rniE SUNDAY BEE: 0MAT7A". JULY 2. 1922.
By EMILIE BLACKMORE STAPP and ELEANOR CAMERON.
Today you find a new play
greeting you in Happyland's Fairy
Grotto. You will read who is to
take part and what each one is to
wear. Then you will read a little
story of the play, that yell may
understand what it will he about.
Since this is a July play, surely we
vill all agree that a very good
name for it in
"THE FIRECRACKER
GNOMES."
A play in One Act and One Scene.
CHARACTERS,
run. ip runniN lo-year-owi bur
IIM.K. . . 1aiv Kit of Ihe Happy r"urret
JOHN , prllint boy of I
11KTTV John'a aialer. 1 yrara old
(limit lirtly anil John ara very poor.)
MISS SOUTH WIND
loluan haired girl, 10. aleader
ami tall.
SOUTH W IND FAIRIES
Nine glrla of t or 10
8WEKT PEA FAIR1K8
Nino In number, (llrla or 7 or I
OIONBII AI. HAND Sturdy boy Of 11
KIHKCHACKEK (1NOMKH
Nina boya of 7 or I
PLACE Garden of Westchest
er, the home of Philip IVrrin, net
far from the Happy Forest.
Time Third of July. ' ;
Late afternoon.
CHARACTERS and
COSTUMES.
PHILIP Summer play suit
such as the average boy would
wear in June. Pajamas to wear for
his last appearance on stage.
J ELF Elfin suit of yellow of
some soft material that will look
like gold cloth. Shoes should be
t-f same cloth) made with turned
up toes .and fastened to the bottom
of his close-fitting;, ankle-length
trousers. His cap should be peaked
with a tassel; and his belt a band of
gilt that holds his flute or bugle.
Hr magic wand may be made of
tightly rolled paper with gold
covering.
JOHN and BETTY Summer
play suits, poor but neat and clean.
MISS SOUTH WIND and her
FAIRIES Soft orange draperies
of some very filmy material. Make
dress loose and full, long frills at
neck and waist, cut with four large
points, loose sleeves, flowing sash.
Hair should be worn loose, bound
only with a band of gold braid.
Yellow slippers and stockings.
SWEET TEA FAIRIES
Three dressed in pink, three in
lavendar and three in white; little
fancy caps made like sweet peas
with stems up and green calyx
petals falling about face; flowing
hair. The dresses should be
gathered from neck falling in
straight lines. Gather loosely at
waist; broad sash of illusion,
cither of white or a deeper shade
of the color of the garment;
short-pointed collar o.f green illu
sion around nfek. Should carry
fancy baskets of green peas.
GENERAL BANG Dressed in
imitation of a cannon cracker;
wear a soldier's cocked hat cjf red
and gold and carry a sword. His
suit is made of turkey-red calico
gathered on three wire hoops.
Should be same size at neck, waist
and knees; while shoes, stockings
and collar at neck, from which fuse
protrudes.
FIRECRACKER GNOMES
should be tlressed in similar cos
tume to. their General, without his
hat and sword. Have the fuse of
firecrackers wired to curl up from
back of collar around center of
Another Way to Be
A Good Go-Hawk
A good Go-Hawk is never
in such a hurry to go off to
play that he forgets his garden.
Only by faithful attention and
daily care can gardens be made
a suciess. And what a pity it
seems after a garden has been
made and the seeds have
sprouted not to have plants give
forth their best flowers or
vegetables because Jim or
Mary will not look after them.
So, remember this way to be
a good Go-Hawk.
head, and end in a bunch of cord
just above the center of the fore
head, held in place by a circlet of
invisible wire bound about the
head.
STORY OF THE PLAY.
rhilip Pcrrin had been carefully
saving his pennies in an old can
for the Fourth of July. On the 3d
of July he took his can to the gar
den to count his money, then went
to the village to buy his firecrack
er. While he was gone, two poor
children, hunting for the land where
pinwhcels grow, stopped in the gar
den to rest, where they were found
by Jclf. When he found how
poor they were and what few good
times they had, he summoned
Miss South Wind, the South Wind
and the Sweet Pea Fairies to dance
for them. When Philip returns he
finds the garden full of strangers.
