The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1920-05-17
Pageant Which Was Staged Yester-
day at the Grand Presented Les
sons Of Health for the
Children.
MISS MEIGs, AUTHOR
keokuk Writer Created the Play and
John BRASIL as Cho Cho Pre-
sented II Accept
ably.

1 Cho Cho and his wonderful little
army of boys and girls who learned
the lesson of how to keep well and
what fun it really was when once the
lesson is learned, all appeared at the
Grand opera house yesterday after
noon in the presentation of health
pageant which was given under the
auspices OF the Visiting Nurse asso-
citation and the Baby Welfare league
! to an audience which practically fill
ed the first floor of the building
| Cho Cho is familiar figure in
national health association and chill
dren welfare organizations of the
country. He is known far and wide
and yesterday he came to keokuk
to teach the children here the rules
of the health game. And among the
things he told them and the advice
he gave them were the truth about
their worst. enemies laziness, greedi-
ness, dirt and ignorance, and how
they should avoid them and choose
for their playmates and friends, sun
shine and her allies
The little sunshine dancers appear
before the children and dance for
them and presented each child with
"a balloon which represented health
and the children are told by Cho Cho
that these health balloons could
never be taken away from them un.
less they themselves chose to part
with them and he warned them to be
careful lest they give their health
away. Greediness tempts the kiddies
with lovely nlince pies and coffee ani
demands in return for his goods the
health balloons and the children for
getting, make the bargain. and after,
their health is taken away from
them, the poor little folks all become
victims of aches and pains which are
dreadful to hear and when Cho Cho
comes in their midst again they beg
him to get back their health for them,
but he tells them that they will have
to do that for themselves. and he
gives them start along this line.
The four enemies, dirt, greediness,
ignorance and laziness. had to be
who followed all the health rules
were capable of fighting the foe,
which was finally conquered in the
play and the balloons restored to the
little property owners.
brassi! is cho cho. 2ezgs,fe.
The pageant was given in two
scenes, school playground and in a
school garden with Cho Cho. the CEN
ter of attraction with a whole stage
full of boys and girls who enlisted in
his army The songs by the chorus,
Cho Cho's solo, 1.-The Garden Song"
sung by Miss Beulah Well and the
dances given by the Sunshine and
the Bees, all of them were attrac-
lively done and appreciated by the
audience. John Brassil as Cho Cho,
the health clown. appeared to be as
much at home in that role with his
army of children as he has always
been as the lend man" in the min
strel shows in which he has become
famous during the past few years
Cho Cho was there" and he talked
and lectured to the children and told
them about the health rules as if he
had done it all his life.
Preceding the pageant a reel OF
films, Our Children" was given and
C. F. Mcfarland made short talk.
There was also musical selections by
an orchestra composed of high school
pupils. -......
Mr. Mcfarland spoke highly Of the
work the local Visiting Nurse associa
tion and the Baby Welfare league are
doing in this community to promote
better health and pleaded with the
people here to cooperate with these
rganizations in all possible ways to
further the advancement of the
worthy cause.
'"The game of war is over, and ii
was largely one which tore down. 1t
fs time now to play the game OF
health" Mr.. Mcfarland said, land it's
one everyone should get into, for T.
is a game which builds up" The
speaker gave short review of the
organization of the welfare leagues
and associations in Keokuk and sail
that Keokuk was in the first rank
with other cities in the country III
its equipment for promoting COM
munity good health.
Miss Meigs is Author.
The health pageant Cho Cho was
written by Miss Cornelia Meigs and
was presented under the direction OF
Mrs. Hugh Robertson. general chair
man, who was ably assisted by Mrs.
Frank Blum, Mrs. L. G. Mckinley
and Miss Boneata Griffis with Mrs.
Frank Boise who coached the
dancers. Miss Madeline McGrath, as
sisted by other girls from the Baby
Welfare league, had charge OF the
costumes: Miss Elsie Buck and other
members Of the Visiting Nurse asso-