SECOND BOY [with flag]:

I hold the flag, and wave it so;
Where the captain leads I'm sure to go.

THIRD BOY [with drum]:

I'm the drummer; when I drum

The folks all shout, "Oh, here they come !"

FOURTH BOY [with gun]:

I can shoot; see my big gun;

And don't I make the rebels run!

FIFTH BOY [with trumpet]:

CAPTAIN :

I have a horn; I blow it loud,
Because I like to draw a crowd.

Attention, all! We'll march away!
For we are soldiers, brave and gay.

[March off, with drum beating, flag waving, etc.]

WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED

A MOTION EXERCISE FOR SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS; WITH DRILL, WHICH MAY BE OMITTED, IF PREFERRED

CLARA J. DENTON

These can

EACH girl carries in her right hand a small hatchet. sometimes be obtained from a local dealer, in return for the advertising thereby gained. Or they may be cut from cardboard or light wood.

If there is a curtain the children are discovered drawn up in line at front of stage. If a curtain is not available let the children march to the front of stage in time to lively music.

FIRST GIRL:

Since George chopped down the cherry tree,
A very naughty boy was he.

No cherry pie should he have had,

If I had been his dear old dad.

SECOND GIRL:

For Georgie dear, no cherry pie
To eat as dragged the long days by.
To others, cherry pie so rare-
Dried apple pie as George's share.

THIRD GIRL:

Now, had I been in George's place,
I'd not have fallen in disgrace.
I'd just have cut the kindling wood,
And had good pie, as good boys should.

FOURTH GIRL:

Dried apple pie will do, 'tis true,
When nothing else is tempting you—
But dreadful is dried apple pie,
When one of cherries stands close by.

FIFTH GIRL:

Now, don't you think this would have made
George careful with his hatchet blade,
And every cherry tree around

Have kept from danger, safe and sound?

SIXTH GIRL:

I wish I had been there to see!

Such fun it would have been for me,
Could I have been just standing by
While Georgie ate dried apple pie.

SEVENTH GIRL:

You say next time a story sad

He would have told his dear old dad,
But this he never could have done
Because he was a Washington.

ALL [recite with motions*]:

Now, if you [1] had a hatchet small,
I'm sure no harm you'd [1] do at all.

O no, you'd never [2] chop, chop, chop,
Till someone cried: [3] O stop, stop, stop.

And George was old enough to know
'Twas wrong to [4] strike a tree a blow.
But George, you see, like boys to-day-
Girls, too, sometimes, 'tis sad to say-
Had that complaint called "didn't think,'
Which acts as quick [5] as eyes can wink,
And when was done the deed so bold,
Of course the truth must all be told.

For [6] cutting kindling, hatchets small
Are good; [7] but not for trees so tall,
Since all the truth you must declare,
Of things you do: [8] take care! take care!
So these two lessons learned, may be

From George's hatchet-[9] which you see-
So let it plainly say to you,

"Give me the work I'm meant to do."

If George this truth had mastered well,
No little tale we'd had to tell:
And so I'm sure you'll thankful be
To Georgie and the cherry tree.

CURTAIN

* MOTIONS TO BE GIVEN WITH ABOVE VERSES

1. Point at someone in audience.

2. Make motions with hatchet as if chopping a tree.

3. Throw out left hand.

4. Motion of striking tree one blow with the hatchet.

5. All wink eyes.

6. Each child bends over and makes motion with hatchet as if cutting kindling.

7. Put hatchet on shoulder and shake head.

8. Shake left forefinger impressively.

9. Hold up hatchet.

DRILL

WALTZ MUSIC.

1. Hatchets held against right shoulders; mark time for six beats. 2. Repeat on left shoulders.

3. Drop hatchets to floor.

4. Recover hatchets.

5. Hold hatchets by both hands, left hands clasping handles, right holding heads; mark time through six beats.

6. Reverse position of hatchets, mark time through six beats. 7. Holding handles of hatchets with heads down, swing in time to music through six beats.

8. Strike heads of hatchets on floor six times, in time to music.

9. Repeat with left hands.

10. Place hatchets on floor horizontally in front of feet.

11. March backward to rear of stage.

12. Right about face, sides to audience.

13. Forward march in single file, first girl picks up hatchet at end of line, next girl next one until all are recovered; then continue march around stage again and back to first position, hatchets swinging carelessly in right hands.

14. Mark time through six beats.

15. Place hatchets against right shoulders.

16. Take hatchets in left hands, hold heads of same against foreheads, mark time through six beats.

17. Take hatchets in right hands, place the hatchet-heads against breasts and mark time through six beats.

18. Place left hands at end of handles, raise arms to full height, mark time through six beats.

19. Drop right hands, still holding hatchets, at sides, march to seats.

THE MAKING OF "OLD GLORY"

AN EXERCISE FOR EIGHT SMALL BOYS

CLARA J. DENTON
Directions

THE boys are discovered drawn up in line at front of stage. A curtain is necessary in giving this exercise, because the boys conceal behind their backs the articles which they are to show, and marching to the platform would, of course, reveal the things carried.

List of Articles Needed

1. A picture of the home of Betsy Ross.

2. A large card bearing the name "Betsy Ross' in plain letters. (There is no authentic picture of this noted woman.)

3. A picture of General Washington.

4. A large six-pointed star.

5. A pair of scissors.

6 A large five-pointed star.

7. A sewing needle and a long white thread.

8. An American flag.

As each boy begins his lines he holds up in his right hand the article to which he refers.

FIRST BOY:

This is the house neither fine nor high,

Which the heedless crowds passed quickly by.

SECOND BOY:

This is the seamstress, so young and bright,*
Who toiled all day and late in the night,
Within the house, neither fine nor high,
Which the heedless crowds passed quickly by.

THIRD BOY:

This is the General, brave and true,

Who ruled so well the patriots few,

Who came to the seamstress, young and bright,
Who toiled all day and late in the night,
Within the house, neither fine nor high,
Which the heedless crowds passed quickly by.

FOURTH BOY:

This is the star you have heard about,†
With its six sharp points all turning out,
Brought by the General, brave and true,
Who ruled so well the patriots few,

To the patient seamstress, young and bright, etc.
[Repeat the three lines of preceding.]

* BETSY ROSS (or Mrs. John Ross, perhaps more properly), the widow of John Ross, an upholsterer, was at this time about twenty-five years of age.

IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN REFERENCE, by J. FRANKLIN JAMESON, PH. D., and J. W. BUEL, PH. D., VOL. 2, p. 408, may be found the following sentence:

"The stars drawn by Washington had six points, noticing which,