He is so sorry for John, who is not
only poor but lame, that he gives
him his firecrackers. The news is
spread by the Fairies, and that
night General Bang comes with his
Firecracker Gnomes and hangs
firecrackers all over the garden.
PROPERTIES.
Artificial vines, flowers, lattice
work, garden settee, three stumps,
with flower boxes, wand for Jclf,
baskets of sweet peas for Sweet
Pea Fairies, sword for General
Bang, crutches for John, pink sea
shell and basket for Miss South
Wind, toy pistols, huge firecracker
made of pasteboard and cohered
with red paper.
(Continued Next Sunday.)
Wants to Join.
I would like to be a Go-Hawk.
I am 5 years old. I will start to
school this fall. I like to hear my
Papa read the letters. I have one
white habbit and I go to Sunday
school every Sunday. Leonard
Larson, 1520 No. Linden, Wahoo,
Neb,
WEATHER.
Rose Petal Showers in Happy
land. Dot
He saw a ship next
And said, "This is
Complete the picture by drawing a
Ml and taking them numerically.
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This Week Brings National Holiday.
This week we have the celebration of one of our greatest
national holidays the Fourth of July. Of course, many of you
know why we relehrate this day. Ycu have learned in your
history that in 1776 the general congress adopted the resolution
that "These United Colonies are, and of the right ought to be, free
and independent state."
John Adams, one of the patriotic statesmen of this wonderful
gathering at Philadelphia, said that the date of the Fourth of July
was c-nc that he believed would be celebrated by succeeding gene
rations as the great anniversary festival. He said it "ought to be
commemorated as the day of solemn acts of devotion to Almighty
God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with
shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from
one end of the country to the other, and from this time forth for
evermore." You can all imagine, can't you, what a thrilling day that
must have been in Philadelphia when the vast crowd waited just
outside the statehouse to hear whether the resolution of our
independence had been adopted. One little lad in yellow satin
breeches and a green coat was held high on his father's shoulders.
"When is the bell going to ring, father? When will it ring?"
he would ask over and over.
"Soon, my lad, and may it bring the good news that our be
loved America is to. be a free country at last I"
Just then from the steeple the bell rang out the joyous tidings
that the bill had been passed and the vast throng of people
shouted and sang, though there were tears in many eyes tears,
because, you know, they were so happy; happy because America
was to be a free country, making its own laws and governing
itself.
The bell that pealed forth this pood news to our country on
this great occasion had been brought from London 23 years be
fore to the provincial assembly of Pennsylvania. It is a very
famous old hell now, and you can see it if you ever go to Phila
delphia. It has a big crack in it that, it is said, was caused at
the time it so merrily swung trom the Mate
House steeple to give the people the news
of the adoption of the Declaratic-n of In
dependence.
ESS
Trail ofthe Go -HasM
KF?CT-n 'At 0i&MWaTaaTMEiii
SYNOPSIS
The flo-Ilawka, a, jolly croud of boya
' who play Indian, aak the twtna, Pru
dence and Patience, to Join thctr Tribe..
The twin have both fun and aorrow aa
"Miuawn" of the tio-Huwka. Their cir
run enda In aa accident for Donald, the
down. The io-llawka wear "bolf
moumlng" (rut from Aont Nallle'a vio
let tea Jacket) to abow their sym
pathy. Annt Sallle, needing her tea
Jacket one afternoon, diHCovera It ia
mianing and questions the twtna about
It. They try In vain to change the ub
jert, but Aunt Sallle demanda they tell
whore It ia.
NOW GO 01 WITH THE STORY.
(Continued from Last Sunday.)
The children sighed. "If you
must know, I suppose we must tell,"
then said Patience, "It was a
worthy cause, though."
Then bravely spoke Prudence.
"I'll tell, 'cause I did it. You see,
auntie, Donald wasn't more'n half
Puzzle
day. at sea.
the life for mtP
Una through tae .doU, beginning
aith
Htta
dead and the undertaker told Jack
'n' me that people wore violet for
half-mournin' an' black for whole.
We were afraid Donald'd be clear
dead by morning and I didn't want
ta cut up ytiur black silk petti
coat, so we thought we'd better get
in on the half-mournin', and you
were at a parky so we couldn't ask
you 'bout it and I thonght most
prob'bly you wouldn't mind, so we
cut up your tea jacket, 'cause it was
just the right color."
