Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-08-17
PLAYGROUND CHILDREN WIN PLAUDITS
FOR CHARMING PRESENTATION OF HEALTH
ALLEG1RY WITH SPECIAL DANCES And MUSIC

for more children, appeal for help.
The appeal is heard by Squire
Oxygen" who calls on king Good
Health" for help. He summons his
knights and asks them what are
their rules for preserving health.
Each tells the King Good Health"
what he has learned to keep the body
free from sickness. The King then
calls upon "Sir Scrubwell;" "Sir
Straightfellow: the Keeper of the
Pearls" the Knight of Knights"
Sir Crystal Drinkwater." and the
three pages. "Lendahand." "Spick
and Span" and "Dimpley Laughter"
to go with the Knights to the castle
of the monster.
This they do and stay him. return
ing they rejoice and then sing the
Star Spangled Banner and retire
from the scene singing yankee
Doodle"
Several beautiful dance numbers
were also presented during the pro-
gram. They were presented under
the direction of Mrs. Erskine L.
NoyeS and were most entertaining.
The audience was surprised at the
fine way in which these little folks.
some barely five years old went
through their numbers without
hitch. The play was directed by
Miss Jennie Ballentyne. Augusta
public health nurse and Jack Hyde,
director of the playground. with the
able assistance Of the veteran actor,
II. Price Weber
In connection with the play n
beautiful Dance of the sun Spirit
was presented by little Miss Edith
Nelson. In a most claiming costume
she executed this beautiful dance.
clad in a pretty costume of yellow,
representing the suns rays. She
was generously applauded by the
spectators.
The dance numbers were. 1.-THE
Bouncing Betty Dance" by Louis
II. Chalif; in which the girls clad in
beautiful summary dresses with
parasols: the Antics of Two Toma-
toes" featuring two little girls wear
ing costumes of red which strongly
resembled tomatoes: the wood
Fairy Dance" by Louis II. Chalif. in
which the dancers wore beautiful
and restful costumes of woodland
green: and the Happy Children
Dance" in which the whole company
took part.
The cast of the play was as fol-
lows: Monster Disease, Hildreth
Halves; King Good Health, Warren
Fletcher; Sir Scrubwell. David
White: Knight of Bath. Edna
Clemens; Sir Chester Straightfel-
low. Kingston Paul: Knight of
knights, Thelma Young; Sir Crys-
tai Drinkwater. Evelyn Brown: Sir
Keeper of the Pearls. Zena Paul;
Squire Oxygen, Robert Holmes;
Page Lend-a- hand. Gertrude Ross:
Page Dimply Laughter, Mildred
Galway; Page Spick and Span,
Carlene Weston: Mother Mine. Eliz-
abeth White: Mother Dear, Eleanor
Fifield: The Little One, Caroline
Hyde: The Sad One, Shirley Meal
lister: The Knights, Madeline Han
son. Dorothy Greenwood. Gale Apple
ton. Loretta Hall: Louise Nutting:
Gertrude Golfer. Katherine Murphy,
and Grace Pardee.
Those taking part in Ithe dances
were: Bouncing Betty Dance, Kath-
erine>Murphy, Mary Coombs, Alicia
Rouse. Zena Paul, Elizabeth White.
Pauline Harmon. Marion Jackson,
Grace Pardee, Gertrude oClfsr, Mar
ion McAllister. Madeline Hanson.
Mildred Galway, Dorothy Smith.
Loretta Combs and Edris Thayer.
The Wood Fairies Dance, Edith
Nelson. Eleanor Fifeld, Loretta
Coombs. Lucille Genthner, Vivian
Noyes, Edris Thayer, Dorothy
Smith, Zena Paul, Mildred Galway.
The Antics of Two Tomatoes,
Gertrude Ross and Ruth Fifeld.
The Happy Children Dance. Ruth
Fifield, Evelyn Cameron, Barbara
Chase. Shirley McAllister, Edna
Clemens. Constance Miller, Marion
McAllister. Myrtle Staples. Lucille
Hall and the ones that took part in
the other dances.
Music for the occasion was fur
nished by Dennis orchestra of six
pieces with Edmund Renee at the
piano. The costumes for the play
and the dances were made by the.
girls of the Macon her Plavaro11nd