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Laa axamplalraa origlnaux dont la couvartura an paplar aat lmprim'/' n THE All CM\DL\NTf ENW«NfIENT5ERIES BXJDITHIEE THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA (A Pky) X.6'- THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA {A Play) By EDITH LELEAN GROVES McClelland, goodchild & stewart PUBLISHERS - - TORONTO COPYKIGHT, CANADA, 19ir BY lIca.BU,AND, GOODCHILD ft STBWAKT, UttXtMD TOBONTO PUNTED Dt CANADA £& THE WOOING OF MISS ' \NADA CluuractMrs in th« Play Fairy Godmother. The Seven Good Fairies. Jack Canuck. John Bull. Four or five Spanish Dancers. Several Japanese Girls. Four or more French Girls. Four or more Italian Girls. Uncle Sam. German Student. Miss Canada. CostuniM Fairy Godmother and the Seven Good Fairies.— Dresses short and full, made of some gau«y material. Godmother wears a high pointed hat covered with silver paper. Each Fairy wears a Jtar fastened on a narrow band of elastic, on her forehead. They cirry wands. Jack Canuck.— D&Tk blue or khaki shirt, open at the neck, rough rider hat. When he comes in at the end of the play he wears a khaki suit. 3 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA John Bull. — Knee breeches, slippers with buckles, Union Jack for a vest, long tailed coat, soft round hat. He should be well padded in front. Spanish Dancers.— FuW white blouse, black peasant bodice laced up in front, short, full skirt of red, wide yellow sash tied on the left side with ends flowing. Japanese Girls. — Kimonas with large butterfly bows tied high in the back. Large paper Chrysanthe- mums on each side of the head just behind the ears. French Girls. — Ordinary white frocks with blue and white aprons. High cornered caps with flutter- ing strings. Italian Girls. — Red skirt with a green band. White blouse with full sleeves, black bodice laced up in front, brightly-colored handkerchief on head. Uncle Sam. — Have him as nearly like his pictures as possible. Striped trousers, long-tailed coat, high striped hat. German Student. — College cap and gown. Miss Canada.— White dress, trimmed with Maple Leaves. A head-dress of Maple Leaves. Have the Prologue and the Epilogue recited by some one who takes no part in the play, preferably a grown-up person. 4 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Prologu* From July the first. Eighteen-Sixty-Seven. Con- federation Day, the day upon which Sir John A. Mac- donald and George Brown shook hands over the Union of the four Provinces, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, dates our Canadian na- tional life. At that time none thought of Canada as a nation The people in the East were very far removed from the inhabitants of Ontario, and as for the Canadian West as we now know it-well, it did not exist Mail was carried from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains, a distance of eighteen hundred miles, by dog tram in the wintertime and by canoe in the sum- mer season. Prior to Confederation, Canada, by natural bar- riers, that seemed almost insurmountable, was divided into four great sections. On the east were the Mari- time Provinces, separated by a wide gap from the sec- ond section, Ontario and Quebec; and the third sec- tion, the great Prairie Provinces, separated from the western section by a great natural barrier, the huge mountain ranges of the Rockies and the Selkirks. It was Confederation that made possible the unit- ing of these geographical areas into one great whole, THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA THE DOMINION OF CANADA. (Enter Fairy Godmother.) Fairy Godmother. — They are late. The Seven Gotxl Fairies are late, where can they be? I told them all to meet me here, as they met me so long ago at that wonderful Birthday Party, when we all met to cele- brate the Birth of a Nation. What can have hap- pened to them! They must have lost their way. (Enter First and Second Fairies.) First Fairy. — We certainly did lose our way, and it's no wonder. Whj' everything is changed, we couldn't find any landmarks. Second