The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-10-16
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Miss Helen Osborne-Phone 15e
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THIRD WARD
PARENT-TEACHERS

PARENT-TEACHERS
The candy pulling given by the
Third Ward Parent-Teachers in
the First Ward school building
was distinct success financially,
and much enjoyed by all the
children. 1t was a disappoint-
ment to those in charge that out
OF the nearly three hundred child
rem only about one half of them
brought the 10c admission. The
chairman went over early and ex-
pected if some OF the children
could not bring the 10c to invite
them to remain anyway, but it
was impossible to do so when so
many failed to bring the dimes.
1t is thought that a great many
mothers did not understand and
as the candy pulling will be Civ
en- from time to time all during
the winter, word of explanation
may be we'll timed.
Every child enjoys a candy pull
Tag, and as the candy is brought
to the school house hot, cut off in
sections, and given to each child
to pull, while he will hear selec-
ted and interesting stories told he
will get the full benefit of his
dime, and when it is realized that
this dime will go right into the
treasury of his own ward to buy
the piano for his own school, we
believe that every mother will be
glad to cooperate. In cases
where there are several children
in family, or a mother feels that
she cannot spare the dimes, SC
will be accepted and the child
haye its full share of pleasure and
it is hoped that very few will fail
correspond at the next candy pull
ing. SO that any little children
who have not the dimes to bring
may be invited to remain any
way. $12.10 was realized above
all expenses, and was turned over
to Mrs. Carney, the Third Ward
Parent-Teachers' treasurer.
Miss Helen Matthews is chair
man of the story telling commit
tee,. and some interesting and
pretty stories were told.
Mrs. Anderson told the story Of
"The Blue Bird" by Maurice
i Maeterlink, an exquisite fairy
fantasy of the quest of hearts T.
sire. and the hearts desire for
grown-ups as we'll as children is
happiness. Maurice Maeterlink
knows that in the beginning the
soul of grown-ups is the soul of
a child, so the story begins with
a small brother and sister who are
asleep in their little beds in a
wood-cutter's cabin. They are
awakened by the Fairy Berylune
who bids them start on the quest
for the Blue Bird, the symbol of
happiness.
She interests Tyletype with a
marvellous green cap with a mag
ic diamond, the mere turning of
which allows them to see the
hitherto unseen. The diamond
turns, and then the cottage walls
are transformed and sparkle as if
they were precious stones. The
old grand-father's clock winks
his eye, and out of it drops the
hours who dance to delightful
music. The loaves of bread leap
from the pan. Fire, dressed in
vermillion and gold, steps from
the fire place. Water, like a
young girl, with streaming hair
and fearful eyes energies from
the top and begins to subdue fire.
The dog and the cat, who have
been asleep, rise up in semi-hu-
man form and begin to talk to
Mytyl and Tyltye. Sugar splits
his paper wrapper and saunters
forth, breaking his barley corn
fingers to the children. The lamp
falls mysteriously from the table,
and Light, the loveliest of all, ap-
pears. Henceforth she leads the
children on their quest. All the
animals, transformed into speak
ing beings, accompany them.
But Bread and Milk and Sugar
conspire with Water, Fire and the
Cat, who is Treachery, to defeat
tho object of the search and then