When East met West

by W. C. Tuttle

PAGEANT

And just below that is two more big words—

OF PROGRESS

“What’s that, Magpie?” asks Dirty Shirt.

“Depictin’,” says Magpie, wipin’ some black paint out of his mustache, “the progress of Piperock. Pageant means a high-toned parade. There has been parades before, but this is the first pageant. If you two fellers will go up to Wick Smith’s house you’ll prob’ly find Mrs. Smith and Miss Greenbaum workin’ on yore costumes. They was goin’ to make ’em first thing today.”

“Our costumes?” I asks. “Whyfor costumes for us, Magpie?”

“Have to have ’em, Ike.”

“Oh, well, if we have to have ’em.”

Me and Dirty spells out the next thing on the list:

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
THE EAST IS AMAZED AT THE PROGRESS OF THE WEST
THEY MINGLE LIKE BROTHERS
THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN VICTORY
THE SPIRIT OF PIPEROCK—PROGRESS
DON’T FORGET THE BIG DANCE AT THE MINT HALL
THATCHER’S COMBINED ORCHESTRA WILL FURNISH THE STRAINS AND SCENERY
SIMS WILL DO THE CALLIN’
COME ONE AND ALL
TWO DOLLARS PER EACH WILL COVER THE PAGEANT AND DANCE
PIPEROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAGPIE SIMPKINS, President