Grace Hemingway

              Grace Hemingway


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Presenting 
The Story Hour
, for Children and 
Talks on Story Telling
 for Adults




Personal Address
444 No. Oak Park Ave
Oak Park, Illinois



The paths through Story Land lead directly to the heart of the child. Miss Hemingway has found the way. —Belle Watson Melville.


INTRODUCTORY



I
N Miss Grace Hemingway we present an altogether delightful attraction for the children and an invaluable feature for all 
grown-ups
 who still acknowledge that they once were children.  Her fund of stories seems to be inexhaustible.  Her natural vivacity and enthusiasm carries her hearers with her, and she at once becomes the 
Queen of Storyland
 to her many little worshippers.  Her work each day is divided into two parts: The Children's Hour,
Talks on Story Telling With Adults.


The children of to-day are the Chautauqua patrons of the future.  Nothing more largely insures the permanence of the Chautauqua institution than enthusiastic audiences of children.  Miss Hemingway has proven herself to be a decided success with both children and adults and is worthy of a place on any program.




THE PRESS



THE STORY HOUR



One of the pleasing features of the assembly this year is the daily treat afforded the children by Miss Grace Hemingway, who gathers the tots about her each morning and afternoon for a 
story hour
.  Only a few minutes in the story tent are required to discover the attraction for the large number of children who gather.  Miss Hemingway, besides being an entertaining reconteur, is a charming person to meet.—


Citizen's Press, Jackson, Mich., July 1, 1909.




Miss Hemingway is a gifted story teller and has made giant strides in her chosen profession.  She has created an innovation in the art of story telling by selecting different countries and depicting the lives and characteristics of the inhabitants by appearing in the native costume.  When Dutch stories are the order of the day, Miss Hemingway wears a Gretchen costume with her hair in two braids, a white Dutch cap and short skirt with black velvet bodice and wooden shoes.  Her former experience and her efficiency in dialect work peculiarly fits her for this, for she can readily change to the costume of the Japanese maiden and presto!  she is telling tales of the land of the cherry blossom in a manner to convince her hearers she has just stepped out of the orient and into their presence.—


Oak Park Events Aug. 20, 1909.




The Children's Hour, under the direction of Miss Hemingway, is one of the growing attractions of the Wathena, Kansas, Assembly.  The children had full possession of the grounds today.  They began to come in at an early hour and before noon had discovered every shady nook, and their merry laughter could be heard ringing from the tabernacle as Miss Hemingway told them stories.—


St. Joseph, Mo., News and Press.





FOLK STORIES TOLD



Miss Grace Hemingway very graciously filled the hour with the delightful stories with which she charms the children every afternoon at 4 o'clock.  Her selections were from the folk lore of the East Indians and the negroes.—


Joliet Daily Republican, July 27th.


Miss Grace Hemingway is a Story Teller of unusual talent, sincerity and effectiveness. She is attractive, animated and free from affectation. I am confident that any audience that hears her once will wish her to return. —William E. Barton, Pastor First Congregational Church, Oak Park, Ill. 





Miss Hemingway has decided dramatic ability and puts so much action and life into her stories that one listens spellbound from the beginning of the tale to the end. — Georgene Faulkner, The Story Lady.




We give below short outlines of some of the Story Hours presented by Miss Hemingway.  This is merely a suggestion and does not, by any means, give a complete repertoire of her stories.




I.


AN AFTERNOON OF SOUTHERN FOLKLORE WITH 
UNCLE REMUS



How Miss Cow falls a victim to Brer Rabbit


How Brer Bear lost his tail


Story of the Pigs


Tar Baby, and others



II.


AMONG THE ANIMALS



How Brother Rabbit fooled the Whale and the Elephant


Some of the old Hindu Folk Tales including The 
Brahmin, Tiger and Jackall
 story


Some of Kipling's 
Just So
 stories including 
How the camel got his hump, with Edward German's music for same



III.


FABLES NEW AND OLD



Some of the oldest fables ever written, brought from India by Ramaswami Raju, among them 
Camel and the Pig


Man and the Cloth


Tiger, Fox and Hunter


The best of AEsop's fables including 
Dog and His Shadow


Lark and her Little Ones


Hare and Tortoise


Country Mouse and City Mouse

Some modern fables including 
Pig Brother
 Laura E. Richards

Sailor Man
 Laura E. Richards
IV.


STORIES FROM LANDS OF WOODEN SHOES
.  (In Dutch costume.)  An adaptation of Humperdinks

Grand Opera of Hansel and Gretel, with music


An adaptation of Browning's Pied Piper of Hamlin


Little Hero of Haarlem


Hans and the Four Giants, Elizabeth Harrison



V.


AN HOUR IN FAIRYLAND
 (Including)


Why the Sea is Salt, from the Norse


Fisherman and the Genii Grimm


Ole Lukoie, Anderson


Constant Tin Soldier, Anderson


Sleeping Beauty, Perrault


Line of Golden Light, Elizabeth Harrison



VI.



SOME FOLK TALES WORTH REPEATING

Gingerbread Man, with song of 
Gingerbread Man,
 by Jessie Gaynor


Three Billy Goats Gruff, from Norse


Chicken Little


Epamindas


Old Woman and her Pig



VII.


