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

new mode. This enc uses brown,
spun for the pleated skirt and A
tweed for the belted and fitted jal
mighty peaks arr 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 hoot 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 o.
Minnetonka."
This was beautifully sung by Mrs
w. II. Carlisle. dressed as an Indiar
maiden. before an improvised In
dian scene, picturing an Indian
mother and her child, i-mpers0natec
BY Mrs. John Ashton and Jacque-
line Ray.
Boy Who Dreams
Now cross the ocean with mr
to a little boy. sitting BY the water
front watching the ships sailing out
to sea ana slipping down over the
horizon. and dreaming. There mus
have been other boys who sat anc
watched those same ships set ou'
across the ocean but there was onli
the one boy who dreamed and huns
on to his dream through years d
encouragement and almost unsur-
mountable obstacles until at las
he won out and sailed away in 4
cookie shell boat over unchartered
seas, into a new world" Little Mis-
Dorothy Carlisle. in costume. p0see
as christopher Columbus, tn
Boy"
Now. ccme with me to New
Engiand's rocky shores. grey skie.
and Sulien, and a weary. homesics
group Of men and women. landing
upon a forbidding shore Mrs
G. NJ. Henry illustrated this pic,
ture with a reading Of The Land.
ing Of the Pilgrim Fathers"
Here Is a tiny pink and greer
leaf said Mrs. WEIGH. as sh,
picked the dainty Leaf from the
pages Of her book, "a Pilgrim maid
or a Puritan. perhaps Priscilla. her.
self. with no thought Of Mile.
Standish o. John Alden in her in.
nocent little heart" Priscilla wa
posed bv Miss Elizabeth Stoothoff
George Washington making unoffi-
cial history was posed by Marioril
Stoothoff.
When VIC honor our great mel
and women Of the past. do VIC al.
WAYS remember the braycst OF then
all-the shy little bride, leaving
home and kindred behind. croSsinl
an ocean that was much wide.
then than now, facing the wilder,
ness. with the menace OF wild ami
mails and It's greater menace Of an.
tagonized savages. bearing the chill,
dren and rearing them amid pri-
vation and hardships and loneli.
ness"
The little pioneer mother witt
month old baby was posed BY Mr.
Warren Kingsbury and baby o.
WeSlaco.
Cross the Years
And now we ross the years and
there is q low sullen rumble IN ths
air. Cannot you hear the clat-
ter OF iron-shod troops and catcf
the flicker Of q lantera held aloft
Paul Revere. riding through the
night to awaken the countryside
Paul Revere's Ride" was delight
fully given by Mrs. g. M. Henry.
Can you hear the beat OF drums
the stirling Of pipes coming down
the street? Harkl' Yankee Doc.
die was sung by all present al
this time.
In the great wars of the past
Il was the men who marched away
the women who stayed at home Il
work and weep. but il was giver
10 one woman 20 give her country
as great a service as any man. II
was Betsy Ross. who designed anC
made u flag. posed BY Mis-:
Betty RAY.
And now we come TO that sad
deSt or all wars. n civil war. a ccun-
try torn apart-father against son
brother against brother. each side
forgetting which il honestly thought
right IN washington. a weary sad.
dened man. watching his beloved
children OF the North. forgetting
his equally beloved children Of thu
Southland LII the South. Robert T.
Lee. beloved and honored by al
now. leading his men against over
whelming odds and like a clarion
call" The Battle Hymn of the
Republic" was sung BY all.
It was not an sad. though. lister
to a NANNY in the slave quarter.
singing" Mrs Harry Rouse. blackeC
and dressed as an old time slave
sang Nobody Knows de Trouble !
See" and Swing Low Sweet Char
lot
And a pick-a-ninny dancing
Ada Belle Ford.
And now on the scene Of a greai