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American A^;iiculturist, February IG, 1023 
A School Holiday Program 
Simple Patriotic Exercises for Children 
S INCE , Washington and Lincoln’s 
birthdays come so close together, 
one New York State school took a 
Friday afternoon midway between the 
two events to present a patriotic pro¬ 
gram bearing on the lives of both gfeat 
Americans. The program, a selection 
of short scenes, recitations, music and 
drills, cost practically nothing to put 
on, and gave every child in the school 
an opportunity to take part. It was^ 
staged on a platform without a curtain 
or scenery. 
The course of events were as follows: 
1. Singing of America. Whole 
School. 
2. Tableau—Betsy Ross and Flag 
Makers. Posed, from the familiar pic¬ 
ture, by a group of girls. And at the 
same time: 
3. Recitation—Flag Day Address— 
boy. (From Patriotic Pieces from the 
Great War. Penn Publishing Company, 
Philadelphia, Pa., 36 cents.) 
4. Salute to the Flag—Whole School. 
5. “George Washington’s J''ortune” 
(Patriotic Plays and Pageants, by Con¬ 
stance D’Arcy Mackay. Henry Holt, 19 
West 44th St., $1.35.) 
6. “Three Cheers for the Red, White 
and Blue.” Whole School. 
7. “Scenes from the Time of Lin¬ 
coln.” (“Little Plays from American 
History. A. J. Walker, Holt, $1.10. 
Four scenes, of which any one may be 
used separately; scene 2, has 1 woman 
and 2 little girls; scene 3, is good for a 
boy’s class, taking 12 and 1 woman.) 
8. Gettysburg Address — recitation 
for a boy. 
9. Song of Civil War days—“March¬ 
ing Through Georgia,” or “Tenting on 
the Old Camp Ground.” 
10. Red Cross Drill—(Penn Publish¬ 
ing Company) for a leader and sixteen 
girls. 
11. Star Spangled Banner. Whole . 
school 
_ In scenes requiring^ a cast, the par¬ 
ticipants assembled in the hall and 
marched in as their turn came. A 
screen between the door and the plat¬ 
form hid the entrances and exits for 
the little scenes. ' 
For the George Washington scene, 
the necessary costumes were all pro¬ 
vided by the actors, with the help of 
soil. She will not have any trouble 
about their growing. 
Butternuts, walnuts and so forth 
should be planted where wanted, but 
all must be put in the ground before 
drying. I find no more trouble to grow 
them in this way than any other seeds. 
Also in growing appl§ trees from the 
seeds, do not let the seed become dry, 
but plant as soon as the apple is cut. 
I have several apple trees now three 
years old which I started in with house 
plants.—Lizzie Rightmire, Wells- 
burg, N. Y._ 
The Valley of the Giants 
{Continued from page 126) 
the house and get my father to sign 
this deed.” 
A quarter of an hour later he re¬ 
turned with the deed duly signed, where¬ 
upon the Judge carelessly tossed his 
certified check for a hundred thousand 
dollars on Bryce’s desk and departed 
whistling “Turkey in the Straw.” Brycfe 
reached for the telephone and called up 
Colonel Pennington. 
“Bryce Cardigan speaking,” he be¬ 
gan, but the Colonel cut him short. 
“My dear, impulsive young friend,” 
he interrupted, “how often do you have 
to be told that I am not quite ready 
to buy that quarter-section?” 
“Oh,” Bryce retorted, “I merely 
called up to tell you that every dollar 
and every asset you have in the world, 
including your heart's blood, isn’t suffi¬ 
cient to buy the Valley of the Giants 
from us now.” 
“Eh? What’s that? Why?” 
“Because, my dear, overcautious, and 
thoroughly unprincipled enemy, it was 
sold five minutes ago for the tidy sum 
of one hundred thousand dollars, and 
if you don’t believe me, come oyer to 
my office and I’ll let you feast your eyes 
on the certified check.” 
He could hear a distinct gasp. After 
an interval of five seconds, however, the 
Colonel recovered his poise. “I con¬ 
gratulate you,” he purred. “I suppose 
I’ll have to wait a little longer now, 
won’t I? Well—patience is my middle 
name. Au revoir.” 
The Colonel hung up. His hard face 
was ashen with rage, and he stared at 
IN THE PEANUT FIELDS 
MILDRED STRIBLING RIBBLE 
W HEN twilight brings the starlight, and all the world is still 
The little Peanut People go trooping o’er the hill; 
I think, perhaps, they’re hand in hand, I know they’re two by two,— 
But isn’t that the very way that other people do? 
November frowns above them, but they do not heed her frown. 
These little Peanut People in their sober coats of brown; 
And so across the yellow fields they trot to take the view,— 
(I never call them peanut shocks,—I call them Folks, don’t you?) 
teacher or parents. Gymnasium bloom¬ 
ers, stocks and three-cornered hats gave 
the effect for the boys, while the girls 
Wore modified Colonial styles, as direct¬ 
ed in the play. 
“Half an Hour with Washington,” 
(Walter Baker, 5 Hamilton PI. Boston, 
Mass., 16 cents,) is greatly inferior in 
context to the Mackay scene, but is per¬ 
haps easier to give. Washington him¬ 
self visits a school, and any number 
Diay take part. Or the Washington 
material may be entirely omitted and 
“The Birth of a Nation’s Flag,” a play¬ 
let requiring 13 girls and 6 boys pre¬ 
sented. (Walter Baker, 16 cents.) 
If the school has a piano or if a 
phonograph can be borrowed, a little 
music while changing from one scene 
to another shortens the waits between 
numbers.—H annah Paine. 
IN PLANTING FRUIT PITS 
Tell your reader who wishes to grow 
peaches, plums or cherries from the 
fruit pits to place the pits while fresh 
m a small hole in the ground, cover 
lightly with dirt, place over them a flat 
stone, leave them until spring, and 
then crack carefully those not already 
cracked by the frost and plant the 
meats carefully in a row in good fresh 
a calendar on the wall with his. cold, 
phidian stare. However, he was not 
without a generous stock of optimism. 
“Somebody has learned of the low state 
of the Cardigan fortune.” he mused, 
“and taken advantage of it. They’re 
figuring on selling to me at a neat 
profit. And I certainly did overplay my 
hand last night. However, there’s 
nothing to do now except sit tight and 
wait for the new owner’s next move.” 
Meanwhile, in the general office of 
the Cardigan Redwood Lumber Com¬ 
pany, joy was rampant. Bryce Cardi¬ 
gan was doing a buck and wing dance 
around the room, while Moira McTavish 
watched him,’ in her eyes a tremendous 
joy and a sweet, yearning glow of 
adoration that Bryce was too happy 
and excited to notice. 
Suddenly he paused before her. 
“Moira, you’re a lucky girl,” he de¬ 
clared. “I thought this morning you 
were going back to a kitchen in a log¬ 
ging-camp. It almost broke my heart 
to think of fate’s swindling you like 
that.” He put his arm around her and 
gave her a brotherly hug. “It’s autumn 
in the woods, Moira, and all the under¬ 
brush is golden.” 
She smiled, though it was winter in 
her heart. 
{Continued next week) 
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