FUN AT GUIDES
"We had our Guides'birthday party;, last'^^-M^^^^^t^^m^ fun! Weha^ cw,t« at the (^ri^nunity Hall, where we held oui* party,.'juid we had candles onit It.-Was lovely when the candles were lighted. ;Thie flr^t item. we acted the! song, 'The Little Dutch • Mill.' A ranger sang thfe song Inside a mill, and then we did a little dance. When we came to the part, They added the touch of a little Dutch family,'' some «f the smaller girls jumped over a little '■ Jtence, and they did a little dance, too, »3 it finished with us all singing/ 'Starbeam' and I did a sketch. We were niggers. We did look funny, too. I had a pair of trousers and a boy's coat, a bright red bow, and a top hat •StarJ>^t^'t»^r;^f;^usei*:t6o..r -and 'her father's dress puit coat. - -She1: did look.iunnyl.^Afterithe sketch part of it IVU* a tap dance, and 'Starbeam' sang 8 nigger song. < There - were others, too, FairieLThe last item was . a. ."Mother Goose' play. There was nearly every nursery rhyme character in it •Starbeam' was 'Miss Priririrotri Primrose Hill,' and I was the Fatty who wakened 'Mother Goose.'" v '••f.vPiv",:"■■-. ;;. "MAHIANNA" O5). Mocra. .'. ':■ ■/ ,■ ■.-■■ ■. ' / .'
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1935, Page 20
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194FUN AT GUIDES Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1935, Page 20
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