stockings, first unstrapping -their knapsacks and laying them on the floor. -Signal. While the stockings are being filled, the soft, -slow music should not cease, but continue the same as -when the little ones are hanging them up. Each -Santa should stick his whip in the top of a stocking.</p> - -<p>A signal is now given, and the Santas all fall into line, -and the running is resumed. They circle the trees, -and follow the diagonal lines to the front line, then turn -on lines R and L, and make their exit the same as on -entering.</p> - -<p>For a Sunday-school entertainment the small Santas<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -can be used to distribute the presents to the children in -the audience after the drill is over.</p> - -<h2>Red-Line Jubilee.</h2> - -<p>It is worth a great deal to have the right kind of -memory. Although there are more bright spots than -shadows in our lives, we are apt to forget this, and let -the wrong kind of memory fasten itself upon us quite -unawares. Many would be surprised, if they kept a -record, to see how far the days with at least some -gleams of gladness outnumbered the “days that are -dark and cold and dreary.” Try it. For a “red-line -jubilee” you need to begin a year beforehand. -At New Year’s, or just before, each Junior is to be presented -with a calendar, and the plan is as follows:</p> - -<p>All that you need is your calendar, a clean pen, and -a bottle of red ink. Every evening you take out your -calendar, and, if the day has been a happy one, draw a -red line all around the date; if it brought you only -some gleams of gladness, make a red dot for every -gleam; and, if it was a day of sorrow and trouble, unrelieved -by any brightness, leave the date blank, with -only its own black line surrounding it. Then, at the -very end of the year, hold a “red-line jubilee,” and, -see whose calendar makes the best showing. As every -one learns by kindness to others to make his own happiness -instead of being satisfied with any stale, second-hand -variety, the red lines will grow more and -more numerous. To the “red-line jubilee” bring all<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> -the calendars for inspection; let there be a little talk -from the pastor and a short programme of songs and -recitations by the Juniors, every one of the cheery -kind. Here are four that will serve as samples if the -recitations are to be short enough so that each Junior -can have one:</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<p class="poemtitle">I.</p> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Smile once in a while;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">’Twill make your heart seem lighter.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Smile once in a while;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">’Twill make your pathway brighter.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Life’s a mirror; if we smile,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Smiles come back to greet us;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">If we’re frowning all the while,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Frowns forever meet us.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<p class="poemtitle">II.</p> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">There’s help in seeming cheerful<br /></span> -<span class="i2">When a body’s feeling blue,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">In looking calm and pleasant<br /></span> -<span class="i2">If there’s nothing else to do.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">If other folks are wearing,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And things are all awry,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Don’t vex yourself with caring;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">’Twill be better by and by.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<p class="poemtitle">III.</p> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">There’s never a rose in all the world<br /></span> -<span class="i2">But makes some green spray sweeter;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">There’s never a wind in all the sky<br /></span> -<span class="i2">But makes some bird-wing fleeter;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">There’s never a star but brings to heaven<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Some silver radiance tender,<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> -<span class="i0">And never a rosy cloud but helps<br /></span> -<span class="i2">To crown the sunset splendor;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">No robin but may thrill some heart,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">His dawn-like gladness voicing;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">God gives us all some small, sweet way<br /></span> -<span class="i2">To set the world rejoicing.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<p class="poemtitle">IV.</p> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">The little sharp vexations,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And the briers that catch and fret—<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Why not take all to the Helper<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Who has never failed us yet?<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Tell him about the heartache,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And tell him the longings, too;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Tell him the baffled purpose<br /></span> -<span class="i2">When we scarce know what to do;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Then, leaving all our weakness<br /></span> -<span class="i2">With the One divinely strong,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Forget that we bore the burden,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And carry away the song.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p>If longer selections are wanted, “Cheer Up” and -“The Bright Side” from “Junior Recitations” are -both especially suitable. Such a meeting could be -held the last Sunday in the year; or it could be made -a sociable instead of a meeting, and held some evening -during the week. In either case, don’t forget to -invite outsiders and share with them the sunshine that -is being made. If on a week-night, the programme -should be very short; and games, with the refreshments, -should fill the rest of the time. Decorate the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> -rooms with red, including red shades over the lights -if possible, and let a large frosted cake suitably -marked with red lettering help to make the occasion -memorable.</p> - -<p>Among the games the variation of tag called “red -line” could be included if the room is large. Stretch -a red ribbon across the floor in a straight line, fastening -the ends with weights or pins. This serves as a -goal. One of the Juniors who has been chosen “it” -cries, “Red line!” and starts to chase the other -players. As soon as he touches one, both return to the -line; then these two, clasping hands, start out again and -touch some one else; then the three do the same; and -so on. When there are four, or any even number, at -the line, they may go two by two; but, whenever the -number is odd, they must all run together in one long -line. When all are caught, the game begins again, -the first one caught in the previous game playing “it” -as the new game is begun.</p> - -<p>A “red-line hunt” would be fun, and could be -arranged by hiding various small gifts or souvenirs, -each tied to one end of a red cord, this wound and -interlaced for some length around furniture, doors, -etc., each child to be given a free end with the task -of following the “red line” to its happy conclusion. -Have each parcel wrapped in white tissue-paper and -tied with a red ribbon or a bit of red embroidery silk, -to carry out still further the plan of the evening. The -gifts themselves should be very simple, and should -be something equally suitable for boys and girls.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_20">[20]</a></span></p> - -<h2>A Rope Social.</h2> - -<p>This is best fun when held in a barn, or a large -attic, if stairways, etc., are safe; and it will prove a -good opportunity to “rope in” new members, or -at least to make those who are not members wish that -they were. There is no programme, though Christian -Endeavor songs at the beginning and close are in -order at every Junior social. Girls may bring their -skipping-ropes; and, if the place admits of swings, by -all means put up several stout ones. Introduce the -game of “rope ring-toss,” or “grommet-pitching,” as -it is called by sailors. The rings are made of rope, -with the strands first separated so as the better to -weave them into smooth, firm rings about six to ten -inches across. They are made all of the same size, -or of graduated sizes, as preferred. If desired, they -may be wound with ribbon. The game consists in -throwing these “grommets” over an upright stake, -or over pegs driven in the wall or in a board, each -peg being numbered. The players have each a certain -number of throws, and the score is kept to see -who is most skilful.</p> - -<p>When tired of this, they may play the game of “pink -violets,” composed of a little delightful nonsense and -a good deal of running. The song which accompanies -it may be sung to the tune of “Sing a song of sixpence,” -or to any other that it will fit, or to not much -of any tune at all. The words are as follows:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_21">[21]</a></span></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i00">“Pink, pink violets, and roses bright and blue!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">A Junior in a prison—whatever shall we do?<br /></span> -<span class="i0">We’ll open the window east, and we’ll open the window west,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And never, never tell if the prisoner does the rest!”<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p>The children range themselves in a circle, holding -a rope to help keep the circle of a uniform size. One -of them, the prisoner, goes inside the ring; another, -the jailer, stands outside. They begin to sing, and at -the words, “We’ll open the window east, and we’ll -open the window west,” the players on first one side, -then the opposite, lift the rope high enough for the -prisoner to pass under; but the jailer outside is watching. -The prisoner may take his choice, but must run -out at one side or the other before the song stops, and -must try to run once entirely around the ring before -being overtaken by the jailer. Those holding the -rope must neither help nor hinder the runners after -the start is made, and the openings must be at about -equal distances from the jailer. If the prisoner can -run clear around the outside of the ring without being -overtaken, he takes his place with the rest, between -the two whose “open window” set him free; the -former jailer becomes prisoner, the former prisoner’s -right-hand neighbor becomes jailer, and the game -proceeds as at first. But, if the prisoner is touched -ever so lightly by the one in chase, he is sent back to -the centre, where he must remain; the jailer joins the -ring anywhere he chooses; his right-hand neighbor -becomes the new jailer and his left-hand one a new -prisoner with privilege of escape; and so the game<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_22">[22]</a></span> -continues. Each time only the <i>new</i> prisoner may run -out. Whenever a third of the players are in the -centre at one time, it ends the game.</p> - -<p>After the enjoyment of the games and swings an old-fashioned -molasses candy-pull may complete the festivities, -and, as the Juniors vie with one another in -pulling and deftly handling these most fascinating -“ropes” of all as they gradually assume a light -golden color, the social is sure to be voted a success.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_23">[23]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="play"><span class="firstline">The Good Giant</span><br /> -<span class="secondline">A Fantasy in Two Acts and Two Scenes</span><br /> -<span class="smcap fsize80">By Vincent Van Marter Beede</span></h2> - -<h3><b>People of the Play</b></h3> - -<div class="centerblock"> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Kit Loring</span>, <i>a boy of twelve</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Joscelin Stacey</span>, <i>a boy of ten</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Maysie Loring</span>, <i>a girl of eleven</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Gillian Stacey</span>, <i>a girl of twelve</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">The Good Giant Greatbig.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Three Happy Little Giants.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Giant’s Baby.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Jack the Giant-Lover.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Sand Man.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Kind Bear.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Obliging Ogre.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Dear Dragon.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Honest Robber.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Motherly Giantess.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Friendly Witch.</span><br /></p> - -</div><!--centerblock--> - -<p class="center">Time: This Very Minute.</p> - -<div class="centerblock"> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Scene</span>: Act I.—The Wood.<br /> -<span class="noshow"><span class="smcap">Scene</span>: </span>Act II.—The Castle of Giant Greatbig.</p> - -</div><!--centerblock--> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_24">[24]</a></span></p> - -<h3>Costumes</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit</span>, <span class="smcap">Joscelin</span>, <span class="smcap">Maysie</span>, -<span class="smcap">Gillian</span>: Summer clothing, -of the present fashion.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant</span>: A father, uncle, or big brother, tall, deep-voiced. -Scarlet shirt, loose, elephant-colored jacket and -knickerbockers, scarlet hose, rough shoes. Needless -to say, he should be stuffed out as much as possible. -A scarlet sash stuck full of swords and daggers. An -alarm-clock, with a brass chain, in his breast-pocket. -Beard black and full, mustache large and fierce, -eyebrows corked heavily, nose and cheeks reddened. -Red bandanna bound about his head. He should -<i>not</i> look as if he had just stepped out of a bandbox.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Little Giants</span>: Boys of twelve, the fattest that -can be found. No matter how fat they are, they -should be stuffed out, just the same. Fluffy, light -wigs, short gingham frocks, legs bare except for gay-colored -socks,—say of emerald, scarlet, and vivid -blue. Low shoes with a strap across them, after the -fashion of French dolls.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant’s Baby</span>: A boy or girl of ten, well stuffed -out. White long clothes, tight white cap, ruddy face. -The Baby should carry a policeman’s rattle.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jack</span>: A trim boy of eleven, handsomely dressed. -Brown jacket, slashed with Lincoln green; long green -hose, pointed brown shoes. A gilt belt, and a sword and -a dagger in gilt scabbards. A curling horn slung over -his shoulder. A small brown cap with green feathers.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sand Man</span>: A boy of ten or eleven. Buff or light-gray<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> -jacket and knickerbockers, pointed cap, long -white beard, brown stockings, canvas slippers. A -sack, apparently filled with sand, slung over his -shoulders. A sand-pail fastened to a leather belt, and -in one hand a child’s sand-shovel.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bear</span>: A good-sized boy of fourteen, with a gruff -voice. A skin of a polar or black bear thrown about -loosely-fitting white or black clothing. Clumsy shoes. -Better still, a regulation costumer’s bear’s head, a long -fur coat, and Indian moccasins of fur.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ogre</span>: A boy of twelve. Jacket and knickerbockers -in red and white stripes, red sash, high boots. -Huge nose, brown beard, Turkish fez.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dragon</span>: A slim boy of ten or twelve in tight-fitting -clothes striped in orange and red. Gold belt, -long claws on hands and feet. If possible, a rented -crocodile’s head; but a head can be constructed of -red and orange cloth sewed over pasteboard, a large -cone representing the snout, two smaller cones the -horns. A long, crinkly tail,—orange and red strips -wound about a heavy rope.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Robber</span>: A piratical-looking boy of ten in a green -jacket, red knickerbockers, and top-boots. A blue -sash stuck full of weapons, large mustache, wide felt -hat with green plumes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giantess</span>: A mother, aunt, or big sister, dressed -to look as large as possible. Yellow gown, a long -white apron.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Witch</span>: A nimble little girl of nine or ten. Black, -pointed cap, black cape and skirt.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_26">[26]</a></span></p> - -<h3>Scenery</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Act. I.</span> <span class="smcap">Scene 1.</span> The best trees are real ones, -saplings and evergreens, cut the morning before the -performance. Painted scenery of course should be -used to help out. Palms and shrubs can be rented for -the evening. A great many pieces of candy—say, -molasses drops wrapped in tissue-paper—should be -laid in the branches of the sugar-plum tree. The -bean-stalk can be made of three good-sized poles, set -close together in openings cut through the stage. The -tops should go up out of sight of the audience and be -secured to a platform where actors can hide at the -right time. The poles should be wound with real -foliage, or with green tissue-paper. The trunk of the -telephone tree might be a hollow log, in which a small -door is cut. The bell and cardboard receiver are hung -inside the opening. Branches should be skilfully -thrust into the top of the log, to finish the tree. -Branches should be heaped also about the “roots” -of all the trees, and the more green things there are -scattered about the stage, the better. The blunderbuss -is made by fitting a cardboard horn to the end -of a rifle, shot-gun, or toy gun; but the entire weapon -can be made of wood and cardboard.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Scene 2.</span> Before the curtain goes up the bean-poles -should be lifted out of their sockets, and the tops -loosened and held in place by ropes in the hands of -actors on the platform above. At the right moment -the poles are allowed to fall.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_27">[27]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Act II.</span> The fireplace may be cut through sheets -of cardboard. A box may be placed in the opening. -The larger the fireplace, the more giant-like will it -seem. It would be a very good thing if some of the -little carpenters in the company could make a huge -chair, table, and cradle.</p> - -<h3>ACT I.</h3> - -<h4 class="inline">SCENE 1.</h4> - -<p class="h4start">—<i>A clearing in a thick wood. Left, the -bean-stalk; right, the sugar-plum tree and the -telephone tree. The four children</i>, <span class="smcap">Kit</span>, <span class="smcap">Joscelin</span>, -<span class="smcap">Maysie</span>, <span class="smcap">Gillian</span>, <i>are discovered, with their -clothes somewhat torn and mussed. The girls are -seated on a fallen log. An open and empty lunch-basket -lies before them. The boys, armed with -sticks, are moving about. At the rise of the curtain</i> -<span class="smcap">Maysie</span> <i>is sobbing</i>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> Cheer up, sis. What’s the use of crying? -It isn’t so very late, is it, Jos? We can’t be many -miles from home. We’ve got our compass along, you -know; and all we have to do is to keep due east.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gillian.</span> I’m sick of our old exploring, anyway! -(<i>Sniffling a bit.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Joscelin.</span> You make me tired, Gill! What do we -care?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gillian.</span> It was your plan, Jos, and you see how -it has come out. I believe that farmer was telling you<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_28">[28]</a></span> -a whopper when he said there was a robbers’ cave in -these woods.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> O no, he wasn’t. It is a true story. -Tommy Field’s father says it is. He says people -have been hunting for the cave a hundred years, and -that there is treasure——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Maysie</span> (<i>wiping her eyes</i>). I’d rather have a nice -big piece of bread and molasses than ten million -rubies, I would!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Joscelin.</span> We may find some checkerberries yet.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>The roaring of a bear, and the trolling of a song, -heard.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">The Girls</span> (<i>rushing toward the boys</i>). Oh! Oh! -Oh! A bear! What shall we do?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> Hide—and be quick about it! There—into -those thick bushes! (<i>The girls hide at rear.</i>) Jos, -we’ve got to defend them! Wish I had a gun or -something!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Joscelin.</span> I think I had better shin up a tree!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> Not a bit of it. Let’s hide, though.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>They do so, peeping out from time to time, and -flourishing their clubs. The roaring and singing -become louder. The words of the song, sung -in a great, gruff voice, are the following.</i>)</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Sing fol de rol de riddle-iddle ay!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I am big, and I am strong,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Happy as the day is long.<br /></span> -<span class="i6">The sheep, they follow trusting at my heels.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Upon my shoulders light<br /><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_29">[29]</a></span></span> -<span class="i0">The cooing pigeons white,<br /></span> -<span class="i6">And in my pockets squirrels find their meals.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Sing fol de rol de riddle-iddle ay!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -<div class="stanza blankbefore"> -<span class="i0">Sing fol de rol de riddle-iddle ay!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">No brazen club for me!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">No bloody trickery!<br /></span> -<span class="i6">No dragging of a princess by the hair!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">No robbing of birds’ nests,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">No eating up of guests,<br /></span> -<span class="i6">No frightening of peasants at a fair!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Sing fol de rol de riddle-iddle ay!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter, right, the</i> <span class="smcap">Good Giant Greatbig</span>, <i>carrying -a blunderbuss, and arm in arm with the</i> <span class="smcap">Kind -Bear</span>.)</p> - -<p><i>The</i> <span class="smcap">Good Giant</span>.</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Fee—fi—fo—fum!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I smell some boys and girls, I vum!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Be they short, or be they tall,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I’ll hunt them out, and kiss them all!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="noindent">Come on, Bear! I hear breathings. Don’t be -frightened, my dear kids. We wouldn’t eat you for -anything.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit</span> (<i>sticking his head around the tree</i>). Honestly?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant and Bear.</span> Honestly!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> Come out, all of you. I want to talk -with you. (<i>The children come forward, the girls -more timidly than the boys. The girls scream when -the</i> <span class="smcap">Bear</span> <i>offers his paw and hugs them gently. The<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> -boys, too, are hugged, to their amusement.</i> <span class="smcap">Giant</span> -<i>kisses the children</i>.) How do you happen to be in the -middle of the wood, all by yourselves, at this time of -day?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Joscelin.</span> We’re lost. We have been trying to -find the robbers’ cave. Say, are you a real giant?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> Of course, my boy. Do I appear like a -midget? I am not only a giant, but the last of the -giants. My uncle was the famous Two-Headed -Giant, and my fourteenth cousin was slain by Jack -the Giant-Killer.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> Is he alive?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> Very much so, I can assure you. Do you -know, he’s my only enemy? To tell the truth, I’m -mortally afraid of him. He’s a terrible boy. He’s -sure death on giants, and will never believe that I’m -not as bad as my relatives. I’m afraid he’ll get the -best of me some fine day.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gillian.</span> Please, sir, how can we get home? I -want to go, awfully bad!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> Well, now, little girl, I’ll see that you get -home safely, never fear. But, dear me, you are the -first children that I have met in these deep woods. I -generally go about at night to keep out of the way of -Jack, the Giant-Killer, but my wife wanted me to -shoot a few eagles for supper.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Joscelin.</span> Can you tell us where the robbers’ cave -is?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bear.</span> I live in it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> Is there treasure?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_31">[31]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bear.</span> O, a few pecks of emeralds; that’s all. I -threw most of them away. They are very uncomfortable -to lie on.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Joscelin.</span> Where are the robbers?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bear.</span> Dead, all except the captain. He has -turned honest, and lives with the Giant.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant</span> (<i>who has been gazing upward</i>). Hi! -There’s an eagle! (<i>Raises blunderbuss. Children -stop their ears. He fires. An eagle drops at his -feet.</i>) And there’s a crow! (<i>Shoots again. A -bunch of black feathers floats down.</i>) I’ve only -clipped his tail-feathers! How ridiculous the bird -must look! Listen, children. If you start for home -now, it will be dark before you get there. Why can’t -you spend the night at my castle?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> Our parents would——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> I know. You think your people will be -anxious. I’ll telephone them. (<i>Goes to the tree at -the right, opens a little door in the trunk, takes down -a telephone receiver, and rings the bell.</i>) What’s your -number? Cucumber? (<i>Rings bell again.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> No. It’s 333.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant</span> (<i>speaking into the telephone</i>). Give me 333. -Thank you. Who is this? Mr. Loring? This is -Mr. Greatbig. I found some of your little relatives -lost in the wood, and they are going to stay at my -house over night. Don’t be alarmed. They will -come home in the morning. Good-by. I didn’t give -him a chance to say “No.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bear.</span> Are you hungry, children?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_32">[32]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Maysie.</span> Terribly!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bear.</span> Then I’d better shake the sugar-plum -tree.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Shakes a tree, right. Shower of candy. The -children scramble for it. Clear sound of a horn.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant</span> (<i>much disturbed</i>). Fee—fi—fo—fum! -Jack’s horn! Children, I beg of you to escape with -me, or I am done for. Here—up this bean-stalk!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>A louder blast from the horn.</i> <span class="smcap">Bear</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Giant</span> -<i>boost the boys up the bean-stalk, left.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant and Bear.</span> Hurry! Hurry!</p> - -<p class="sceneend">CURTAIN.</p> - -<h4 class="inline">SCENE 2.</h4> - -<p class="h4start">—<i>The same.</i> <span class="smcap">Jack the Giant-Killer</span> <i>is -chopping furiously at the bean-stalk. His horn, -his lantern, and his sword lie near at hand.</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Voice of Kit</span> (<i>from above</i>). Too late, Jacky, my -boy. We’ve chopped off our end of the stalk; so -we’re safe and sound.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Shower of beans falls on</i> <span class="smcap">Jack</span>.)</p> - -<p class="sceneend">CURTAIN.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_33">[33]</a></span></p> - -<h3>ACT II.</h3> - -<h4 class="inline">SCENE 1.</h4> - -<p class="h4start">—<i>A room in</i> <span class="smcap">Giant Greatbig’s</span> <i>Castle. -Rear, left, window; fireplace, with lighted candle -on the mantel, centre; door, right, rear. Bare -wooden floor. Left, a big cradle, containing the</i> -<span class="smcap">Giant’s</span> <i>baby. A rocking-chair next the cradle. -Right, a rude table, on it a drinking-mug as large -as a bucket. Smoke-stained walls. At the rise, a -ring-around dance is going on to lively music. -Those dancing are the</i> <span class="smcap">Giant</span>, <i>the</i> -<span class="smcap">Bear</span>, <i>the</i> <span class="smcap">Dear -Dragon</span>, <i>the</i> <span class="smcap">Obliging Ogre</span>, <i>and the four lost -children. The</i> <span class="smcap">Motherly Giantess</span> <i>stands at -right, beating time with a potato-masher on a chopping-bowl. -The door bursts open. Enter the</i> -<span class="smcap">Three Happy Little Giants</span> <i>in great excitement</i>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">First H. L. G.</span> O papa! papa!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Dance and music cease.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> What is it, my child?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">First H. L. G.</span> Why, we peeped over the edge of -the bean-stalk cliff, and Jack chopped the stalk down, -and it fell on his leg, and he lies there groaning!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giantess.</span> The poor fellow! Hub, what are you -going to do about it?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> We must help the lad. Boys, get the -rope ladder. (<i>They do so.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Obliging Ogre.</span> Here, give it to me. What is an -ogre for if not to be obliging? Come on, everybody! -<span class="righttext">[<i>Exeunt all but</i> <span class="smcap">Giantess</span>.</span></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_34">[34]</a></span></p> - -<p class="directions allclear"><i>Enter through window, left, the</i> <span class="smcap">Friendly Witch</span> -<i>and her broomstick</i>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Witch.</span> Good-evening, Mrs. Greatbig.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giantess.</span> Goo—good-evening! How you startled -me! What have you been doing to-day?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Witch.</span> O, sweeping cobwebs off the sky, so that -it will be bright and pleasant for picnics to-morrow. -I cleaned soot out of chimneys to save work for the -poor little sweep-boys, and I gave old men and women -diamond spectacles with gold rims so that they can -read without hurting their eyes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giantess.</span> You are a good soul indeed.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Witch.</span> O, no, I’m not. I’m just reporting progress. -And I dropped chocolates, and caps with -lavender ribbons, through the open windows of Old -Ladies’ Homes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giantess.</span> Lovely! lovely!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Witch.</span> But the best fun of all was giving a breath -of air to fifty poor women who work in city factories. -I rode them on my broomstick three or four hundred -miles or so. One dear thing cracked her funny-bone -on the north star. I didn’t mean to brush by so -closely. (<i>Enter the</i> <span class="smcap">Ogre</span> <i>and the</i> <span class="smcap">Giant</span>, <i>supporting</i> -<span class="smcap">Jack</span>, <i>whose leg is neatly bandaged. The other people -follow.</i> <span class="smcap">Jack</span> <i>is placed in the rocking-chair, by the -fire</i>.) I can make his leg well, quick as a wink! -(<i>She touches</i> <span class="smcap">Jack’s</span> <i>leg with her broomstick. He -pulls off the bandage, and capers about delightedly.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jack.</span> Thank you, dear Witch. Giant Greatbig, I<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> -am more sorry than I can say that I have hounded -you all this time. I never suspected that you were a -good giant. You know the kind of man your uncle -used to be.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant</span> (<i>shaking hands with</i> <span class="smcap">Jack</span>). Well, now we -are good friends, aren’t we, hey?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jack.