Curtain raiser

Caption: "Curtain raiser--Paula Halpern, 11, [holding a sign, "Cancer show"] of 1064 Willmohn St., [and eight other girls with one arm outstretched] apprise the audience of where the $75 paid for admission would go at the performance in P. S. 219, E. 94th St. and Clarkson Ave., Canarsie, of a variety show by the pupils." The girls, standing in V formation, are wearing dance costumes.