Fairy. — We are just exhausted! Godmother. — Have you come far? First Fairy. — Far — I should think we had. From the other side of the Rocky Mountains. Second Fairy. — ^We have travelled many weary miles since the call to service sounded. Godmother. — You have come quickly. How did you manage it ? First Fairy. — It seemed perfectly hopeless to us. We never dreamed of being able to get here so soon. But the strangest thing happened. While v.e were wondering what to do, in order to obey the call, our eye caught sight of the queerest animal running at 6 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA top speed over iron rails in the very direction in which we were coming. Godmother.— An animal! What was it like? Second Fairy.— Wt simply cannot describe it. First Fairy.— It had a cloud of black smoke pour- ing out of the top of its head, so dense that at times we almost lost sight of it. And the noise that it made was deafening. Sometimes it disappeared en- tirely as it bored its way through the mountains, and then all of a sudden it appeared again on the other tide Second Fairy.— It was wonderful to watch it as it crossed tremendous rivers, over bridges, that seemed to be there just on purpose to accommodate it First Fairy.— And it was so long I It seemed un- ending. Second Fairy.— Wc hit on a wonderful plan, would you like to hear it ? Godmother.— 1 would, indeed. Second Fairy.— Well we just rode on the very end of it, and here we are I Godmother.— AdytntuTous Fairies! Why some one might have seen y \. First Fairy.— There was only one man who could possibly have seen us. He had brass buttons on 7 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA his coat, and on every button were the letters "C.P.R. ;" they called him a Conductor, and whoever heard of a C.P.R. Conductor seeing a Fairy? Now if there had been any children near we should really have been in danger, for the only ones who ever see the Fairies nowadays are the children. (Enter Third and Fourth Fairies.) Third Fairy.— Art we late? We came just as quickly as we could. Godmother.— And were you, too, a long way off? Fourth Fairy.— We have come from the head of Lake Superior, and we came on the biggest ship you ever saw; it was immense, and it was so filled with grain that there was hardly room for us, but we man- aged it, and here we are! Godmother. — Did anybody see you ? Third Fairy. — There was nobody to see us but the sailors, and sailors iiever see the Fairies. Godmother.— I wouldn't be quite so sure about that. I wish the others would come. (Enter Fifth and Sixth Fairies.) Fifth Fairy.— We have had a wonderful ride. If it had not been for that we could not have been here nearly so soon. Godmother.— Whsit kind of ride ? TeU us ab>iut it. ^ ■■ -r THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Sixth Fairy.— Wi rode in a horseless carriage. Godmother.— A horseless carriage! Please ex- plain. How could that be? Fifth Fairy.— That we cannot tell, but the carriage ran over the road moved by some unseen power. Godmother.— 'Tis strange, 'tis passing strange i Did you ever hear of these remarkable things when we were here before? Fain-M.— Never! Such things were unheard of. Seventh Fairy (rushing on to the stage in a breath- less manner).— Here I am. Am I too late? I had a most wonderful adventure. /^otritfj.— Adventure? How interesting? Tell us about it Godmother.— Yts, do. We would like to hear. Seventh Fairy.-Wtll. I was leisurely coming through the clouds on my way to this gathering, when suddenly there appeared the most wonderful bird that was ever seen by Fairy eyes. And the noise it made! —I can hear the buzzing and the whirring, yet, it nearly deafened me. Godmother.— What was it like? Seventh Fairy.— It was huge, immense. Godmother.— As large as an eagle? 