</span> You know I’m an orphan. I wonder if you -would care to adopt me.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> A very good plan. I know you will set a -good example to my boys, and make yourself useful -generally.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giantess</span> (<i>hugging</i> <span class="smcap">Jack</span>). You dear child, you! -To think that an hour ago I dreaded to hear your -very name spoken! My! How muscular you are!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jack.</span> Dear Mr. and Mrs. Greatbig, I would like -to change my name. Hereafter I wish to be known -as Jack the Giant-<i>Lover</i>.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>All cheer and clap their hands. The</i> <span class="smcap">Dear -Dragon</span>, <i>after embracing</i> <span class="smcap">Jack</span>, <i>goes to centre -and recites</i>):</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">O, once I was a Nawful Thing—a dread to man and child.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I snorted and cavorted till the villagers went wild.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I ate a church and steeple and three hundred pews of people,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And then I waved my crinkly tail, and bellowed, bowed, and smiled.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -<div class="stanza blankbefore"> -<span class="i0">Of course I was a favorite when July Fourth came round,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">For my firework and my smoke-murk were the finest to be found.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Why, people paid a dollar just to hear my mighty holler,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And when I breathed out ten-foot flames they fell flat on the ground.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -<div class="stanza blankbefore"> -<span class="i0">To shorten my biography, I’ll whisper what -befell.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_36">[36]</a></span><br /></span> -<span class="i0">A fire-brigade it was that made me anything but well.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">They played the hose, and soaked me, and with their wall-hooks poked me,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Until I crawled away more wet and sore than I can tell.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -<div class="stanza blankbefore"> -<span class="i0">I took a cold, and nearly died. When I grew strong again,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I could no more breathe flames, and roar from my grim mountain den.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I had no great desire, sir, to scorch the fields with fire, sir,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Or to make my meals of churches filled with chubby village men.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Loud rapping heard.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> Come in!</p> - -<p><i>Enter the</i> <span class="smcap">Honest Robber</span>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Robber.</span> Hollo, everybody. Having a tea-party, -Mrs. Giantess?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giantess.</span> O, no. Hub picked up some nice lost -children in the wood, and here they are. Children, -this is Rob Highway, the Honest Robber.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>The</i> <span class="smcap">Honest Robber</span> <i>shakes hands with all the -children</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant</span> (<i>drinking from his mug</i>). Well, Rob, my -boy, how have you been making yourself useful to-day?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Robber.</span> This morning I went to the dog-pound -with a furniture-van, and filled it cram-full of lost -puppies—cram-full, children. You never heard such -a growling and yowling in your life. I drove slowly, -and whenever I heard a child crying: “I want my -dog! He’s lost!” I’d say, “Describe him,” and it<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> -wasn’t long, generally, before the dog and his little -master were in each other’s arms.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Kit.</span> Hurrah for you, old man!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Joscelin.</span> What else did you do?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Robber.</span> This evening I have chased seventeen -burglars and taken away their stolen goods from them.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Maysie.</span> Did you keep the things yourself?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Robber.</span> Fie, fie, no! I’m an <i>Honest</i> Robber. -I restored the property, and made a hundred dollars -reward.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>A distant clock strikes twelve, and the</i> <span class="smcap">Giant’s</span> -<i>alarm-clock goes off in his pocket. He takes it -out hurriedly.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> Yes, I am correct. Gracious, children, -it’s very late for you to be up! My dear, shouldn’t -they go to sleep at once?</p> - -<p>Giantess. Yes, by all means, hub. I’ve been so -excited I forgot all about such a thing as bedtime. -<span class="righttext">[<i>Exit, left.</i></span></p> - -<p class="allclear"><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> I’ll telephone for the Sand Man. (<i>Goes -to the telephone at the right of the fireplace.</i>) 128 -Seashore, please. Hollo, Sandy. Take the first gust -of wind for Castle Greatbig. He’ll be here in a moment, -children.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Giantess</span>, <i>left, with green boughs</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giantess</span> (<i>strewing boughs on the floor</i>). Sit right -down, chickabiddies. (<i>The</i> <span class="smcap">Lorings</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Staceys</span> -<i>and the children of the</i> <span class="smcap">Giant</span> <i>sit down together</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> Good-night, children. My helpers and I -have an important piece of work to do between now -and sunrise. We are going to carry a dozen or two -tenement-houses from the city into the country, and -set them down gently in green fields.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Gillian.</span> Won’t the children be surprised and -happy when they wake up!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bear.</span> And in place of the houses we shall lay out -a beautiful playground for the poor children who are -left in the neighborhood. Good night, all!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children.</span> Good night!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jack.</span> Good night!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ogre.</span> Good night!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children.</span> Good night!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dragon.</span> Happy dreams!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children.</span> Good night!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Robber.</span> Good night!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children.</span> Good night!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Witch.</span> Good night! -<span class="righttext">[<i>Exit by the window.</i></span></p> - -<p class="allclear"><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> I’ll be back in the morning to see that you -get home safely. Good night!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children and Giantess.</span> Good night!</p> - -<p class="directions"><i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Sand Man</span>, <i>softly, by door, right, without -rapping</i>. <span class="smcap">Giantess</span> <i>nods to him, then blows -out all but one candle. The</i> <span class="smcap">Sand Man</span> <i>waves -his hand. The children sink back on the boughs. -He then casts a little imaginary sand from his -bag into each eye, and goes out as softly as he -came.</i> <span class="smcap">Giantess</span> <i>takes up her baby from the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> -cradle, left. It squalls. She hushes it, seats -herself in a rocking-chair, centre, and sings this -lullaby:</i></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i4">B-a, ba, b-o, bo,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">B-i, bi, baby bye.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Mamma’s little Giant is tired of all his play,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Tired of all the mischief he has done to-day;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Tired of pulling pine-trees clear up by the roots.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Go to sleep, my Giant, my six-foot Tootsy-Woots!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Children snore.</i>)</p> - -<p class="sceneend">CURTAIN.</p> - -<h2>Orange Social.</h2> - -<p>Have bunches of yellow flowers pinned to draperies -and in other places where the romping will not cause -breakages. All the other decorations, as far as possible, -should be of the same cheerful hue. Some one -may give a brief talk describing “The Children that -Live where Oranges Grow,” illustrated by stereopticon -or by some of the Perry Pictures. This, if carefully -prepared, can be made very interesting to children -of colder climates than those of sunny Italy and -our own South. Missionary features may be introduced -if desired.</p> - -<p>After the talk have the decks cleared for action. -Did you ever see, or participate in, a game of orange -croquet? If not, you have missed a great deal of fun. -It is merely parlor croquet, with oranges for balls, umbrella-handles<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> -for mallets, and big books placed tent-wise -upon the floor for wickets. An umpire could be -improvised out of an orange, a squash, and four or five -sticks or clothes-pins. Cut the features in the orange-peel -with a penknife, fasten the orange head and the -squash body together with a short stick whittled sharp -at the ends, insert the clothes-pins for arms and legs, -and your umpire is complete.</p> - -<p>Following the croquet may be the game of “Mr. -Woodenhead.” A strip of orange-colored cambric is -stretched on the floor, across the room, to form a race-course. -At one end place a large tray of oranges, at -the other an empty basket. The game is to see who -in a given time can carry the most oranges safely -across the room, from tray to basket, with the aid only -of a wooden spoon. A jolly face painted or carved on -the outside of the bowl of the spoon, and a large yellow -bow tied on for a cravat, turns the spoon into -“Mr. Woodenhead.” He may be presented as a souvenir -to the winner of the race.</p> - -<p>Refreshments may be sandwiches, lemonade, and -orange squares, or other plain cake with orange icing. -As the children are about to go home, they may be -given each a missionary mite-box in the form of an -orange, to fill for the benefit of some mission field; or, -if it has not been a missionary social, a souvenir that -would please any child is a little basket cut out of the -peel of an orange, using half, with a strip of peel from -the other half left on for a handle, the basket so made -to be filled with candies.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_41">[41]</a></span></p> - -<h2>A Flower Show.</h2> - -<p>Each boy or girl represents a flower. Every one -jots down the names of the other guests and the names -of the flowers which he supposes they are. The reward -for the most names might be a dozen roses, and -for the least a pair of sunflowers, or a bunch of squash-blossoms, -or a geranium growing in a bright-colored -tin can. Here are some hints for costumes:</p> - -<p>1. Pennyroyal. An English penny hung from the -neck by a ribbon.</p> - -<p>2. Oxeye. A target painted on a card. An arrow -is sticking through the “bull’s-eye.”</p> - -<p>3. Monk’s-hood. A boy wearing a monk’s cowl, -or perhaps the complete dress of a monk.</p> - -<p>4. Goldenrod. The boy or girl carries a brass curtain-rod.</p> - -<p>5. Hop. The boy or girl must occasionally hop on -one foot.</p> - -<p>6. Four-o’clock, or Thyme, either one. A clock -hung from the neck is set at four o’clock.</p> - -<p>7. Elder. A boy is made to appear like an old -man. His hair is dusted with flour, and wrinkles are -painted on his face. He should lean on a staff, and -wear spectacles.</p> - -<p>8. Broom. A girl dressed like a housekeeper carries -a tiny broom.</p> - -<p>9. Rocket (rock it). A girl is rocking her doll in a -cradle.</p> - -<p>10. Sage. A solemn, wise-looking boy in spectacles,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_42">[42]</a></span> -top hat, and long trousers. He must frequently -peep into a large book.</p> - -<p>11. Sweet-william. A boy named William should -wear a necklace made of lumps of sugar.</p> - -<p>12. Jonquil. A boy named John, wearing quills in -every available place.</p> - -<p>When the guessing and refreshments are over, a -floral game which might be added is that of “Red and -White Roses.” Sixteen can play. Tie a narrow strip -of cloth to one sleeve of each Junior, eight of the strips -white and eight red, to distinguish the Red from the -White Roses. Appoint a captain from each side, or -let one be chosen by “counting out.” Determine in -the same way which side shall move first. Spread a -sheet on the floor; mark it off with black crayon in -sixteen squares, four on a side; and you are ready. -The object of each division is to get four players of its -own color in a row, either straight or diagonally. The -first captain begins by placing himself on any square -he chooses. The captain from the other side does the -same, and the other players follow, one from each side -moving alternately and trying to secure the row of red -or white roses as the case may be. This game, believed -to be a new one, is likely to prove a favorite.</p> - -<h2>An Evening with “Ads.”</h2> - -<p>Set the Juniors to collecting clever pictorial advertisements, -omitting, of course, the liquor and tobacco -ones. Each might learn what facts he can, of general<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> -interest, regarding the trade-mark chosen or the business -represented in connection with the pictures he -has selected. Then the Juniors invite their friends, -young and old, to a social “evening with ads.”</p> - -<p>The pictures are pinned by the Juniors to a large -sheet previously fastened to the wall. After they have -been thoroughly examined by the guests, they are taken -down and distributed by the Juniors. One picture, -together with paper and pencil, is given to each guest, -who is then requested to write, in verse, a few lines to -fit the picture. After this all are called upon to read -what has been written. For example, a shirt-maker -has an advertisement showing the picture of the back -of a man’s head labelled, “This is Tom; meet me -face to face,” with the question, “Am I Irish or -Scotch?” written above it. The rhyme produced to -fit it was as follows:</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i00">“Can this be Tom, the piper’s son,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Of pork-abstracting fame?<br /></span> -<span class="i0">If so, he must be Irish, sure,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">The pig could prove that same!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And Irish linen shirts, you know,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Must be the very best;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">So buy your goods henceforth of Tom;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">You’ll find they stand the test.”<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p>The papers are collected and put in a safe place, -after which a vote is taken on the merits of the various -effusions.</p> - -<p>The pictures are then again distributed, this time to -their owners among the Juniors, who have been making<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_44">[44]</a></span> -them a special study, and each Junior who is prepared -tells a fact or two in regard to one of the pictures. -The trade-mark of a certain popular brand of -cocoa originated in Holland more than two hundred -years ago, and no doubt the way in which it came to be -chosen would make an interesting story. These incidents -will bring out still other similar facts which the -guests may happen to know regarding the advertisements, -and a half-hour or so will thus pass pleasantly -and instructively to all.</p> - -<p>Refreshments may consist of some of the articles -advertised, or of sandwiches, apple salad, small cakes, -and lemonade, or, if in the proper season, hot maple -syrup and biscuit at a charge of twenty cents a plate. -If so voted, a more or less extended report of the -evening’s entertainment may be sent to the newspaper; -and a marked copy may be sent to the firm whose -unique picture advertisement won the popular vote. -This should be accompanied by a letter of explanation.</p> - -<h2>A “Jap” Social.</h2> - -<p>Have you ever seen the pretty little Japanese cottages -in Jackson Park, Chicago, with their quaint decorations -looking as if they had been transported in -some really magical way from the land of the lotus -blossom? It was looking at these that gave me the -idea of a “Jap social” for the Juniors.</p> - -<p>Arrange Japanese fans, parasols, and lanterns about -the room, lay down strips or rugs of Japanese matting,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> -and partition off various cosey nooks with Japanese -screens. Have no chairs, but plenty of cushions instead. -As to flowers, they can be chosen from a long -list—chrysanthemums, white lilies and roses, purple -Canterbury bells, cherry blossoms, clematis, yellow -and white water-lilies; the pink lotus and white feathery -orchid are not so easy to procure, but might be -imitated, perhaps, with paper. At one such social -the walls were entirely covered with branches of trees -sprinkled thickly with cherry blossoms made of pink -paper, representing the beautiful gardens of Tokyo.</p> - -<div class="figleft" id="Fig2a"> -<img src="images/illo045.jpg" alt="Japanese" width="250" height="354" /> -</div> - -<p>This would be a good -occasion for the Juniors to -entertain strangers and -“grown-ups,” and charge -an admission fee, as it can -be made very pretty and -interesting.</p> - -<p>Costumes for the Juniors -can be improvised from -flowered silk or cotton -draperies with a little basting, -a twist here, and a pin -there, such as deft fingers -can give. Do not forget -the <i>obi</i>, or broad sash, the flowing sleeves, and the -fans, for the little girls. One of the boys might wear -a straw rain-coat, which is strictly Japanese, and is -made as shown in the <a href="#Fig2a">picture</a>. Another boy might -be a water-carrier, dressed in dark-blue cotton and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_46">[46]</a></span> -bearing a yoke on his shoulders, from each end of -which hangs a wooden water-pail.</p> - -<p>The bells of Japan have a remarkably musical, -silvery tone; tradition says that the finest have much -silver in their composition, which may account for -their deep and wonderful sweetness. Whether this be -true or not, they are much more musical than Japanese -music itself. They are not sounded by a clapper -within, but are struck from the outside, by a sort of -wooden arm or battering-ram. This might be imitated, -by a little experimenting.</p> - -<p>Tables should be placed around, containing curios -and Japanese ware for sale, including blotters and -other small articles decorated in Japanese designs, -some of which can be prepared by the Juniors themselves; -also real Japanese boxes and trays; the fine -Japanese colored photographs procured from the United -Society of Christian Endeavor; and the quaint Japanese -dolls. Coins from Japan, if procurable, will be -of interest.</p> - -<p>Among the articles for sale should be the toy called -by Japanese children “Daruma San,” or “Mr. -Daruma.” It is a strong pasteboard figure of an old -man in a squatting position, and is so rounded and -weighted at the bottom that it will always bob up in a -sitting posture, no matter how often one may knock it -over. Another toy still more interesting is the -“Ukibara.” These perfectly plain-looking little paper -sticks are magical in their possibilities, for when -placed in water they act as if they were alive, unfolding<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> -and floating around in the form of brightly colored -fishes, flowers, fruits, animals, and many other -pretty and curious things. Children, and older people, -too, will watch them a long time without tiring -of the amusement. They come in envelopes. An -outfit costs fifteen cents, and can also be procured from -the United Society.</p> - -<p>Stories and recitations about Japan are in order. A -fan drill by a number of girls would be a pretty feature -to introduce, if desired, even though not new enough -to claim space for description here.</p> - -<p>Refreshments might include tea for the grown-up -guests, sandwiches for all, small bowls of rice to be -eaten with chopsticks, hot ears of roasted sweet corn -on a pretty Japanese tray, and a variety of sweet -cakes. All should be served on tiny square individual -tables about six inches high; and, if any one complains -at being obliged to fold himself up like an umbrella -in order to partake of these delicacies, tell him -that his complaints cannot be understood unless he -will consent to express them in Japanese. But, as -every one is extremely polite in Japan, there will probably -be no trouble of this kind.</p> - -<h2>Sky-Parlor Reception, No. 1.</h2> - -<p>AN attic is usually a wonderland of delight to any -normal child, whether a reader of Sara Crewe’s -charming adventures or not; but it is a wonderland -too little explored. A large, clean, light, old-fashioned -attic may be utilized in turn for a reception-hall,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_48">[48]</a></span> -curiosity-shop, library, work-room, dramatic recital, -and romping-ground. Its possibilities are great, and -would fill several afternoons. One such occasion -might be as follows:</p> - -<p>Let the Juniors be received with more or less ceremony -by the committee of large or small folk who -are acting as hosts and hostesses. If old-fashioned -costumes are worn by those receiving, it adds to the -fun. After the arrival in the “sky-parlor,” the -guests are privileged to have a sight of any antique -relics that have curious stories connected with them. -If a nice grandma can be found to tell the stories, so -much the better; but it is to be hoped that she will -not prove too fascinating if there is to be any work -done.</p> - -<p>Tables are placed around in light portions of the -attic, spread with piles of old papers and magazines, -and a pair of scissors and a chair for each child. -The Juniors look through the periodicals, and clip -pictures, and perhaps stories also, that they think -would be good for future scrap-book use, placing them -in boxes, to be sorted next time. Rosy apples, nuts, -and pop-corn will be acceptable after their arduous -labors, and the Juniors will go home quite ready to -come again the very next Saturday afternoon.</p> - -<h2>Sky-Parlor Reception, No. 2.</h2> - -<p>This time a corner of the attic is transformed into a -representation of Sara Crewe’s odd little room, so<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> -cleverly and mysteriously changed from dismal bareness -to cosey luxury by the East Indian friend next -door. There should be a cot, cushions, rugs, draperies, -quaint Oriental ornaments, and last, but not -least, the three essentials—Sara herself, her long-suffering -doll, and the monkey. A toy monkey will do. -The story may be read—and more or less acted, if desired—for -the entertainment of the children.</p> - -<p>Either before or afterward some of the clippings -may be sorted ready for scrap-books; and a few such -afternoons of mingled work and play will be among -the brightest experiences of the Juniors.</p> - -<h2>A Pastery Party.</h2> - -<p>Be very mysterious in your remarks about what is -to go on at this party, answering all questions by -whispering in the ears of your friends: “Why, don’t -you know what a pastery party is like? I’m really -surprised!”</p> - -<p>There is pastry and pastry. A pastery party, to -keep the secret no longer, is a scrap-book party, nothing -more. O, but it’s fun! Try it. Get hold of a -lot of illustrated periodicals; the more guests you have, -the more magazines you need. If you can find -colored picture cards besides, all the better. Ask -your mother to make enough flour paste to fill -several cups. Fifteen or twenty guests are not too -many. A sheet, an old table-cloth, or neat pieces of -wrapping-paper should be spread on the table or<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> -tables. There must be plenty of elbow-room for -scrap-booking.</p> - -<p>A pastery party need not be an expensive affair. I -once had three dozen scrap-books made for about two -dollars and fifty cents. This is the way I went about -it: Down at the wholesale wrapping-paper store I -bought a good-sized pile of sheets left over from a -large order. The paper was manila, smooth, and not -too thin or too thick. I cannot remember the exact -measurements. At any rate, the old binder up-town -cut them into two sizes, and the smaller size, eight by -fifteen inches, is the best for a pastery party. There -should not be more than twenty pages in a book. My -covers were of terra-cotta cartridge-paper. Any medium -heavy paper will do. If you wish to be economical, -you can stitch each book with a single piece of -string, punching the holes with a scissors-blade. The -books should be numbered.</p> - -<p>When the guests, seated at the tables, are waiting -for the pie (or something) to be brought on, you and -your assistants should enter, dressed in chefs’ aprons -and caps, from the kitchen, first with a trayful of -paste-cups, which you should set on the table in a very -dignified manner, one cup for each guest. Maybe -the guests will peer into their cups, and wonder -whether they are expected to eat their custard without -any spoons! As soon as they catch sight of the mucilage-brushes—which -can be procured cheaply at the -stationer’s—and the scissors, they will begin to suspect -what is meant by the word “pastery.” Bring<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_51">[51]</a></span> -on next the scrap-books and the magazines, and tell -your friends that at the end of an hour of “scrapping” -rewards will be given by three grown-up judges for (1) -the neatest and best-arranged book, (2) for the book -containing the largest number of pictures, and (3) for -the book which is filled first.</p> - -<p>The time-limit should be exact. Every person -should write down on a piece of paper the number -marked on the cover of his book, and next to the -number his own name. The books should be carried -to the judges, who are seated up-stairs in a room with -closed doors. Not until they have announced the -winning numbers will they be furnished with the slips -of paper containing the names to which the numbers -belong. By taking these precautions the contest will -be absolutely fair. The scrap-books should be given -next day to the children’s ward of a hospital, or to the -children’s room in a library. Each pastery-cook’s -name should be written in his book, and under the -names of the successful competitors should be set down -what rewards they won.</p> - -<p>The rewards might be these: A handsome scrap-book, -a bottle of library paste, and a pair of scissors. -While the judges are deciding, the company might -play “Jenkins up!” or cut paper dolls. The refreshments -might be miniature apple-pies, the size of a -small saucer, for each guest. After the party is over -ask those guests who did not have time to paste their -books full kindly to do so at home and return them to -the hostess as soon as possible.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_52">[52]</a></span></p> - -<h2>A Pillow-Fight.</h2> - -<p>To prepare for this, the Juniors will be busy collecting -“ammunition” for some time, from all quarters—woods -and fields, garden and lawn, library and sewing-room. -When there is enough, they can have their -pillow-fight. In fact, they may need to have several -of them.</p> - -<p>First, the various pillows, or cushions, must be -made. The girls can first make the plain, square, -muslin foundation bags, and then embroider covers -for them, or they can make the covers by sewing -bright ribbons together in strips, or by crocheting -them, or in various other ways to suit their own taste. -Each Junior girl, from the oldest to the youngest, will -want to make one.</p> - -<p>Meanwhile, both boys and girls can collect, prepare, -and sort the materials for filling them. Some can be -filled with cotton, with a little sachet-powder sprinkled -in; others, with paper torn into small pieces; others, -with pine needles; others, with dried rose-leaves—or -the rose-leaves, if not very plentiful, may be mixed -with bits of paper, or used with cotton instead of -sachet-powder. The clean, fine inner husks of corn, -torn into shreds, and dried, make excellent ones; and -a recent fancy is for pillows filled with dried autumn -leaves. I would not advise feathers; they are not so -inexpensive, and are usually too much trouble when -flying about in a room full of people. The other -materials named above are all easy to manage, and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> -still other good ones will be likely to occur to the -Juniors and their friends.</p> - -<p>When the foundation pillows are filled and sewed -up, which in itself will be both fun and work for the -whole society, and before the decorated covers are put -on, is the time to have the pillow-fight. Divide the -Juniors into two companies; line them up across the -room from one another, with their ammunition; and -if they are normal children they will need no instructions -how to proceed. The pillows are “fired” merrily -back and forth until one company or the other is -driven from its stronghold or has had all its ammunition -confiscated by the opposing forces. It is a good -test of the sewing, too; for, unless the stitches are -secure, there <i>may</i> be a sudden shower of rose-leaves, -paper snowflakes, or autumn treasures, when least expected.</p> - -<p>Nuts and apples, or other simple refreshments, will -be welcome when the battle is over. The outside -covers are then put on the pillows, and the last bit of -sewing—the one seam left open in the pretty cover—may -be finished if there is time, or taken home by the -Juniors to be completed there. The pillows, when -done, may be either sold at a fair or given to some -home for invalids, where there never can be too many -or too great a variety. If the latter plan is adopted, -a cheering message, either a comforting verse from the -Bible—the health promises are the best, and will often -do what the doctor’s medicine cannot—or a bit of -sunshine from some bright or restful poem may be<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> -written on a slip of paper and pinned to each pillow. -Selecting, writing, and attaching these will make more -pleasant work for the Juniors, which may be done -separately or together.</p> - -<h2>A Good-Luck Social.</h2> - -<p>For a late October social, perhaps for a Hallowe’en -frolic, this will be liked by many; but it is good at any -time of the year.</p> - -<p>A good-luck fairy, or witch, in a long red cloak and -high pointed hat, should be mistress of ceremonies. -If the time is Hallowe’en, the rooms may be lighted -with Jack-o’-lanterns. One doorway may have a portière -of apples hung on strings of different lengths. -The tallest Juniors are to stoop and “bite” for those -hanging on the longest strings; the shorter ones reach -for those above, in the same way. In the middle of -this portière hangs a horseshoe, and for the first game -let the Juniors each try to throw three tiny apples between -the prongs of the horseshoe. Those successful -in doing so are supposed to have good luck throughout -the coming year.</p> - -<p>Another game that might be played is apple-shooting. -Place apples of distinctive colors, red, yellow, -and green, afloat in a tub of water, and let the Juniors -shoot at them with toy bows and arrows. To -fire an arrow into a red apple assures one of good -health; to shoot a yellow one means wealth; and -those who succeed in hitting the green ones are to -have some especial piece of great good luck.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_55">[55]</a></span></p> - -<p>Arrange the chairs in the form of a horseshoe, and -seat the Juniors, all except two—one who goes out of -the room, and one who acts as “reporter,” and must -have a good memory. This is the game of “wishes -and compliments.” Each player makes a remark or -wish concerning the one out of the room. For instance, -one says, “She wears a wig.” Another, “I -wish she would sing a song.” A third, “She can’t -sing a note.” A fourth, “She can recite beautifully.” -A fifth, “I wish she may go to Africa as a missionary.” -A sixth, “She is dreadfully conceited.” A -seventh, “She is the best scholar in her class,” etc. -The “compliments” will not all be of the most flattering -kind, and the wishes will be either sensible or -nonsensical ones, as occur to the wishers. Then the -reporter calls in the absent one, tells her that one person -has said so-and-so about her, and asks her to guess -from the remark who the person is. She has only one -guess for each remark. As soon as she guesses one -correctly, the one thus discovered must take her place; -and so on throughout the game.</p> - -<p>This game might be followed by a number of “good-luck -stories,” each Junior telling the best piece of good -luck, as he considers it, that ever happened to him.</p> - -<p>A hunt for four-leaf clovers, of which there may be -a hundred or more made of green paper and hidden -about the rooms, will be enjoyed. The one who finds -the most may be rewarded either by some trifle like a -pin-tray or by a stick-pin in the form of a four-leaf -clover or horseshoe; or, if he is one of the younger<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> -Juniors, by a copy of that charming little book for -children, by Mrs. Annie Rix Militz, “The Wonderful -Wishers of Wishing-Well.”