(At the end of the march, the children give three cheers and then all begin shouting, laughing, and talking at once. This is to be as lifelike and childlike as possible.) (The boys produce baseball bats, masks, and gloves. The girls: hoops, jumping ropes, tennis rackets. A lame boy with his dog sits at R. corner and makes his dog do tricks. A little girl at L. corner rolls her doll in a perambulator. They swing each other in the swings. A fat boy goes around to the lunch baskets and samples their contents. The musical instruments used in the procession are used to add to the general commotion.) (Two girls, Sally and Betty, quarrel over a doll. Sally is a little girl of the Sis Hopkins type, who is always crying. A bigheaded boy in spectacles reads a book and ignores everyone.) (The following speeches are assigned to different individuals or groups, but the effect should be that of all talking at once.) boy. Come on, fellers! play ball. Let’s 1st sally. I choose to pitch. (a tomboy) boy. Catcher! 3rd boy. First base! 4th boy. Pitcher! 5th sally. Aw—go on! hollered pitcher! I boy. Yes, you did! I hollered first! Skinny? I, Didn’t 5th sally. Naw, you didn’t! (General wrangle, like the real thing. Two boys toss the bat to choose sides. Boys start a ball game. While the game goes on at R., a group of girls talks at L.) betty. You give me my jumping rope. (Sis Hopkins type) sally. mine. That’s (The two quarrel.) betty. play count out. Let’s “I Spy.” I’ll (count out in sing-song)
(At the end of the march, the children give three cheers and then all begin shouting, laughing, and talking at once. This is to be as lifelike and childlike as possible.) (The boys produce baseball bats, masks, and gloves. The girls: hoops, jumping ropes, tennis rackets. A lame boy with his dog sits at R. corner and makes his dog do tricks. A little girl at L. corner rolls her doll in a perambulator. They swing each other in the swings. A fat boy goes around to the lunch baskets and samples their contents. The musical instruments used in the procession are used to add to the general commotion.) (Two girls, Sally and Betty, quarrel over a doll. Sally is a little girl of the Sis Hopkins type, who is always crying. A bigheaded boy in spectacles reads a book and ignores everyone.) (The following speeches are assigned to different individuals or groups, but the effect should be that of all talking at once.) 1st boy. Come on, fellers! Let’s play ball. sally. (a tomboy) I choose to pitch. 3rd boy. Catcher! 4th boy. First base! 5th boy. Pitcher! sally. Aw—go on! I hollered pitcher! 5th boy. Yes, you did! I hollered first! Didn’t I, Skinny? sally. Naw, you didn’t! (General wrangle, like the real thing. Two boys toss the bat to choose sides. Boys start a ball game. While the game goes on at R., a group of girls talks at L.) betty. (Sis Hopkins type) You give me my jumping rope. sally. That’s mine. (The two quarrel.) betty. Let’s play “I Spy.” I’ll count out. (count out in sing-song)