9 THE WCXDING OF MISS CANADA Seventh Fairy. — 'Twas larger than a hundred eagles. It had two tremendous wings, and the odd- est body. At the front was a figure that looked like a human being. I assure you I was badly frightened. Godmother. — And not much wonder. Seventh Fairy. — I could not tell where I was : every thing is so changed. Magnificent cities now stand where formerly were wilderness and bush. It is a wonder to me that I ever found my way at all. But I trusted to luck and rode on the wings of the bird, they called an aeroplane. Godmother. — Yes, everything has changed since that birthday party, that we all attended so long ago. I was the child's Fairy Godmother, and 'tis the duty of a Fairy Godmother to bring rich offerings to her infant Godchild. But I — I had little to bring, and so I called on all you Good Fairies to come and bring your choicest gifts to the infant Canada. And you all came. First Fa»>y.-=— And I brought Wealth. Second Fairy. — And I brought Health. Third Fairy. — And I brought Power to grow. Fourth Fairy. — And Beauty rare That was the share I brought so long ago. 10 ^^r.: ''m^ THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Fifth Fairy. — Power to discern, Sixth Fairy. — Desire to learn, Seventh Fairy. — And wisdom rich and rare; These gifts so choice, Made all rejoice. We Fairies did our share. Godmother. — Indeed you did, I was very grateful to you. And how hard we tried to keep from the Bad Fairy the knoA^ledge of that wondrous Birthday Party! But she was there, she came at the last minute. Enemies sought her out and told her, and so she evaded us and gained an entrance. And such a gift as she left that precious baby! First Fairy. — What was it? Godmother.— Did you not hear? 'Twas a love for things that are not worth while — a love for power, for position, for show. Seventh Fairy.— Uy gift of Wisdom ought to counteracf that gift brought by the Bad Fairy. Godmother.— 'Tv/ns a gift wisely chosen. Let us hope 'twill always counteract the bad. .i,-^n'j"'''.i.''°'"'J"'[°''o" ' ^"'^ °"" °' Dince, in which the Godmother and the Seven Good Fairies take part If the Famei carry wands a Wand Drill will fit in nicely When the Drill or Dance is finished they group themselves prettily on the platform, some standing and some sitting. Be careful to have the placing of the children all arranged beforehand so much depends upon a pretty grouping.) (Enter Jack Canuck.) 11 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Fairies.— Who comes here? First Fo.Vjr.— What strong and stalwart youth is this? Godmother ~'Tis Jack Canuck! What business can he have with us? Jack Canuck.— Good Morrow, Fairy Godmother. Godmother.— Good Morrow, Jack Canuck. You are sad I fear. 4 Jack Canuck.— Indctd, I am; very, very sad. Godmother.-Ttll us your sorrow. Perhaps we may be able to help you, and if we can, most gladly will we do so. o ' Jack Canuck.— U you cannot help me— well I fear the case is a hopeless one. I am in love wi^ your Godchild, Miss Canada. Fairies (delightedly).-I„ love, how interesting! And does she love you in return? Jack Canuck.^That I camiot say. but I fear not. Godmother.-H:iy^ you spoken to her of your love? JackCanuck.-Uort times than I can count. Sometimes I think she loves me in return, -md then she treats me with such coldness that I fear my suit IS hopeless. ^ 12 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Godmother.— Docs she give any reason for this treatment of you ? Jack Canuck.— Sht says I'm not of noble birth. I am much too ordinary for her. She thinks a crown would be most becoming to her golden tresses. She hopes that by and by a grander suitor will come along, one who will place her by his side upon a throne. She has visions of grandeur in the magnificent courts of Europe— and 'tis for that, she casts aside a heart that loves her for herself alone. Godmother.— 'Tis the work of the Bad Fairy! I feared for the baby, when I knew this unwelcome visitor had been present at her birthday party, but we —we will do all we can to help you in your wooing. Jack Canuck. Jack Canuck. — I know well a maiden fair, She is sweet beyond compare. And I love her well. Yes, with love my heart doth burn. Does she love me in return? That I cannot tell. She is haughty, coy or gay. When I plead she turns away, Then my heart doth sink. 13 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA When I go she calls me backj Cries, "Oh, do not leave me, Jackl" What's a man to think? Sometimes she gaily taunts me. And laughingly she flaunts me, Then she brightly smiles. When she smiles my spirits rise. When she frowns, then hope it dies. Oh, she's full of wiles! Godmother.