At the second meeting several girls brought in the scenes as they had written them out. They had tried to embody the points which the children had decided upon as the general plan of the play. The final play varies very little from these scenes thus written by the girls themselves. There was no difficulty in solving the problem as to what they would do for a baby in the first part of the play. Many dolls were brought in, and the choice fell upon the one that received the largest number of votes because of his likeness to the baby Moses. A woven basket served for the cradle of bulrushes. There were many rehearsals when there was no doll or cradle, but the children never felt the lack. Their imaginations can supply all needs. A few big Egyptian designs were made for the first and last scenes, which were placed in the king's court. These were fastened on the walls and around the king's seat, as was done in the play of _Joseph._ Before the play was given before parents and friends the children decided to call it _The Childhood of Moses._ An older boy in the church printed programs for the occasion that the audience might better understand the play. They read as follows: THE CHILDHOOD OF MOSES Dramatized and Presented by the Children's Dramatic Club of the Hyde Park Church of Disciples CHARACTERS PHARAOH King of Egypt PRINCESS Pharaoh's Daughter MOSES A Hebrew Boy HEBREW WOMAN Mother of Moses MIRIAM Sister of Moses AARON Brother of Moses WISE MEN Advisers of Pharaoh Soldiers, Attendants to the Princess, Servants SYNOPSIS OF SCENES Act I. Pharaoh orders the killing of Hebrew boys. Act II, Scene 1. In the home of a Hebrew family. Scene 2. A Hebrew mother hides her child among the bulrushes. Scene 3. The child is found by Pharaoh's daughter. Act III. Moses is brought to Pharaoh's court. The following is the play as it was given: THE CHILDHOOD OF MOSES ACT I CHARACTERS: King, Wise Man, Chief Adviser, Queen, Maids, and Soldiers. _King:_ Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Come, let us do wisely with them lest they rise up and make war against us. _Chief Adviser:_ What more can we do than we have already done? We have made their lives bitter with hard service, and we have made them carry our brick and mortar and work in our fields. _Wise Man:_ O King Pharaoh, I beg thee to let me speak. _King:_ Speak, Wise Man. _Wise Man:_ O King, I pray thee to be kind to these people. When these Hebrews first came down from the land of Canaan, a young man named Joseph saved our land from great famine. These Israelites are his children's children and we should treat them kindly.