Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06
Mere Suggestions Needed. :

why. my dear, you be bluebell."
| "Oh, Jes!''
Mere Suggestions Needed
And away went the disappointed glow
worm. to return In q few seconds as
I a blossoming bluebef. Fairyland is a
| wonderful place; there isn't the slight
est doubt about it. 1t only takes the
tiniest suggestion Of blue to transform
-one into a regular bluebell and. to
make one radiantly happy; It, only
| needs a great floppy red hat to make
one feel like the poppiest poppy that
ever bloomed in poppy field.
But life has its tragedies as well as
| its comedies. She was a little girl In
a plaid dress. and somehow-.,oF other
Mrs. ,Tinnin forgot to tell her what she
bench and waited. but no word came.
All the rest of the kids were stand
ing in the door. smiling and eager. And
she sat on the bench. She wasn't any
thing at all.
Why, you poor child-what's the
, matter and the of the guardian
&agsl-Uen& uhd.AArssand b<fore you
could say the name of that noted gen.
tleman. Jack Robinson. the sun began
to shine once more. And this little girl,
in the plsE,fel1pwing, made one Of the
| happiest Of all fairies, as she was one
of the prettiest.
| Little Frances Fuller took the part
of the little girF' left ASLEEP in the
garden. The plot was terribly intri-
cate. SO much SO that in this .delinea-
| ton only the most obvious action that
impressed itself on the subconscious-
ness of the spectators can be noted. To
dei5neate the subtle character sketches
and action that pervaded tho playMrom
| beginning to final curtain would Take
the powers Of the most acute critic
that ever made criticism.
| 1t is enough to say that two very able
gate posts occupied the center of the
stage. and that the little girl" az por-
trayed by small Miss Fuller, lay asleep
on the bench to one side. But little
matter like being, sound asleep didn't
keep Miss Fuller from seeing the show.
When those fairies began to mobilize at
the gate. the little girl" saw them all
right. despite the fact that she was
asleep. Some people sleep with their
eyes open-course they do.
Trees Plant Themselves.
green hue ambled out from the dim re-
themselves in the background. The
fairies. yet without the magic gate,
eyed the trees with awe.
The trees began to moan in true for
est fashion. Perhaps captious critic
would have suggested they moaned a
little as if they were suffering from in
digestion. but he would have been a
captious critic. indeed. It's no easy lob
| trying to make a noise like a tree.
Then a terrible yellow spider, ra-
Their youthful-looking spider despite all
the terribleness. 1t must be admitted,
| sauntered through the gate and began
| to weave a magic line for the fairies
| to dance on. The spider wove his web
with the aid of piece of chalk,
strange to tell. A very cunning little
glowworm. carrying real candle,
sputtering tissue-paper fire. lighted the
| way for the ambling spider on his
jaunt. The way that glowworm traiied
| that spider would have done the heart
| of Sherlock Holmes good to see, IL he
day afternoon.
Two elves followed hot on the trail
of the hardy pioneers. Carefully they
laid red ribbon upon the web. fol-
fairies dance only on red ribbon, II
seems. And then came the fairies
With many a shake of bobbed heads
fair and dark. and many a iutter OF
dresses. the fairies advanced into Ken
as still as real gate posts. and bidder
music. played by Miss Marie Hanson
foated on the charmed air of night
What matter if a fairy cut the bases
by-stepping off the red ribbon now
and then? There was no penalty In
this game.
Tout a coup. as the French have it
which means nothing more than sud.
denly"vthe horrible spider. and ever
the gate posts, Joined in the fairies
dance. Around and around they went
until the gate posts almost fell down
A mouse appeared upon the scene
He came in with bucket and a tire
mendously long tail. He was the turn
ing point of the drama. seemingly, TO
at this juncture the little girl, VIII,
had been asleep all this time. awoke.
Fairies Are Charitable.
THE little girl is not SO bad" chart
tably declared the fairies surroundin,
her.
mo, I'm not so bad" she replied
gravely.
And, indeed, she wasn't.
Miss Fuller then proceeded to max,
: good her claim by little solo dsneiai
that branded her as a coming Pavlowa
2 The fairies took her to their heartS; al
once; AID all began to dance along tn
magic ribbons. ).
Chanticler suddenly crowed from afar
How quickly do the revels cease 1,
fairylahd at the summons of Chanti
! cler! Stopping only long enough to pu
, the little girl to sleep on the bencl
. | n gain and cover her with the red rih