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the undertaking a success by the nature of the publicity he gives it. Do not 

 wait until it is all over before announcing the names of those who take part, 

 the names of the committees, and those that have made or donated costumes 

 and accessories. Let the element of surprise be in the play itself rather than 

 in these matters. 



When you have selected your play and your director, next select your 

 general committee, each member of which will be chairman of a subcommittee 

 on costumes, on the stage and accessories, on publicity, on programs and 

 tickets, etc. Then proceed to select your children for the various parts, using 

 discretion not only to get the right child for the right part, but to have as many 

 families and divisions of the community represented as possible. The addition 

 of dances and choruses will provide parts for all. 



Costumes and stage-settings should be very simple. The more things that 

 can be borrowed for the occasion, the larger the audience is likely to be. Cheese- 

 cloth and crepe paper will serve for practically all costumes that have to be 

 made, and the manual-training class and the sewing-class will be glad to con- 

 tribute their services. 



Above all else, decide what the funds resulting from the play are to be used 

 for before you start any publicity. If possible, make it something for the 

 welfare of the birds that will at the same time 

 fill some community need such as bird-baths for 

 the school-grounds, as at Williamsport ; bird- 

 books for the library ; feeding-stations and bird- 

 houses for the park, or materials with which to 

 build them and feed with which to maintain 

 the feeding-stations; the financing of public 

 lectures on birds, or whatever your community 

 needs most and would be most willing to 

 support. — A. A. A. 



FROM YOUNG OBSERVERS 



BOYS HELP FEED THE 

 WINTER BIRDS 



The boys of the Columbus (Ohio) Audubon 

 Society help feed the winter birds by helping 

 others to do so. They are manufacturing in 

 considerable numbers a suet-holder which sells 

 for a low price and is easily made. It con- 

 sists of an ordinary wire soap-holder, from 



which the long wires have been nipped, TH e columbus audubon 

 fastened to a small board by two screw-eyes, society's suet-holder 



, . iii i MIGHT WELL BE IMITATED 



which serve as hinges, and a hook at the top by other clubs 



