Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-28
SCHOOL PUPILS
IN LITTLE PLAY
Member of Steele School Fac
ulty Writes Sketch Produced
Before Crowded House

Early in the week children of TIL,
Steele school building cleveriy pre-
sented a little playlet, Mrs. Muir
phys Mince Pie" written by Miss Ell
sic Nixon, a fourth grade teacher
who received hearty congratulation
fl ON an audience of over 700 on tn,
success of her sketch.
The Telegraph reporter. who en-
)oyed every minute of the evening
says of the production:
Araminta Gully was delightful
as Dorothy Ann, naughty
boarding school pupil, who had
been sent to her room for stealing
mince pie which had been saved
for Poor Old Mrs. Murphy"
IL dld not seem possible that
stern Miss Green the teacher was
only little Dora Kinderman. When
the teacher left the room, the
Fairy Queen, Dorothy Pettibone,
and her attendants, Myrtle Davis
and Helen Buyer entered and at
a wave of the wand, Dorothy Ann
falls asleep. She is rudely awak-
ened by six large Mince Pies
Cleo Macarthur, Geraldine Butts,
Ruth Gastrock, Erma Swarr, Nola
Faust, Saramae Einzig. who scold
her soundly for her stealing and
bad manners. They finally decide
not to take her to Pie-land at
once, so after a folk dance they
settle down to see what other Wis
itors she may have. The visitors
are not long in arriving. They
are goblins - "Unkind Words"
which she has said. They ter
rify Dorothy Ann who promises
the Fairy Queen never to use
the dreadful words again. The
next visitor is Dorothy AIMS old
French Doll which she had brok-
en- in fit of temper. When Hell
en- Moore, as the French DOLL"
with dark curls and pink ribbons,
did a jerky doll dance. 1t made
one wonder if that dear old
dolr' that was stored away so
carefully from childhood days,
had somehow come back to life.
Children From Long Ago" -
Irene Wagner, Helen McCurdy,
Bennie Hoffstat, Robert Albright,
in powdered wigs, silks and huge
buckles. came in and danced a
stately minuet.
Mary Kitzmiller and Helen
-" oi ~ 1S kouIllIleT bTeeZeS, IN
dresses of pink tarleton, with
huge gauzy wings, blew in, told
of their work and danced.
Jack Frost Arrives
Jack Frost" Kenneth Tyson,
on arriving made the audience
laugh at his dance with the
French DOLL" He calls his
"Snowfiakes," who come flutter-
ing in, in a veritable snow furry.
These dear little folks were tiny
maidens who sang and danced for
Dorothy Ann. They were Doro-
thy McCaslin, Mary Hanaman,
Evelyn Hoffman, Marian Beatty,
Grace Bistline, Edna May Buck
walter, Anna Margaret 10y, Mary
Catherine Gourley.
Jack calls his Sleigh Bells"
Charles Reeser, Edgar Martin
Luther Rignter, Kelsey Robinson.
Merle Bowman, Donald Deibler,
Charles Baldosser, Emerson
Hoffman, who Jugled in a dance,
and then ran off In their hunt for
"Snowflakes."
Flower Fairies" Margaret
Moore, Helen Garverich, Margaret
Miller, Mary Rathfon, Katherine.
Vert, fly in and tell of their work.
They dance, too. and stay with
Dorothy Ann, probably because =
they, too, are sleepy The sleepi-
mess is accounted for when four
"Slumber Fairies" May Clark,
Edna Scholbin, Betty Black, Ruth
Peters. tiptoe in with lighted can
dies and sing and dance them
all off to Dreamland
d. A. awakens reformed little
girl to find her teacher in the
room. She delights the latter by
promises of future good behavior.