Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-15
loyland Story
to Be Told at
Annual Mau Fete

WARD OF Toyland" is the name
~ tne spectacle to be presented at
sue annual May fete next Friday and
saturday by the classes in PHYSICAL
EDUCATION at h state university. un-
uer n supervision OF Miss Neil N.
M~artindale, director. q
mat part OF the campus which II
800 100 oy the library building is being
a.aansed as The setting Tor the event,
made for 1000 persons. thi. not to
include standing space or ground
seatings. - Ss 49,
a picket fence will surround the
scene OF the production, and to the
ie1t, a toy windmill, Twelve feet in
neiEht, will be constructed. On the
Ileht sfqe Of the lawn; a large nile of
10y alphabet blocks will be placed.
: tne center, a mammoth nursery
rhyme book will be arranged, the.
pan Deine to present in exaggerated,
p'oporoons' a child's playground.
Dances Tell Story
The story which is told by the pa
a opens with a group of little
cniidren playing about on the lawn;
ce1ore long. they discover an old man
VINO is reclining nea the windmill.
A. ffrst his presence there frightens
tnem but later they all become
end and the children invite the
old man to lunch with them. Be
cause they are kind TO him, the old
mar determines to repay them, and
SO decides upon a novel form Of en-
tertalnment. 1t develops that the old
parsonage Is a magician, AND that
by playing on his charmed pipe, he
is able to bring to life the many diff
ierent characters who had previously
oeen known to the children only in
Mother Goose rhymes. ="
AS the wizard turns the fly leaf Of
the great book which centers the
grounds, a troop of wooden soldiers
march out. These are the guards,
Who insure the owner that. IL his book
is lose, it will be returned to whom
ever Is designated as p~ossessor.. From
the next page, as it Is turned, pro-
ceeds Mary Quite CONTRARY" in the
person of Ursula O'Keefe, and fol-
lows Jack and JILL" who are being
unprecedented by Dorothy Mcneil and
Ruth McNicol. In turn, Violet LES
perance steps forth as Mary. who
has a little lamb" and Catherine
Muffet." Elsie McF1affie takes the
part of Curly Locks Dean Leick,
that Of "Old King Cole,", and Ethel
MCGOWAN as Little Bo-Peep." Grace
Clark will be Queen of Hearts," and
Dasny Hassell, the "Knave Of
Hearts
Then, with the magic strains of the
charmed instrument, the old wizard
calls forth in succession, all the
glories of toyland, which are the joy
of every little girl,ts First come the
talking dolls. costumed III white and
pink. These number thirty-two.
Perhaps the cleverest bit of costum-
ing is found in the number which fol-
lows. This will be the dance OF the
Jacks in the box" and will be given
by Lila Warnken Benner, Marie Lys-
ing, and Agnes G1ockner.
Egyptian Dolls, Dance
The Egyptian dolls" dance will be
the next, and this, will be led by
Florence Wight. The Egyptian, doll
is the oldest type known, being joint
ed only at the elbow and wrist. The
dance, therefore. will be an unusual
one, as the Interpretation will be
realistic. This will be followed by a
performance by zone hundred sticks
of candy" and later by the dance of
the teddy bears The girls who will
take part in this last are: jeanette
lock, Christine Huber, Mildred Odell.
Esther Falk, Ingeborg Sylvester and
Ferna Skaug. &c 4
! Then, as the children of blowing
soap bubbles" appear. the wizard will
blow one bubble which evolves into
large silver one, out Of which Miss
Margaret Gillette. representing the
Esprit Of the bubbles" will dance,
throwing bubbles into the air as she
passes. Miss Gillette's costume is Of
chiffon. dyed with batek dyes. md Is
coiored Of all the brilliant hues of
the rainbow. In the later part of her
number, Miss Gillette, will be accom-
panied by a chorus Of girls in silver
costumes, who carry a myriad Of
yari-colored balloons.
The next group is one of thirty
sophomores, who will be costumed
elaborately in lavender. and will be
led by Eleanor Kelly! These girls
will do a French doll" dance. They
will wear the fancy white wigs of
the old style French>doll, and will
agive a pretty and delicate dance num-
Der. Il
Lastly, the bat symbol Of night,
taken by Doris Payne, to- re-
mind the wizard that he must leave,
AZ night approaches, and the children
must to their homes, The children,