</p> - -<p>Again the Juniors may be seated in their horseshoe -row, and play the game of “wishes and results,” -which is quite different from the other wishing game. -Each is given a slip of paper and a pencil, and is -asked to write his greatest wish. These slips are then -collected and others passed, on which each player answers -the question, “What do you think would happen -if you should have your wish?” These “results” -are collected as were the wishes, and after thoroughly -mixing the slips, but keeping the two sets separate, -each set is numbered from one up, and the wishes and -results are then read in pairs, according to number; -the results, as might be expected, often proving amusingly -inappropriate to the wishes.</p> - -<p>Refreshments may be apples roasted and corn -popped by the Juniors themselves, to which may be -added nuts, lemonade, and cookies in the shape of -horseshoes and four-leaf clovers. Just before the -close, the good-luck fairy or some other “grown-up” -should give a short talk clearly explaining the truth -that every person really controls his own “luck,” and -saying that a magical recipe will be given to each -Junior on starting for home, which, if followed, will -keep him always fortunate. This “recipe,” typewritten -and handed to each in an addressed envelope -labeled “Good-Luck Recipe,” is the definition of -“luck” given by Max O’Rell, as follows:</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_57">[57]</a></span></p> - -<p>“Luck means rising at six o’clock in the morning, -living on a dollar a day if you earn two, minding -your own business, and not meddling with other people’s. -Luck means the appointments you have never -failed to keep, the trains you have never failed to catch. -Luck means trusting in God and your own resources.”</p> - -<h2>Making Valentines.</h2> - -<p>If some of the Juniors wish to surprise their friends, -or the inmates of their pet charitable institutions, with -kind thoughts in the form of valentines, those made -by themselves are sure to be most acceptable; and -then, too, it is such fun to make them!</p> - -<p>The materials needed are white and colored paper, -including gilt and silver paper, also paste and scissors. -One has first to cut the colored paper into squares, -which may then be folded into quarters and the -quarters into triangles; then cut these into all kinds of -intricate tracery, and they will be pretty when unfolded, -for the repetition gives beauty to the most -awkward cutting. Next paste them on a background -of white, and decorate them with mottoes or with -tiny doves and hearts, in gold.</p> - -<p>One little girl even attempted to cut out a Cupid -for a very special valentine, to be given to her grandma; -and, although the Cupid was a little lop-sided, -it was still quite imposing. Another wee girl, the -little sister of one of the Juniors, made good use of -her kindergarten skill by <i>sewing</i> a valentine! Her -sister prepared it for her by cutting a heart about<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_58">[58]</a></span> -three inches across, from a piece of folded paper; using -this as a pattern, she marked around it on a piece -of cardboard, made a small oblong in the centre, for -a picture-frame, and pricked the outline for the five-year-old -to sew with blue silk. This was accomplished -with much delight, and with a stamp picture of the -giver pasted in the centre of the oblong was as pretty -a valentine as need be.</p> - -<p>One favorite kind, the “window” valentine, was -made by taking a square of paper, doubling it and cutting -one straight slit half-way across from centre to the -outside; then folding it once the other way—into quarters—and -cutting off the corner so as, when unfolded, -to make a square opening in the centre, with its corners -opposite the sides of the larger square. While the paper -was folded in quarters, a third slit was cut, parallel with -the last one. When unfolded, this brought strips each -side, which were folded back on the outside of the -valentine; a picture was pasted back of the opening, -and the valentine looked like this:</p> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig3"> -<img src="images/illo058.jpg" alt="valentine" width="350" height="348" /> -<p class="caption smcapall">WINDOW VALENTINE</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_59">[59]</a></span></p> - -<p>Another was made to represent the front of a house, -with a “Welcome” door-mat and a door that opened -and disclosed a photograph of the giver. On the -door was inscribed,</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i00">“Open this door, and you will find<br /></span> -<span class="i0">One who would be your valentine.”<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p>Still another represented a dainty lady on horseback -just ready to jump through a paper hoop held by a -clown. Underneath was the verse,</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i00">“Jump through this paper hoop of mine,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And find your own true valentine.”<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p>The paper in the hoop concealed a photograph. Of -course it should be explained to the children that valentines -containing photographs are supposed to be for -relatives.</p> - -<p>One of the prettiest surprises of all on the occasion -of which I am speaking, was a wonder-box, made -from a piece of heavy paper six inches across. Fastened<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> -securely in a most mysterious way, and with bits -of candy rattling tantalizingly inside, it was a delightful, -but not an easy, task, to open it, even to those -who knew how.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig3a"> -<img src="images/illo059.jpg" alt="wonder box" width="350" height="352" /> -</div> - -<p>The <a href="#Fig3a">diagram</a> shows by dotted lines exactly where -the paper squares must be folded, and the heavy lines -show where it must be cut. The holes are for the -corners, folded small, to be put through, and then -straightened out again.</p> - -<p>This is the way the wonder-box looks when done:</p> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig4"> -<img src="images/illo060.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="325" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="smcapall">WONDER-BOX</span> (Closed)</p> -</div> - -<p>It would be as good for a Christmas present as for -a valentine.</p> - -<h2>A New Kind of Dinner-Party.</h2> - -<p>This was one of the invitations:</p> - -<div class="invitation"> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Dear Bertol:</span></p> - -<p><span class="padl4">I</span> hope you will not think it odd if I ask you to -be either a table-furnishing or something to eat at my<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_61">[61]</a></span> -dinner-party. Will you be kind enough to be served -at my house two weeks from to-night; that is, Tuesday, -October sixth, nineteen hundred and three, at -half-past seven? And, if you accept, will you not -please let me know what you choose to be?</p> - -<p class="right"><span class="padr4">Hungrily your friend,</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">L. Bettina Arned</span>.</p> - -<p class="noindent"><i>45 Muscovy Street,</i><br /> -<span class="padl4"><i>Tuesday, September twenty-second.</i></span></p> - -</div><!--invitation--> - -<p>About thirty children came. Of course there were -more girls than boys (there always are); still, the -boys could be discovered without a microscope. -Some of the guests were these:</p> - -<p>1. Mock Turtle (soup). A boy with green cloth -slippers on hands and feet, and a green oval cardboard -shield on front and back. He wore green -trousers and stockings, green tissue-paper hair, and -green goggles.</p> - -<p>2. Black Bass. A boy in burnt cork dressed like a -negro singer. On a card hung about his neck was -drawn a bar of music showing “bass” notes.</p> - -<p>3. Duck. A little girl in a white duck dress.</p> - -<p>4. Turkey. A boy in a fez and Turkish clothes—orange -sash, baggy red jacket and trousers, and -pointed shoes. He wore an immense burnt-cork -mustache.</p> - -<p>5. Game. A girl carried a checker-board under -one arm and a pachisi board under the other.</p> - -<p>6. Hare. A girl with her “hair” worn long.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_62">[62]</a></span></p> - -<p>7. Pear. Two girls kept hold of hands all the -evening.</p> - -<p>8. Sole (the fish). A girl wearing a card on which -was pasted the picture of a shoe-sole.</p> - -<p>9. Whitebait. A boy dressed in white (not duck, -however). He carried a short bamboo fish-pole. -The hook end of the line was fastened about his neck.</p> - -<p>10. Chinaware. A girl in Chinese clothes.</p> - -<p>As soon as a guest arrived he was given a numbered -sheet and a pencil, and was told to guess—without -exchanging hints with his neighbors—what everybody -else was supposed to be. The reward for the longest -list was an angel-cake, and for the shortest a stick of -barber-pole candy, tied with bright green ribbon. -Really, there were two dinner-parties that evening, -for while the lists were being counted Mrs. Arned -served lemonade and crackers.</p> - -<h2>Jack-Knife and Scissors Party.</h2> - -<p>The boys all bring their jack-knives, of course, and -the girls their scissors. Other tools and materials, -provided by the committee, are a pile of white pine -boards knocked from old boxes; a bundle of tissue-paper -and crape paper; some cardboard; a pot of -glue; some wire, pins, tacks, small nails, and hammers. -Rewards are offered to the boy and the girl -who at the end of two hours have made the most useful -or ingenious articles.</p> - -<p>There is a wide range. Wooden spoons, plates,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> -toothpicks, paper-cutters, dolls, toy boats and sleds, -statuettes (!), window-sash supporters, and tabourettes; -tissue-paper lanterns, mats, valentines, bouquets, -and dresses for some of the wooden dolls; these form -only a partial list of the result of one such contest. -Ingenious Juniors will delight in inventing new and -astonishing effects in both paper and wood. “The -American Boy’s Handy Book” and “The American -Girl’s Handy Book” would be suitable rewards. After -their arduous toil the workers will appreciate a lunch -of sandwiches, fruit, and lemonade. The articles -made may be either given to some charitable institution -or saved for a Christmas tree or fair given by the -Juniors. The latter plan will generally prove more -desirable, as only a few of the articles would be as -suitable for inmates of any one institution as they -would be for those of private homes.</p> - -<h2>Reception at Curlycue Castle.</h2> - -<p>Invite the Juniors to a reception at Curlycue Castle, -giving date, hour, and street address, but no other -particulars. When they arrive, they are introduced -to the Queen—or King—of the Curlycues. This important -personage is dressed in a more or less fantastic -costume, in which the most conspicuous feature is profuse -ringlets made of lovely light golden shavings; -and carries a sceptre or wand, which in explaining the -games, etc., is waved about in a style full of curves -and curls, peculiarly its own.</p> - -<p>The Juniors are suitably welcomed, and in a brief<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> -address the habits and customs of the singular, newly -discovered race of people called Curlycues are explained -to them, and they are informed that for the -next two or three hours they are to consider themselves -as belonging to the same race. Each is furnished -with a long shaving curl, which badge of honor -the newly made Curlycue, whether girl or boy, is expected -to wear throughout the occasion.</p> - -<p>Tell them the Curlycues are expert in shooting at a -mark—whether they always hit it or not; that they -have been much troubled by certain small wild animals -called “excuses” which are found in the woods -about the castle; and that occasionally these animals -become so bold that they make themselves great nuisances, -creeping into the castle itself, and hindering -the Curlycues about their work and study. Then call -all the Curlycues to an excuse-hunt.</p> - -<p>In a large unfurnished room have a target almost -half covering one side of the room. Have it prepared -in advance with drawings of a number of comical -faces, each plainly labelled with the name of some foolish -excuse, such as “I didn’t think,” “He dared me -to,” “Just this once,” “No one will know,” “She -did it first,” “He began it,” “I don’t want to,” -“I’m afraid,” “Wait till to-morrow,” “In a minute,” -“By and by,” “I forgot,” “I can’t.” Truly -a formidable array! Of course it should be explained -that the most of these are entire strangers to the Juniors, -but as Curlycues they are privileged to hunt -them out and shoot them on the spot.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_65">[65]</a></span></p> - -<p>Each hunter is supplied with a bow and three arrows, -and is told to see how many excuses he can dispose -of. Some excuses count more than others in the -score. This may be arranged at the discretion of the -Junior superintendent. For instance, each excuse -might count five, except “I forgot” and “Wait till -to-morrow,” each of which might count ten. If a -hunter has shot a certain excuse, it does not debar the -rest from having a try at the same one if they wish. -As in real life, each excuse may have to be killed -several times over. The Curlycue who scores the -most with his three trials is the winner.</p> - -<p>After all have had a chance, and the excuses are -pretty well disposed of, the children will enjoy a -“Curlycue drawing-contest.” Give them paper and -pencils, and tell them each to draw a Curlycue; that -is, it must be explained, a single line about two inches -long containing one or more crooks or curves. Exchange -the papers, and let each draw a picture, using -in it the line already drawn. Twenty minutes, or a -half-hour, if preferred, may be the time-limit. A -small reward may then be given for the best drawing.</p> - -<p>A lively piano march now calls the Curlycues to -their feet. They form in single file, and follow their -leader in a very whimsical and circuitous march, -finally bringing up at the dining-room, where crullers -or other “curly” cakes are served, with milk or lemonade. -Or the cakes might be flat, with chocolate, -pink, or white icing decorated with “Curlycues” in -another color.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_66">[66]</a></span></p> - -<h2>“Polly Pitcher” Social.</h2> - -<p>This is a missionary “jug-breaking” in which the -mite-boxes, in the form of tiny gilded jugs or pitchers, -are all fastened to various portions of an imposing rag -or pillow doll, the size of a grown person, if possible, -named “Polly Pitcher.” Polly is fond of jewelry, -and wears bracelets, necklace, earrings, and even a -nose-ring, all composed of the mite-boxes.</p> - -<p>As the Juniors know well for what purpose they -have been saving, this is a time for rejoicing and merrymaking -rather than for set speeches. After “Polly” -has been despoiled of her treasures there may be, in -another room, a game of “Polly Pitcher bean-bag.” -This is the way it is arranged:</p> - -<p>Have three bean-bags, two of them four inches; the -other, five inches, square; a hoop fifteen inches in diameter, -wound with ribbon; suspend this hoop from -the ceiling by a ribbon loop tied to one side, from -which you are to hang a small bell so that it will -swing in the centre of the hoop.</p> - -<p>Each Junior in turn is the “pitcher,” and in this case -the bell is “Polly.” The player takes the three bags, -and throws them successively through the hoop, trying -not to disturb “Polly,” who will be sure to protest -every time that she is hit. The two smaller bags -are thrown first, then the larger one. Whenever the -player succeeds in throwing a bag through the hoop -without disturbing “Polly” it counts ten; that is, if -the bag is one of the smaller ones. If it is the large<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_67">[67]</a></span> -one, it counts twenty. Whenever Polly lets it be -known that she is disturbed, it takes off five from the -pitcher’s score.</p> - -<p>If there is time, other favorite games of the Juniors -may be introduced. But usually it will be found that -la belle Polly is fascinating enough to divide the honors -about equally with her bejewelled namesake, and -that by the time the refreshments are over and the size -of the missionary fund is announced, the social may -close with a few of the Juniors’ brightest songs.</p> - -<h2>House-Book.</h2> - -<p>When my sister was a little girl, she had one play -that always gave her unfailing delight. It was her -“house-book” as she called it, and I am sure the -Juniors, especially the younger ones, would enjoy the -fascinating play-work as much as she did, and the -“houses” thus concocted might be given to a children’s -hospital, where they would serve as fairy palaces -for the tired little sufferers to dwell in.</p> - -<p>The brown cover of Daisy’s house-book was nothing -ornamental; in fact, the book, to begin with, was a -more or less blank one that had already served its purpose -in some commercial capacity. But that did not -matter. You opened it to the first page, and saw the -front of the house, outside, with its piazza and lawn. -A hammock was swung somewhere,—I forget whether -it was on the lawn or the piazza,—and some very distinguished-looking -paper-doll people were going up<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> -the steps. Then you turned over the leaf, and found -yourself in the parlor, with rug, chairs, and little -tables, a piano, and all complete. Each page was a -room. Going on, you visited in turn the library, -dining-room, kitchen, and, I think, hall and stairs; -then you took a peep into several sleeping-rooms, and -of course the most important room in the house was -the playroom, with two children in it, and toys of various -kinds and sizes, scattered about. Generally -speaking, the furnishings were in remarkably good -proportion and well arranged; but the house lacked a -cellar. Perhaps it was in Florida, where cellars are -seldom indulged in.</p> - -<p>A house-book can be made as simple or as elaborate -as one desires. Pantries, cellar, china-closets, -linen-closets, and attic might all be included; and one -could put a cheery-looking cook in the kitchen and a -trim maid with a ruffled apron in the dining-room, -besides a large family of children and the father and -mother, and, if you like, the grandfather and grandmother -too. With such a wealth of pictures to choose -from as can be found in the different papers and advertising -sheets, very little need be left to the imagination. -By all means set the Juniors to making house-books, -and by the time they have real houses of their -own to furnish, or even before, they will have acquired -a very good idea of what is needed and where to -put it.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_69">[69]</a></span></p> - -<h2>A Parlor Athletic Meet.</h2> - -<p>Send the Juniors an invitation reading somewhat -like this:</p> - -<div class="invitation"> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="padl4">“You</span> are invited to enter one or all of the athletic -events of the Parlor Athletic Club, on Wednesday -evening, November third, at 65 Sycamore Street. -Everybody will break training at the end of the meet.</p> - -<p class="right padr2">“<span class="smcap">Bertrand C. Frost</span>, <i>Field Marshal</i>.</p> - -<p>“<i>October twenty-fifth, 1903.</i>”</p> - -</div><!--invitation--> - -<p>As each guest enters the front door, the scorer should -put down the guest’s name, number it, and pin on his -back a plainly numbered card. As he enters the parlor -or dining-room, a paper and pencil should be given -to him. The events should be plainly listed on a blackboard. -The announcer should say: “Will each competitor -please write his number at the head of his sheet, -and under this the numbers, but not the names, of the -events which he means to enter? The more entries, -the better. Hand your sheets to me.”</p> - -<p>Four judges (grown people are the best) can quickly -make lists of the people entering each event. Then -the announcer should clear the field, and the events -should begin as promptly as possible. The following -list may be too long:</p> - -<p>1. Taking the largest bite from an apple hung by a -string. The hands of the competitor must be held behind -his back.</p> - -<p>2. Holding the breath the longest without laughing.</p> - -<p>3. Balancing a cane on one finger the longest.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_70">[70]</a></span></p> - -<p>4. Throwing bean-bags into a hole cut in a board. -Fifteen feet is a good distance. Each competitor -should be allowed five bags.</p> - -<p>5. Laughing in the most original manner.</p> - -<p>6. A tickling-match. Two competitors should each -be given a feather. One hand must be held behind -the back. An eight-foot circle is drawn. The winner -is he or she who stays the longer in the circle without -making a sound.</p> - -<p>7. Hand-wrestling. Two people stand opposite -each other, with legs braced, and grasp each a hand, -holding the other hand behind them. The point is to -jerk or pull your opponent in such a manner that he is -forced to move one of his feet.</p> - -<p>8. Standing on one foot, on a chair, the longest. -The right arm must be held up straight, and not supported.</p> - -<p>9. Sitting down on the floor, and getting up again -most gracefully. The arms must be folded.</p> - -<p>10. Thrusting a cane through a swinging napkin-ring. -The fewest thrusts count the most.</p> - -<p>11. Running up-stairs in the quickest time. Every -stair must be used.</p> - -<p>12. “Putting” the balloon. The competitor must -stand in a seven-foot circle, or come up to a line from -not more than seven feet back, and “put” a toy balloon -as far ahead as possible. The distance must be -measured from the spot on the floor or ceiling where -the balloon first strikes, to the middle of the putting-edge -of the circle or of the putting-line.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_71">[71]</a></span></p> - -<p>13. Bending over and touching the ground with the -palms of both hands. The knees must not be bent. -The point is to go over as many times as possible.</p> - -<p>Three places should be counted in each event. A -first place should score three points; a second place, -two points; a third place, one point. The largest reward -should be given to the boy or girl having the -largest total score. Be sure to give rewards that either -a boy or a girl would like, for girls have a way of winning -them when they have a good chance.</p> - -<h2>A Tropical Fair.</h2> - -<p>For decorations use the graceful Florida moss if it -can be procured; if not, tissue-paper orange blossoms -are pretty. Palms and similar potted plants may be -placed here and there. Have a pond made of a large -mirror with the frame covered with foliage, and in or -on the pond should be a number of pond-lily needle-books -and penwipers; these the Juniors can easily -make of white and green cloth for petals and leaves, -with bits of yellow wool in the centre. There may -also be in the pond some frog-shaped and alligator-shaped -boxes made of wood with the bark left on for -the alligators, and finished in both cases to look as -lifelike as possible.</p> - -<p>In the centre or at one side of the room have an orange -grove. The oranges are various small articles, each -wrapped in a wad of cotton, made as nearly round as -possible, covered with orange-colored tissue-paper and -tied with a green string to the evergreen trees composing<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> -the grove. Each purchaser is to select the -orange he prefers, paying a trifle for it.</p> - -<p>Besides the pond and the orange grove there may -be a lemonade-well profusely decked with foliage, a -booth where real oranges and other tropical fruits are -sold, another booth for cake and candies, one for -fancy-work, one for flowers, and a special one for -fans, all having suggestions of the tropics about them. -If the orange scheme is to predominate, the fancy-work -booth should be filled with articles made in -shades of orange, and the cakes, candies, and ices -may be flavored with orange; the booths may be -draped in orange and white, and the girls in charge of -them should wear white dresses with orange ribbons. -In the grove should be seats and small tables where -refreshments can be served as ordered.</p> - -<p>This will be found no more trouble to prepare, on -the whole, than most ordinary fairs, and is much -prettier.</p> - -<h2>Washington’s Birthday.</h2> - -<p>In Miss Alcott’s “Jack and Jill” are described -several good tableaux taken from scenes in the life of -Washington. The cherry-tree episode is delightful; -Washington crossing the Delaware, exciting; and the -“Daughters of Liberty,” the “Surrender of Cornwallis,” -the pathetic camp scene, “Washington at -Trenton,” the Washington family, and the simulated -statue of the “Minuteman,” all very effective. The -detailed description would take too much space here,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_73">[73]</a></span> -but the book is to be found in most libraries; and, -even if it is not obtainable, the subjects may prove -suggestive, and are all within the ability of children or -quite young people.</p> - -<p>Many, however, will prefer games. Did you ever -play “cherry-tree blind man’s buff”? For this you -will want twenty or more candied cherries, and an impromptu -cherry-tree, which may be the bough of an -evergreen placed upright in a flower-pot or a box. -Tie the cherries to the branches with bits of silk thread -a few inches long. Blindfold the Juniors one at a -time; turn the blindfolded one around three times; -give him a pair of scissors; and tell him to clip all the -cherries he can from the tree, allowing him three minutes -for the trial. He must not feel for the tree with -his hands, but simply reach out with the scissors and -clip where he thinks the cherries are. A little box of -candied fruit is given as a reward to the one who succeeded -in clipping the most cherries.</p> - -<p>On one occasion of this kind the “yarn-spinning -contest” described originally in the “spinning social” -of “Eighty Pleasant Evenings” was included, -the guests each trying to tell the most improbable -story. But instead of the most successful story-teller’s -being honored with the title of “fibmaster-general,” -the reward was quite unexpectedly presented to the -one who had told the <i>poorest</i> story, on the ground -that Washington was a poor hand at telling stories and -to be like him is a mark of patriotism worthy of reward.</p> - -<p>“Burying the hatchet” is suggestive of all sorts of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> -peaceful things, but is in reality quite a lively contest. -Divide the company into two sections. Have ready -one of the little hatchet-shaped candy-boxes, to be had -at most confectioners’ about February 22. One division -of the Juniors leaves the room; the other division -hides the hatchet; and the outside party returns, and -tries in five guesses to locate it. If successful, their -side wins a point; if not, they win nothing. The two -divisions change places, the first hiders of the hatchet -going out of the room and becoming the guessers. -Each side has three turns, alternating in this way. -The side which has then won most points receives the -hatchet filled with bonbons.</p> - -<p>A “Washington quiz” historic in character, might -be included, with such questions as the following:</p> - -<ul class="washquiz"> - -<li><span class="padl1">1.</span> In what State was Washington born?</li> - -<li><span class="padl1">2.</span> In what year was he born?</li> - -<li><span class="padl1">3.</span> Did George attend any college?</li> - -<li><span class="padl1">4.</span> Who sent him on his famous journey through the wilderness?</li> - -<li><span class="padl1">5.</span> What position did he hold under Braddock?</li> - -<li><span class="padl1">6.</span> How did he act when complimented first on his military -service?</li> - -<li><span class="padl1">7.</span> In what year was he made commander-in-chief of the -Continental army?</li> - -<li><span class="padl1">8.</span> Where did he spend the winter of 1777?</li> - -<li><span class="padl1">9.</span> When was he elected president?</li> - -<li>10. How long did he hold the presidency?</li> - -<li>11. Where did he die?</li> - -<li>12. Did he hold slaves?</li> - -<li>13. Did he approve of slavery?</li> - -<li>14. What became of his slaves after their master’s death?</li> - -<li><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_75">[75]</a></span></li> - -<li>15. By whom was he called “First in war, first in peace, -and first in the hearts of his countrymen”?</li> - -<li>ANSWERS.—1. Virginia. 2. 1732. 3. No. 4. Governor -Dinwiddie. 5. Aide-de-camp. 6. Blushed, stammered, and -could not speak. 7. 1775. 8. Valley Forge. 9. 1789. 10. -For two terms of four years each. 11. At Mount Vernon. -12. Yes. 13. No. 14. They were set free. 15. Henry Lee, -in a resolution presented in the House of Representatives.</li> - -</ul> - -<p>Little paper flags tinted red, white, and blue were -used in one such test, the questions being written upon -the reverse side.</p> - -<p>For refreshments, serve lemonade with canned -cherries dropped into it, and fancy crackers or cakes -in the form of little hatchets.</p> - -<h2>For the First of April.</h2> - -<p>Perhaps one of the Juniors has a printing-press; if -so, this is a good chance to use it.</p> - -<p>Print hand bills asking “all the wise people” in -town to come to your entertainment to be given the -evening of April 1, naming the hall and the price of -admission.</p> - -<p>Tickets should be distributed when asked for; as -the hand-bills should announce, the tickets of admission -are to be at a certain price, payable at the door as -you go out, after the entertainment is over. This -plan is in keeping with the rest of the evening, and is -also partly to reassure any who suspect that an April -First entertainment might be so complete a hoax as -not to take place at all.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_76">[76]</a></span></p> - -<p>Have a poster at the entrance of the hall, warning -every one, “Who enters here must leave all sense behind.”</p> - -<p>The decorations are truly unique. Rugs, strips of -carpets, and an occasional chair ornament the walls, -while pictures and posters are hung up on the floor. -A curtain might be gracefully draped along the floor -of the platform. Everything, as far as possible, is in -the place usually assigned to something else.</p> - -<p>Programmes printed all sides up with care, and as -unexpected in typographical arrangement as the furnishings, -should be handed around. The announcement -at the top of the page should be in small type, -the rest in larger size; the margin should vary in -width from line to line, each paragraph beginning at -the edge of the sheet; and every sentence must begin -with a period and end with a capital. The Juniors, -with a little suggestion now and then, will find this -part of the work great fun, and will learn some things -regarding correct rules of printing in the very effort to -break them.</p> - -<p>The first thing on the programme is, of course, the -good-night speech, thanking the audience for their -kind attention and generous applause, and inviting -them, before leaving, to partake of refreshments. The -menus that are then passed may contain all sorts of -possible and impossible dishes, but the refreshments -themselves must be always something widely different -from what was ordered. For instance, if one orders -quail on toast, coffee, and layer cake, he is likely to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_77">[77]</a></span> -get a cheese sandwich, a pickle, and a glass of water, -with the grave assurance that these dishes were exactly -the ones that he ordered.</p> - -<p>After the refreshments the programme is rendered. -“A recitation by little Edith Jones” proves to be -some time-honored selection like “Mary had a little -lamb,” or “You’d scarce expect one of my age,” recited -in a childish lisp and high key, by the largest, -tallest boy in the society; in fact, one of the seniors -may have to be called upon for this honor, as he should -be, if possible, more than six feet tall. “A patriotic -address by General Wynhart” should be, on the contrary, -a particularly captivating dialogue or duet by -two pretty little girls, or a motion song by several -tiny tots. “A violin solo by Signor Grateforio” is a -song by a quartette. “A bass solo, ‘Rocked in the -cradle of the deep,’ by Professor Rorer,” should be a -little girl’s lullaby to her doll, very soft and sweet. -“Grand chorus by four hundred voices” may be a -violin solo. And so with the whole programme, ending -with the address of welcome. Aim to have many -really fine numbers, but see to it that every one is -something unexpected.</p> - -<p>As the people go out, the spirit of fun will have so -thoroughly taken possession of them that it will be a -wonder if there are no buttons or similar treasures -offered as the price of admission, or rather of escape; -but not many would be so mean, and then it need not -be accepted, for, when asked, every one will be obliged -to admit that he has had his quarter’s worth of fun.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_78">[78]</a></span></p> - -<h2>Letter Social.</h2> - -<p>Label each Junior with a letter on his arrival. This -may be done by having ready in advance small cards, -each with a letter plainly painted on it and with a ribbon -loop attached, to be pinned on the dress or hung -around the neck. In preparing the letters omit V, X, -and Z, and make several copies apiece of the letters -in most common use.</p> - -<p>First, the Juniors may see what words they can form -by grouping themselves according to their letters. -For instance, a Junior labelled with F goes and finds -one with O, and together they have made one word, -“of”; then these two group themselves with a third -labelled R, and by rearranging the order they have -“for”; then by finding successively T, H, and U, -they have “fort,” “forth,” and “fourth,” etc. No -group may discard a letter once accepted, nor add one -that will not make a correctly spelled word, but they -may rearrange the order of their letters as often as -they wish. At the end of a stated time the group that -has the longest word has won the game, which might -be known as “word-building.”