Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

tweed Tor the belted and fitted 1al
mighty peaks ar untouched forests
with the birds and deer and squir-
rels BY day and the scream Of the
mountain lion. the howl Of the
wolf and the boot Of the owl BY
night; and between silvery lakes
and bOundleSs prairies. buffalo
thudding across the plains, and wild
flowers, butterflies. in endless pro-
fusion. observation-disclosures In
dian love song, BY the Waters OF
Minnetonka.P
This was beautifully sung BY Mrs
w. II. Carlisle. dressed as an Indian
maiden. before an improvised In-
dian scene. picturing an Indian
mother and her child. i-mpersOnatec
by Mrs. John Ashton and Jacque-
line Ray.
Boy Who Dreams
Nov cross the ocean with me
to a little boy. sitting by the water
front watching the ships sailing on.
To sea ana slipping down over the
horizon, and dreaming. There must
have been other boys who sat and
watched those same ships set ont
across the ocean but there was only
the one boy who dreamed and hung
on 70 his dream through years Oh
disbursement and almost unsur-
mountable obstacles until at last
he won out and sailed away In a
cookie shell boat over u%nchartered
seas. into a new world" Little Miss
Dorothy Carlisle. IN costume. posed
as Christopher Columbus. the
Boy"
Nov. come with me 10 New
England's rocky shores, grey skies
and sullen. and q weary. homesick
group Of men and women, landing
upon a forbidding shore Mrs.
c. NJ. Henry Illustrated this pic
ture with a reading OF The Land
ing OF the Pilgrim Fathers.
Here Is a tiny pink ana green
leaf said Mrs. WEIGH. as she
picked the dainty Leaf from the
pages Of her book. "a Pilgrim maid
or a Puritan. perhaps Priscilla. her
self. with ~ thought Of Miles
Standish o. John Alden III her in
nocent little heart. Priscilla was
posed bv Miss Elizabeth Stoothoff.
George Washington making unoffi-
cial history was posed by Marjorie
Stoothoff.
When we honor our great men
and women Of the past. do we al-
ways remember the braveSt Of them
aIl-the shy little bride. LEAVING
home and kindred behind. crossing
an ocean that was much wider
then than now. facing the wilder
ness. with the menace OF wild ami
mails and its greater menace o. an
tagonized sayageS. bearing the chill
dren and rearing them amid pri-
walton and hardships ana loneli-
ness
The little pioneer mother with
month old baby was posed by Mrs
Warren Kingsbury and baby Of
Weslaco.
Cross the Years
"And now we cross the wears and
there is a low sullen rumble in the
air. Cannot you hear the clat-
ter OF iron-shcd troops and catch
the flicker Of a lanters held aloft.
Paul Revere. riding through the
night 70 awaken the COUNTRYSIDE I"
Paul Revere's Ride was delight
fully given BY Mrs. c. N Henry.
Can YOU hear the beat or drums
the stirling Of pipes coming down
the street? Harkl7 Yankee Doo-
de vas sung by all present at
this time.
In the great wars ar the past.
II was the men who marched away.
the women who STAYED at home to
work and weep. but II was given
TO one woman 70 give her country
great a service as any man. Ii
was Betsy Ross. who designed and
made our flag posed by Miss
Ray.
And now we come 20 that sad
dest az all wars. a civil war. q coun-
try torn apart-father against SON
brother against brother. each side
forgetting which ii honestly thought
right. In Washington. a weary sad
dened man. watching his beloved
of the North. forgetting
his equally beloved children Of the
Southland in the South. Robert Z
Lee. beloved and honcred BY an
now. leading his men against over
whelminr Odds and like a clarion
call" The Battle Hymn Of the
Republic" was sung by all.
II was not all sad. though. listen
TO a m in the slave Quarters
singing" Mrs. Harry Rouse. blackad
and dressed as an old time slave
sang Nobody Knows dc Trouble 7
See" and Swing Low, Sweet Char
And n Dick-a-ninny darCirg-
Ada Belle Ford.