-Just like the rest of her sex. Jack Canuck Have you anything else to offer this God- child of mme besides this love that you so ardently profess? What arguments have you to advance for your union with Canada? .^^'^'"'''f-'^-er^t^st of all arguments is th s, I love her well! Then, too, 'twould be a suit- able match, we have so much in common-the same interests, the same ideals. Godmother.~And what are these ideals? Jack Canuck.-U.r development as a nation, her future growth, her progress in the realms of com- merce, of education, of literature, of art. I am t re."T T "",T^°"^' ' --W ^^feguard her in- tern ,, I would protect her from all who would do h.r^™.J would keep away from her all who were 14 ''£3»l JtJ * THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Godm<,/A,.r._Have you spoken to her father, John Bull ? /ac* Co««cA.-Not yet. I thought to win her first. Godmother.~'Tis the modem way of doing things Twas altogether diflferent in my young days. Then the older people planned the marriage and the young people did as their parents wished. (Enter John Bull, blustering.) John BulL-What's all this? What's all this? Godmother.~We are talking of my dear Godchild, your daughter. Canada; we are discussing her future She is beautiful and attractive and many suitors will doubtless appear and ask for her hand. John BulL-SuitoTsl Nonsensel She is but a child among the nations. Godmother.-Old enough. John Bull, for many to ^ casting eyes at her and her vast possessions. Happy indeed will the foreign nation be that can annex Canada. /oA« 5«//.-Happy-I should think so. for she is richly dowered. Beauty and grace and vast posses- sions in lands and resources has this daughter oi mine She has wonderful acres of farming lands and untold wealth in mine and lake and forest, but I tell you this- IS THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA no fortune hunter need ever ask me for my daughter's hand in marriage. Godmother.—John Bull, I fear you are behind the times. Nowadays, suitors do not first consult the fathers. Here is a case in point. Jack Canuck would wed your daughter and he has not asked your consent to his wooing. John fix//.— Jack Canuck— Who is he? Jack CoHuc*.— Nobody very imporatnt, John Bull, just a plain ordinary youth of humble birth, madly in love with the most charming, beautiful maiden that ever worried the heart out of a poor suitor. John 5«H.— Has she given you any encourage- ment? Jack CowMcfe.— Sometimes I think she has, and then again I cannot tell. She has told me I am too plain, too ordmary, too commonplace. She yearns for grandeur and greatness and power, a golden crown and a throne and a King in kingly raiment whose honours she would share. And yet withal I feel she loves me. Seventh Fairy.—'Tis the work of the Bad Fairy who forced her way in at the birthday party of Con- federation. She it was who put these ideas into her head. 16 f ♦ t THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Godmother.~Aad these ideas once planted are hard to destroy. They are like noxious weeds that grow and grow, and if not destroyed will soon smot^ jr the good grain. Let yours be the task, Good Faiiies, to prove to Miss Canada, that happiness does not con- sist in outward show, but in real true love that comes from the heart. We will go and find her, and tell her this. John Bull.— I, too, shall have something to say to this daughter of mine. i„i^°J'" 8"'' «»'f" the hand of the Fairy Godmother and leads her off the platform. The Good Fairies follow ) Jack Canuck.— I have good friends " hope they will do something to further my suit. is jurt'JIad^g o^eT" '''* """"' "*•"' " •"' '»"''• She Canada.