</p> - -<p>Another letter contest, with the same labels, is perhaps -still more interesting. It is called the “Alphabetical -Question Game.” One of the Juniors asks -another a question. The answer must begin with the -letter worn by the one replying, and must be given -before the questioner can count ten slowly and distinctly. -If the one questioned fails to reply in time,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_79">[79]</a></span> -or starts his reply with a wrong letter, the questioner -takes his letter from him and adds it to his own. All -players supplied with one or more letters may go about -asking questions in this way, but two must not question -the same player at once, and no one may give the -same answer twice. A player may answer from any -of the letters that he is wearing; and, if a player -loses his only letter, he is supplied with another, but -not more than twice. When time is up, the player -having the most letters is the winner.</p> - -<p>A game of “letter tag” is one in which the vowels -all chase the consonants. Each Junior wearing a -vowel is given a particular corner for his “den.” -There is also a general goal. At a signal the vowels -start in pursuit of the consonants, all circling the room -in the same direction. Those consonants that escape -to the goal without being overtaken are safe for the -first run; those tagged are obliged to return with their -captors to the respective “dens” and remain there -until the end of the game. After a certain number of -these runs the vowel that has captured the most consonants -is pronounced Czar, or Czarina, as the case -may be. But this is not all. The players remain -where they are. Paper and a pencil are given to each -vowel, and the one that can make the longest list of -words, using only his own letter and his captive consonants, -is the final winner, and receives the reward.</p> - -<p>By this time both vowels and consonants will be -ready for refreshments, which may consist of lemonade -and fancy alphabet crackers, or cakes with lettered<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_80">[80]</a></span> -icing. A few songs and recitations may be introduced -to add variety; and a pleasing exercise for -the close would be “The Juniors’ Message to All,” -given as follows:</p> - -<p>Select eight of the Juniors who are rather slender, -about the same height, and dressed in white. Take -off their labels. Placing a large screen temporarily -before them, or closing the sliding doors between them -and their expectant audience, arrange them in front -of a dark curtain or other background in such positions -that they will themselves form letters of white, -spelling a short word easily recognized. It is not very -difficult, but you will need to experiment a little. For -the first letter, one Junior stands facing the audience -for the upright part, another sits on the floor just behind, -facing the right; for the second letter, two -Juniors curve themselves as completely as possible -around a hoop which they both hold, the open part -toward the audience; for the third, two stand leaning -away from each other, with hands or a string tightly -clasped to keep from falling; for the fourth, the same -arrangement as the first except that the standing Junior -reaches one arm straight out at the side, toward the -right of the audience, and the seated one also reaches -one arm partly out in the same direction. Remove -the screen when you have them arranged to your satisfaction, -and the other children will recognize, in living -letters of white, the word “<span class="smcap">Love</span>,” which is the -Juniors’ message to all.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_81">[81]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="play"><span class="firstline">The Tuffet and the Web</span><br /> -<span class="secondline">A Fantasy in Two Acts and Two Scenes</span><br /> -<span class="smcap fsize80">By Vincent Van Marter Beede</span></h2> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i00">“Little Miss Muffet<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Sat on a tuffet,<br /></span> -<span class="i6">Eating curds and whey.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">There came a black spider,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And sat down beside her,<br /></span> -<span class="i6">And frightened Miss Muffet away.”<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<h3>People of the Play</h3> - -<div class="centerblock"> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Little Miss Muffet</span>, <i>Queen of the Meadow</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">The Black Spider.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Fly.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Cricket.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Wise Mole.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Three Field-Mice.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Six Little Dairymaids.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Three Elves</span>, <i>boys</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Three Sprites</span>, <i>girls</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Six Rabbits</span>, <i>three boys and three girls</i>.</p> - -</div><!--centerblock--> - -<p class="center highline15 blankbefore1"><span class="smcap">Act I.</span>—The Meadow.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Act II.</span>—The Spider’s Web.<br /> -(<i>A constant undertone of music throughout the whole play.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_82">[82]</a></span></p> - -<h3>Costumes</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Little Miss Muffet</span>: A dainty little girl of ten, -with long hair and a daisy garland. Short frock of -white or sky-blue, bare legs, and socks to match the -frock. White slippers.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Spider</span>: A stout boy of twelve, in tight-fitting, -shiny black from head to foot. Jet ornaments sewed -here and there. Black mittens. Swarthy face, black -beard, large smoked goggles, top-hat, the worse for -wear.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly</span>: A slim boy of nine, in tight green clothes. -A long-tailed coat, with brass buttons, green long -hose, green slippers, rainbow wings. The wings can -be made much as a kite is made. A green skull-cap.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cricket</span>: A boy of the same age as the Fly, but a -trifle larger. Plain loose black jacket and loose -knickerbockers, black shoes, black skull-cap, brown -wings. There should be brown patches here and -there, as if the fellow were poor.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mole</span>: A boy of twelve, in gray—very dark gray—flannel -knickerbockers and a gray cloak. Spectacles, -fur cap, shovel under one arm.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Field-Mice</span>: Boys smaller than the Mole. Brown, -loose-fitting jackets and knickerbockers, torn black -stockings, black tails (cloth wound over rope).</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dairymaids</span>: Six little girls from ten to twelve, in -low-necked white frocks. Bare arms. White stockings, -mob-caps and aprons.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Elves</span>: Boys from eight to ten, in tightly fitting<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_83">[83]</a></span> -clothes. One boy in red, another in white, another -in blue. Long hose. Pointed caps, cloth over cardboard. -Wide sashes to match the costumes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sprites</span>: Girls of the same ages as the Elves. -Short frocks, low neck, short sleeves. Colors of -frocks: yellow, violet, and orange. Garlands of -wild-flowers, gold and silver wands.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Rabbits</span>: Girls and boys of the same ages as the -fairies. Boys.—Loose, light-gray flannel jackets and -knickerbockers, and hoods with long ears which -either stand up straight or stand out at right angles. -They can be stiffened with little bamboo sticks. Short -gray tails. White stockings. Girls.—White flannel -hoods, ears, jackets, skirts, and stockings.</p> - -<h3>Scenery</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Act I.</span> Back scene to represent a blue sky. A -green carpet should be spread, and over it grass or -hay should be scattered. The tuffet is a tiny stool -made of rough wood; or the stool may be a handsome -gilded one, with a cushion of yellow silk. The -Spider should let himself down from a beam which -the audience cannot see. Great care should be taken -that the beam is strong, and the rope securely fastened -to the beam and about the Spider’s waist.</p> - -<h3>ACT I.</h3> - -<h4 class="inline"><span class="smcap">Scene.</span></h4> - -<p class="h4start">—<i>The Meadow. Music. A birthday party in -honor of</i> <span class="smcap">Little Miss Muffet</span>, <i>who at the rise -of the curtain is discovered on her tuffet, centre</i>.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_84">[84]</a></span> -<i>Left, a number of baskets. Dance of the</i> <span class="smcap">Six Little -Dairymaids</span>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet</span> (<i>when the dance is done</i>). That was a -beautiful dance, dear friends. Thank you ever so -much. I notice that the four-o’clocks at my feet are -opening, so that it is time for our guests to arrive.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">First Dairymaid.</span> How fortunate that there are -no ugly black clouds in the sky!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> Please, please do not use the word -“black” any oftener than you cannot help. It reminds -me of that horrible, crawly, eight-legged creature -who lives in a—ugh!—in a web!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Second Dairymaid.</span> Pardon me, Miss Muffet, but -is it true that the Sp—— I mean that this creature -dropped down from a tree the other day and asked -you to be his Queen, and live in his—den?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> Yes, yes, of course, it’s true; but change -the subject, I beg of you. (<i>Enter</i>, <i>left</i>, <span class="smcap">Fly</span>; <i>right</i>, -<span class="smcap">Cricket</span>. <i>They advance toward</i> <span class="smcap">Muffet</span>, <i>glowering -angrily at each other. Each kisses a hand of</i> -<span class="smcap">Muffet</span> <i>at the same moment</i>.) I am so glad you -could come, both of you.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly</span> (<i>pointing at</i> <span class="smcap">Cricket</span>). What is <i>he</i> here for, -I’d like to know?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cricket</span> (<i>pointing at</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span>). And what is <i>he</i> here -for, pray?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> O, I do hope you won’t quarrel—to-day, -especially. I think a great deal of you both; don’t -I, Dairymaids?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_85">[85]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dairymaids.</span> Of course you do!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly.</span> That’s the worst news I could possibly hear, -Miss Muffet. Do you mean to say that you like that -plain black fellow better than you do me? Why, just -look at my wings! I really think you might choose -me as your King of the Meadow!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cricket.</span> How can you listen to such talk, Miss -Muffet? That Fly is nothing but a vain popinjay, -strutting and buzzing around! <i>He</i> can’t sing. I’m -the right kind of King for you, every time!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly</span> (<i>angrily</i>). Bzzzzzzzzzz!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cricket.</span> There! Did you ever hear a more disagreeable -racket?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet</span> (<i>covering her face with her hands</i>). O, -what shall I do? My birthday party is being spoiled!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dairymaids</span> (<i>covering their faces with their hands</i>). -Yes, her party is being spoiled!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<span class="smcap">Cricket</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span> <i>disdainfully fold their arms, and -turn their backs on each other. Music. Enter, -right, in a dignified manner</i>, <span class="smcap">Wise Mole</span> <i>and</i> -<span class="smcap">Three Field-Mice</span>. <i>They bow low before</i> <span class="smcap">Miss -Muffet</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> How glad I am to see you, Wise Mole, -and you dear counsellors, the Field-Mice! What -should I do without you all to guide me when I get -into trouble?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mole.</span> You have evidently been weeping, my dear -Queen—and on your birthday, too! What dreadful<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_86">[86]</a></span> -thing can have happened? (<i>Looking about uneasily.</i>) -Surely you have not seen the black Spider again?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet and Dairymaids.</span> O, no, no, no!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mole.</span> Tell me about it, whatever it may be.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> Why, I cannot make up my mind which -I would prefer for a husband—the Cricket, or the Fly. -One has a beautiful song; the other, beautiful wings. -They are both angry, and insist on knowing which one -shall sit upon the tuffet with me.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<span class="smcap">Mole</span> <i>and</i> -<span class="smcap">Field-Mice</span> <i>put their heads together</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mole.</span> It is our opinion that the tuffet is not big -enough for more than one person, so that neither the -Fly nor the Cricket can claim your hand. Come, be -friends! (<i>Putting the hands of the rivals together. -They shake hands not very cordially, while the</i> <span class="smcap">Dairymaids</span> -<i>applaud</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> O goody—goody! Now we can go on -in peace! (<i>Music. Enter, left</i>, <span class="smcap">Rabbits</span>; <i>right</i>, -<span class="smcap">Fairies</span>. <span class="smcap">Muffet</span> <i>stands up on her tuffet, and kisses -her hands to the newcomers</i>. <span class="smcap">Cricket</span>, <i>right</i>; <span class="smcap">Fly</span>, -<i>left</i>; <span class="smcap">Mole</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Field-Mice</span> <i>right of stage</i>.) Welcome -to my meadow and my party!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dairymaids.</span> Welcome! Welcome!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Music. Dance of the</i> <span class="smcap">Fairies</span> <i>and the</i> <span class="smcap">Rabbits</span>. -<i>The</i> <span class="smcap">Dairymaids</span> <i>stand in a row at rear, clapping -time</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet</span> (<i>seating herself when the dance is over</i>). -Sit down, my dear guests, and have some of the curds -and whey which the dear Dairymaids have provided.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_87">[87]</a></span></p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Music. The</i> <span class="smcap">Dairymaids</span> <i>take out from their -baskets, left, spoons, bowls, and jars of curds -and whey. They serve</i> <span class="smcap">Muffet</span> <i>first. Rumbling, -thundering music.</i> <span class="smcap">Spider</span> <i>lets himself -down directly over</i> <span class="smcap">Muffet</span> <i>by means of his -“thread” (rope), and lands at side of Queen, -whom he tries to embrace.</i> <span class="smcap">Muffet</span> <i>and all her -guests jump up, screaming. Stampede, left.</i> -<span class="smcap">Spider</span>, <i>quite deserted, seats himself on the tuffet. -Low music.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Spider</span> (<i>untying the “thread” from his body. The -thread is drawn upward, out of sight</i>). I’ll have her -yet! She’s a pretty little thing. I’m bound that she -shall sit in my parlor and spin for me all day long! My -web shall be the largest and silkiest in the wide world. -I have no time for spinning. I would much rather be -eating nice fat flies. I’m hungry for one at this moment. -Ah, but I saw a dainty specimen standing at -Miss Muffet’s side. Burrrrrooooo! I’m furious to -think that the Queen and her guests have escaped me! -(<span class="smcap">Fairies</span> <i>peep out, laughing</i>.) Who dares to laugh at -Me, the King of the Web? (<i>The</i> <span class="smcap">Fairies</span> <i>dart out on -stage, right</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">First Elf.</span> You’re it for tag, Spider, old boy!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Exeunt</i> <span class="smcap">Fairies</span>, <i>right</i>. -<span class="smcap">Spider</span> <i>gives chase. Enter -cautiously, left</i>, <span class="smcap">Muffet</span> <i>carrying her bowl of -curds and whey, and</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span>. <span class="smcap">Muffet</span> <i>seats herself -on her tuffet, looking about fearfully</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_88">[88]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> Has the horrid thing really gone away?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly</span> (<i>protectingly, but stammering with fright</i>). Of -c-c-course, Miss Muffet, I-I will pro-protect you. (<i>He -tries to sit on the tuffet.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> No, my dear Fly, there is room for only -one on the tuffet, you know.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly.</span> How can I show my great love for you, my -Queen of the Meadow?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> By slaying the wicked black Spider, who -has devoured so many of your relatives, to say nothing -of dragon-flies, caterpillars, and—crickets.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly</span> (<i>drawing his dagger</i>). I’ll give battle to the -monster at once! I’ll slay him single-handed, and -wrap him up like a mummy in his own web! Farewell! -(<i>Music.</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span> <i>kisses the hand of</i> <span class="smcap">Muffet</span>. -<i>Exit</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span>, <i>right</i>. <span class="smcap">Muffet</span> <i>goes on eating her curds -and whey</i>.)</p> - -<p class="sceneend">CURTAIN.</p> - -<h3>ACT II.</h3> - -<h4 class="inline">SCENE.</h4> - -<p class="h4start">—<i>The Spider’s Web. A dark, dungeon-like -room. Straw on floor. Small door at left. -Swords and spears hanging on rear wall. Spinning-wheel, -centre. From it radiate many strands -of web (colored string). As the curtain rises, -the</i> <span class="smcap">Spider</span> <i>is spinning at his wheel. Noise of -some one coming rapidly up the stairs, left.</i></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_89">[89]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Spider</span> (<i>jumping to his feet</i>). Hark! An enemy!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Takes down sword from wall. Brandishing the -weapon, he retreats into a further corner, right, -where he squats down. Door bursts open. -Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span> <i>with a drawn sword</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly.</span> Bzzzzzzzzzz! This is thy last hour, thou -foul black Spider fiend!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>A terrific encounter with swords. The web is -partially cut down. Finally</i> <span class="smcap">Spider</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span> -<i>grapple</i>. <span class="smcap">Spider</span> <i>puts</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span> <i>on his back, holds -him down, and binds him with web. Just as he -picks up his sword and prepares to give</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span> -<i>his death-blow, a great trampling is heard on -the stairs, and at a blast from a fairy trumpet -enter</i> <span class="smcap">Cricket</span>, <i>followed by</i> <span class="smcap">Fairies</span>, <span class="smcap">Rabbits</span>, -<span class="smcap">Mole</span>, <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Field-Mice</span>, <i>all armed to the teeth</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cricket.</span> At him, my men! And to the rescue of -the Fly!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<span class="smcap">Elves</span> <i>and</i> -<span class="smcap">Rabbits</span> <i>throw themselves on</i> <span class="smcap">Spider</span>, -<i>overcome him, and bind him, hand and foot, -in his web. Meanwhile</i>, <span class="smcap">Sprites</span> <i>release</i> <span class="smcap">Fly</span>. -<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Miss Muffet</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Dairymaids</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> Poor Fly! To think that I allowed you -to attack the black Spider single-handed! I can never -forgive myself! I hope that I have sent aid in time! -Are you wounded?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly.</span> My wings are somewhat snipped; that’s all.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mole</span> (<i>holding a sword to the</i> <span class="smcap">Spider’s</span> -<i>throat</i>).<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> -Will you promise by your eight legs to spin nothing -hereafter but beautiful garments for Little Miss Muffet, -Queen of the Meadow?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Spider</span> (<i>in a meek, choked voice</i>). I promise.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cricket.</span> Remember, you are never to spin another -web as long as you live! I don’t care to have -any more of my relatives entrapped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Spider.</span> I promise.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fly.</span> Do you promise to eat no more flies as long -as you live?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Spider.</span> I do.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Mole.</span> Very well, Elves, I appoint you as guards -for the black Spider over night. In the morning I -will send around two Roosters whom I know. For a -reasonable salary of corn I am sure they will consent -to keep an eye on him hereafter.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> Dear Fly, I like you all the better now -that you have so bravely bearded the black Spider in -his web. Never again will he attempt to sit beside me! -(<i>Spider groans.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cricket.</span> But what about me?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Muffet.</span> As for you, my dear Cricket, I like you -just as much as I do the Fly, because you have led the -expedition which rescued him and captured that horrid -thing. (<i>Spider groans.</i>) Now, friends all, let -us go back to the meadow, and finish our curds and -whey.</p> - -<p class="center highline4">(<i>Music.</i>)</p> - -<p class="sceneend">CURTAIN.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_91">[91]</a></span></p> - -<h2>A Barrel Brigade.</h2> - -<p>In a little Ohio farming community the children of -Junior age have many bright plans of work, and one -of them is a barrel brigade. That is not what they -called it, I think; but the name fits so well that we -will let it stand, and I know that many Junior societies -will like the plan. Probably some of them are -already trying it in one form or another, but for those -who have not thought of it here is a new field of usefulness -of the kind that brings “that comfortable feeling” -both to the workers and to those to whom the -barrel is a welcome and sometimes unexpected source -of supply.</p> - -<p>The particular barrel brigade mentioned meets regularly, -either monthly or oftener, on Saturday afternoons, -for sewing and other business necessary for -their purpose, which is to fill a barrel each year, to be -sent to some poor family or families, either near or -far, perhaps to some struggling missionary’s household -where the little ones are more numerous than the ways -of providing for them.</p> - -<p>From the materials at their disposal the children -prepare and put in all kinds of things that they think -will add to the comfort of those receiving them. Take -an imaginary peep into one of these barrels, and you -will see something like the following array—if you dig -deep enough!—warm crocheted mittens, babies’ socks, -hoods, and even shawls; children’s clothing, now become -too small for some of the rapidly growing first<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_92">[92]</a></span> -owners; reading-matter of various kinds; a few toys -sprinkled in here and there, not always new, but so -carefully repaired by the young carpenters, painters, -and seamstresses as to look like new or even better; -aprons, holders, and dish-towels; bright home-made -rugs, cushions, and even a patchwork quilt, for some -of the little girls are as fond as were their grandmothers -of cutting calico into little pieces for the sake -of sewing it together again. Never mind; this is not -so foolish as it may seem, for the quilt is warm, most -of the pieces were bits left over from gowns, and -surely the old-fashioned “quilting-bee” must have -been royal fun for the brigade.</p> - -<p>When all else is packed, a generous storekeeper usually -contributes several pairs of shoes and rubbers, -and other small articles, just to “fill in the chinks.” -The shoes, of course, are selected, according to sizes -previously learned, to fit the different pairs of feet -that they are to cover. And, if some larger articles are -contributed also, the hearts of the brigade are still -further rejoiced.</p> - -<p>Any Junior society, whether in city or in country, -could have a “barrel brigade,” and with very little -expense collect and prepare things so useful and appropriate -for the particular family or persons that are -to receive them that the practical value would prove -worth many times the cost. The barrel’s contents -will vary according to the need, and also according to -the materials at hand; but it is hardly necessary to -say that food, if at all perishable, should not be included<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_93">[93]</a></span> -if the barrel is to go by freight, as it is likely -to be a long time on the way. Clothing, reading-matter, -and many other home comforts can be -packed and sent with safety.</p> - -<h2>Parlor Mountain-Climb.</h2> - -<p>Decorate the room with such mountain flowers and -foliage as can be procured, and order in advance of a -stationer enough favors for all the Juniors, each favor, -when pulled, to reveal some article of travelling-costume -in crape paper or tissue-paper that will suggest -mountain-climbing. They might all be odd mountain -hats of various colors and kinds, the Alpine predominating; -or some of them might be long travelling-cloaks.</p> - -<p>For the first half or three-quarters of an hour have -a stereopticon talk on the people and scenery of the -Alps, giving pictures of Swiss peasants and their cottages, -and interspersing story and incident to add to -the interest. Follow this with a little appropriate -music; a “Swiss bells” instrumental selection and -one or two pretty mountain songs like “The Herdsman’s -Mountain Home” would be good.</p> - -<p>Then the Juniors are presented with their “travelling-bags,” -as the favors may be called, and are told -to open them by pulling, and that they will find something -to wear while climbing the mountain. When -all are dressed for the climb, the preparations are -completed by giving each an alpenstock, and arranging -several hassocks, cushions, big books, etc., in the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_94">[94]</a></span> -path of the prospective climbers; for the “mountain-climb” -proves to be an obstacle race on one foot.</p> - -<p>When this part of the fun is over, there may be a -written question game, involving more mountains. -Here is a list that may prove suggestive:</p> - -<p class="blankbefore1">1. What mountain in Switzerland is a girl’s name?</p> - -<p>2. What mountain in North Carolina is a favorite -relative of most Juniors?</p> - -<p>3. What mountains are full of maps?</p> - -<p>4. What mountain in Asia is the atmosphere and a -small animal?</p> - -<p>5. What mountain in Wales was pelted by a storm?</p> - -<p>6. What mountain in Massachusetts reminds you -of horseback-riding?</p> - -<p>7. What peak in Japan is the first syllable of a girl’s -name and an exclamation?</p> - -<p>8. What mountains are household animals and also -destroy life?</p> - -<p>9. What mountain in the Apennines is something -that hurts, and the exclamation it causes?</p> - -<p>10. What mountain is a famous university?</p> - -<p>11. What mountains in Australia are a kitchen -stove in good order?</p> - -<p>12. What mountains, if mixed, would make gray?</p> - -<p>13. What mountains could blow a loud blast?</p> - -<p>14. What hills in England are a kind of cloth?</p> - -<p>15. What mountain in Brazil is a musical instrument?</p> - -<p>16. What volcano in Sicily becomes a girl’s name -by changing one letter?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_95">[95]</a></span></p> - -<p>17. What mountains give light at night?</p> - -<p>18. What mountain is a Bible character?</p> - -<p>19. What mountains mean a pleasant day?</p> - -<p>20. What mountain makes a noise like a college -yell?</p> - -<p>21. On what mountain did you eat your dinner?</p> - -<p>22. What Irish mountains are very sad?</p> - -<p>23. What mountain in Oregon is worn on the head?</p> - -<p>24. What mountain belongs to the baby?</p> - -<p>25. What mountains in Spain are a good kind of -soap?</p> - -<p>26. What mountain in Palestine is a balm?</p> - -<p>27. What mountains in Texas could take a scalp?</p> - -<p>28. What mountains are dangerous to boats?</p> - -<p class="blankbefore1">Following are the answers:</p> - -<p class="blankbefore1">1. Rosa.</p> - -<p>2. Grandfather.</p> - -<p>3. Atlas.</p> - -<p>4. Ararat.</p> - -<p>5. Snowdon.</p> - -<p>6. Saddleback.</p> - -<p>7. Jesso.</p> - -<p>8. Catskill.</p> - -<p>9. Corno.</p> - -<p>10. Harvard.</p> - -<p>11. Black Range.</p> - -<p>12. Black and White.</p> - -<p>13. Big Horn.</p> - -<p>14. Cheviot.</p> - -<p>15. Organ.</p> - -<p>16. Etna. (Edna.)</p> - -<p>17. Mountains of the Moon.</p> - -<p>18. St. Elias.</p> - -<p>19. Fairweather.</p> - -<p>20. Hooper. (Whooper.)</p> - -<p>21. Table.</p> - -<p>22. Mourne.</p> - -<p>23. Mt. Hood.</p> - -<p>24. Cradle.</p> - -<p>25. Castile.</p> - -<p>26. Gilead.</p> - -<p>27. Apache.</p> - -<p>28. Rocky.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_96">[96]</a></span></p> - -<p class="blankbefore1">To the Junior who has answered the most questions -correctly a reward may be given, perhaps some pretty -little article of Swiss workmanship, a set of the Perry -Pictures comprising mountain views, or a book containing -a good story of mountain life.</p> - -<p>Refreshments served in picnic style may be sandwiches, -and berries supposed to have been “picked -on the mountains.” Close the evening with singing.</p> - -<h2>Rainbow Social.</h2> - -<p>After a missionary meeting let the Juniors decide -what missionary or mission field they would like to -help; then give to each a mite-box marked with his -own name, to hold missionary pennies. Some months -afterward, have your “rainbow social.”</p> - -<p>Collect the missionary mite-boxes a few days before, -and except on the bottom, where the name is written, -they may be gilded to suggest still further the pot of -gold to be found at the end of the rainbow.</p> - -<p>The room where the social is to be held should be -decorated with tissue-paper in rainbow colors. Each -Junior should have a rainbow chain, made of the same -material, hung around his neck. The refreshments -should have the rainbow colors, too—oranges, apples, -olives, variegated ice-cream, etc. The “rainbow” -feature may be carried out in another way by asking -each one present to tell one bright story or happening, -or sing a verse of some bright song, or recite something -cheering.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_97">[97]</a></span></p> - -<p>Tell the Juniors the story of the pot of fairy gold -supposed to be at the end of every rainbow. Then -have your “rainbow hunt,” arranged with ribbons -as in the “red-line jubilee,” except that the ribbons -are of rainbow colors, and at each end is discovered -one of their old friends, the mite-boxes, transformed -into a treasure of shining gold. The Juniors may exchange -them, if they wish, among themselves, until -each one has his own; then they are broken and the -“gold” inside counted separately and all together. -Close the social with a bright missionary song, and -later, after devoting the money to the object determined -upon, tell the Juniors as much as possible of -just how it was used, and why it must have seemed to -those receiving it like “fairy gold” indeed. By this -time the Juniors’ interest in missions will probably be -so enthusiastic that they will want to try it all over -again.</p> - -<h2>Handkerchief Gymnastics.</h2> - -<p>There are still many girls, even in these hygienic -times, who are not fortunate enough to attend schools -that have gymnasiums. For these the Junior girls -may like to help organize a class for the practice of -handkerchief gymnastics. The writer has made a -thorough test of every one of these exercises before -recommending them, and knows them to be of practical -benefit. They are similar to those practised daily -at Cornell University.</p> - -<p>More breath means more life, and some of these<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_98">[98]</a></span> -exercises are especially good to promote deep breathing. -Let each girl come provided with a large handkerchief -and a gymnasium suit, which is easily adapted -from an old dress having a loose blouse; nothing but -the skirt will require change.</p> - -<div class="figright"> -<img src="images/illo099a.png" alt="gymnastics" width="127" height="250" /> -</div> - -<p>Standing erect on the ball of the foot, grasp the -handkerchief by diagonally opposite corners, so that -the hands will be about an arm’s length from each -other. At the beginning and end of each exercise the -handkerchief is to be only lightly stretched. A towel -may be used instead of the handkerchief if that should -be preferred, holding it by the ends instead of by the -corners.