The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22

Peter Panitis, tne lhoebJ tniuB III oniiNuoh .
ai.aases. RACES with increasing violence.
Ioertain kindergarten on West End avenue
in botbed for the growth OF this delight
Tventy-one little girls and boys, teoh-
.,.olIv known as from the best families,
Wand this kindergarten. They are such
sn altoeether toothsome twenty-one that
,onnihal would have delirium tremens
- intoxicating rapture at the mere sight
Of them
!, ia most aggravated form. There was
80 q time when they pleaded for the
urvileee of plating straws. They revelled
T. games from the kindergarten book.
Thsy Gang songs-about seeds and rain
and spring and 80 forth.
Times are changed since Peer Pan
anne to town. Now they make Peter Pan
bsts from colored paper. They march to
p.tsr Pan music. They learn to keep
.U,e 10 the tick-tock Of the Crocodile. They
u,sks queer things out Of clay and they
.,.ert the same to be images Of Mono, the
dog nurse.
l.he, 10 It IL it is to attract their attention,
but more than all the rest they love 10
play Peter Pan They actually do play
4 sun reporter saw them do it.
II was after the opening exercises. The
children had condescended TO sing q prayer
A. two in spite Of the fact that neither fairies
nor pirates nor even Peter Pom himself
vas mentioned in them. As soon as the
Amen was decently pronounced the chorus
arose.
Peter PAM.
swell, then, let us sec II you can be fairies.
David, can you be a fairy" "
Wbereupon small David cautiously lifted
hs little chair, tiptoed away with it and
,etlit down against the wall as carefully as
y he were treading on eggs. h rest
followed suit. It certainly was an in
sepious scheme for getting twenty-one
children to be as quiet as mice. They
came back to the teacher, their faces glow
tg with eagernees.
Miss Sterling, was I a fairy7' they de-
handed with breathless anxiety.
The next thing was to make a fairy ring
40 that everything would be real. This
they achieved by forming a circle, lightly
sbuhaing their little feet for a minute, then
breathing into improvised dancing. Aha!
The fairy ring was formed.
Now for the play. Miss Sterling, with
folded arms and bent brow, becomes a
stage manager. She stalks up and down
moment, scanning the faces, which CULVER
With eagernees.
sUmml' she mutters-and they thrill
NSbly.
'Huml' and they clutch themselves
~ 1T .~-. Go xArU fAaP ~ AYnI0HinR
with excitement.
oh. one can't tell it all; but it would be
fine il one could paint the picture when
the parts are given out.
How many would like to be Peter Pdn?'
demands the stage manager.
Every hand. ave only one, goes up.
Il you want to'put your money on q sure
thing you can bet that Katharine's chubby
fist is clenched behind her back.
K~atharine-who by some sad freak OF
fortune has never seen the play-has never
theless conceived a perfect passion for
Edna, the dog nurse. Catch her putting
up her hand to be even Peter Pdni No,
indeed.
Now. Think admonishes the stage
manaes Those who want to be any
thing else-the Pirate or the Crocodile or
Werdy-don't put up yous hands to be
Peter Pan"
There is a gradual thinning Of the hand
display,
Five who want to be Peter Pan. All
right. Now, how many
4 want to be the dawg,' remarks Kath-
arine, anxiously.
how many want to be the Pirote'
One, two, three. Three want to be-
Il want to be the ddWo," comes a reminder
from Katharine.
Three want to be the pirate. Now how
many want to be-(I vdnt 10 be the DAwo,'
lotto vooe)-WendyP Two. Now then, who
will be the Lost Bovs''
Dead silence.
Nobody want to be the Lost Bope''
Uh-huh! Nobody wanted to be the Lost
B'ys, but
4 want to be the DAwai' from a quarter
which shall be namelees,
You would lave thought that hungry
legions lay in wait to snatch at the role OF
Nonn. As a matter Of fact not another
nul seemed to feel any drawing what
ever toward 1t, but Katharine meant to
take no chances.
1t was all arranged In short order and with
tdegree Of harmony which would have given
treal stage manager the surprise OF his life.
These who were not selected for parts were
scheduled as the audience. They were
often OF great assistance In prompting the
actors, which they did not hesitate to do.
The stage was set for the first act, the
twenty-one having d~ecided-to the intense
relief Of Ndna-to begin with the beginning.
As they do not have time to do the entire
play at once, they sometimes begin at the
middle and sometimes at the end; or In other
words, with the last act
A little chair was placed In front OF the
crate, A plate was put on the floor. Three
beds were formed by placing chairs to-
gether.
Tinker Bell could be heard rehearsing In
an adjoining room, to which she had retired
Tor the sake OF invisibility. Tho great
moment had arrived. Tho play began.
Dropping upon all fours, her little petit
coats at the pertest Of angles, Mana goes
out Of the room, returning almost immedi-
.tsly bearing between her little cleaning
first teeth-she lie only about Ga towel,
which she hangs over the back Of the chair
on the hearth. She returns for something
which IL rlo wine tia rAIa NJ ma eamaR. hut