"Yes," said auntie quietly, but
with a petuliar expression en her
face, "then what did you do?"
"Then we went an' mourned all
in a row in front of Donald's and
truly, honest, cross m' heart an'
hope t' die, if it isn't true but
that was the very last time we
saw your jacket. I shouldn't be
s'priscd, auntie, if that helped Don
ald get well an' you're glad 'bout
it, aren't you?"
".Very." was the reply. "Then
what did you do with my black
petticoat?"
Tie children looked surprised
far the moment about the petti
coat. However, they did not worry
since auntie seemed to accept the
fate of her jacket so calmly.
"Oh, I can tell you 'bout the
petticoat," answered Prudence, who
was generally ready with a re
sponse to all questions, "You see,
we thought we'd better have some
black stuff so if we had to -whole
mourn we'd re ready an' so we
took your petticoat."-
"Perhaps I needed to lose my,
petticoat to be disciplined," mused
Aunt Sallie.
' What's disciplined?" asked Pa
tience. "I'll not stop to explain now, but
you may understand later. You
may return to your room and you
must not leave the yard this week."
The next morning a little change
was missed from the market purse
which Miss Sallie knew she had
left there. ' She then invaded her
brother's study, with a determined
expression on her usually placid
face. "Philip, the time has come
when j ou must put aside your
books and attend to your children,"
she said soberly.
Professor Trevcllyn looked at
the speaker wonderingly. "What is
the trouble, Sallie? It has been
such a long time since you com
plained to me that I was hopeful
they were doing better."
"1 dislike to disturb you, Philip,
for I know how absorbed you are
in the book you are writing, but I
feel it is now necessary."
She then told her brother how
the children had gone into half
mourning for their playmate by
means of her beautiful sik jacket
and of their taking her black petti
coat that they might be prepared
TINY
TAD
(TALES
Little Harold had been having
trouble with a bad tooth and com
plained to his mother that it made
his tooth ache when he chewed on
that side of his mouth. When she
told him to eat with the other side,
he looked puzzled and said:
"But, mother, how can I move
one side of my mouth and not the
other?"
It was cherry time and Richard
insisted on running out in the or
chard and eating the half-ripe cher
ries. His mother told him how
much better it would be for every
one if he only left the cherries until
they were ripe so they could be
enjoyed. She also warned him she
would punish him if he went to the
' orchard again.
Soon she saw him pulling off the
green cherries and she went out
and cut a tiny switch from the
tree. Richard saw her coming to
ward him, switch in hand, and the
little lad said to her earnestly:
"Mother, if you had only left that
switch on the tree just think what
a fine big limb it would have been
some dav!"
POLLY'S
COOK,
BOOK.
Fourth of July and picnics al
ways seem to go together, don't
they ? This year we are going up
the river in the Meredith's launch
and have our supper on the river
bank near Thompson's bend.
Mother and I are to take two or
three things, but this is what
mother says is my job to make:
Nut Bread Sandwiches.
One cup of milk, one egg, one
cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of
salt, three and one-half cups of
flour, four teaspoons of baking
powder, one cup of nut meats
chopped fine.
Beat egg without separating.
Add sugar a little at a time, then
milk all at once and flour sifted
with baking powder. Add nuts last.
Pour in breadpans which have been
greased and let stand one-half hour.
Bake in slow oven o.ne hour. This
recipe makes two good-sized
loaves.
For sandwiches, slice thin and
butter. Try them for a picnic, for
everyone likes them. POLLY.
for his death. "The most serious
feature to me is that they seem to
be unconscious that they have done
anything very wrong. This morn
ing I find gone a little change
which I left in the kitchen purse."
The professor's face grew very
grave. "This is serious, Sallie. I
cannot bear to think my children
would take even a penny which did
not belong to them."
"They would not consider it
stealing," she answered. "If they
are responsible for the disappear
ance of the money we will find that
they have taken it for some 'worthy
cause,' as they are fond of saying.
I want" you to talk to them and I
will send them to you at once."
(Topyriirht. 1922.)
(To lie Continued Next Sunday.)
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