</p> - -<p>The following directions will show the different -positions to be taken. Do not overdo the matter; -some of the little girls will require frequent rests, and -some will be eager to go on; hence it is sometimes -well to divide them into classes. While most of these -positions are easily understood from the directions, a -few are more difficult to describe in words. We illustrate -certain ones.</p> - -<div class="figleft"> -<img src="images/illo099b.png" alt="gymnastics" width="181" height="250" /> -</div> - -<p>1. Arms extended straight forward, on a level with -shoulder.</p> - -<p>2. From position 1 bend the arms, and rise onto the -toes. Extend the arms and sink back from the toes. -Repeat from five to ten times. This exercise is -especially adapted to produce deep breathing. The -mouth must be kept closed.</p> - -<div class="figleft"> -<img src="images/illo100a.png" alt="gymnastics" width="122" height="235" /> -</div> - -<div class="figright"> -<img src="images/illo100b.png" alt="gymnastics" width="187" height="227" /> -</div> - -<p>3. From position 1 bend the left leg at the knee, and -raise it till it touches the towel. Same with right leg.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_99">[99]</a></span></p> - -<p>4. From position 1 extend the -left leg sideways and swing the arms -to the left. Return to position 1.</p> - -<p>5. Arms raised high above the -head.</p> - -<p>6. From position 5 bend the -body at the hips, and lean as far -forward as possible, the body and -the arms remaining in a straight -line, the head raised slightly, and the weight of the -body resting on the toes.</p> - -<p>7. From position 5 bend and extend the knees, keeping -the body upright.</p> - -<div class="figleft"> -<img src="images/illo100c.png" alt="gymnastics" width="159" height="170" /> -</div> - -<p>8. From position 5 bend the left arm, and lower -sideways the right one, which is extended. -The towel passes across the -back. The left hand holds the upper -end of the towel back of the upper part -of the arm, close to the shoulder. -Raise the arms back to position and -repeat to the left, the right arm being -bent and left extended.</p> - -<p>9. Arms lowered in front of the body.</p> - -<p>10. From position 9 twist the body to the left, the -feet remaining unmoved, and at the same time raise -the arms, keeping them extended, until they are high -above the head. In the same way repeat the exercise, -turning the body to the right.</p> - -<div class="figright"> -<img src="images/illo100d.png" alt="gymnastics" width="109" height="250" /> -</div> - -<p>11. From position 5 bend the body forward,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_100">[100]</a></span> -swinging the extended arms as low as possible without -bending the knees.</p> - -<p>12. Towel directly -in front of -the forehead, the -head and elbows -back.</p> - -<p>13. From position -12, with toes -apart, charge forward -with the left -foot, keeping the -right knee straight, bringing the weight on the forward -foot; return to position by rising on the toes of the -forward foot and giving a slight spring.</p> - -<p>14. From position 5 swing the -arms forward, bending the body at -the hips and bending the knees. -The feet, with toes apart, remain -with the soles flat on the floor; the -arms rest on the knees; -and the towel is near the -floor directly in front of the feet and as -far forward as possible.</p> - -<p>15. From position 9 the left arm, bent, -is raised over the head in order to raise -the towel upward directly behind the -back. The right arm remains extended -downward. The towel is raised by bending -the right arm and extending the left.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_101">[101]</a></span> -After raising and lowering the towel some five times -reverse the process, the right arm bending above the -head and the left arm extending downward. Finally -the towel moves up and down behind the back, while -deep breath is taken and held.</p> - -<p>When the exercises are once learned, they are the -best of tonics, and all the more exhilarating if done -to music when the class is together. The children -should also be encouraged to practise them regularly -at home for perhaps five minutes just after the daily -sponge-bath. The older ones especially, whose increased -school studies are beginning to suggest round -shoulders, will find the plan a great help. Their lessons -will be learned more quickly and easily because -with the blood in active circulation the brain will be -clearer.</p> - -<h2>Bird Social.</h2> - -<p>Choose a pleasant, sunny room for your bird social, -deck it with green boughs and foliage, and provide -places for a number of cages. Invite the Juniors all -to come, and ask those that have canaries or other pet -birds in cages to bring them. Of course this social -must be held in the daytime, and in mild if not warm -weather. If the moving is done gently, the birds will -enjoy the social as much as the Juniors, or even more, -and you will have a gay concert. Let some experienced -bird-owner give a little talk to the Juniors on -the best ways of caring for their birds. It will be -likely to save the life of some feathered songster, for<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_102">[102]</a></span> -not every one, however careful and tender-hearted, understands -just how to keep the pets happy and healthy, -as birds should be when at their best.</p> - -<p>It may interest the Juniors to know that one of King -Edward’s latest fancies is improving the singing of -English canaries. He has had fitted up in Windsor -Castle a large aviary to which hundreds of English -canaries have been sent. Here bird-trainers from -Germany are busy improving the voice of the English -canary by means of “bird-organs” and the suggestion -found in hearing the better-voiced German -canary sing. The birds pass through a regular course -of singing-lessons, and take from three to six months -to “finish.”</p> - -<p>After the talk about caring for birds, which should -be so informal that the children should feel free to ask -questions, a little fun is introduced in the way of a -bird-guessing game, conducted as follows:</p> - -<p>Write on a blackboard, or blackboards, part or all -of these twenty-four questions, which are plays on the -names of well-known American birds. The guests -should be provided with paper and pencils. Half an -hour should be allowed for the guessing. At the end -of that time everybody should pass his list to his right-hand -neighbor and correct the list which has been -handed to him. Some one should read the answers -slowly.</p> - -<p class="blankbefore1"><span class="padl1">1.</span> The way some English people pronounce a word -which means “yell.” (Owl—howl.)</p> - -<p><span class="padl1">2.</span> A letter of the alphabet. (Jay—J.)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_103">[103]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="padl1">3.</span> The bird that chews its cud. (Cowbird.)</p> - -<p><span class="padl1">4.</span> A bad-tempered William. (Crossbill.)</p> - -<p><span class="padl1">5.</span> The royal bird that is fond of a hook and line. -(Kingfisher.)</p> - -<p><span class="padl1">6.</span> A good time in a field. (Meadow-lark.)</p> - -<p><span class="padl1">7.</span> The bird that ought to win every race. (Swift.)</p> - -<p><span class="padl1">8.</span> The bird that is like a baby before it can walk. -(Creeper.)</p> - -<p><span class="padl1">9.</span> The bird that Yale ought to like. (Bluebird.)</p> - -<p>10. The bird that whacks everybody. (Thrasher.)</p> - -<p>11. The bird that is almost as important as the -Pope. (Cardinal.)</p> - -<p>12. The bird that you mustn’t stroke the wrong -way. (Catbird.)</p> - -<p>13. The bird that is “talk.” (Chat.)</p> - -<p>14. The bird that you never ought to do just because -you have beaten your friend at checkers or -something. (Crow.)</p> - -<p>15. An unusually small sample of a well known -vegetable. (Peewee—pea wee.)</p> - -<p>16. A bird that is almost “her glove.” (Hermit.)</p> - -<p>17. A bird that can fly when there is plenty of -wind. (Kite.)</p> - -<p>18. Where bread is baked. (Ovenbird.)</p> - -<p>19. Something found on a tree and then put in a -nest for a certain purpose. (Nuthatch.)</p> - -<p>20. A bird that is always thieving. (Robin—robbin’.)</p> - -<p>21. A bird that makes good coasting. (Snowbird.)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_104">[104]</a></span></p> - -<p>22. A bird that spanks an unfortunate boy having -a common first name. (Whip-poor-will.)</p> - -<p>23. The bird that is a sweet-smelling tree. (Cedar-bird.)</p> - -<p>24. The sparrow that the hounds like to chase. -(Fox-sparrow.)</p> - -<p>Most of the time will be spent in comparing experiences -and pets, and the Juniors will go away more -than ever resolved to be kind to their little feathered -friends, which are among the most beautiful and most -helpless of God’s creatures.</p> - - - -<h2>A Fairy Strawberry Festival.</h2> - - -<p>A strawberry luncheon given at the summer home -of one of my Chicago friends reminded me that the -Juniors would delight in a strawberry festival all their -own. Where there is a hospitable farm or garden -with a large strawberry-patch, whose owner agrees to -give the berries for the festival if the Juniors will pick -them, the way is open.</p> - -<p>Usually in our northern latitudes the strawberries -ripen just in good time for the beginning of vacation, -so that without interference with school preparations -the Juniors can pick the berries in the morning while -the dew is still on them. Twenty Juniors, each with -pail or basket, will make short and merry work of the -picking. Then the fruit should be kept in a cool -place until afternoon, when it is taken to the church -basement or wherever the festival is to be, and hulled.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_105">[105]</a></span> -There might be a slight reward given to the Junior -who picks the most berries, also to the one who hulls -the most, provided that the hulling is done carefully.</p> - -<p>Cake and ice-cream should be previously engaged, -and some of the boys may call for the cakes at the -various homes in the afternoon. The ice-cream, of -course, will be delivered by the dealer, unless that, -also, is home-made and presented. Sugar for the -berries must not be forgotten.</p> - -<p>With a few hints from the Junior superintendent the -older girls can arrange the tables, decorating them as -prettily as they please with flowers and ferns brought -by the younger ones; and the boys may help prepare -the checks or tickets, with prices plainly marked. -There should be separate checks for the berries, ice-cream, -and cake, so that, whatever the order, the -checks may be ready to send with each plate.</p> - -<p>If the occasion has been well advertised, as it <i>will</i> -be—trust the Juniors for that!—people will come in -large numbers; and the Juniors, previously drilled, -may wait on them, the larger ones attending to the -“dishing out” in another room, while the smaller -ones, dressed in fairy and brownie costumes, act as -waiters. Two of the Juniors, a boy and a girl, might -serve as cashiers.</p> - -<p>When all have been served, toward the close of the -evening there may be several songs and recitations, -ending with a fairy drill, following the plan of the -“holly and mistletoe drill” described elsewhere in -the book. If the room, or at least the wall back of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_106">[106]</a></span> -the platform, be decorated in green or in pink, with -roses and ferns in profusion, the drill will appear to -better advantage.</p> - -<p>The Juniors and their superintendent will find -plenty of work, as well as profit and play, in connection -with this occasion, as is the case with most strawberry -festivals; but all will enjoy it; and, if thought -out well in advance, the details may be so divided as -to make the labor light. The flower committee of the -older society will readily lend a hand with the decorations -if they are asked; and the fancy drill could of -course be omitted, although it is a very pretty feature. -If given, it should be by the smaller Juniors, both -boys and girls, in their fairy and brownie costumes, -and all carrying small, light trays instead of half-hoops.</p> - - - -<h2>A Pansy-Hunt.</h2> - - -<p>From the colored plates in flower catalogues, and -from advertising and other picture cards, select those -having pansies, the prettier the better. Let the Juniors -help collect them. This in itself would seem to -be a “pansy-hunt,” but it is only the beginning.</p> - -<p>When there are several hundred pansies, not as yet -cut out, the Juniors may meet for their work. The -first thing to be done is to cut out the pansies. This -will not take long, and as the fingers fly some one may -read aloud an entertaining story, perhaps a short one -by “Pansy”; or, if that is not at hand, a bright one<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_107">[107]</a></span> -from the latest <i>Christian Endeavor World</i> is always -in order at such times.</p> - -<p>Next, the pansies are all placed in small, numbered -envelopes, ten pansies in each, preparatory to playing -the game of “butterfly pansy-hunt.” Half of the -Juniors go out of the room, and the rest proceed to -hide the envelopes. When called in, the hunting -party, who are the “butterflies,” have a grand rummage, -and the “butterfly” that finds the most pansies -is made the leader of the hiding party next time. The -divisions are reversed so that the hiders become the -butterflies each time that the pansies are all found. -As the envelopes are numbered, it is easy to determine -when this is the case. Quick wits in thinking of new -places, and sharp eyes for discovering them, are thus -kept busy, and when tired of this game the Juniors -may all be seated again around a long table while the -superintendent produces a large pasteboard box with -a pansy-decorated cover. Explaining that pansies -mean “thoughts,” and that this box is full of bright -and sweet thoughts to be used for people who have not -quite so much to make them happy as the Juniors, she -invites the children to a new kind of pansy-hunt, -which is not entirely for themselves.</p> - -<p>The box is passed around, and each Junior takes -out a handful of the clippings, which, needless to say, -have been carefully gathered by the superintendent -and her friends, so that each one contains a thought -worth reading, and within the comprehension of the -Juniors. Selections found in books could be used also<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> -by typewriting them on slips of paper, and might include -a number from the Bible. Several rolls of baby -ribbon, one each of all the different pansy colors, -should be in the box.</p> - -<p>When the Juniors are supplied with a handful of -thoughts apiece, give to each a pen and ink and a -package of little cards. These cards should be a -trifle larger than visiting-cards, or just large enough to -contain one of the short written selections and a -pansy. Let the children copy on the cards, in their -own handwriting, from the clippings the ones which -they like best; this will leave the original clippings to -be used again for other purposes. Each Junior may -write seven, one for each day in the week, after pasting -a pansy on each card; then tie a ribbon a few -inches long through a hole in one corner, leaving one -end free, and tie the free ends of all seven ribbons together -so that they can be hung up. If the ribbons -used are as many as possible of the different pansy -colors for each bunch, the effect will be extremely pretty. -Some of the more skilful workers may find that they -have time to prepare a second bunch in the same way.</p> - -<p>These handfuls of thoughts may then be sent where -they will be most appreciated, and the pansy-hunt will -have served, at the very lowest estimate, a double -purpose.</p> - - - -<h2>A Rainy Fourth.</h2> - - -<p>There are bright possibilities in every cloud, and -even a rainy Fourth of July is no exception. So the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_109">[109]</a></span> -Joyville Juniors discovered. Of course, they were -intending to have a picnic, besides enjoying the -regulation fireworks; and here was a cold, steady -drizzle, for all the world as if it were November.</p> - -<p>Great were the lamentations; but just as the -“Sultan of Sulkydom” was about to have everything -his own way he was put to rout by a big -covered wagon driven around from one house to another -where the Joyville Juniors lived. There were -twenty-three of them in the society; but sixteen -houses contained them all, and fourteen of these were -quite close together; so it was not more than an hour -before the last youngsters were collected and all were -landed in the big upper room of Judge Elsworth’s -house. Miss Elsworth, the Junior superintendent, -welcomed them with a certain twinkle of the eyes -which made every Junior instantly conclude that in -spite of the rain they would manage to have a good -time.</p> - -<p>“Just wait a minute until the Independence Wizard -comes in,” said Miss Elsworth mysteriously, “and -then the best part of the fun will begin.”</p> - -<p>The children were breathless. Presently there were -three sharp raps at the door, and the Independence -Wizard was ushered in.</p> - -<p>Two artistically draped table-covers, a wig, mask, -skull-cap, and glasses had transformed Miss Elsworth’s -brother into a very presentable wizard, and -after entertaining the children for a half-hour with -parlor magic he produced from apparently nowhere a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_110">[110]</a></span> -bundle of bright-colored tissue-paper, some tinsel, a -rubber ball, a large potato, a dried sunflower stalk, -and several other mysterious things, and said: -“Presto! change! The weather is not quite all we -expected outdoors; but we are independent, and will -make our own fair weather right here. We will make -our own fireworks, too, and fire them off without even -waiting till night. That is what wizards are good for, -if they are Independence Wizards; and every one of -you is going to learn the wizard trade, beginning this -very minute; that is, if you want to. Do you?”</p> - -<p>Of course they did, and the girls were assured that -this splendid offer included them too; for would they -not make the very best of witches?</p> - -<p>With the aid of his sister, who had mysteriously -disappeared a short time before, and who reappeared -now as the Independence Witch, with a book of -magic all her own in the form of a magazine saved for -just such an emergency, the wizard soon had the -children absorbed in making the charming paper -fireworks fully described by Lina Beard in <i>The -Delineator</i> for July, 1902. They can be fired off indoors -as well as outdoors; and the gorgeous comets, -brilliant pinwheels, sparkling calumet with its bright -sparks flying all over the hair and clothing of the experimenters, -the sunflower-stalk sky-rocket, and the -bamboo pistol with potato bullets, were all as fascinating -as they were harmless.</p> - -<p>After the bright showers indoors had made the -revellers quite forget the dull showers outside, a giant<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> -firecracker candy-box was called into use; and with -songs, stories, and a lunch which disappeared so -rapidly as to convince any skeptic of the acquired -magical powers of those present, the fireworks were -sorted out, and many of them were found to be quite -uninjured. These were carefully packed in a box for -the Children’s Home, and the Juniors voted that -rainy day the best Independence celebration ever held -in Joyville.</p> - - - -<h2>An Indian Festival.</h2> - - -<p>Chicago’s one hundredth birthday was the occasion -of a celebration interesting to many thousands, -and not the least interesting feature was the Indian -village in Lincoln Park. Picturesque in their typical -costumes, the red men appeared much as their -ancestors did a century ago. From Chief No-zu-kah, -the medicine-man in his coonskin cap and red -blanket, who rattled his medicine-bags as he walked, -down to six-year-old Hach-si-acha, the braves and -squaws were the centre of attraction; and this, together -with an Indian festival once successfully given -by a wide-awake older Endeavor society, inclines me to -think that the Juniors should have one of their own, -improving on all former undertakings of the kind, -and perhaps on nature as well!</p> - -<p>War-paint and feathers, beads, blankets, and -moccasins, should be brought into use for the -costumes. Decorate the rooms with plenty of boughs -and foliage, to represent a woodland scene; hang<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_112">[112]</a></span> -cages of singing birds from the branches; and have -a wigwam in one corner, with a buffalo robe spread -in front of its entrance. Two Junior “Indian” girls -who have learned the now popular basket-weaving, -may be seated here at their work, with finished -baskets for sale. One or more flower-girls may -wander about, selling colored grasses and other -similar treasures. One of the Junior boys may represent -a medicine-man, and sell roots and herbs; -another may sell bows and arrows to all who wish to -test their skill at the target, which must be so placed -that stray shots can do no damage. A loan exhibition -of Indian curios will be instructive, if there is -some one to explain them; and the Indian portraits, -in colors, to be found among the Perry Pictures, will -prove interesting. A fancy-work booth may contain -feather fans, dainty bags of beadwork, dolls dressed -as pappooses and squaws, and birch bark made into -all kinds of pretty conceits, from toy canoes to bon-bon-boxes -filled with salted nuts instead of candy.</p> - -<p>The bows and arrows will play a lively part in the -evening’s festivities. A small sum may be charged -for each trial, if desired. Archery is said to be the -coming sport; and, if it is indeed soon to be revived -from its centuries of partial sleep, and thus rival golf -and other favorites, one cannot begin to practise too -soon! It is certainly graceful, healthful, and fascinating -enough to warrant the revival.</p> - -<p>Refreshments should be nuts and fruits, delicious -in themselves, but served on wooden plates by<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_113">[113]</a></span> -“Indian” waitresses in the most primitive manner. -A programme might be rendered beginning with a -reading from “Hiawatha” illustrated with tableaux, -which the Juniors, with careful training, can present -as well as any one; including also an Indian hunter’s -drill with bows and arrows, in which either boys alone, -or girls alone, or both boys and girls, might take part; -and closing with all the Juniors’ forming in line and -uttering a war-whoop, which if not realistic will be -at least startling.</p> - - - -<h2>A Boys’ Book Party.</h2> - - -<p>Library parties for grown people are common -enough, but the boys should have a costume book party -of their own. The more boys present, the better. -The following suggestions for costumes may be helpful:</p> - -<p>1. “Black Beauty.” A good-looking boy in -burnt cork.</p> - -<p>2. “Little Men.” Two or more brothers or -friends wearing high hats, long-tailed coats, etc.</p> - -<p>3. “Pilgrim’s Progress.” A boy wearing a gown -and carrying a staff. The word “Mecca” should be -printed on a label fastened to his breast.</p> - -<p>4. “Tom Saw-yer.” A boy whose real name is -Tom should raise a telescope to his eyes every few -minutes.</p> - -<p>5. “Rob Roy.” A red-haired boy in Highland -costume. The plaid should be correct.</p> - -<p>6. “Kenilworth.” (Kennel worth.) A boy leading -his pet dog.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_114">[114]</a></span></p> - -<p>7. “Under the Lilacs.” A boy wearing a garland -of real or artificial lilacs.</p> - -<p>8. “Under Drake’s Flag.” A boy wearing the -British flag as a turban.</p> - -<p>9. “Merry adventures of Rob-in Hood.” A boy -named Robert wearing his sister’s hood.</p> - -<p>10. “St. Nicholas.” A boy dressed as Santa -Claus.</p> - -<p>11. “The Pirate.” A boy dressed as a typical -pirate.</p> - -<p>12. “Story of a Bad Boy.” A boy wearing a -placard on which is printed “The History of My -Life.”</p> - -<p>13. “Boys of ’76.” Two boys, each wearing a -placard marked, “100-24.”</p> - -<p>14. “Recollections of a Drummer-Boy.” A boy -with a drum. On a placard is written, “Forty Years -Ago.”</p> - -<p>15. “Sketch-Book.” A boy carrying a drawing-book -under his arm.</p> - -<p>Thirty is a good number to be present at a book -party. All the guests should send their book-titles to -the host of the evening two or three days before the -party. At the door each boy should be handed a -pencil, a blank sheet of paper, and a numbered card -which he should pin to his back or sleeve. Half an -hour should be allowed for guessing the names. One -reward might be a book like Kipling’s “Barrack-Room -Ballads,” or “Seven Seas;” another, a paper-cutter; -and, for the shortest list, a blank book. Ice-cream and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> -cake have nothing to do with books, but should be -served just the same, if possible, to comfort the losers.</p> - - - -<h2>Card-Pasting.</h2> - - -<p>A good variation from making scrap-books for a -children’s hospital, especially if the workers happen to -be few, is to use large cards, preparing them like the -different pages of a picture scrap-book, but leaving -them separate. Then they can be easily handed from -one bed to another; and, as they can be divided -among the different children, they can be seen by -many at once without waiting till enough whole scrap-books -can be filled. Ten Juniors can easily prepare -fifty cards in a single afternoon, but the pictures will -be most interesting if weeks are spent in collecting -them.</p> - -<p>Take large white or delicately tinted cards about -eighteen inches long and twelve inches wide. Paste -on them gay pictures cut from advertising cards and -other sources, arranging them according to taste. -One card could be a menagerie, or a “Noah’s ark,” -with a long procession of animals winding all around -from top to bottom. Such a card once made had an array -that would have astonished Noah. There were dancing -bears, and elephants with howdahs on their backs, -and circus horses, and monkeys dressed like Italian -lazzaroni, and pigs with apples in their mouths, and -even a Christmas turkey carried on the heads of three -geese. Another card could be made up entirely of -flowers or of flowers, birds, and butterflies. Another<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_116">[116]</a></span> -could contain ships, sea-gulls, fishes, and some shells -on a supposed beach at the bottom. Funny groups -of people doing all sorts of things can be arranged.</p> - -<p>Some of the figures can be cut from newspapers or -old magazines; if bright colors are desired, a paintbox -can be brought into service, but usually the uncolored -pages are very acceptable mixed in with those -cut from colored plates and cards.</p> - -<p>Sometimes figures cut from stiff cards will not be -easy to paste, but by spreading them (on the wrong -side, of course) with a rather thin boiled flour paste, -and letting them lie for a few moments, they become -softer and more pliable.</p> - - - -<h2>Climbing the Bean-Stalk.</h2> - - -<p>A barn with a captivating hay-loft, a stout ladder -with a vine thickly twined around it, some croquet-balls, -four Indian clubs, a pointer, and a supply of apples, -oranges, and small bags of nuts or cracker-jack, are -all that you will need—except the Juniors, who are -most necessary of all.</p> - -<p>“Climbing the bean-stalk” consists of going up the -ladder to the giant’s castle,—the very same castle, in -imagination, explored by the immortal Jack,—and -finding and taking possession of the treasures. This -means a hunt in the hay for the apples and other -things previously hidden there. The pointer, -croquet-balls, and Indian clubs may be tucked in to -add variety to the store.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_117">[117]</a></span></p> - -<p>After the treasures are all discovered and safely -brought down the bean-stalk, the Juniors will enjoy -a game of “croquet-bowling.” A sufficient space -should be cleared on the barn floor, and the four -Indian clubs should be set up at one end as pins, three -in a row behind the king-pin. The bowling is then -done with the croquet-balls.</p> - -<p>The party may conclude with an impromptu “freak -show,” using the hay-loft as a pedestal from which to -display the “freaks.” This is where your pointer -comes in. The amount of fun to be had from a -“freak show” can be best understood if I give you -the description of Vincent Van M. Beede’s, in his -own words, only remarking that the barn adds to the -general hilarity, and that one of the Indian clubs -would do very well instead of the suggested andiron.</p> - -<p>“One rainy morning last summer the children and -I had great fun getting up a freak show. As we had -not thought out beforehand what we were going to do, -things were all the funnier. Little Marvyn, seven -years old, stood on a table and chose to be Pullaway, -the Boy with the Rubber Skin.</p> - -<p>“I was asked to be lecturer, so with a pointer in -my hand I explained as glibly as I could how marvellous -a boy this was. Why, he could stretch out the -skin of his cheeks two feet, and then let it snap back -again! (Pullaway now showed his power.) Martin, -a handsome fellow of twelve, was Stickeminus, the -Human Pincushion. I showed the (imaginary) -audience that pins had no effect on the feelings of this<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_118">[118]</a></span> -wonder. ‘I will stick a pin into his arm this very -minute,’ I said. Strange to say, the Human Pincushion -squealed! Fritz, thirteen years old, who has a -beautiful physique, was Lomposo Musculario, the -Strong Man. ‘See him lift that mighty andiron,’ I remarked. -‘It weighs 555<sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>5</sub> pounds.’ Lomposo puffed -and groaned under his heavy burden. Essie wanted -to be the Fat Lady; I suppose because as a matter of -fact she is very slender. It was surprising how much -she succeeded in blowing out her cheeks. Madeleine, -Champion Pie-Eater of the World, gobbled up anywhere -from fifty to seventy-five (imaginary) mince -pies, and Jolliby, as Burroo, the One Armed Wild -Man of Borneo, seized my arm in his teeth while I -was telling what a dangerous creature he was. The -other freaks set up a chorus of alarm, and I do not -know what would have become of me if Winkles, who -was the <i>Very</i> Wildest Man, had not grappled in deadly -combat with Burroo; and, if Madeleine had not offered -them her best (imaginary) pies, they would, I -fear, have devoured each other on the spot.”</p> - - - -<h2>Advertising-Carnival.</h2> - - -<p>Having made out a list, for your own convenience, -of well-known business firms, local or otherwise, -whose names could be represented by costumes, let -each Junior come dressed to represent one of the -firms. For instance, Marshall Field’s might be portrayed -by a boy in a soldier’s uniform, with dried -grasses and other field treasures extending from<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_119">[119]</a></span> -pockets and buttonholes; Macy’s, by a girl named -May, or dressed as queen of the May, with a placard -attached bearing the letter “C.” The same letter, -worn by a boy carrying a gallon can, a hammer, and -a barrel-hoop, would answer for “Siegel and Cooper.” -“Tiffany” might be portrayed by a picture of two -people having a slight quarrel, the picture being -fastened to the costume of a girl named Fannie or -Annie, or to that of a boy carrying a large palm-leaf -fan and limping as if one knee were affected.</p> - -<p>Local firms, however, should predominate, and the -utmost secrecy should prevail in all the preparations. -When the evening of the carnival has arrived in all its -glory, give each guest a pencil and paper, and reward -with some gift the one who can without assistance -make out the longest correct list of firms represented. -Such an occasion would be interesting to others besides -the Juniors; and a charge for admission might -be made, in which case a light repast should be -served, and a fancy march of the various “walking -advertisements” should add to the attractions.</p> - -<p>This occasion might be combined, if desired, with -the “evening with ads” described elsewhere in the -book.</p> - - - -<h2>Parlor Golf Party.</h2> - - -<p>Most boys and girls are somewhat familiar with -golf, and the Juniors will probably prove no exception. -Any kind of “parlor golf” may be introduced, as -simple or as elaborate as you please. Here is one kind<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_120">[120]</a></span> -that must be interesting, called “Quiet Go-lol-uf,” -and explained by Vincent Van M. Beede as follows:</p> - -<p>“This game is meant especially for boys and girls -who know something about the royal and ancient game -of ‘golf’ sometimes called ‘go-lol-uf’ just for fun. -Seat your friends about a table, pass around pencils -and paper, and then say:</p> - -<p>“‘We are going to play go-lol-uf. I hope you -won’t squabble much. This game is a little different -from the outdoor kind. Here you are expected <i>not</i> -to get into a hole. I shall pass to each of you a card -on which is written something about golf. Write -your answers on the large sheets; and don’t forget, -please, to write your names at the bottom of the -sheets. Number the answers, of course. At the end -of every two minutes I shall yell “Fore!” and everybody -must pass his card to his left-hand neighbor.’</p> - -<p>“Here is a list of terms:</p> - -<p>“1. A dancing-party. (Ball.)</p> - -<p>2. A drink. (Tea.)</p> - -<p>3. A box in which to keep the vegetable from which -this drink is made. (Caddie—Caddy.)</p> - -<p>4. A society. (Club.)</p> - -<p>5. The man who rows next the coxswain in a racing-shell. -(Stroke.)</p> - -<p>6. A common color. (Green.)</p> - -<p>7. Bold. (Brass(e)y.)</p> - -<p>8. The man who holds the reins. (Driver.)</p> - -<p>9. A number. (Fore—four.)</p> - -<p>10. A guess. (Hazard.)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_121">[121]</a></span></p> - -<p>11. Used for smoothing clothes. (Iron.)</p> - -<p>12. A story that is not true. (Lie.)</p> - -<p>13. A piece. (Slice.)</p> - -<p>14. Something with which one eats. (Spoon.)</p> - -<p>15. The noise made by an animal that does not -like Thanksgiving. (Gobble.)</p> - -<p>16. A place where hay is kept. (Loft.)</p> - -<p>“The rewards might be a golf-club, a scarf-pin, a -score-book, a pair of balls, or a rubber tee.”