— J^ov, that's what I call a real lover. That is the kind of letter that any girl ought to be proud to receive. I am sure I could love him in return. Ah, Jack Canuck, you here again? What brings you this time? Jack Canuck.— 'Tis the same old story, my love for you. Conarfo.— Really you are a most persistent lover. If persistency could win me, then you would have won me long ago. 17 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Jack Canuck.— I fear I have been too persistent But I have no time ^d little inclination to longer dally. If you do not love me, say so, and I will leave you, never to return. Catutda.— Oh, but you mustn't do that; what should I do without you I I need you for so many things. Who would look after my interests as well as you do? Who would guard my shores, who would fight my battles and who would keep away from Canada all who would do her harm? Who, but Jack Canuck! Jack Canuck.— That's all very well, from your standpoint, but what about mine? Canada.— V/hy Jack, I want to make a brilliant match. I want to marry some one of old, old family. Some one who will make up to Canada what she her- self lacks in that respect. Then I want riches and position and standing among the other nations of the world. 0)i, yes. Jack Canu.dc, I know thct 1 am ambiti >us, but it is no wonder, for many opportuni- ties for greatness are coming my way. Listen to this. (Reads the letter.) From Spain to Canada.— Greetings.— Long have we admired you from afar. Oh, Can- ada! and long have we loved you. Your be-'uty, your vast acres, your wonderful resources have led us to the conclusion that a union with you would be 18 I i IriF WOOING OF MISS CANADA to our great advantage. Spain— one of the oldest countries of Europe is willing to overlook the fact that you have no particular family to boast of, no long line of ancestry, and to ask you to take into your serious considv,.-ation a union with Spain at your eariiest convenience. We await your pleasure and are sending ambassadors bearing gifts. Tu ^^"}" Spanith Dancers. If possible have four or five They dance up to Miss Canada and present her with ieweli and laces, strings of beads thrown around her n"k and a7a« scarf thrown over her head, mantilla fashion. While they are mta^M^l r ' * """''" '''' '■*"*• »""• '0<>k» most Jack Canuck.— Well, I see this is no place for me. (Exit Jack Canuck.) (At this point introduce a Spanish Dance given by the Spanish Girl, They should carry Umbourines or casttne^^ tilvt .h?'J.°/ 'W""^ *"!."« *« «« "'^P themselves pre?: ^Ll ^J*f °'.i,"'" ?""^ •?"« «"■'' ™«y »tep forward and ?£'A!? "'• '°™««'"°K »bout Spain would be most 8ppropri"t the other girls join in the chorus.) •wvir-ae, Spanish Girl. — From sunny Spain we come to woo Miss Canada, A maiden fair, a maiden fair! For she has wealth in lands, in herds, in mines, and then Such beauty rare, -uch beauty rare I Canada.~Why did not your Master come in per- son to woo me? Wooing should never be done by proxy. Sprnish Girl.— He is much too busy. The cares 19 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA of state press heavily upon our Master's brow He «n„ot leave to con,e so far away. But he told us l?h. .r* ° '''"'"''• *^' '■* *^ Spain that made J^W tV TZV' ^'^^ '^°""*^^' '" ^-*' ^^ very cl K .^"^' ^'' •'''** '' "°' '^ ^'"^ Christopher c^ver'^r ""^ *''" "°"" ^°" ^^^' ''-^ •-" ^- Ca««/a.-That I cannot say, but I think so. We oJ^ltJr- '"'' ^"^"^ '° '^ »" °" *e side of Spam, ,f we are to take into consideration only Ae com„^.raal aspect of the case, and so I beg leave to dechne with thanks. (Takes off h*r • . ! h.r i,^« J L ■ (.iaKes ott her jewels and her lace and hands them to one of the maidens.) J^^' S^'r^r "'^* '''""' ^^""'y -<^ -'al Pos^ion Thmk what it would mean to you to be allied w.th one of the oldest countries of Euro^, Canada.~It takes more than that to make a haoov umon. With Spain. Canada can have lit^e Tn co^- ricU^ r '"'^ ""^ *° y°"^ ^*^*" 'hat Canada s much too busy to leave home at present, she finds IL """^ '"""'" °^ ^'^'^ '''^t «=>»'■" *^- at- tention. .mm.grat.on, transportation, and then, too 20 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA her own dear soldier boys at the front, all need her personal attention. No, Canada can never be allied with Spain. (Exit Spanish Girls.) Canada.