Fairyland Revived 

 at School Benefit 



To elfin music, on© hundred children 

 from the Boston Music School Settlement 

 and the Noyes School of Rhythm ^5ang 

 niid rlaiu'od the story of the unappre- 

 ciated hurdy-gurdy man who was barred 

 from playing on CommonwcaUh avrnuf! 

 and wandered disc-onsolalclj into tli'- 

 woods with the .story -Imok prin.-i ss nlitnit 

 Whom c-luUlren Would no l..i,Lirr r. ,nl 

 cause tiioy round tU-llKlit ii> !!••• • •!<.■!•• 

 of the SuiHlav ikip-tk, uI t".- ... • . <\'- 

 anau-.a bontiit. of the Mu.-n s-in-u .-- I 

 tlpnient in two pin-fiiriiKiu.Ts i.,<lay in 

 Jordan Hall. The musii;il inntasy vruH 

 Jane Hlgby's lovely ■■N ngalHUid in .K:iiry- 

 land." to the setting of wcioUh at night- 

 fall and the violets and a wild rose droop- 

 ing in the half-light. ' 



As Ni!;tit hroods among the flowers a 

 faun sprinsrs from tlie lirown earth. His 

 impish f rew of elves steal the music box 

 of tlie Flcf niiuK hurdy-gurdy man. Great 

 is his sorrow and vain his search. 'WTion 

 the liilliii ss of day pomes and the but- 

 terfly's kiss lias !,w;iUonwl the wild rose 

 the lairy eomt assemV)lPH, the King's 

 giant r.Hriove.s the music box and all Is 

 melody atjain. 



Miss l„iura Dalzell, du'ector of the Hos- 

 ton branch of the Noyes Group, which 

 was in charge of the direction of the 

 fantasy, was Mother Night. Other prin- 

 cipals in the dance were Miss Catherino 

 Rapp of New Yorlc as faun and butter- 

 fly: Virgijiia, Cliiup:li as the iMorning 

 Breeze and .Miss [ i, den Itoneck. as the 

 meddlesome ntiudil.' Bee. Francesco 

 I'roflta was a di ]i;;hl as iln> hurdy-g'jrd.V 

 man and i'jdniend luicner roared in pro- 

 portion to his linikim; seven feet as tha 

 giant. i.i ! iii!Mi '...as the princess 



aiifi .1 ll- s was equaled 



foi- I iither children 



iiiid I" soloist, who 



dill 11. 1 I. ,.1 ,. ll 11, than four, who 

 diirped a bit of a song about a crlcicat 

 and almost stopped tho show. 