</p> - -<p class="blankbefore2">Another game of golf is the one played on a table -wound with a somewhat crumpled cloth. Each -player is furnished with a pea and a pin by way of -ball and stick. It is very good fun when there are -players enough to make the contest exciting; for the -winner is the player who is first to roll the pea up to -goal. The pea that collides with another, or pushes -it, or even touches it, is sent back to the starting-point.</p> - -<p>Other games mentioned elsewhere in the book may -be substituted for one or the other of these, in case not -all present are enthusiasts on golf; but the second one -could be adapted to the veriest novice, while interesting -to all. Refreshments of cake and chocolate may be -served, and it would add to the fun if the small iced -cakes were decorated with various golf emblems.</p> - -<h2>Mysterious Basket-Ball.</h2> - -<p>Collect the materials, either with or without the -Juniors’ help, beginning some time in advance. When<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_122">[122]</a></span> -the time comes to have the “ball,” the more mystery -the better.</p> - -<p>Place a large basket or clothes-hamper in the middle -of the room. This is the “mysterious basket” -part, and each Junior is then told to help himself to -his “ball,” one of the many bundles wrapped up to -look as nearly like balls as possible, all the way from -the size of a baseball to that of a basket-ball.</p> - -<p>Have ready plenty of scissors, paste, glue, needles, -thread, and the celluloid thimbles that can be bought -for a cent or two apiece. As each “ball” is opened, -it proves to hold the materials for making a small -Christmas gift or article for a fair to be given by the -Juniors, or for a Junior fancy-work booth at a -“grown-up” fair.</p> - -<p>Many simple and inexpensive articles, both pretty -and useful, can be made by children of Junior age, -both girls and boys. If a piece of work which is all -sewing happens to be drawn by a boy, so much the -more fun. The Junior superintendent acts as “umpire,” -answering questions and explaining the rules of -the game. A thimble worn on the thumb is “foul,” -even if the fingers <i>do</i> seem to be all thumbs, which is -often far from being the case.</p> - -<p>Here is a partial list of articles which might be made:</p> - -<p>1. Stamp-box, of heavy water-color paper, ready -cut out. The one who draws this bundle will have an -easy task; merely to fold the box into shape, paste -the flaps on the inside, decorate the cover with a two-cent -stamp, and tie it in place with a ribbon.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_123">[123]</a></span></p> - -<p>2. Chamois spectacle-cleaner, cut in any fancy -shape; two pieces buttonhole-stitched around the -edge with colored silk, and caught together with fancy -ribbon.</p> - -<p>3. Pocket pincushion made of two pieces of stiff -cardboard covered first with a thin layer of cotton -batting, then with wide fancy ribbon; sewed together -around the edge and filled with several kinds and sizes -of pins.</p> - -<p>4. Chinese pen-wiper made of two nutshells glued -together to make a head; a pigtail of braided horsehair; -a Chinese costume of red cloth with several -flannel leaves under the loose, short coat; ink features -for the face; and, if one likes, Chinese hieroglyphics -in ink decorating the costume.</p> - -<p>5. Match-scratcher. Cardboard foundation, with -a strip of blue paper pasted across the top to represent -sky; a strip of green paper of the same width, pasted -across the bottom for grass; a larger strip of red -paper between, marked off with ink to represent a -brick wall; a cat made of emery paper seated on the -grass facing the wall.</p> - -<p>6. Recipe-holder, of two teapots or teakettles cut -from celluloid, tied together with ribbon and decorated -with water-colors in lettering or other design.</p> - -<p>7. Blotter, calendar, and pen-wiper combined. A -dozen pieces of colored blotting-paper tied together -with a ribbon; the outer one with a picture and a -small calendar pad pasted on; or there may be a -cover made of white cardboard decorated with gold<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_124">[124]</a></span> -or silver paper bells, or with flowers or leaves carefully -and <i>separately</i> cut from Japanese tissue-paper napkins -and pasted on. A tiny pen-wiper made of several -circles of chamois is to be tied in one corner.</p> - -<p>8. Cover for a kodak album, made of rough, -heavy tan or brown writing-paper with a target in the -centre. The target is made by pasting four paper -circles of contrasting colors, one over the other, -each smaller than the last, the smallest one in the -centre being the bull’s-eye; and printing, each side -of the target, in gold or white, the words “Snap-Shots.”</p> - -<p>9. Court-plaster case of water-color paper, tied -together with ribbon, the cover decorated with a picture, -the leaves of court-plaster.</p> - -<p>10. Shaving-paper “snowballs.” These are very -pretty, and are made of many circles of white tissue-paper -caught together in the same way as a ball pen-wiper, -and furnished with a hanging loop of red -ribbon.</p> - -<p>11. Pen-wipers of several thicknesses of felt, cut -out leaf-shape or flower shape, and held together with -a bow and ends of ribbon.</p> - -<p>12. Junior “comfort-powders.” Tie a cheery -Bible verse or other pleasant message in a piece of -fringed tissue-paper; then tie fifty-two of these in a -bunch, one for each week in the year. Or the Juniors -might combine in this, and make the powders daily -ones.</p> - -<p>Other articles, as simple or more elaborate, will be<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_125">[125]</a></span> -thought of in abundance; pretty ironing-holders, -hair-receivers, dusters and duster-bags, sweeping-caps, -lamp-mats, dinner cards, whisk-broom-holders, etc. -The work, if well prepared in advance, could probably -be done by the Juniors in an hour at the longest; -some of it in much less. Rewards should be given, -not for the most rapid work, but for that most neatly -done. The “umpire” may enlist the aid of one or -more of her friends in preparing the work, giving instructions, -and assigning rewards, especially if there -are many of the small workers; and the Juniors may -be allowed to exchange tasks if thought desirable.</p> - -<p>After the work is done, and while the committee is -deciding as to its merits, the “ball-team” may indulge -in refreshments in the appropriate globular form -of doughnuts, oranges, or pop-corn balls; after which -the afternoon may close with the award of the gifts and -a stirring game of real basket-ball; or, if it is in the -evening, or too late in the season for this out-of-door -sport, try a game of “Little Queen Fluff” instead. -“Little Queen Fluff” is a ball of cotton covered with -colored crape paper. Place the chairs two feet apart -in a line across the centre of the room; arrange the -Juniors one opposite each chair, against the wall on -both sides of the room; give one of these balls and a -palm-leaf fan to each; and let them see which can -most successfully send his own particular “Little -Queen Fluff” through her castle underneath the -centre of the chair, to the opposite side of the room. -The side which gets all its balls across the room first,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_126">[126]</a></span> -fanning them by way of the “castle” underneath the -centre of the chair, wins the game.</p> - -<h2>A Puritan Thanksgiving Dinner.</h2> - -<p>This is a combination affair, enlisting Endeavorers -of all ages; but the Juniors’ part in it is an important -one. The main idea is to make it a pleasant occasion, -not only for those who would have a Thanksgiving -feast anyway, but for as many as possible who -would otherwise go without. The very poorest -should be hunted up and included in the invitations.</p> - -<p>Let me tell you how the plan was once carried out -by a lady and her little fourteen-year-old niece, whom -we will call Priscilla. The writer says:</p> - -<p>“With the help of kind friends and faithful Bridget -we made very much of a success of our dinner, and -many a poor soul was made happy for one day at -least. For several weeks previous, Priscilla and I spent -our evenings by the great fire in the big kitchen, dressing -Puritan dolls for the children, and making other -gifts. Priscilla asked old sailor Hogan to make for -her a small model of the Mayflower such as she had -seen in Pilgrim Hall at Plymouth, and after we had -stretched the old mahogany table to its fullest extent, -which reached almost the entire length of the kitchen, -and covered it with Grandmother Alden’s white -damask banquet-cloth, Priscilla placed the little ship -in the centre on a large mirror. The frame of the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_127">[127]</a></span> -mirror we concealed with sea-sand, shells, and pebbles; -and on one side we placed a large stone which -John had carved into the shape of the dear old rock -on which our Pilgrim Fathers landed. We scattered -over all this thin flaky cotton sprinkled with crystallized -alum to imitate snow, and the little Puritan dolls -on deck made the scene very realistic. The body of -the ship we filled with our gifts.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig5"> -<img src="images/illo127a.jpg" alt="pumpkin" width="417" height="200" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Diagram 1.</span></p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig6"> -<img src="images/illo127b.jpg" alt="pumpkin" width="431" height="200" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Diagram 2.</span></p> -</div> - -<p>“Priscilla made fruit-baskets, and bowls for the -nuts and candy, out of pumpkins. John sawed three -large bright yellow ones for her as shown in the <a href="#Fig5">diagrams</a>.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_128">[128]</a></span> -After these had been scooped out, using the -contents for pies, and dried thoroughly, we placed -them on the table on mats of green tissue-paper cut -in the shape of pumpkin leaves. The effect against -the white cloth was quite pretty. For each of our -poorer guests we made an old-fashioned reticule of yellow -cloth tied with green braid. In these we placed a -pair of woollen gloves, two pairs of woollen stockings or -socks, a handkerchief, a cake of soap, and an order for -a stout pair of shoes. In the way of gifts for the other -guests there were little keepsakes such as pumpkin -pincushions made of yellow silk and tied with green -ribbons, Plymouth Rock paper-weights, and little -models of Governor Carver’s chair in which we tied -yellow pincushions with green ribbons. There were -napkin-rings, needle-books, stamp-boxes, paper-cutters, -and pin-trays, all with engravings of the Mayflower -or some Pilgrim emblem. We had plenty of -dinner for all. There was everything required for a -Thanksgiving feast, from the turkey and cranberry -sauce to plum pudding, into which Bridget had put -plenty of plums. All who helped in receiving dressed -in Puritan costumes.</p> - -<p>“After the dinner had been eaten and the presents -distributed, Miss Katherine Anderson, one of the -teachers in the public school, gave a little talk, for -fear the significance of the occasion might escape some -of the most ignorant; but I am glad to say that there -were none except the very smallest who did not know -the history of our Pilgrim Fathers. The ladies of our<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_129">[129]</a></span> -old town have decided to give a dinner of this kind -every Thanksgiving.”</p> - -<p>When the Endeavorers are to give such a dinner, -the little address would naturally be by the pastor, -and the Juniors’ part of the preparations might well -begin with the “mysterious basket-ball” described -elsewhere in the book. In this case the small articles -to be made or decorated would of course consist -wholly of such as would be adapted for gifts at the -dinner, and the Juniors should be told of the plan at -the beginning of their work. They could also help -in dressing the Puritan dolls and in receiving the -guests; and, if they wish to do more, they might give -a “Mayflower drill” in Puritan costume.</p> - -<p>An entertainment of this kind could also be given -to raise money for the church or society. In such -cases, of course, the philanthropic features would be -omitted, an admission fee charged, and the articles -from the Mayflower sold.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_130">[130]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="play"><span class="firstline">Teddy and the Goblin.</span><br /> -<span class="secondline">(<i>Teddy’s Dream on Christmas Morn.</i>)</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">By Mattie-Marie Gamble.</span></h2> - -<p>The necessary requirements are a cot, a chair, a -candle and candlestick, a large stocking, a small -camera, and a large wooden frame with an opening -about five feet square. The frame might be gilded -or covered with yellow Canton flannel, and should -have a support at the back of each side to hold it -firmly in an upright position. There should be a box -or platform high enough to be on a level with the -lower edge of the opening of the frame, back of it.</p> - -<p>The stage should represent a scene in the woods, -with an abundance of green foliage; and leaves or -green cloth should cover the floor. Near the back -of the stage should be a curtain that could be drawn -to each side, on which are painted trees, etc., to carry -out the woods effect.</p> - -<p>Back of this curtain arrange a small sleeping-room, -in which are placed the cot and the chair with the -candle on it; and in some prominent place is hung -the stocking, well stuffed, with the small camera peeping -out at the top.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_131">[131]</a></span></p> - -<h3>Characters.</h3> - -<div class="centerblock"> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Teddy</span>, <i>A little boy of ten years</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Fun</span>, <i>A little old goblin</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Red Ridinghood and Wolf.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Old Woman With Broom.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Jack the Giant-Killer.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Giant.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Jack and Jill.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Jack-be-Nimble.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Bo-Peep.</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">Simple Simon.</span></p> - -</div><!--centerblock--> - -<h3>Costumes.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> Long nightgown reaching to just above -the ankles, barefooted, and hair tousled.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun</span>, <i>the goblin</i>. A boy of twelve or fourteen -years, quite small for his age. Long beard, pointed -shoes that turn up at the toes, long belted blouse and -tight knee pants, stocking cap with tassel.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Red Ridinghood.</span> Long red cloak and hood and -a basket. A large dog may represent the wolf.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman.</span> Pointed hat with brim. Old -shoulder-shawl and dress to ankles, carrying a dilapidated -broom.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jack the Giant-Killer.</span> Page’s costume and -sword.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Giant.</span> Very large man. Any fantastic costume.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jack and Jill.</span> Dressed as country children and -carrying a pail, Jill with sunbonnet.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_132">[132]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son.</span> Boy about sixteen, tall -and slender; short waistcoat, trousers above shoe-tops, -little old hat on back of head; a pig made of white -Canton flannel under his arm. Or, if a small live pig -could be procured, it would add to the merriment.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Jack-be-Nimble.</span> Small boy in short waistcoat and -trousers, with candle in candlestick.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bo-Peep.</span> Shepherdess costume. Long crook with -ribbon tied on end.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Simple Simon.</span> Trousers to shoe-tops; straight -ragged garment extending almost to knees, and left -open at neck; hair tousled. A tin pail and a rod -about two feet in length with long string tied to it and -piece of bent wire attached to the end of string.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Time.</span> Just before dawn Christmas morning.</p> - -<p class="directions">SCENE <i>opens on the little bedroom.</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span> -<i>asleep on the cot. Keep the front of the stage as -dark as possible during this scene, with woods -curtain drawn aside, and throw a dim light on -the bedroom from behind the scenes.</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy</span> (<i>waking, sitting up in bed, and rubbing his -eyes</i>). My, but it’s dark! I wonder if Santa Claus -has been here yet. Guess I’ll see. (<i>Strikes a match, -and lights the candle, holds it above his head, and -peers around. Suddenly seeing the stocking fairly -bulging with gifts, he puts the candle on the chair, -bounds out of bed, and makes a dive for the stocking.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> -When about to take it down, he hesitates.</i>) I know it -ain’t time, but I just <i>can’t</i> wait. I’ll just take <i>one</i> -thing out. (<i>Reaches up carefully and takes down -camera.</i>) My! if it ain’t the camera I wrote to -Santa Claus for. I wonder how it works. (<i>Turning -it over.</i>) I’ll take Rover’s picture the very first -one. (<i>Dances back to bed, camera in hand, and, -pulling the covers over him, begins examining it. -Yawns several times, and talks in a sleepy voice.</i>) -Won’t ma and pa be (<i>yawns</i>) surprised—when—they—see—(<i>yawns -again</i>)—it, though?—Wish—I—could—— -(<i>Falls asleep.</i>)</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>In runs little old goblin, frolics around the room -a little, blows out the candle, and perches himself -on the foot of the bed.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Aha! been into your stocking already, have -you? and sound asleep again. Well, well (<i>then talking -to himself</i>), I will just wake him up in dreamland, -and have a little fun with him. (<i>Turning to</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span>.) -Well, Master Teddy, how are you? Merry Christmas!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy</span> (<i>very sleepy and still holding on to camera</i>). -How do you do?—but I—I don’t know you. What -is your name? and where am I?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> That’s so! Why, you are in dreamland; -and you don’t know me?—ha! ha!—well, my -name’s Fun. You think that a queer name? Well, -I took that name because, you see, people are always -wanting to do things “just for fun,” and so I thought -I would be well taken care of!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_134">[134]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> I wish I could take a picture with my -new camera just for fun, but I don’t know how.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Is that so? Why, I can take fine pictures. -Just come with me into the woods, and I will show -you. (<i>Jumps down and pulls</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span>, <i>with camera, -out of bed by the hand</i>. <span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>hangs back as if -frightened</i>.) O, don’t be afraid. I will take good -care of you, and bring you back again. Come on; -we will take pictures of Mother Goose children in the -woods.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> O—real sure ’nough live children?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Yes, I should say so. I know them all—Jack -and Jill and Red Ridinghood and——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy</span> (<i>excitedly</i>). And Jack the Giant-Killer?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Yes—all of them.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> O, let’s hurry! (<i>No longer holds back, -but runs out, pulling</i> <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>after him. As they leave, -the foliage curtains should be quickly drawn together, -leaving only the woods, and the light should now be -turned on that scene. Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span>, <i>looking -around</i>. <span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>disappointed</i>.) I don’t see anybody.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Just wait. Now you stand behind the tree -and watch. Keep quiet. (<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Red Ridinghood</span> -<i>talking to the wolf, the dog. While she is talking</i>, -<span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>takes the camera, and turns it in her direction. -A stout rubber band can be attached to the camera so -that no one can see it, and he snaps it very loud as he -takes the picture.</i> <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>turns to</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>and grins</i>.) -I got that one; now we must get ready for the next. -(<i>Winds screw. At the same instant some one behind<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_135">[135]</a></span> -the scenes winds an old clock or something that makes -an equally loud sound. This should be done each -time a picture is taken. Just as he is ready for the -next</i>, <span class="smcap">Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son</span>, <i>runs across the -stage with pig, and</i> <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>jumps quickly to snap the -camera</i>. <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>turns to</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>and winks</i>.) Nearly -lost that one. (<i>Winds again. After that the rest of -the characters come in, in quick succession, so that all -of them are in almost at the same time, each of course -in his or her own way.</i> <span class="smcap">Simple Simon</span> <i>should set his -mother’s pail down at one side and begin fishing in it, -always looking as silly as possible</i>. <span class="smcap">Jack-be-Nimble</span> -<i>places his lighted candle on the floor, and frequently -jumps lightly back and forth over it. In the meantime -the giant has lain down asleep, and</i> <span class="smcap">Jack the -Giant-Killer</span> <i>has taken his position with one foot on -giant’s chest and sword in hand</i>; <span class="smcap">Bo-Peep</span> <i>has fallen -asleep, and so on</i>. <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>skips in and out among them, -snapping one picture after another, always winding -after each. Finally he stops</i>.) I wonder if I have -them all.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy</span> (<i>in loud whisper</i>). You didn’t get the -giant. (<i>Is so interested that he forgets to keep back, -and finds himself in the centre of the stage.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Why, I forgot Little Bo-Peep! and the dear -child is fast asleep. (<i>Snaps camera again. At the -same time, seeing</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span>, <i>the children all begin to -laugh and dance around him, having lots of fun</i>. -<span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>becomes frightened, and, burying his face in -his hands, cries aloud</i>. <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>runs to him, and when<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_136">[136]</a></span> -the children see the goblin they all scamper off the -stage</i>, <span class="smcap">Bo-Peep</span> <i>and the giant disappearing with the -rest</i>.) What is the matter, my little friend?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> I’m so (<i>sobs</i>) scared!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Scared at what?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> Because they’re all around me.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Who?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy</span> (<i>looking up wonderingly</i>). Why!—why, -where are they?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> You crazy child, who are you talking about?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> Red Ridinghood and Jack the Giant-Killer -and—and all the rest!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Ha! ha! (<i>Laughing heartily.</i>) <i>You</i> don’t -understand them. Now you see them and now you -don’t.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> Wish I could see them again, but I don’t -want them to see me.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Well, the pictures are all ready now, and -they are fine ones, too. One hundred times larger -than your camera. Think of it! Would you like to -see them now?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> Well, I should say so!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> All right; here goes. First we will have -Little Red Ridinghood. (<i>During the performance in -the woods the cot, chair, etc., should be removed and -the large frame with platform back of it put directly -behind the foliage curtain. Back of the frame opening -and platform should be a woods background if -possible. When</i> <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>announces the subject of each -picture, some one behind the scenes, near the front,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> -should read slowly and clearly the story or verse describing -that picture. Meanwhile, those characters -are taking their positions in the frame, and when -ready must not move. As each story or verse is finished, -the curtains are drawn aside for a minute, -showing the picture, and then drawn together again. -Then the next story and its picture, and so on until -all are shown. As each one is presented</i>, <span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>and</i> -<span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>dance around and clap their hands, making such -exclamations as “O my!” “Isn’t that great?” -etc. Curtain falls on the last picture</i>. <span class="smcap">Fun</span> <i>and</i> -<span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>are again alone in the woods</i>.) Here they all -come back again, I declare! Too bad they could not -have seen their own pictures. O, well; it doesn’t -matter. Why! where are you going, Teddy?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> I’m going home! (<i>Runs off the stage.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fun.</span> Wait a minute. (<i>Talking to himself.</i>) No -use. Guess I had better see if he gets home all right. -(<i>Follows</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span>. <i>Enter all the children singing -Mother Goose rhymes. While they are dancing and -singing, the large frame is removed, and the cot, etc., -are replaced the same as in the first scene. As the -music is finished, they dance off stage. Curtain -opens on bedroom scene.</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>asleep with camera, -and the goblin perched on bed again</i>.) Well, the little -fellow has had quite a treat, and it is nearly time for -him to wake up; so I must leave him for this time. -(<i>Jumps down, and as he steals lightly out, kisses his -hand to</i> <span class="smcap">Teddy</span>.) Good-by, little chap. I hope you -will have a fine Christmas day. Good-by.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_138">[138]</a></span></p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>A bright light is now thrown on the cot, and</i> -<span class="smcap">Teddy</span> <i>wakes up</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Teddy.</span> My! it’s broad daylight, and I’ll bet the -folks are all up. (<i>Sits up on one side of the bed; suddenly -thinks of the camera, and takes it up.</i>) Wasn’t -Santa Claus good, though? (<i>Meditatively.</i>) If I -only knew how to use it! (<i>Brightening.</i>) Why, I -do! Now who was it showed me how? O, yes! it -was the goblin, I do believe; and I’ve been to dreamland. -Yes, it all comes to me now, and I’ve resolved -that —— (<i>Standing and reciting.</i>)</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">When there’s something to be bought and you haven’t got the money,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">You just write out that little thought,—now that sounds rather funny,—<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Just write it nice to Santa Claus, and seal it up right tight,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And when you go to bed you know he’ll bring it sure that night.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Because, you know, ’tis Christmas eve, when Santa always comes,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And brings you lots of things you want—nice cameras and drums;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And when you’re puzzled as to how to work the things you get,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Just go off into dreamland, and you’ll find out, you bet!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">’Cause Fun, the little goblin, is always sure to know,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And you can take a trip with him if you are not too slow.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Then you will find out how to do most anything under the sun,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And when you wake up bright again, you’ll know just how ’tis done.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="sceneend">CURTAIN.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_139">[139]</a></span></p> - -<h2>Cinderella Reception.</h2> - -<p>The Juniors come, if they wish, in fancy costumes; -the smallest girl can be Cinderella, in pretty slippers, -and a trained Empire dress of pink cambric, with her -hair piled up on top of her head; and the smallest boy -should personate the prince, in a light-blue cambric -suit with many bows and buckles. Others may be the -cruel stepmother, the proud sisters, the fairy godmother, -the king, the queen, and various other distinguished -people of the times.</p> - -<p>Among the games which might be played is “my -lady’s slipper.” One player goes out of the room, -and is blindfolded. The rest seat themselves in a line -in seats low enough so that their feet all reach the -floor. The feet must not be tucked under the chairs, -or otherwise disposed of in any way except straight on -the floor in front of the seated players. The blindfolded -one is then called in, and tries to find out, by -lightly stepping on the toes of each, who is the one -thus trod upon. Some players can keep perfectly still -while this is going on; but many have not the necessary -self-control, and the slightest laugh, exclamation, -or other noise often reveals the secret. The first one -whose identity is thus learned must change places with -the blindfolded one, and the game proceeds as before.</p> - -<p>Perhaps the children will like to try a “slipper -obstacle-race,” which is like the race in the “parlor -mountain-climb” except that each Junior wears a -paper slipper which must be kept on throughout the -race.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_140">[140]</a></span></p> - -<p>“Fairy bowling” is another good game. Cover -the dining-room table temporarily with a cloth of -bright-colored flannel or other woollen material; arrange -across it, near one end, a pasteboard arch, or -one of heavy wire wound with ribbon, fastening the -ends of the arch to bricks on each side, covered like -the table. Prepare a large bowl of suds, made of -soap, warm water, and glycerine; and arrange the -players, boys on one side of the table and girls on the -other, giving to each boy a clay pipe and to each girl -a small fan. The boy at the head of the line takes -the bowl, blows a bubble, and drops it on the table. -The girl opposite tries to fan it under the arch before -it breaks. Tally is kept with pink and blue paper -disks on little tally cards which may be attached to the -fans. Pink means a successful bowling; blue, a failure. -As each two players complete their trial, they -go to the foot of the line, which moves up to let the -next two try. The game may consist of five rounds, -or four if there are many players. A ribbon-bedecked -pipe and a pretty fan might be the rewards given to -the winning bowlers.</p> - -<p>Here is a new kind of “slipper-hunt,” which is enjoyable. -Tell the Juniors that there are forty pairs of -slippers hidden about the rooms, and offer a reward to -the one finding the greatest number that prove to be -pairs. The slippers should be of different colors, and -about three inches long. They are cut out of cardboard -from patterns found in an illustrated catalogue.</p> - -<p>The plan of a doll Cinderella seated in a pumpkin<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_141">[141]</a></span> -coach lined with light blue, with four and twenty -chocolate mice harnessed to it with ribbons and driven -by a colored doll coachman, is not new, but is very -pleasing, especially to the younger ones. Refreshments -may be slipper-shaped sandwiches or cookies, -lemonade, and the chocolate mice.</p> - -<h2>Star Social.</h2> - -<p>If you wish decorative features, the following are -attractive, though not necessary to the success of the -social.</p> - -<p>Cut from gilt paper as many stars about an inch in -diameter as there are Juniors. Then take a large star-shaped -wire frame, one of those supplied by florists -for Christmas decorations, fill it with evergreen or -holly, if the social is to be held near Christmas time, -and suspend it from the ceiling or chandelier by ribbons, -extending from each point upward and meeting -at the centre. From each point of this large star -hang a group of the little stars, by strings or baby -ribbon of different lengths, so that from each point the -gilt stars will be hanging in a cluster, some higher, -some lower. Number all the stars, those in each -group having a number of their own. Thus the -cluster of stars from one point will all be numbered 1, -those from another point 2, and so on.