— Tht idea! Too busy to come himself and woo me! I'll show him. Ah, who comes here? (Enter a number of Japanese Maidens. Here is a eood opportunity for a Fan Drill or any Japanese Dn*l or dSS^ given of course in costume. All through the Drill havethe girls t^lce little short mincing steps, face! all smile") Canada.— Oh, you dear little Japanese girls! Aren't you sweet! What are you doing in Canada, so far away from the land of the Cherry-blossom and the Chrysanthemum? Japanese Girl.— Our Master Bade us come and tell you of our wonderful country, an Island in the far Pacific. He told us to sing to you of its charms, to picture for you the beauties of Japan. Canarfo.— Well, go on, I'm listening. Japanese Girl. — We know a land where the sun ever shines. And the sky is a sapphire blue; Where the cherry-blossom petals flutter from the trees To bathe themselves in the dew. Where the moon hangs aloft like a toy balloon, And the breeze has the scent of flowers, 21 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA And the atej^d-eyed maidens with httle mincing Wile away the long sunny hours oaa acres, and your immense forests WhJ swer, O Canada, shall we take barto ' If ""' who sent us to you. Japan? '° °" *'^'''*='-' Canarffl.— Very creditable, indeed! Pafr.w '»»' m Fi,M, „ Flanders our own Q,™j t! "■l our n™,„„ (oM^well I ttil r . °" i»« th™ .m. ni»l, ^i; . Cmad,an, «".". Japan, «^. it^dat n°:i" »'" 'T 22 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Japanese Maiden.— But think of our age. Why, Japan is one of the oldest countries in the world. If it is ancient lineage and old family you want, where will you find them to such an extent as in old Japan? I ask you that, O Honourable Canada! Caworfo.— There are other things in life besides old family and ancient lineage, I am beginning to tire of the very sound of them. Japanese C.W.— Alas, then, with our mission a failure we return to our Master to say to him that Canada will not ally herself with Japan. (Exit Japanese Maidens.) littli'^Fr«fA"ri,u"''" "" *u' Marseillaise and four or more p«il n "■ They may be smging or humming the air A Folk Dance would fit in here quite nicely.) Canada.— Ah, French I see! You are our brave allies, and Canada loves you well. French Girl.— Wt know that, else we had not come. You are such brave people, you Ca-.adians; see what your dear boys are doing in our stricken country. What should France have done without your aid? Canada.— And have you, too, come as ambassadors? from your Master, France, to woo Miss Canada? She has many suitors. French Girl. — Nay, not to woo you hav but to tell you something of our history. 23 ; come. THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Good Fairies with your best interests at heart m^ Ln"^ '°"' ^"'*^"'" '"' -^^"ificcnce such a many an European court has to offer. But thrones and crowns count for little. It was the grandeur Id magn,ficence of the French court that hel^d to wr"k our a.r land at the time in our history when t"e ^t:oTT '':''-'''' ^-°'"^'- -^'^ * Whole world. Mane Antoinette was a Queen h-f that fact failed to save her fro. the g:i.,?re ' '^ beautiful. I have read of her in our History. French Girl.-We have delivered our messaee and cL: aTh:/ ^!' "° P^" ^- ^ -- of France a^^ natl R ! f *°"" "°' •^ ^•^'^^t^W' to our voT p^r Tr r" '°" ""'^ ^""'^'^ »>- '° off- .vou Foor. stricken, impoverished France! H., £: Allies"?' ^r^- ^^^'^^eP^n^ertnt' bra,e Alhes for her very existence. But wait- f^Ti '■ '"'" ''*= ^^"'^^ ''^ '"'<= conflagrat onThat 's now burning up that dear land, is goinfto aril", grands country, a more magnific;nt Cce (Exit French Girl..) >»ri^fVo/4".r "" "*""" °''"- I-'od-ce . Folk D.nc 24 T^-'MMJ: THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA ItcUian Girl. — From Italy, fair Italy, The land that we call home. The land of song and gay romance. From sunshine land we've come. We've heard of thee, O