Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-16
Children Prepare for
Their Annual Pageant
Nature Provides Stage for Daily ReEearsaEs
of Actors

one at a time. len or twelve OF tuem
start and hop over the cord at the rate
Of about one a second. going round and
round. up and down, at this rapid speed
until some one misses a step or throws a
shoe and gets out Of breath Then they
oil stop and laugh happily while they
rest for all OF a second or two. mo-
ment or two is enough. They have tons
OF energy TO burn. That must be where
radium gets It's pep from the Riddles OF
America.
You have to hunt for the little fairies
who put beautiful motion into the pie
ture at Ellenberger park. The pageant
/ dancers rehearse on another stage Of nat
ural beauty. The trees. and shrubhery
screen the spot from Pleasant Run boule-
ward and the rest Of the park. You come
upon 1T suddenly when you step through
the bushes. It Is like walking out Of
4 every day-land into fairyland. You are
surprised when the wood nymphs eye you
pleasantly instead OF running away.
DANCERS PROVIDE
sONTE REAL STEPS, TOO.
{ The talking machine is started. Three
little tots float forward, do some difficult
steps and retire 10 one side OF the scene
while the older girls go through the rest
OF the picture. This is the molt difficult
Of the pageant numbers Nine Theo.
Hewes. who IL directing dancing on the
playground this season, is much inter
ested In the outcome.
So Is Edith. the smallest of the girls
in the number. Edith is about big
enough to tuck under your arm and cart
IF to the Ice cream cone stand. That's
what you feel like doing for her after
she entertains you. Dancing isn't the
chief part Of Ediths mode of entertain
ing. The dance probably has not been
devised which would give Edith full OPP
portunity to express her emotions. I'M
less it be a dance Of the eyes Edith
almost has olive skin. She must he out
Of doors a lot. Her swapping eyes are
raven black. But Edits not a vamp.
Her proud daddy probably calls her
little dickens
/ At one point in the dance the girls
slowly swoOn TO the ground and lie
prone with their faces buried In their
arms. That's the way all Of them did
except Edith. There was too much &c
be seen. Edith slyly tilted her head and
peeped out to see If Miss Sickles the
! instructor, and Miss Mescall were looking.
/ Watch for Edith in the pageant.
/ Supervised playground activities are
not all dancing May pole yaulting and
kitten ball. The earnest men and women
whom the taxpayers pay to help the chill
/ dren have a good time. and at the same
/ time have 3 part in their development as
useful citizens, spend many hours think
/ ing up special stunts
/ VARIOUS ADJUSTMENTS
PLANNED FOR CHILDREN.
/ One Of the new ideas being worked out
is the special day" Once a week t Is
/ planned to have some event Of extraordi-
nary interest on each playground. Most
often it is an old fashioned picnic. Now
and then a director shows a fash Of
! genius and concOcts a scheme such as
! planned at school No. 80. A tea party
| for the little girls. The young ladies
are to dress up In "long clothes" and
| come over to the playground prepared to
/ spend an afternoon as dignlhed as that
which many Of their mothers enjoy.
There will be n sewing bee. some will
bring their knitting and of course there
/ will be tea and waters. Everything will
/ be very, very proper.
There was a wild west" party for the
| boys on one playground a few weeks ago.
! The boys dug up or manufactured chaps,
! got hold of sombreros of varying de-
/ grees of correctness and created a
neighborhood- wide shorta ge Of bandana
| handkerchefs The entertainment con-
/ sisted of Middle West" versions OF
wild west" sports in which ropes and
( imaginary bronchos had important parts.
For girls who wish to learn how to do
( practical things there are the Industrial
! classes in which sewing, knitting weav-
/ ing and such arts are taught On Several
| grounds the girls are making and
/ dressing clothes pin dolls
The girls can dance, knit, sew and
have tea parties but for the boys moth
/ ing ever has been found which can take
: place of klttenball, the playground edition
of the great American pastime. The
I kittenball league is in full operation and
! so far as the boys are concerned the
/ outcome in world series this fall viii be
nothing as compared with winning the
cups offered for the leaders in the three
| divisions of their own league.