Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-02-16
HITS for MRS
By Dorothy B. Waleski
Garden 1889

Woes of the Working Mother Even when things
are running smoothly the Working Mother leads hectic life
She lives rigid eye constantly
clock and of course this leaves her wide trouble broken
shoe lace missing hair money myseousy
rolls under the couch can foul everything up
Then there whent the doesn't show up,
which that the dirt
and the pile of sprinked clothes put in the deep
In the Walesk deep freeze our unfinished
attic but wouldn't get
still haven't completed upstairs
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The biggest snau of all get
week two youngest picked Bloody Tuesday day
go to press, to turn up with coughs and evers.
Luckily had number of stories that at
feeling very capable set up office on the
dining table, and began the
worst days my day
that career on any slightly used cave isolated
from civilization
To the of Looney began
on three school board stories and what supposed
intelligent resume OF RockNiles new coming ordinance
The telephone started ringing and, in quick succession
turned away two neighborhood children
and play; lady selling cosmetics;
selling tickets to the but didn't
the cat in mOpped spilled glass juice; mopped
spilled glass paintings
who owned whc piece of clay who owned which paint
whose turn choose the program;
in and furnished aspirin cough medicine
Then the people swabs and bottles and
little jars take specimens
take AS part of the influenza study Twnbrook Waess
folder at the institute must be taking entire filing
And finally the family doctor
three patients lined up to h By this time Mother also had
throat and tickling cough interesting
buzzing in her
crawed into work with her stories
cuched in her hot little glad
and quiet of office the before presstme Every
thing is relative and it's her relatives that get
the story of new venture
in Montgomery County the Chdrens originated
taught by Mrs June Allen the Bethesda Music
At that time Mrs Allen preparing first 10eek
Now the almost completed Mrs Allen and
her 18 students preparing final which will display
the results Of Mrs Aliens unique method of teaching speech and
. together
n
Building auditorium Wisconsin Avenue, the ChiIdrens
Theater will present afternoons entertainment
tOnlime mOnOIOgues quiz written designed
ana acted Dy the students and involving good deal OF audi
participation.
limitations imposed by $50 Aliens
to have children in great number in the audience.
To this special
campfire girls and other and will also children
who interested in taking the great
she considering the possibility of holding two performances
OF special interest to the audience the ice cake
door prize fashion of what well audience will
the quiz program.
For the Theatre this will be their graduation
ceremony and they will be presented with their Helen Hayes
tificates and a copy of the Helen Hayes letter
This letter. the original of which hung
the school, that the first lady
wrote in reply to Mrs Aliens letter describing
and its purposes.
Mrs Hayes said "And tell them that pushed
the stage by my mother the my
warnings stage
dying and young actors would only misery Well the theatre is
hard You either discouraged belonging you
These inspiring words and think Mrs Allen is
passing them her hopefs this their
With graduation not here, Mrs. Allen children
already working their which
ter festival of Is or 80 minutes WGAY
This too will be aboriginal creation and will probably
cude play and Mrs Allen
the will be the Easter Bunny This
at the moment but will keep posted the details
The second 1Gweek which starts
ready filled with only five students added to the
enrolment The with private
group lesson remains unchanged.
Improvement of speech voice production and the other
used the still the objective of individual
The will be reassembd the basis of abilities and tenn
of the children which Mrs Allen
with them these past 10 weeks
Mrs Allen obviously feels that the experience
and rewadng her well the children began
the results almost overnight and that the chdens
habits have definitely improved their
they the limitations the which beginning
of learning how successfully and their confidence them
selves grows every day.
She cite number of examples of shy children
who speaking at home at school; children who
have unexpected talents; a child
thought to speech defect but who actually bad
speech habits.
The children early and stay late for their lessons and
obviously every minute of it. AS does Mrs Allen Her col
OF stories is NO