On the Prelude
Of Rachmaninoff.”
Lilian, with her guitar, and Eloise with ukulele, sat upon the floor to sing two or three of the camp favorites and represented the “Jazz” of the program.
Musical notes now appeared upon the head band next to the pickle jar, and the audience again consulted their programs. “Whiskaway” was to appear.
Betty was slim and had made a remarkable though simple costume of black, covering her arms with long black stockings and padding out with cotton a muslin mask to imitate the muzzle of a dog. The rest of the face had a comical expression, and the corners of the big square of muslin had been tied into ears. A gentle old dog sometimes wandered into camp from a neighboring farm, although dogs were forbidden, and had been dubbed “Whiskaway” by the girls.
Down on her knees Betty moved about, causing much amusement among the little girls in front by the waving of her paws and the swinging of the doggy nose, which was not very well fastened at the lower part. At the last Betty assumed a begging attitude, her stocking-covered hands hanging limply over, with such effect that this tableau and chorus had to be repeated:
“When a cold nose gives you a fright,
That’s dear Whiskaway;
When a footstep sounds in the night
That’s poor Whiskaway!