New-York tribune., 1906-05-01
RRYN MAWR'S FETE.
rm Day Spectacle Where Fire
hundred College Girls Appear.

,7su-r College campus VIII to-day see a
- Of the Elizabethan May Day fete. OF 1900
-, OF such a spectacle was in that year the
- Z,,sniration Of the chairman OF the newly
,-.sd committee whose special function Il
s.,sse means OF raising money for the much
my stiu more urgently needed. students
- The preparations were carried through
-seks and the sum Of $500 was cleared.
= Years il has been only memory OF day
-tv and gayety; TO the present undergradu-
tradition handed down such traditions
- evidenced by little collection OF photo
!, These give some faint idea OF the pageant
t,ge May pole. decorated with roses and gar
-. ,he four magnificent oxen, procured some
I, an interested and generous neighbOrhood.
-, .s,e COWS OF the miIkTnaids, the skipping
- +ba sbepherdesses and the donkey OF the
s.rsrl Autolycus; the trumpet blowing heralds
s..+s and the PLAYS, The Play OF ST. George"
---,zsl and Perdita' and robin Hood
..:. thanksgiving there have been constant re-
-. of the plays under the direction OF sam
4 ,-4hur King, Of London. lecturer in elocution
D., Nawr and Wellesley, and there is the
-ss- advantage that the members Of the dra-
=. committee are alumne who took part in the
- .s-s and that the same chairman OF the
-, oor,r1irtee Mrs. Charles n. Andrews, has
e -sa raaraeernent OF the whole performance
- music has been arranged by Dr. Hugh A
-, n the University Of Pennsylvania, ana the
- have been trained by Elwood 6 CaTpeh-
u n Philadelphia Various rooms in the coleee
..-s been through the winter turned INTO "ofA-
- and busy students. between lectures or on
- -, 10 trains have stopped each other con
- 70 drop hasty directions about ruffs, buck
- y tanners The entire coIlege-in fact, almost
- hundred students-wiu appear Ia costume to
aT1sre VIII be two performances. one this morning
.r j 10 ! O'Clock, the other this AFTERNOON lIo!l
"a 10 Es feature Of the morning perLoI InAllCe II
- IN moi be repeated in the afternoon WlIl ne
n pageant Tais is the procession OF an the per
e--7sTd belonging to Theodore y; Ely, ana VIII
80 the college grounds through Pembroke Arch-
- rrunapeJs adorned with gold fringed banners
isling the Pembroke coat OF arms ne 4Hora anu
Is5y q the May Ro5ln Hood ana MAC Nd "a, al
-7 follow on horses. with their attendants; then
r5s merry men. Behind them, drawn by oxen, VIII
m the MAY pole, followed by al the performers
= -se plays-S ShIUlney sweeps and lacks-o the
rTssa ana the ElIzabethan crowd, scholars, beg
- safers and soldiers, nilkmaids and shepherd
esrsg The programme IS not quite ldenucal Win
fhaf Of $50. one new feature VIII be Jonson 3
alTssuue Of Qleenes. performed by New York
suuna The masques viii be given before queen
Elzabeth ana her court in the cloister OF the new
"a other college. it is said could furnish the
ssilng for such q spectacle, and this year every
f5ng Is looking particularly beautiful
T6e cover design OF the programme used in 1900,
ty Violet Oakley. VIII be Reproduced. There will
aiso be separate programmes Of the various plays.
Tckets for The morning performance are 81 %; for
he afternoon performance. 3. In the case Of bad
n souhtfu weather the fete will be postponed
NIL the first fine DAY. There viii he refreshnent
iooths. representing English inns. the grounds,
ild visitors can purchase, at any time between
r5sn ana 8 O'Clock D. m light refreshments. such
3 sandEicaes coffee ices and cakes Visitors are
n1uested not 70 bring cameras
he patrouesses in Kew York are Mrs. Charles T.
BTney Miss Catharine Bliss, Mrs r. James Cross.
NTs Frank Dsmrosch, Mrs. Henry Havemcyer,
Kiss Annie Jennings, Mrs. Howard Mansfield, Mrs.
NsTle-Smith Mrs. George 3. Mcclellan. Mrs. Amos
Eash0L Mrs. George H. Putnam, Mrs Herbert
stiarlee. Mrs Arthur Scrinner, Mrs. l. n Phelps
Eakes. Mrs Thomas Srurgis, Mrs. Henry Willard.
Mrs Felix WaTburg Mrs. John ]. Waterbury, Mrs.
Sanford White and Mrs. J. Hood Wright.