Canada, Your fame spreads far and wide; Shall Italy and Canada In marriage be allied? Then what you lack in ancestry Will Italy supply; For throne and crown and stately court, You need no longer sigh. Canada. — Do you know I am not half so anxious for a throne and a crown and the grandeur that goes with them as I once was? I am beginning to think that there are things in hfe much more important. Go back to your fair country, back to the sunny land of Italy and say, "Canada is proud to know that Italy is fighting with the Allies in the great world struggle for Right and Justice, but that she has changed her mind about allying herself with a strange country and for the present she prefers to remain — just a Daughter of John Bull." (Exit Italian Girls.) (The piano strikes up the Star Spangled Banner or some other disunctively American air, then enter Uncle Sam carry- ing the SUrs and Stripes.) 25 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA ^fcLr Sam.~ You have heard of thrones and princes. ^ And crowns and titles grand. And ancestry and royal blood; And many a suitor's hand Has been outstretched to Canada, From far across the sea- But pay no heed! for on their side Would all advantage be. For what have /A^y to offer you For what you'd have to bring? An empty title and a throne. To share with prince or king. ^°''wrV"''^''^''''y°"^door. Tu rT o °^'" y°" ""■" hand, fhe U.S.A. and Canada, Together they would stand. A powerful Union they would make, We dhke to see Old Glory joined With England's Union Jack wys are fighting side by side 26 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA in France, but I think we are better friends just as good neighbors than if a closer union existed. May your Star Spangled Banner always wave side by side with the Union Jack and may you and I ever remain close neighbors and the best of friends. (Exit Uncle Sam.) arnif "'" ^*"''*"* '" ^^ *"'' °°*" ''■"' '"'Se book under hij Student— Sudi a time as I had getting to Canada! I did not dare say that I was a German, or I never should have reached here at all. Canada.— And what have you come for? I don't want to seem inhospitable, but to be perfectiy frank with you, Germans are not wanted here. We have too much to forget. Student— Hot wanted? What nonsense I Why, we are the most wonderful people in the civilized world— look at our efficiency, our inventions in the realms of art and science, and then our kultur,— Not wanted, indeed! Coworfa.— Efficiency— How we hate the word! Kultur— we know too well what it stands for. Civi- lization—Germany does not know the meaning of it. What are you doing in Canada, why are you here? Student.-On behalf of my Master, Germany, I have come to tell you of the advantages that will be 27 *■' ^ THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA be made to produce, therT^mL ^°""^ ^•" and Canada will c ' " '" ^ "° ^''^'e anywhere, "as never dreaded". '"''"'" '"'"' -^'^ «= she Canada—Aad will there be-, f^ and plenty of grandeur? ""' *"*^ * "^^n ^/«rf.«/._I„deed, there will be Tn r n>Iers rule by divine ri^ht ^ Germany the ^andeur and greaTn J ff ^n '" "" ^''"'^ '" ^''^ you. ^ ^'"''' °^ «" ^mpTe that will dazzle Conorfa—How lovely! anH .f . any fight for Canada? "''^ '^ ^'" Germ- 5'/i«/^«/.__-phe Germa •■n the world. Look at th.' "^ ''" ^'^*'** '^^hters such another? "">'• ^'''^re will you find "■'"^"•-^^ 'f I "fuse, What? -t:-!:;:;;-- -earn Of refusing. If y<- forcibly away to my MaslrGrrmTy "' "^'^ ^''-/a.-Those are your instructions? " ^/^.«,.-_Most emphatically, they are 28 THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Canada.~And just as emphatically do I refuse John 5««._We are just in time, Jack Canuck, an- other moment and we should have been too late. Canada.— I am so frightened. He would not listen to my refusal, but was going to carry me away in spite of myself. Jack Canuck.— Touch Canada at vour peril i Lay a hand on her if you dare ? Fight for her, would you ? She has men much nearer home, brave and stalwart, ready at a moment's notice to don the khaki and march away ♦« defend her shores, should foreign foe attack. And Jack Canuck, tipifying the youth of Canada, ready to shed the last drop of blood in her defence, bids Germany's Ambassador. Begone! Sttuient.