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A
Topsy Turvy
Christmas
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A
Topsy Turvy
Christmas
GUPTILL
PAINE PUBLISHING CO.
DAYTON, OHIO
New Entertainment Songs
By Edna Randolph Worrell.
These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments. The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy. Children like them. Everybody likes them. Sheet music. Price 25 cents each. Five copies, $1.00.
WE HOPE YOU’VE BROUGHT YOUR SMILES ALONG. A welcome song that will at once put the audience in a joyous frame of mind and create a happy impression that will mean half the success of your entire program. Words, bright and inspiring. Music, catchy.
WE’LL NOW HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE. This beautiful song has snap and go that will appeal alike to visitors and singers. It is just the song to send your audience home with happy memories of the occasion.
WE’VE JUST ARRIVED FROM BASHFUL TOWN. This song will bring memories to the listeners of their own bashful school days. Words, unusually clever. Music, decidedly melodious. A capital welcome song, or it may be sung at any time on the program with assured success.
MY OWN AMERICA, I LOVE THEE. A song that will bring a thrill of patriotism to the heart of every one who hears it. The children and grown-ups just can’t resist the catchy music. It makes a capital marching song.
COME AND PARTAKE OF OUR WELCOME CAKE. A merry welcome song and a jolly one, too. The audience will be immediately curious about the Welcome Cake, and the children will love to surprise the listeners with the catchy words. Music, easy and tuneful.
LULLABY LANE. The music and words blend so beautifully that people will be humming the appealing strains long after they hear this charming song. A wonderfully effective closing song, whether sung by the school or as a solo by a little girl, with a chorus of other little girls with dolls.
JOLLY PICKANINNIES. Words by Elizabeth F. Guptill. Music by Edna R. Worrell. This spicy coon song will bring down the house, especially if you use the directions for the motions which accompany the music. The black faces and shining eyes of the pickaninnies will guarantee a hit. The words are great and the music just right.
THE LITTLE BIRD’S SECRET. Here is just the song for those two little folks to sing together. They won’t have to be coaxed to sing it, especially when they find that the whole school is to whistle the chorus. This is a decided novelty, and will prove a rare treat to your audience.
A GARDEN ROMANCE. This is a dainty little song telling of the romance and wedding of Marigold and Sweet William. It is just the song for dainty little girls to sing.
COME TO THE NURSERY RHYME GARDEN AND PLAY. Here is something different for the little folks to sing. The Nursery Rhyme Folk are so familiar to children, it will be no trick for them to remember the words. The music has a most captivating swing.
Paine Publishing Company - - Dayton, Ohio
A TOPSY-TURVY
CHRISTMAS
By
ELIZABETH F. GUPTILL
Author of “Christmas at Punkin Holler,” “Christmas at McCarthy’s,” Etc.
PAINE PUBLISHING COMPANY
DAYTON, OHIO
CHARACTERS
- Frank—A boy of twelve} The Earth children.
- Alice—A girl of ten }
- Knarf—A Topsy Turvy boy; really a boy of fourteen or fifteen.
- Ecila—His sister; a girl somewhat taller.
- Derf—Their little brother; the tallest boy obtainable.
- Mom—Their mother; a girl of nine or ten.
- Dad—Their father; a boy of seven or eight.
- Marg—Their grandmother; the smallest girl who can learn the part.
- The Spankety Man—A boy of ten or twelve.
- The Teacher—A boy of ten or twelve.
- Clanty Sauce—A very tall, thin boy.
- Gother Moose—A short, fat girl, of seven or eight.
- Fairy—A tiny girl.
- Greenies—Any number of small girls. Two will do, but four are better.
- A small boy to be in Clanty Sauce’s box is also needed.
Copyright, 1916, by
Paine Publishing Company
Dayton, Ohio
COSTUMES AND PROPERTIES
Frank and Alice wear the usual school clothes of children of their ages.