</p> - -<p>Some of the Juniors are probably taking piano lessons, -and making good progress; or learning to play -on other instruments; and of course a number can -sing well. Ask several of the musical ones to come<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_142">[142]</a></span> -prepared to play or sing. A few others should have -recitations; and two or three who like to write can -each write an original story not more than five hundred -words long.</p> - -<p>As the Juniors come in, give to each of them a -pencil and a star-shaped white card with the words -written from the centre towards each point, “Pictures,” -“Music,” “Stories,” “Speaking,” and “Museum.” -Ask them to write their names on the reverse side of -their cards; and then to read what is written on the -star-points, and to make a check or cross very plainly -in that point having the name of the thing they like -best. The cards are then collected, and will be, by -the way, no slight help to a new Junior superintendent -in learning to understand the tastes of the children -with whom she is to work, even after this particular -good time is over.</p> - -<p>While the cards, after being collected, are examined -and sorted, some game may be played. The “flying -star” is a good one. Each player is supplied with a -small empty spool, with a colored paper star pasted -over one end. Half the stars are red, the other half -blue, to distinguish which side the player is on. Arrange -twelve berry-boxes, quart size, on the floor in a -hollow square. Mark four of them on the bottom -with the figure 5; four of them 10, and leave four -blank. Place a tin cup in the centre. Let the players -stand a few feet away, and they may test their skill -in throwing. Each spool, or “flying star,” landing -in the cup, counts 20; when landing in one of the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_143">[143]</a></span> -boxes, it counts whatever that box is marked. Each -side keeps tally, and when all the stars have flown, the -scores are compared to see which side has the larger.</p> - -<p>Next, divide the Juniors into groups for the game -“constellations,” which is really several games in one. -The division is made according to choice as already -marked on the cards given out on arrival. Those -who chose “Pictures” are put in Constellation No. -1, and to them belongs the cluster of little hanging -gilt stars marked with that number. Those who -chose “Music” are in Constellation No. 2, and so -on. The gilt stars are taken down and given to the -Juniors thus by number, pinned to the dress of each; -and thereby every Junior becomes a “star,” and must -prepare to shine accordingly. As before stated, however, -the star decorations are not absolutely necessary; -the Juniors can shine even without being thus labelled.</p> - -<p>The constellation of “star artists” sit together, and -for half an hour engage in some drawing contest. -Perhaps the game of “accidental high art” is as good -as any. Spread a newspaper over a table; let each -player be furnished with two pieces of paper and a -pen; and on the table place a bottle of India ink and -a fountain-pen-filler. With the filler let one drop of -ink fall upon one of the pieces of paper belonging to -each, and tell him to press upon it his other sheet of -paper. This gives each player the foundation for two -pictures, so that if his first attempt is not an entire -success he can try again. The aim is to make of the -grotesque and shapeless blot, by the help of the pen<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_144">[144]</a></span> -and imagination, a picture of some object—animal, -tree, landscape, or whatever turns out to be most feasible. -As blots are never twice alike, there is every -opportunity for the fancy and skill of the artist.</p> - -<p>While Constellation No. 1 is thus engaged, No. 2 is -in the next room preparing its musical programme -with the help of those who have brought something to -sing or play; Constellation No. 3 is selecting recitations; -No. 4, if this is the authors’ group, is deciding -on the order of reading and perhaps the titles, or any -other unfinished part, of its original stories; and No. -5 is arranging a museum of natural curiosities in the -form of interesting hats, paper-cutters, and other small -articles whose origin and method of manufacture and -use they think they can at least partially describe.</p> - -<p>At the end of the half-hour all the stars gather to -listen to the entertainment provided by each constellation. -The “star artists” exhibit their works of art; -the star musicians play and sing; the star authors -read their effusions; the star orators declaim or recite; -and the star museum-directors give their exhibition. -A vote of thanks, or some more substantial reward, -may be given to the constellation furnishing the best -entertainment.</p> - -<p>Close the evening with refreshments consisting of -cheese sandwiches cut star-shaped and filled, presumably, -with green cheese from the moon; and glasses -of creamy milk fresh from the Milky Way. What -star or constellation could fail to be satisfied with such -fare?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_145">[145]</a></span></p> - -<p>On leaving, each Junior might be given a star-shaped -Christmas card as a memento.</p> - -<p>This plan is capable, of course, like most of those -given in this book, of endless variation. A “surprise -constellation,” or some other preferred, might take the -place of any one of those suggested. The stories, -recitations, and music might be given without any -previous arrangement outside, if a thoroughly impromptu -programme is desired; but in most cases a -little inkling of what will be expected of them, in the -case of those likely to be called upon, makes the result -more interesting. Some of the musical numbers -and recitations could be humorous, others more serious; -but most of them will naturally pertain to Christmas -or stars. The following, once contributed by the -writer to <i>The New Voice</i>, might be given by one of -the more thoughtful Juniors as a recitation:</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Star-jewelled was the Night’s dark brow,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">As, with a light caress,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Smiling, she saw the wondering Earth<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Her promised King confess,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">While Hate and Greed shrank back before<br /></span> -<span class="i2">God’s Love-thought, born to bless<br /></span> -<span class="i4">As the angel choir was singing.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -<div class="stanza blankbefore"> -<span class="i0">O glorious Christmas yet to dawn,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">When men shall understand,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">The lowly manger of the heart<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Become a temple grand,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Each cruel wrong and strife depart,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Quelled by an infant’s hand,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">While the Christmas bells are ringing!<br /></span><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_146">[146]</a></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -<div class="stanza blankbefore"> -<span class="i0">Then, Fear-thought, flee! and Hate-thought, die!<br /></span> -<span class="i2">As gleams the Star’s clear ray,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Join, World, the wise men’s holy quest;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Put evil far away;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And give till all the earth is blest;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Let Love-thought rule to-day,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">Every heart its incense bringing.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<h2>Holly and Mistletoe Drill.<br /> -<span class="smcap secondline">By Imogen A. Storey.</span></h2> - -<p>An even number of small boys of uniform height -must be used for this drill. Usually it will be found -necessary for the Juniors to call in the aid of children -outside the society, which will furnish a fine opportunity -to win new members.</p> - -<p>At the rear of the stage a small hut should be constructed -of light framework, and covered with heavy -brown paper. The roof and window-sills of this must -be spread with cotton to represent snow.</p> - -<p>On the floor of the stage a heavy white cloth should -be stretched, and in the rear and at the sides boughs of -evergreens covered with cotton should be arranged to -represent the woods.</p> - -<p>The floor of the stage must be laid off as shown by -diagrams to prevent mistakes. Half of the children -must be dressed in fairylike suits of white, carrying -a half-hoop trimmed with mistletoe and white satin -ribbons, the ribbons tied at each end of the hoop. -The others must be costumed in like manner, only in -red, having hoops trimmed in holly and red ribbons. -All must wear green gauze wings.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_147">[147]</a></span></p> - -<p>When the drill begins, old Santa and his wife should -be seen busy in their little house, fixing toys. If -presents are to be distributed, they must be placed -in the hut previous to the beginning of the exercise. -The children enter skipping to music, following the -lines shown in <a href="#Fig7">Diagram A</a>, mistletoes on the right and -hollies on the left, or the reverse.</p> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig7"> -<img src="images/illo147.png" alt="" width="450" height="434" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Diagram A.</span></p> -</div> - -<p>They skip, following -lines as indicated by arrows -in A, with arms in -upward bend position -and hoops arched overhead. -When the leaders -reach lines R and L, -the skip step is changed -to a march, and they -join hoops with partners -so as to make a complete -hoop with bows at each side. This is a very easy movement, -though it may seem the contrary. Those on -the right extend the inside arm straight to the side, -shoulder-high, holding the end of hoop with the arch -down. Those on the left extend their arms in -the same way with the arch up. Each child grasps -the end of the partner’s hoop with his own in the inside -hand.</p> - -<p>On the leader’s reaching the front line the first position -of the hoops is resumed by all with skip step. -When the side lines are reached, they turn on the -diagonal lines and begin a fancy step, dropping the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_148">[148]</a></span> -hoop down around the neck like a boa. On a change -of music drop the hoop, and advance the inside foot -diagonally to inside (towards partner), and place it on -the floor, first count; hop on the advance foot, and -swing the outside leg across in front, bending the knee -so that the foot which is crossed over comes almost as -high as the knee of the inside leg, second count; -swing the same foot diagonally forward to the outside -again, and place it on the floor, third count; hop on it, -and swing the inside leg across in front of the outside, -fourth count. This step is called “swing-cross step,” -which somewhat explains the movement. On the -leaders’ reaching the front line the skip step with first -position of hoop is resumed by all. On reaching the -side lines again, instead of coming down diagonal lines -as before, they turn on the rear lines as shown in <a href="#Fig8">B</a>, -and come down the lines R and L in <a href="#Fig9">C</a>, with the following -fancy step:</p> - -<div class="split5050"> - -<div class="leftsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig8"> -<img src="images/illo148a.png" alt="" width="296" height="312" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Diagram B.</span></p> -</div> - -</div><!--leftsplit5050--> - -<div class="rightsplit5050"> - -<div class="figcenter" id="Fig9"> -<img src="images/illo148b.png" alt="" width="285" height="312" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Diagram C.</span></p> -</div> - -</div><!--rightsplit5050--> - -</div><!--split5050--> - -<p class="allclear"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_149">[149]</a></span></p> - -<p>Advance the inside foot, and touch the toe to the -floor, and the inside arm straight to the side and the -outside hand on the chest, the arch of the hoop up, -first count; change the weight to the forward foot, the -hoop arched overhead the same as in skipping, second -count; repeat the same to the opposite side, third and -fourth counts. Continue this until the front line is -reached. Then resume the skip step, and follow lines -as before in <a href="#Fig7">A</a>.</p> - -<p>When they reach the side lines, old Santa steps to -the front door of his hut, and blows a whistle or horn, -and the skip step is changed to a run on the toes. The -players run down the side lines, and turn on the lines -shown in C leading to the hut. When the leaders -reach the cross marks on these lines, a signal from the -piano or another blast from old Santa’s horn is given -for them to halt, which should be executed by them -together. After they have halted, old Santa steps -down from his door, and gives another blast, and all -should turn facing inside; that is, towards lines R -and L. Old Santa should walk up and down inspecting -them.</p> - -<p>Old Santa, in deep tones: “I have decided to engage -you, Mistletoe and Holly Berry fairies, to do -some work for me this beautiful Christmas night, for -I am getting old and lame. Can I depend on you?”</p> - -<p>Fairies all together: “Yes, sir.”</p> - -<p>Old Santa: “I want you to take each child in this -audience a gift from me and my wife. Will you do -it?”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_150">[150]</a></span></p> - -<p>“Yes, sir; indeed we will,” should come in loud, -emphatic tones from the little fairies. Santa should -go back to the door of his little hut and receive the -gifts from Mrs. Santa Claus, who hands them out to -him. Santa must call out the names as he gives them -to the fairies, as they file past on lines shown in C, -turning on lines R and L, thence down the steps in -the centre. After distributing the gifts they return -for more by side steps as shown in C. In this way the -presents, even for a large audience, can be easily disposed -of.</p> - -<h2>Jack Frost Reception.</h2> - -<p>The Juniors may wish to give a Christmas tree to -the children of some orphan asylum, combining with -this plan a merry time for themselves as well. If so, -a “Jack Frost reception” would be a good way of -doing it.</p> - -<p>One of the smaller boys, who is also one of the liveliest -in the society, should be chosen to personate Jack. -He should be dressed in a close-fitting suit of white Canton -flannel, the fleecy side out, with here and there little -tufts of cotton batting sprinkled with diamond dust. -Long white stockings, with tiny bells sewed on them, -and a few sprigs of holly, complete the costume.</p> - -<p>Red crape-paper shades should cover all the globes. -The tree should be hung with glittering icicles of -rock-candy, and trimmed with tufts of sparkling cotton -snow. An imitation bird’s nest for each guest is -lined with crinkled white tissue-paper, filled with<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_151">[151]</a></span> -white sugar almonds, and placed among the branches. -Then the presents, which might be toys or books that -the Juniors have outgrown, in small boxes wrapped -around with cotton batting and tied with white thread, -make lovely snowballs. Pull the cotton out between -the threads till each box is a fluffy, ball-shaped mass; -then dip them in diamond-dust; label each with the -name of the one for whom it is intended, and hang -them with gilt or silver cord to the tree. Snowballs of -all sizes may be made thus, and those too large to -hang on the tree may be piled around the trunk.</p> - -<p>When all have arrived, there may be singing by the -Juniors, after which the “snowballs” are distributed. -Jack Frost capers gayly about, ringing his bells, and -tossing the balls to the children, who in turn toss -them lightly about from one to another till each one -reaches its owner. The birds’ nests of almonds and -the candy icicles are left on the tree until later in -the evening.</p> - -<p>Refreshments are served at the north pole. On the -centre of the dining-table place an uneven block of -ice, and extending up from the ice have a long pasteboard -mailing-tube covered with the imitation snow. -A white toy bear standing on the top of the pole, -holding in its mouth a sprig of dusted holly or evergreen, -and several other bears grouped around its -base, complete your north pole, and, to further the -arctic effect, the chandelier may be trimmed with -icicles and dusted sprays of green, and for an added -touch of elegance, if desired, there may be Jack Frost<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_152">[152]</a></span> -place-cards made in fancy shapes, spread with a thin -coating of mucilage, sprinkled with diamond-dust and -the names written in gold or silver lettering. Of course -these are not necessary. A substantial but wholesome -lunch should be served.</p> - -<p>One or two simple games selected from the index -in the back of the book may be introduced if wanted, -but the presents and the little feast will take up most -of the time. Finish unloading the tree; close the -evening with the singing of more Christmas songs; -and the guests will go away convinced that the -Juniors are not only the happiest people in the world, -but that they are glad to share their pleasures with -those not so fortunate.</p> - -<h2>Mistress Mary’s Contrary Reception.</h2> - -<p>Another name for this entertainment would be -“A Midwinter Flower Fête.” It is charming at any -time of the year, however, as both the winter and the -flowers can be made to consist wholly of costumes and -decorations.</p> - -<p>The guests are received by “Mistress Mary” of -Mother Goose fame, with several “pretty maids all in -a row.” The members of this reception committee -should be dressed as for a garden party, in white or -light dresses, large hats, etc. They may be chosen -from the Intermediates or older Juniors, or from the -grown-up society; perhaps they might be the Junior -superintendent and Junior committee.</p> - -<p>Entering, the guests find themselves, to their surprise,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_153">[153]</a></span> -not in a garden, but in a world of ice and -snow. Cotton sprinkled with diamond-dust is on all -sides, with red berries and evergreen from the winter -woods; tables are spread for a feast in an ice grotto -where the palest of blue and green draperies are combined -with mirrors and lights so arranged as to increase -the illusion; and there is a constant tinkle of -invisible sleigh-bells.</p> - -<p>Just as every one begins to shiver, there comes a -burst of gay music; and Mistress Mary’s flower-garden -appears in the midst of the wintry surroundings. -It is a striking and pretty contrast. The smallest -Juniors are chosen for this part of the entertainment. -While the children are coming in, some one should -sing the time-honored lines:</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">“Mistress Mary, quite contrary,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">How does your garden grow?<br /></span> -<span class="i0">With silver bells and cockle-shells,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And pretty maids all in a row,”<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="noindent">or, as one version has it, “<i>flower</i>-maids all in a row.” -The small Juniors are dressed as follows: The boys -in closely fitting suits and caps of green, trimmed with -strings of sleigh-bells and small shells; the girls in -dresses and hats of tissue-paper or crape paper, each -girl representing a flower. The blossoms most easily -imitated can be selected by studying a florist’s catalogue -or a botany with colored plates. Some wild -flowers are delightfully suited to the purpose; such as -the buttercup, the daisy, the blue marsh clematis, the -pale yellow adder’s-tongue, the pink swamp mallow,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_154">[154]</a></span> -the wild rose, the bluebell, and the Carolina lily in its -brilliant hues of crimson, orange, and brown. Then -there are nasturtiums, asters, morning-glories, sweet -peas, and chrysanthemums; in fact, the list will be -found to be a long one. Ribbons and artificial flowers -may be used as trimmings where they will heighten -the effect.</p> - -<p>Each child should carry a basket decorated with -the appropriate flower or with “cockle-shells” or -“silver bells,” as the case may be, and filled with -small articles for sale. A fancy drill is given on -entering; and, if desired, some appropriate flower -songs or recitations may be added. Then the contents -of the various baskets should be offered for sale.</p> - -<p>If any of the guests do not understand where the -“contrary” part of the entertainment comes in, ask -them if they ever knew a flower-garden so contrary to -nature as to grow in such surroundings before their -eyes. Of course, the Juniors are never contrary in -any other way.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_155">[155]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="play"><span class="firstline">The Bells of Bonnydingle</span><br /> -<span class="secondline">In Two Acts</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">By Lilian M. Heath</span></h2> - -<h3>Characters.</h3> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Dorothy Dot</span>, <i>A dear little girl under a magic spell</i>.</p> - -<div class="charlistsplit"> - -<div class="charlistleft"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Dismal Dumps</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">The Bugaboo Man</span>,</p> - -</div><!--charlistleft--> - -<div class="charlistright"> - -<p> <span class="fsize200">}</span> <span class="up25"><i>Two enemies of children</i>.</span></p> - -</div><!--charlistright--> - -<p class="thinline allclear"> </p> - -</div><!--charlistsplit--> - -<p class="allclear noindent"><span class="smcap">Queen of the Cosey Corner</span>, <i>The children’s fairy friend</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Fairy Bright-Thought</span>, <i>Chief counsellor of the Queen</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">West Wind</span>, <i>Friend to</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Dorothy Dot</span>, <i>Grown larger, after the spell is broken</i>.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Old Woman with Basket.</span></p> - -<div class="charlistsplit"> - -<div class="charlistleft"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carol</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">Avis</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">Frank</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">Roy</span>,</p> - -</div><!--charlistleft--> - -<div class="charlistright"> - -<p> <span class="fsize400">}</span> <span class="up75"><i>Friends and playmates of</i> -<span class="smcap">Dorothy’s</span>.</span></p> - -</div><!--charlistright--> - -</div><!--charlistsplit--> - -<div class="hh"> -<p class="allclear thinline"> </p> -</div> - -<p class="allclear"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_156">[156]</a></span></p> - -<div class="charlistsplit"> - -<div class="charlistleft"> - -<p><span class="smcap">Reallywish</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">Justnow</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">I Can</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">I Will</span></p> - -</div><!--charlistleft--> - -<div class="charlistright"> - -<p> <span class="fsize400">}</span> <span class="up75"><i>Brownies</i>.</span></p> - -</div><!--charlistright--> - -</div><!--charlistsplit--> - -<p class="allclear noindent">Six, eight, or more <span class="smcap">Sunshine Fairies</span>.</p> - -<h3>Costumes, etc.</h3> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dorothy Dot</span>, <i>while small</i>. Girl of nine or ten, -small for her age; dainty modern dress.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sir Dismal Dumps.</span> Boy of fourteen, or older; -antique court costume of gray and dark green.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">The Bugaboo Man.</span> Boy of fourteen, same style -of dress as Dismal Dumps, but colors red and dark -blue. Wears a mask.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Queen of the Cosey Corner.</span> Girl of fourteen; -trained white spangled dress, crown, and wand.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Fairy Bright-Thought.</span> Girl of ten; short white -spangled fairy dress, with wings.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">West Wind.</span> Girl of fourteen who can sing well; -flowing rose-colored robe, long gray mantle.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman with Basket.</span> Girl of twelve or -thirteen; brown or purple skirt to ankles, gingham -waist, small red shoulder-shawl, sunbonnet.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dorothy Dot</span>, <i>grown taller</i>. A well-grown, -bright-looking girl of thirteen, closely resembling the -small Dorothy. Dress apparently the same, only -longer.</p> - -<table class="roles" summary="roles"> - -<tr> -<td class="left"><span class="smcap">Carol.</span> Girl of eleven or twelve.</td> -<td class="center">Ordinary</td> -<td class="center">dress.</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="left"><span class="smcap">Avis.</span> Girl of eleven.</td> -<td class="center">„</td> -<td class="center">„</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="left"><span class="smcap">Frank.</span> Boy of twelve.</td> -<td class="center">„</td> -<td class="center">„</td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="left"><span class="smcap">Roy.</span> Boy of eleven.</td> -<td class="center">„</td> -<td class="center">„</td> -</tr> - -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_157">[157]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Reallywish</span>, <span class="smcap">Justnow</span>, -<span class="smcap">I Can</span>, and <span class="smcap">I Will</span>. Boys -of ten; Brownie costumes. (“I Will” should have -the strongest voice.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sunshine Fairies.</span> Girls of eight or nine; flowing -hair, short fairy dress of bright orange-yellow, made -still brighter by a liberal use of spangles. Wings.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Cosey Corner.</span> Prettily draped and cushioned -couch in one corner of rear of stage.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sunshine Treasure-Box.</span> First act, a box about -the size of a small but deep trunk, labelled on the -front in plain lettering, “Sunshine.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sunshine Treasure-Box.</span> Second act, box of -same shape, but very large; if possible, nearly four -feet deep; with same label in same position on front, in -letters of the same shape but larger. Have blocks of -wood nailed inside for steps. The lid should be on -hinges, and the whole back of the box, except at the -very top, is sawed out, leaving it open. The curtain -hangs at the rear of the stage, with a large opening -immediately behind the box, so that Sunshine Fairies -and others can easily pass into the box from behind -the scenes. Foliage, rocks, and stumps for seats, and -other playground accessories. Have a stump and a -particularly soft rock against the outside of the box, -to serve as steps.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Change of Costume.</span> In the second act, near the -close, Sir Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo Man should -change quickly while in or back of the Sunshine-Box, -from their former costumes to suits of spangled -orange-yellow cambric, made in similar style.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_158">[158]</a></span></p> - -<h3>ACT I.</h3> - -<p class="directions">SCENE.—<i>A playground, with</i> <span class="smcap">Carol</span>, -<span class="smcap">Avis</span>, <span class="smcap">Roy</span> -<i>seated on rocks and stumps, talking. Music as -curtain rises. Music stops.</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Avis.</span> Did you say that she <i>never</i> could grow any -larger?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Frank</span> (<i>entering</i>). What’s that? <i>Who</i> never -could grow any larger?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carol.</span> Why, don’t you know? It’s Dorothy -Dot. Dear little Dorothy! It’s all because she was -enchanted when she was only seven years old, by that -dreadful enemy of all Sunshine people—Sir Dismal -Dumps!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Frank.</span> O yes, I remember. He <i>is</i> a rascal—that -Dismal Dumps. He put one of his magic spells -on her—he and his Bugaboo Man together—so she -never could grow any larger unless——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Roy.</span> Yes, she never could grow any larger, unless——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Avis.</span> Unless what? Do tell me all about it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carol.</span> I thought you knew, Avis. Unless the -key is found, the key to Dorothy’s magic treasure-box. -The Sunshine Fairies are shut up in the box, and -until they are let out we children will all have lots -of trouble because of that horrid Dismal Dumps and -his Bugaboo Man.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Frank</span> (<i>walking about, his hands in his pockets, -looking as if thinking very hard</i>). This <i>is</i> a puzzle -that gets me! The box that holds the Sunshine<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_159">[159]</a></span> -Fairies is locked, and Dismal Dumps stole the key, -and keeps it hidden away. But say, wasn’t there -something about the <i>box</i> growing, too?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Roy.</span> Why, yes. You see, it’s a magic box, and -was meant to grow larger all the time, just as Dorothy -was meant to grow larger herself. But, when the key -was stolen, it—the box, I mean—stopped growing, -and <i>she</i> stopped growing, and now ——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">All</span> (<i>coming forward and singing; tune, “The -Red, White, and Blue”</i>).</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i2">O sad is the plight of our playmate,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">While under the dark, cruel spell;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">No peace can she have, night or morning,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">For foes watch her footsteps too well.<br /></span> -<span class="i2">When found is the key to her treasure,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">How gladly our chorus we’ll sing!<br /></span> -<span class="i2">When forth come the bright Sunshine Fairies,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">The bells of Bonnydingle will ring.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">O the bells, bonny bells, how they’ll ring!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">O the bells, bonny bells, how they’ll ring!<br /></span> -<span class="i2">When forth come the bright Sunshine Fairies,<br /></span> -<span class="i4">The bells of Bonnydingle will ring.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span>, <i>running</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dorothy.</span> O Carol, Avis,—all of you! I’m <i>so</i> -afraid! When I started to come over here, I was sure -I heard Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo Man talking, -just around the corner, and I ran as fast as I could, -to get away from them. I’m afraid they’ll be here, -yet. (<i>Looking around uneasily</i>). But (<i>brightening</i>)<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_160">[160]</a></span> -I must tell you the good news. I’ve seen the -Brownies!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>All crowd around her.</i> <span class="smcap">Frank</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Roy</span> <i>give a -surprised whistle</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Avis.</span> <i>Have</i> you, Dorothy?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carol.</span> And will they help us plan what to do?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dorothy.</span> Yes, they said they would help. Here -they come, now.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter Brownies, running, skipping, and capering -in various ways, which lively antics they must -keep up at intervals all through the play. Coming -forward and facing the audience, they sing, -each one in turn; tune, “Yankee Doodle.”</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Reallywish.</span></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Kind friends, my name is Reallywish;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">I serve the people gladly.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Whenever they are true to me<br /></span> -<span class="i2">They cease to mourn so sadly;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">For, don’t you see? they go to work<br /></span> -<span class="i2">To make their wish come true, sir!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And when they smile instead of shirk<br /></span> -<span class="i2">There’s little they can’t do, sir.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p><span class="smcap">Justnow.</span></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">And my name, if you’d know it well,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Would save you much debating;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">For it’s Justnow, and when I’m called<br /></span> -<span class="i2">I never keep folks waiting.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I hasten gladly on my way,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">As fast as I can run, sir!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">And when I work, and when I play,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">’Tis very quickly done, sir.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_161">[161]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">I Can.</span></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">They call me by the name I Can;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">That name I’ll never alter.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">I’m bound to do what any man<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Should try, nor will I falter.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Brave thinking helps to bring success;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">I’m every one’s good friend, sir!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Whate’er I try, I’ll carry through,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And push it to the end, sir.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p><span class="smcap">I Will.</span></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">And I, the last, am called I Will,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And never should you doubt me.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Some call me stubborn, but I’d like<br /></span> -<span class="i2">To see them do without me!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">For ships I sail and houses build,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">And every lesson learn, sir!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Make haste and call me to your aid,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">If you would comfort earn, sir.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p><span class="smcap">Avis</span> (<i>clapping her hands</i>). O what dear Brownies! -And so you will help us to get rid of that hateful Dismal -Dumps and the Bugaboo Man we’re so afraid of! -What shall we do first?</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Brownies, puzzled, look up at the ceiling, down at -the floor, and in various corners, as if for an -idea.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Reallywish.</span> I really wish, my friends, O yes, -I really wish I knew——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Justnow.</span> Just now, exactly what is best for us to -plan and do.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_162">[162]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">I Can.</span> But, if each one of us will only think and -say, “I can——”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">I Will</span> (<i>emphatically</i>). We’ll conquer Dismal -Dumps and his Bugaboo Man!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children and Brownies</span> (<i>all together</i>.) We’ll -conquer Dismal Dumps and his Bugaboo Man!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Roy.</span> Here they come, now! (<i>Children huddle -close together and look frightened, yet resolute. A -few strains of very doleful music, from behind scenes. -Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Sir Dismal Dumps</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span>, -<i>right</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> (<i>scowling fiercely</i>). Well, here’s -a pretty howdy-do! Don’t these children know they -shouldn’t loiter around like this? They’ll be too -late to have any dinner when they get home! Besides, -there’s all their next week’s lessons not learned.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man.</span> Well, the lessons are so hard they -won’t be able to learn them anyhow; so what difference -does it make?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps.</span> Then they’ll all grow up without -knowing anything. In fact, no matter how hard they -try, they’ll never amount to anything.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Children whisper together during this conversation. -Brownies gesticulate as if giving directions. -All nod their heads in consent, and approach</i> -<span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children and Brownies</span> (<i>singing; tune, “Maryland, -My Maryland”</i>).</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_163">[163]</a></span></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Listen to the children’s plea,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">If you’d go and leave us free,—<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps,—<br /></span> -<span class="i0">We would be so very good,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Learn our lessons as we should,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">We’d surprise you; yes, we would,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -<div class="stanza blankbefore"> -<span class="i0">But before you leave the land,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">If you’d kindly understand,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps,<br /></span> -<span class="i0"><i>Please give back the treasure-key</i>;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Set the Sunshine Fairies free!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">We would, O so grateful be,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Dismal Dumps, O Dismal Dumps!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> (<i>haughtily, folding his arms</i>). -What impertinent nonsense is this? Actually asking -for the key to the Sunshine-Box! I’d laugh at the -very idea, if it weren’t against my principles ever to -laugh at all, or even smile. Bugaboo, what do you -think of this ridiculous idea? They want us to give -up the key!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> (<i>laughing loudly</i>). Ha! ha! ha! -ho! ho! ho! As if we would give it up!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps.</span> There, you young rascals, you -have your answer. But you <i>never</i> will have the key!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> <i>begins to cry, and goes slowly out, left</i>, -<span class="smcap">Avis</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Carol</span> <i>with her, trying to console her</i>. -<span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo</span> -<i>converse confidentially,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_164">[164]</a></span> -right</i>. <span class="smcap">Boys</span> <i>and Brownies consult, -left</i>).</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Brownies</span> (<i>coming forward and then towards -left, singing; tune, “Jingle Bells.”</i>)</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i14">Come along, come along,<br /></span> -<span class="i14">Children one and all!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Hasten to the Cosey Corner ere the shadows fall!<br /></span> -<span class="i14">Dorothy, Dorothy,<br /></span> -<span class="i14">Trouble yet will end.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">In the Cosey Corner we shall find the children’s friend!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Repeat, as they go out, left, followed by boys.</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal -Dumps</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> <i>come forward at -centre</i>, <span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> <i>looking more than usually -glum</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> (<i>persuasively</i>). Cheer up, old -fellow! You certainly got the best of it, as you -generally do when you have <i>me</i> to help you!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> (<i>shaking his head dolefully</i>). That’s -all very well, Bugaboo, but what we should do if those -children should ever get ahead of us and manage to -open that box, I’m sure I don’t know. I can’t bear -the sound of bells, and those Sunshine Fairies would -be too much for us both.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man.</span> That’s so; we never could live -in the same country with them. Of course not! But -there’s no danger! Nobody can open the box but -that insignificant little Dorothy Dot, and <i>she</i> can’t -without the key. Come on, now; let’s find some<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_165">[165]</a></span> -one else that we can make unhappy. I heard a -woman saying she was afraid it was going to rain. -Let’s tell her it certainly will. There’s a big black -cloud coming up, now.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> (<i>brightening a little</i>). And I heard -a man complaining of hard times. Let’s go and make -them all the harder. We can do it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man.</span> Of course we can; we always do. -Come on. (<i>Links his arm in that of</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span>, -<i>and hurries him along till in the latter’s effort to keep -up he stumbles over a rock and drops the key. -Neither of them sees it.</i>) Be careful; you might -break your bones sometime over these stones. Hurry, -or we’ll be too late. (<i>Exit both, right.</i>)</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Old Woman</span>, <i>left, with basket. Sees key. -Stops, and picks it up.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman.</span> Well, I never! What careless person -has dropped a key, I wonder? I’ll just put it in -my basket for safe keeping while I look. (<i>Exit -right.</i>)</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Avis</span>, <span class="smcap">Carol</span>, -<span class="smcap">Dorothy</span>, <span class="smcap">Frank</span>, <span class="smcap">Roy</span>, <i>and -Brownies, left, on their way to the Cosey Corner. -The Brownies are carrying the Sunshine Treasure-Box. -They place it at the rear of the stage, -with the labelled side forward; then all approach -the Cosey Corner, singing; tune, “John -Brown.”</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_166">[166]</a></span></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Queen of the Cosey Corner, let us in, we plead,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">We’ve come to ask your counsel, for we’ve dire distress, indeed!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">We know you help the troubled, and we’ve come to tell our need,<br /></span> -<span class="i14">O Fairy, hear our call.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">’Tis the Brownies and the children,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">’Tis the Brownies and the children,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">’Tis the Brownies and the children,<br /></span> -<span class="i14">O Fairy, heed our call.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Curtains slowly part at the corner of the stage, right, -displaying a “cosey corner” where the Queen is -seated in state. She rises and comes forward.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Queen.</span> You poor children! I know your trouble -before you tell it. You wish to get rid of Dismal -Dumps and the Bugaboo Man; you want the key to -this dear little girl’s treasure-box, so you can let the -Sunshine Fairies out. Is that it?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children.</span> Yes, and so Dorothy Dot can grow.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Queen.</span> That is right. Be seated, all. Now, for -a few moments keep perfectly still. (<i>Children seat -themselves on stumps, etc.</i>) I cannot give you the key -at once, but I will call my chief counsellor, Fairy -Bright-Thought, and then I shall be able to advise -you. Keep very quiet, now, or she cannot come. -Brownies, see if you can keep still for two whole minutes. -It will be good practice for you. (<i>The</i> <span class="smcap">Queen</span> -<i>resumes her seat. The Brownies give a final excited -caper; then seat themselves on the treasure-box. All -are silent. Soft music for three or four minutes;<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_167">[167]</a></span> -then</i> <span class="smcap">Fairy Bright-Thought</span> <i>emerges from behind the -draperies of Cosey Corner, and whispers in the ear -of the</i> <span class="smcap">Queen</span>. <i>The children start up, but seat themselves -again. After a moment</i>, <span class="smcap">Fairy Bright-Thought</span> -<i>disappears again behind the draperies. -Music stops.</i>) Listen, children and Brownies! I -have a secret for you. The spell is already partly -broken, for—just think!—<i>Dismal Dumps and the -Bugaboo Man have lost the key!</i> Now Dorothy Dot -can grow! (<i>The children begin dancing and the -Brownies capering with delight.</i>) But wait! (<i>All -stop.</i>) It is true, Dorothy Dot can grow, and so can -her treasure-box; but until she has the key the Sunshine -Fairies must still be prisoners, and you are not -yet rid of Dismal Dumps and his Bugaboo Man. -Now, this is what you must all do. Search for the -key everywhere. As for Dorothy, she can go away -for a while with the kind West Wind, to a beautiful -home on the prairies, where she will not be troubled -by Dismal Dumps and the Bugaboo Man. Then she -can grow all the faster, and meanwhile you can all be -looking for the key. But, mind you, the key will be -found at some moment when you are doing a kind -act; and, when you want Dorothy, you must call her. -Now away with you! Good-by! (<i>Retires into -Cosey Corner, with curtains drawn together.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Children.</span> Good-by! Thank you! Good-by!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">West Wind</span>, <i>who approaches</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> -<i>slowly, singing; tune, “Wind of the Western -Sea.”</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_168">[168]</a></span></p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Breathe and grow, breathe and grow,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Child of the Sunshine Land!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Grow, grow, breathe and grow;<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Life is for thee most grand!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Over the prairies wide and free,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">List to the West Wind’s call to thee,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Child of the Sunshine Land!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Come, my little one; come, my pretty one, come!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Wraps</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> <i>gently in her mantle, and leads -her slowly away</i>, <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> <i>waving her hand in -farewell. The children and Brownies respond -by waving caps and handkerchiefs. Exit</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> -<i>and</i> <span class="smcap">West Wind</span>. <i>Music, same tune, continued -instrumentally, as curtain falls.</i>)</p> - -<h3>ACT II.</h3> - -<p class="directions">SCENE.—<i>Same as before, but larger box in place of -the one left at the rear of the stage.</i></p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Carol</span>, <span class="smcap">Avis</span>, -<span class="smcap">Frank</span>, <span class="smcap">Roy</span>, <i>and Brownies. -The children examine the box, being careful not -to lift the lid; the Brownies come forward.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Reallywish.</span> I <i>really wish</i> I knew why we haven’t -found the key.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Justnow.</span> Perhaps <i>just now</i> we’ll find it, if we’re -good as good can be.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">I Can.</span> We won’t give up and say it can’t be -done; I know it <i>can</i>.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_169">[169]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">I Will.</span> And we’ll conquer Dismal Dumps and -the Bugaboo Man!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">All.</span> Yes, we’ll conquer Dismal Dumps and the -Bugaboo Man!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Old Woman</span> <i>with basket. Stumbles and -drops basket, scattering wares.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman.</span> Oh, dear, dear! I didn’t see that -stone!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Avis</span> (<i>running up to her</i>). Did you hurt yourself? -You didn’t <i>quite</i> fall, did you?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman</span> (<i>beginning to pick up wares</i>). No, -but just look at my spools of thread, and buttons, and -all my whole basketful of things—scattered all over -the ground.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carol.</span> Too bad! Never mind, we’ll pick them -up for you. (<i>To</i> <span class="smcap">Roy</span>.) She looks tired. (<i>To</i> <span class="smcap">Old -Woman</span>.) Suppose you sit down on this rock and -rest, and we’ll —— (<span class="smcap">Old Woman</span> <i>sits down</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Roy.</span> Yes, we’ll have them all picked up in a -jiffy.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>The Brownies</i>, <span class="smcap">Roy</span>, <i>and</i> -<span class="smcap">Carol</span> <i>pick up the various -articles, while</i> <span class="smcap">Frank</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Avis</span> <i>put them into -the basket and arrange them</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman.</span> Bless your kind little hearts! -There, now they’re all right again, and I must be -going. I’m quite a bit rested, too. Thank you, -thank you. (<i>Rises, and starts to go.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Roy</span> (<i>hastening after her with the key</i>). Wait, -wait! here’s your key!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_170">[170]</a></span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman.</span> Key, is it? But it’s not mine. I -picked it up not long ago at this very spot. No telling -who dropped it; one can only guess.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carol</span> (<i>eagerly</i>). Perhaps that’s Dorothy’s key! -(<i>The children and Brownies crowd around to look.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman</span> (<i>indifferently</i>). Well, keep it and -ask Dorothy, whoever she may be. I don’t know -anything about it. Only persons in sight when I -picked it up were an old curmudgeon dressed in gray,—the -crossest-looking fellow you ever set eyes on,—and -a queer-looking man with him dressed in red, for -all the world like a circus clown. I couldn’t catch -up with them, they were going so fast.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Avis</span> (<i>clapping her hands</i>). It is, <i>it is!</i></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Roy.</span> Hurrah!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Frank.</span> Whoop! (<i>The Brownies express their -delight in the most fantastic capers yet. The</i> <span class="smcap">Old -Woman</span> <i>sets down the basket, looking interested</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carol.</span> Hark! the Bells of Bonnydingle! (<i>Ringing -of bells, while all listen.</i>)</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span>, <i>talking -excitedly. Bells stop ringing.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> (<i>to</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span>). It was all -your fault!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> (<i>fiercely</i>). Don’t you dare to say -it was my fault! <i>I</i> didn’t lose the key. You dropped -it yourself!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps.</span> You made me drop it, anyhow. -And now did you hear those bells? That means the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_171">[171]</a></span> -key is found, and we’re done for if we can’t get it -again. (<i>Seeing the children.</i>) Quick, Bugaboo, -<i>here’s</i> the key. Make ’em give it up! (<span class="smcap">Bugaboo -Man</span> <i>starts towards the children, who retreat slowly</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman</span> (<i>to</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span>, <i>stepping between -him and the children</i>). It’s <i>my</i> opinion you’re a thief, -sir! you and the gentleman in gray, there; and you -won’t get that key again, I can tell you!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> (<i>together, advancing -nearer</i>). Won’t we?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Old Woman</span> (<i>taking off sunbonnet, and flapping it -vigorously at</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span>). Shoo! Shoo! (<span class="smcap">Dismal -Dumps</span> <i>retreats hastily</i>. <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> <i>advances -towards the group.</i> <span class="smcap">Old Woman</span> <i>still more vigorously, -flapping at</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span>.) <i>Scat!</i> (<span class="smcap">Bugaboo -Man</span> <i>runs backward so fast he almost tumbles -down</i>. <span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> <i>consult, at -a safe distance. The children come forward a little.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Carol.</span> O, I wish Dorothy would come!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">All the rest.</span> So do I!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Reallywish.</span> Why, we’re forgetting what the -Queen of the Cosey Corner told us. If we <i>really -wish</i> Dorothy would come, why don’t we bring her?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Justnow.</span> Why, of course. Let’s call her back -just now!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Bells begin ringing joyfully again.</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal -Dumps</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> <i>turn first one way, -then the other, confused, and place their hands -over their ears as if they could not bear the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_172">[172]</a></span> -sound. Bells continue ringing very softly, while -the children and Brownies sing; tune, “Bring -Back My Bonny.”</i>)</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Our playmate is far o’er the prairies,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">But never a heart was more true;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">She’ll come on the wings of the morning,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">O Dorothy, welcome to you!<br /></span> -<span class="i6">West Wind, West Wind,<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Bring back our bonny, to-day, to-day,<br /></span> -<span class="i6">West Wind, West Wind,<br /></span> -<span class="i2">Bring back our bonny, to-day.<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Bells still ring, as softly as possible. The children -listen. Instrumental music behind scenes, -very soft at first, but gradually growing louder,—“Home, -Sweet Home.” Enter the taller</i> -<span class="smcap">Dorothy</span>, <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">West Wind</span>. <i>Children rush to -meet</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span>, <i>holding up the key. The music -stops, but bells still ring, while</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> <i>takes -the key, goes to the box, and unlocks it, followed -gleefully by Brownies. Sunshine Fairies emerge -from the box, assisted, if necessary, by</i> <span class="smcap">West -Wind</span>, <i>the</i> <span class="smcap">Old Woman</span>, <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span>. <i>The -fairies skip about delightedly; then, seeing</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal -Dumps</span> <i>and the</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span>, <i>start to chase -them both</i>. <span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span> -<i>run around in evident terror, trying to escape. -At last both jump into the box. Brownies instantly -slam down the lid, and sit on it. Bells -ring out more loudly for a minute or two, then<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_173">[173]</a></span> -subside as music begins. Chorus of Brownies, -children, and Sunshine Fairies, all but Brownies -dancing around</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">West Wind</span>; -<i>tune, “Marching through Georgia.”</i>)</p> - -<div class="poemcenter"> - -<div class="poem"> - -<div class="stanza"> -<span class="i0">Welcome home, our playmate dear, this happy festal day!<br /></span> -<span class="i0">O, kind the West Wind’s care of you while you were far away.<br /></span> -<span class="i0">But now we have you with us, and we hope you’ve come to stay,<br /></span> -<span class="i12">For Sunshine rules Bonnydingle!<br /></span> -<span class="i8">Hurrah! hurrah! the merry bells do ring,<br /></span> -<span class="i8">Hurrah! hurrah! our voices gladly sing;<br /></span> -<span class="i0">Nevermore shall frowns and tears their sorrow to you bring<br /></span> -<span class="i12">For Sunshine rules Bonnydingle!<br /></span> -</div><!--stanza--> - -</div><!--poem--> - -</div><!--poemcenter--> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Bells ring loudly again during the refrain, which -is repeated. Throughout the song, Brownies wave -caps, arms, and feet as enthusiastically as possible, -without leaving their post on the Sunshine-Box.</i>)</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Queen</span> <i>from her Cosey Corner. Bells and -music cease.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Queen</span> (<i>kissing</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span>). Welcome home, Dorothy -dear! How you have grown! So our plan was -a success. But suppose we listen to Fairy Bright-Thought -again. She has still another message for us. -(<i>All are quiet. Soft music for two or three minutes. -Enter</i> <span class="smcap">Fairy Bright-Thought</span>, <i>who whispers in the -ear of the</i> <span class="smcap">Queen</span>, <i>as before. Music stops.</i>) My -chief counsellor advises a strange thing. She says, -“Open the box.” Will you do it?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_174">[174]</a></span></p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>The Brownies get down from their perch, looking -puzzled. The children slowly approach the box.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Roy.</span> But won’t the Bugaboo Man——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Avis.</span> And won’t Dismal Dumps——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dorothy.</span> Never fear. What harm can they do -us now? Poor old Bugaboo Man and poor old -Dismal Dumps! I’m sorry for them. It was when I -was little that I was so afraid of them. Besides, as we -all know, whatever advice comes from the Cosey -Corner must be safe to follow. Come, I’m going to -open the box!</p> - -<p class="directions">(<span class="smcap">Frank</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Carol</span> <i>help her to raise the lid. -Out come</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps</span> <i>and the</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo -Man</span>, <i>but completely transformed, in new and glittering -costumes, and with smiling faces. Both -come forward.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps.</span> I found, when I once got into the -Sunshine Box, that I couldn’t be dismal any longer!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man.</span> And <i>I</i> found that it isn’t half so -much fun to frighten children as it is to amuse them!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Both.</span> So we are both going to be sunshine people -ourselves, like all good Juniors.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> (<i>shaking hands with them</i>). I’m so glad! -Now we’ll all be happy ever after.</p> - -<p class="directions">(<i>Bells begin ringing again. Music. March of all -the characters, and final tableau.</i>)</p> - -<p class="sceneend">CURTAIN.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_175">[175]</a></span></p> - -<h3><span class="smcap">Variation of “The Bells of Bonnydingle” -for Christmas.</span></h3> - -<p>To adapt the play to Christmas, where there are -gifts to be distributed, omit the final march, and, instead, -add the following bit of dialogue after Dorothy -speaks for the last time:</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man.</span> And to prove that we <i>really wish</i> -to be Sunshine people——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Dismal Dumps.</span> We will look into that wonderful -treasure-box again <i>just now</i>,—for it’s Merry Christmas,—and -see if we can’t find something to make -these good people all the happier.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Both.</span> We <i>can</i>, and we <i>will</i>! (<i>Going to the box, -they reach in and take out present after present, -handed up to them by two persons concealed, one behind -the box, and one in it. The presents are marked -with the names of those for whom they are intended, -and as fast as taken out by the transformed</i> <span class="smcap">Dismal -Dumps</span> <i>and</i> <span class="smcap">Bugaboo Man</span>, <i>who read the names -aloud, they are handed to</i> <span class="smcap">Dorothy</span> <i>and the other children, -who in turn pass them to the Brownies</i>, <span class="smcap">Fairy -Bright-Thought</span>, <i>and the Sunshine Fairies, to distribute -among the audience</i>.)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_176">[176]</a><br /><a id="Page_177">[177]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="index">Index of Games</h2> - -<table class="contents" summary="games"> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Accidental High Art</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_143">143</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Alphabetical Question Game</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_78">78</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Apple and Horseshoe</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Apple Shooting</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Bean-stalk Raid</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_116">116</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Bird-Guessing</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_102">102</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Burying the Hatchet</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Butterfly Pansy Hunt</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_106">106</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Cherry-Tree Blind Man’s Buff</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Constellations</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_143">143</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Croquet Bowling</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_117">117</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Curlycue Drawing-Contest</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Excuse-Hunt</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Fairy Bowling</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_140">140</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Flying Stars</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_142">142</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Four-Leaf-Clover-Hunt</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Freak Show</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_117">117</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Grommet Pitching</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Juniors’ Message to All</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_80">80</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Letter Tag</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_79">79</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Little Queen Fluff</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_125">125</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Mountain-Climb</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_93">93</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Mountain Quiz</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_94">94</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Mr. Daruma</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Mr. Woodenhead</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">My Lady’s Slipper</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_139">139</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Orange Croquet</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Pink Violets</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Polly Pitcher Bean-bag<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_178">[178]</a></span></td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_66">66</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Quiet Go-lol-uf</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_120">120</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Rainbow Hunt</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_97">97</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Red and White Roses</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Red-Line Hunt</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Red-Line Tag</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Slipper-Hunt</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_140">140</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Slipper Obstacle-Race</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_139">139</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Table Golf with Pins and Peas</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_121">121</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Ukibara</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game startletter">Washington Quiz</td> -<td class="page startletter"><a href="#Page_74">74</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Wishes and Compliments</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Wishes and Results</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="game">Word-Building</td> -<td class="page"><a href="#Page_78">78</a></td> -</tr> - -</table> - -<div class="tnbot" id="TN"> - -<h2>Transcriber’s Notes</h2> - -<p>Inconsistent lay-out, spelling, hyphenation and punctuation have been retained, except as mentioned below.</p> - -<p>Changes made:</p> - -<p>Some obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected silently; the lay-out of stage directions in -the plays has been standardised.<br /> -p. 32: SCENE II. changed to SCENE 2.<br /> -p. 87: <i>Spider</i> gives chase changed to <span class="smcap">Spider</span> gives chase<br /> -p. 135: <i>Nearly</i> lost that one. changed to Nearly lost that one.</p> - -</div><!--tnbot--> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Good Times with the Juniors, by Lilian M. 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