-Bnt how shall I get home? will you give me safe conduct? Jack Canuck.-Yon should have thought of that before you came. John Bull.-Ltt him take his chances, Jack Canuck. (Exit Germany.) Fairy Godmother.— M^ny suitors have presented themselves, O Canada! Have you made up your mmd? What is your decision? 29 ^i&ai -ft THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Fairies.— Yes, we are anxious to hear it. Canada.— I think I must have had a change of heart. No longer do I care for empty titles, for crowns, for thrones, for a long line of ancestry, for courtly grandeur, these do not seem as necessary to my happmess as they once did. I want a suitor who will love Canada for herself alone, who will safe- guard her interests, who will fight her battles whether at home or on the fields of France or Flanders — such a suitor and none other will Canada consider. John BuU.— And where will you find such a suitor? Fairy Godmother.-Yts. indeed, where will you find him ? ' Canada.— I know where there is a suitor such as I describe who loves Canada well. John Bull, Fairy Godmother and Fairies fin chonjs).— And his name—? Canorfa.- Is.Jack Canuck. on either side and all ,i„^%" r^A^'""'.SS?"f themselves Forever") ^ ° Canada" or "The Maple Leaf 30 i^rJL*. THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA Epilogue It is fifty years and more since the thirty-three Fathers of Confederation brought about the Union of the Provinces. There were four then; there are nine now. During these fifty years what changes have taken placet Barriers that once existed have been swept away, by bridges, by tunnels, by canals, by railroads, by steamships. Population has grown to such an ex- tent that instead of a handful of people there are now eight millions. Land that once was looked upon as useless is now so fertile and productive that Canada has bcco.ne one of the greatest wheat-producing coun- tries of the world. This land of ours is capable of filling the htmgry mouth of every man, woman and child in the British Empire. As a manufacturing country it has great possibili- ties. Its water power is almost unlimited. Its resources are marvellous. Almost all minerals and metals, that are used, are found in Canada. Silver and gold are here in immense quantities, while the most valuable nickel deposits in the world are found in Ontario. Its chain of Great Lakes form such a highway that boats can run from the head of Lake Superior down to the sea, thus helpr j to solve the problem of trans- portation. 31 i::^*! THE WOOING OF MISS CANADA "The Twentieth Century is Canada's," and as loyal Canadians we have faith in the future of our land We must be ever on the alert to guard well her in- terests, to watch the immigration and see that un- desirables do not enter and to ever remember our watchword, "Canada for Canadians." W^wfck Br... » »»«„, tM^, p,i„^„ „, Bookbtoder.. Tor..«,, C^ 32 The "AH CanadiaD" En'tertaiomeat Series .By Edith Lelean Groves PLAYS 1 Santa Ciaus and the Magic Carpet, or a Conspiracv Aga,ns. Santa Ciatis: A Christmas Comedy. 3 t> •■. Ppic», 2B canti o Britannia b Ihe Wooing of Miss Canada . . . -,,„ ., , 7 Tr 1,, ^No», 2B c*ntt / The War on the Western Front -,,„ „ . Q TU r- ^ -, Prfo«, 28 »nti y Ihe Key of Jack Canuck's Treasure House • . Price, 26 unta ■ • Pp|o«, 2B cents ■ -Price, 2S cent! DRILLS AND EXERCISES 2 Sahiting the Canadian Flajr A -n. „, ,^ ° Price, IB oent« 4 Pancy Flag Drill, Rule Britannia p,,.. „ „„., 6 Fancy^FIag Drill, We'll Fight for the Grand Old 8 Holly Drill ' .' .' .'.'.'.'.'.".".'.■■ ^""' " """ 10 How the Fairies Cho^e Thei^Queen." ''^Z I "Z 12 Patriotic Scarf Drill 14 Grand March with Flags 16 Canada, Our Homeland . . 11 The Making of Canada's Flag. L^ A Canadian Fairv Tale • Price, IB cent* • Price, IB oenu OBDEII BY IMUMBE* McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart Pt^ PubliBher. : : Toronto ^^^