The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-05-23
'BIBI" BY LITTLE FOLK
A GREAT SUCCESS
Large Audience Witnessed COMEDY
of Toys" Rendered by Pupils
of First Six Grades.

While it is more or less the custom
to denominate every good entertain
ment given as the BEST" that has
been given, just as every summer is
the Hottest" and every winter the
Coolest" ever known. it must be said
in justice to the pupils and teachers
who trained them, that the play given
Wednesday evening by the little folk
was the best of the class ever present
ed in Welsh. Every year finds the
work of the children in the closing
entertainments better than they were
before, and this year is no exception
except possibly the Improvement was
even greater than it has been before.
The drilling was better and the cos
tunes more elaborate.
The play "Bibi" represents dream
given to the Toyman's daughter, Katy,
by the Sandman. The opening scene is
in toy shop at night. The Sandman
| puts the Toyman's daughter to sleep.
in her dream Katy is visited by the
| retired fairy, Sylvania, who leaves a
bottle of magic smelling salts, by
| means of which all dolls and toys are
| brought to life and hold high carnival.
l. When the curtain first rose ten ami.
| mated fire crackers with big round red
1 bodies and realistic fuse came dancing
4 on the stage, and entertained the
| audience with we'll executed drills and
| the song, "Ten Little Fire Crackers"
| Following this the play began in
| earnest when the magic Sand Man put
| the Toyman's daughter to sleep and the
| dolls, and toys all came to life, and took
possession of the stage. There were
French doll black doll, rag doll, soldier
doll doll heads, and other kinds all
playing well the part that their re
spective characters would imply
~& through three well executed scenes
.. Nor were the dolls the only toys tina
~ were brought to life by the Sand Man
y toy cat. frog, owl, and pig had thel
" part in the game,
Cpl A number of beautiful drills Wer
e given through the evening, that Wer
X all excellent in their respective lines.
x The Paper Doll Drill was given by
x number of little girls beautifully COS
" tuned in crepe paper OF dineren
G colors. Their drill was beautiful
e rendered and pleased the audience yer
e much.
A The Jumping Jacks drill was give
x by abous a dozen boys who looked hB
" they might have been real jumpin
q Jacks just taken off the Christmas tire
e and their activity and energy was sue
e that, could it be applied to carrying
* the wood and kindling, even their oW
x mothers would not recognize them.
" The Letter Block drill was was a
- other clever drill. Large hollow lett
c. blocks, each containing boy within
e had a high time on the stage, al
a closed their act by spelling out I
x word America, and singing t
X first verse of that song, calling for
" prolonged and hearty applause.
. The Fower drill participated in
.- about twenty little girls with garlar
aa..h of flowers was one Of the most beau
{ full of the drills.
i The March Winds represented
+ eight girls cleyerly draped in fowl
! robes was also most pleasing.
/ Japan, which is very much in
I. public eye just now came in for
I. share in the evenings entertalnme
/ being represented by japanese D
+ by about a dozen of the larger girls
r + the grades.
i A Tamberine Drill participated in
+ some twenty of the larger boys
{ GIRLS. costumed for the occasion ca
f"s-as forth hearty applause.
.aaa..' The work Of the children through
the entire evening was excehel
rendered, showing that much dllle
he In ct tod haen MT forth both by
Welsh ,,a;,s ond their teachers who DIR
and - - M,cb credit is also due
/ bust. ,a,,or,+s for The beautiful, and in m
auche iatanoos ouite extensive costn
base s,,s,;eha1 so, the occasion.
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