The Dolls on Dress Parade 1

The Dolls on Dress Parade 1

The Dolls on Dress Parade

 

Author: Effa E. Preston

 

_Song Specialties for Your Entertainments_

 

 

Teachers are discovering that no matter how much novelty there is in

their entertainment, how well it is arranged, how thoroughly drilled,

if they want to hold the active interest of the audience they must use

the best of songs. The songs must be real novelties. The words must be

interesting as well as decidedly clever. The music must be catchy and

abounding in rich melody. With these things in mind we have prepared

this list of superior song novelties for our patrons. All are in

regular sheet music form.

 

=_Price, 35 cents each; 5 for $1.25_=

 

 

WELCOME SONGS

 

We’ve Just Arrived from Bashful Town.

We Hope You’ve Brought Your Smiles Along.

Come and Partake of Our Welcome Cake.

We’re Very Glad to See You Here.

With Quaking Hearts We Welcome You.

 

 

CLOSING SONGS

 

Mr. Sun and Mrs. Moon.

Now, Aren’t You Glad You Came?

We Do Not Like to Say Goodbye.

We’ll Now Have to Say Goodbye.

 

=_Paine Publishing Co., Dayton, Ohio_=

 

 

 

 

_The_ Dolls on Dress Parade

 

_By_

EFFA E. PRESTON

 

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COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY L. M. PAINE

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PAINE PUBLISHING COMPANY

DAYTON, OHIO

 

 

 

 

The Dolls on Dress Parade

 

 

STAGE shows interior of doll shop. Shop Woman, Guests and Soldier Doll

are on stage when curtain rises. Dolls enter as announced; all except

Rag Dolls walk stiffly across stage. After they speak they stand at

rear of stage.

 

 

CHARACTERS

 

CHILD—Little girl in ordinary dress.

SHOP WOMAN—Taller girl, dark dress, white apron.

GUESTS—Any number girls.

SOLDIER DOLL—Boy in scout or soldier suit.

RAG DOLLS—Girls in blue gingham dresses and bonnets—very limp.

FRENCH DOLL—Girl with curls, big hat, ruffled dress.

FARMER DOLL—Boy in overalls, big straw hat.

PAPER DOLL—Child in crepe paper costume.

BABY DOLL—Very small girl—long white dress and cap.

SAILOR DOLL—Boy in sailor suit.

COLLAPSIBLE DOLLS—Children in red rompers and caps.

JAPANESE DOLL—Dark girl in bright kimono, slippers, fan.

DUTCH DOLL—Girl in blue dress, white apron and cap, wooden shoes.

INDIAN DOLL—Dark child in Indian suit.

ESKIMO DOLL—Plump child—one-piece pajama suit covered with cotton

to represent fur, hood attached.

OLD DOLL—Child with uncombed hair, torn, soiled dress.

 

(_Child enters._)

 

CHILD:

 

I’m looking for a dollie

And so I’ve come to you.

I’m told that you have in your store

Some lovely dolls quite new.

 

I hope they all are home today

And every one I’ll see.

I’ll choose the very nicest

And take her home with me.

 

SHOP WOMAN:

 

My dear, I’ll show you many dolls

All in their best arrayed,

Because today, you lucky girl,

They have a dress parade.

 

CHILD:

 

A dress parade—how lovely!

 

SHOP WOMAN:

 

I hear their tiny shoes.

This soldier doll announces them.

You’ll find it hard to choose.

 

[_SOLDIER DOLL sticks head in door off stage._]

 

SOLDIER DOLL:

 

All ready. There’s a child out here

Who wants a doll I think.

But do not wait another bit.

You’ve all had time to prink.

 

[_Child shows delight as each doll enters._]

 

[_SOLDIER DOLL announces dolls as they enter._]

 

RAG DOLLS:

 

We are such very useful dolls

I’m sure you must agree

That for the children everyday

No dolls are good as we.

 

We’re washable, we never break,

We bend quite anyway.

Just try us for a year or two,

We are the best you’ll say.

 

FRENCH DOLL:

 

I am an aristocrat,

A doll of high degree.

I came to you from far away

In France across the sea.

 

My name is ISABELLA,

I’m a most expensive doll

So you must treat me gently

And never let me fall.

I shut my eyes so nicely

Just tilt me back and see.

 

[_SHOP WOMAN tilts her and her eyes close._]

 

Now, isn’t that a clever trick?

I’m sure you will like me.

 

FARMER DOLL:

 

I’m a FARMER DOLL

See my rake and hoe.

I can plant your garden

And all the seeds will grow.

 

I’m so very useful

I can rake the hay

And mow the wheat when it gets ripe.

I’m busy all the day.

 

PAPER DOLL:

 

I’m only made of paper

And cheap as cheap can be.

I don’t belong in this parade,

But still, you _might_ like me.

 

My dresses, colored paper,

You’d find it fun to make.

In fact, unless you take _me_ home

You’ll make a sad mistake.

 

BABY DOLL:

 

Cunning baby doll am I

Pinch me and I cry

Loudly for my parents,

Don’t you want to try?

 

[_SHOP WOMAN pinches her and she cries._]

 

SAILOR DOLL: