Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-09
MRS. BLANK.

There have been SO many letters ask
ing for the name and address Of the
play 1 mentioned two weeks ago 1 am
going TO write to you through The Jour
nal The name is Mrs. Tubbs of Shan
tytown," and the price is 25 cents a
COPY. Denison & Co. of Chicago, are
the publishers Just address your letter
T. : Denison Co, Chicago, ILL.,, and en-
close the money. Write your letter
plainly and don't forget to sign your
name and address. We had only two
books. but it is better to get three, for
there are three characters that have 20
much to memor-ize that they need books.
The books can he bought by the ones
using them or they can be owned by
the club giving the play. After three or
four weeks passing them around they
are pretty we'll worn. The other char
acters can copy their parts, or get them
couIed by Some one writing good. clear
letters: and right here let me tell you
how to copy your part. l learned from
a stage director Read the play over
,.,ref,S1I,, so as TO get the story settled
in your mind Then write the last two
or three words of the one who speaks
before YOU do. that is called your cue.
Then when there is a long conNersa-
tion or an act before you come in again.
r,ofe the fact in parenthesis. be sure
ard notice where you go in. Whether
the right or left side, and please, please
learn from the beginning not to turn
your back to the audience. Have your
stage from the first, if it's only an I'M
aginary one. We made the fireplace our
audience at first. And when you hang
your curtains be sure and fix them so
that you can go behind them Nhere
Mrs. Tubbs puts the light in the win
dow we used a candle, as it's safer.
The play takes a little over two hours
hut there isn't a drag in IT. We omit
ted a long song that's printed In II, ana
the menagerie part. we hadn't stage
room for that Some have written 10
buy our old books. but we have oeen
invited to go to other places and nave
bean to one other already. so we still
need the books. If nothing prevents, we
will play in Littleville next FRIDAY
night. l have banked sou IoI 'ne
roof. .,,.,.,,r,
II gives me a great deal of pleasure
70 know that mentioning this effort OF
ours will help so many worthy causes
Thara have been about thirty letters In
the two weeks, some from the hed
C,ross. some from schools, some from
churches and others from socletles'
Have a good-na tured crowd In the play,
and you will enjoy each rehearseI anu
As To the colored pictures of the ma
tions I think that the Methodists PUB
fishing huse. Nashville, Tenn, can sup
ply YOU. 1 wonder how many SUNDAY
schools can say as much as mas peed
said about the one mentioned IN inns
letter? Sometimes the question Is ask
ed Whats the use Of mission STUDY
classes?" and here is a good answer
Because the missionary enterprise Is the
~
simnIy an outlet for the church's sur
DIus energy and cash: il is the church's
business. For this the church EXISTS
To make missionaries. to send them 10
sunnort them. to reinforce them II the
missionary enterprise is not the Shurch
chief business, what Is! -,
study missions, because the knowl-
edge of missionary enterprise alone
makes possible its proper support. II
we knew enough Of the real situation Oh
the worlds need of the gospel we woula
give intelligently, give more, ana not
grw weary of giving. We cannot un-
5erstand missionary problems without
missionary study.
Novv about those turkeys. The lady
cid moi give her address. AS soon as
she sends II these letters viii be sent
to her This has been bal year Tor
turkeys lady writes me thai she -
going to get rid of her bronza ;ul Keys
because she did not raise one this year.
What guarantee have you % success
with others?
raised five out of fifteen. three hers
and two gobblers. My pair would make
honorable mention" anywhere. All
through this section the Bourbon, or
Kentucky Reds. are raised and there
are plenty who did not even get one
third or one-sixth The poultry judges
who came to see my chickens had ms
many good things to say for the
turkeys ! am going to use the same
pair next year, and their eggs are al
ready engaged.