JAPANESE STORIES
.  (In Japanese Costume)


Hashun the Stone Cutter (with music)


Tongue Cut Sparrow


Accomplished and Lucky Tea Kettle


The Little Green Cap


VIII.


CHINESE FOLKLORE
.  (In Chinese Costume)


Wooing of Li Chi or the Legend of the Blue Willow Ware


How the Moon Became Beautiful


Woo Sing and the Mirror


The Boy Who Wouldn't Tell a Lie (a tale of 6000 years ago)


The Proud Fox and the Crab


The Professor and the Melon



IX.


STORIES OF KNIGHTHOOD
 (Including)

Stories of King Arthur


Sir Launfal


How Cedric Became a Knight


Sir Galahad



X.


SOME MODERN ADAPTATIONS FROM THE MASTERS
 (Including)


King of the Golden River, Ruskin


Pippa Passes, Browning (with music)


La Derniere Classes
 by Daudet



XI.


HEROIC BOYS AND GIRLS
—A Patriotic Day


Joan of Arc


Nahun Prince
, Edward Everett


The Sleeping Sentinel
, Chrittenden


Nathan Hale


Ethan Allen


Old Man and Jim
, Riley


Grace Darling



XII.


BIBLE STORIES


Bible Heroes


Bible Parables


Bible Miracles



XIII.


CHRISTMAS STORIES AND LEGENDS FROM MANY COUNTRIES



Talks with Mothers and Teachers on 
The Art of Story Telling
.



The jolliest hour in the day for the little folks is when Miss Hemingway tells them stories in the Auditorium. She doesn't tell them in the old monotonous way though, but enlivens them with little monologues and change of costume. Bay View Assembly.—Petosky, Mich., News.




TESTIMONIALS



I was charmed with Miss Hemingway's personality, her good address and her method of presenting her course at Bay View.  She held old and young alike with world famous stories.  Her talks to parents and teachers were most helpful as well as entertaining.  She shows evidence of careful training and natural ability.
— H. 
GRACE PARSONS
, Head of Kindergarten Dep't., Central State Normal School, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.




Miss Grace Hemingway is a decided attraction for any Chautauqua program.  Her work at Bay View elicited enthusiastic praise from all the people.
—
HENRY AUGUSTUS BUCHTEL
, ExGovernor of Colorado.




A charming presence, a pleasing manner, a sweet voice, a rare elocutionary technique, all combine together in your work to produce an artistic effect that cannot be too highly commended.  We shall be very glad to hear you again and that very soon.
—M. B. 
WILLIAMS
, Pastor First Methodist Episcopal Church, Oak Park, Ill.




I have seen Miss Hemingway hold a room full of restless children at Christmas time spellbound, and feel that she has decided talent along that line.  She is also excellent in plays and games for children and I can heartily recommend her for either Chautauqua or Summer Institutes.
—
ELIZABETH HARRISON
, Principal Chicago Kindergarten College.




It gives me great pleasure to recommend her to any audience.
—
MRS. SAMUEL W. PACKARD
, President 19th Century Club.




Because she makes each character live naturally in the minds of her audience, her presentations are fascinating.  We are anxious to have her come to Albion again this season.
—F. B. 
HINES
, Pres.




Miss Hemingway holds the older pupils as well as the small child, adults as well as children and has an original manner of presenting stories that could never be acquired.
—
MISS MAE A. CLUTE
, Principal Goodwin School, Clyde, Ill.




The children listen, big eyed, when Miss Hemingway tells stories.  Her style is simple.  Her manner is magnetic.  She has a fine winning frankness.  You are interested from the first word.  Across the aisle from my chair sat a burly detective who cannot get to church except at Christmas.  He had both arms full of babies.  His children were not more absorbed than their father.  As the last words were spoken I heard him draw a deep breath.  There was moisture in his eyes.  He looked across at me, 
Wasn't that fine!
  he said.
—A. H. 
ARMSTRONG
, Pastor Third Congregational Church, Oak Park, Ill.




My Dear Miss Hemingway:

The perceptible uplifting influence of your stories upon the inmates of this institution and the extremely flattering comments of all those who were fortunate enough to hear you when you spoke here recently, prompts me to write and again thank you for the pleasant hour you furnished us.  You certainly left the men in a very cheerful mood as I presume you do with all your audiences.
—
JOHN C. WENGER
, Warden, Mich. State Penitentiary, Jackson, Mich.



Miss Grace Hemingway tells stories with rare charm and grace; her work at our Chautauqua is as important as it is interesting to the children.
—A. A. 
WILLETS
, Honorary President, International Lyceum Association.




I count Miss Grace Hemingway the fortunate possessor of personal magnetism, fine facial expression and a well modulated voice.  I have had ample opportunity too, to observe her work in comedy, which presupposes and indeed demands that perfect abandon which takes no account of self or of audience, but only of the appreciative interpretation of the work in hand.  This is a long step on the road she has now chosen, since no one needs the power of self forgetfulness more than the story-teller.
—
MRS. MARY K. A. DENNEY
, Reader and Lecturer, Oak Park, Ill.




My Dear Miss Hemingway:
— It gives me great pleasure to endorse you as a very entertaining and interesting story teller, and those who have the privilege of hearing you will enjoy you.
—
SARA LACY
, Instructor in vocal expression, Columbia School of Music, Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago, Ill.




Herald Press, Lisbon, Iowa