Marg, the tiny Grandmother, has her hair powdered, parted in the middle, and combed down over her ears. She wears a cap, and spectacles, from which the lenses have been removed. Her dress is long, of gray material, with white apron and kerchief, which may be on wrong side to.
Mom, the children’s mother, wears her hair high, her dress long. This dress is preferably a wrapper or tea-gown worn “hind side before.” She wears an apron, also, one of the round, tea aprons, either behind or over one hip. She may have a lace collar, pinned behind.
Dad wears long trousers, with his socks pulled up outside, a swallow tail coat, and vest, both “hind side before.”
Ecila wears a very short dress, white, or light colored, with a sash of some other color, preferably red, tied in front. She may wear beads, which hang down her back. If her hair is long, part it, comb each side up to the top, and begin to braid there. Braid tightly, and loop it, so loops will stand out and up pinning into place, if necessary. Tie ribbons around base of loops. If her hair has the Dutch cut, bring the top hair, which is left longer, as far as possible, and tie a ribbon around it, so that it stands up in the front, just over the forehead, being the bow. She has short socks.
Knarf wears short trousers—decidedly short—with frills at the bottom of bright color. His blouse may be Russian or sailor, but must be on “hind side before,” and have collar and cuffs of bright color. A suit of green and white awning stripe, with bright pink trimmings, would be very effective. Comb his hair in any peculiar way that that particular boy’s hair can be coaxed to stay. His stockings are long, striped around with bright blue.
Derf should have a wig, if at all possible, of long curls. Tie one or two up on the side, with a blue ribbon. He has short socks, and knickers of material to match his dress, that end above the knee. The dress may be a kilted skirt and a sailor or middy blouse of white, with blue trimmings. A sash, with tassels, passes round his waist, and knots at one side. The big sailor collar should be in front, instead of behind.
The Teacher wears a cap and gown, like those of graduates, wrong side to. He may have glasses.
The Spankety Man is dressed in a dark red cambric garment, with tight-fitting waist and trousers, in one. It is buttoned behind, with large buttons. This suit has high neck, long, close sleeves, and trousers that button closely round the ankles. He may wear a visor cap, with the visor behind, or any hat or cap that can be made noticeable, when improperly worn. He carries a bag with assorted “spankers.” These may be two or three switches, a slipper, a hair-brush, a razor-strop, a fly-killer, an egg-turner, a small fire-shovel, a shingle, and one or two “spankers” with handles cut from shingles. He should choose one with which to emphasize his song.
The Fairy wears a fluffy, full dress of white, pale pink, or blue, as desired. It has a full waist, and a very full, short skirt. It may be of crepe paper, mosquito netting, or of some sheer material. She should have short wings, which may be made of a square of the goods, folded into an oblong, and gathered along one side where two edges meet, then fastened among the folds at the back of the waist. More gauzy wings may be made of wired gauze or netting. She should have a silver wand, with a star at the end, and a silver girdle. Her hair should be flowing, with a silver band around it, and a star above her forehead. Her stockings may be white, or may match the dress; the slippers should be white or silver.
Gother Moose wears a long red skirt, a long black cape and a tall, pointed hat of red, with a black band.
The Greenies, of whom there may be any number from two to six, are dressed entirely in green, of course. They wear green stockings, green pointed shoes, made from cloth, full, short bloomers, and a long, loose blouse, belted in. They have tall, pointed caps, at the peak of which is sewed a bell, the peak being bent down, to hang at one side. Any shade of green will do, but the whole costume should be in the same shade. If the green stockings are not easily had, color white ones. Each carries a long green ribbon, strung with tiny bells.
Clanty Sauce should be the tallest, thinnest boy obtainable, dressed in some striped material, the stripes, running up and down. The trousers are close-fitting, and reach the ankle. The tunic reaches a little below the waist, and is belted in, high under the arms. He wears a tall hat, very tall and small around, covered with the striped material.