As the next stanza is begun the girls cover the mounds with flowers, then march back up the aisle between mounds and stand three on each side of girl in black by flags, finally all marching off stage when stanza is finished: "No more shall the war cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red; They banish our anger for ever When they laurel the graves of our dead. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Love and tears for the Blue, Tears and love for the Gray." --_Francis Miles Finch_ Auld Lang Syne This should be given by two as small children as can act it nicely: a little girl with hair powdered, long dark dress, white kerchief and apron, small black lace cap and spectacles, and a boy with glasses, powdered hair, long trousers, coat fixed by sewing black "swallow tails" onto a short dark coat, a white cravat and a stiff hat. As song begins they sit at a small table on which are cups and saucers and a tea-pot of tea. The girl pours out a cup of tea for each during the words: "Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld lang syne?" Then as the chorus is sung the boy rises and bows low, then sits and they raise cups, clink them and each takes a drink: "For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne; We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne." They lean forward and appear to be talking during the words of second verse: "We twa ha'e run aboot the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine; But we've wandered mony a weary foot Sin' auld lang syne." During singing of chorus second time the girl rises, makes a courtesy to boy, then sits and they drink as before. They stand and shake hands during the stanza: "And here's a hand, my trusty frien', And gi'e's a hand o' thine; We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne." During the chorus each turns to table, takes up cup, both bow, clink cups and drink. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean Words are sung by a chorus of voices off stage. At center of stage have a pedestal--box covered with dark cloth will do--on which a girl dressed as Goddess of Liberty stands, holding a large flag. A number of girls in white, each with a small flag, come in and march in circle around Liberty as the words are sung: "Oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of each patriot's devotion, A world offers homage to thee." Six boys march in and stand three on each side of Liberty, the line of girls standing back of the boys and waving flags during words: "Thy mandates make heroes assemble, When Liberty's form stands in view; Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the red, white and blue."