The Archive · 1929

BARRIE'S GIFT TO THE CHILDREN

Rights in Peter Pan" to Go to Ormond Street Hospital London, Apr. 13.

Sir James Barrie is presenting all ights in his famous children's play "Peter Pan" to the Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond.

Street, London, and all the profits from its publication or performance estimated at £2,000 yearly, will henceforward go to the care of sick children.

During the 25 years since it was written, "Peter Pan," "Wendy" and. other characters in this delightful play have become intimately known in every nursery throughout the English-speaking world.—British Wireless through Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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