The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

any kind OF thinker and not call MN (
names and to be charitable toward all
men, except. Of course, citizens OF @OH-
ford. The present vice-eh ancciior Is [
itactful and diplomatic, iuckii. Tor the /
pageant, and he has showed hearty
lsvmpathy with the ambition of the I
lefty to have a spectacle which sh ould I
do honor to its past. He lunched Win 7
1.-THE pageant committee IN Magdaiehj
college Hall; the Mayor of Oxford 'prnee
isded, and there were speeches~op botn 5 /
Esdes full of good will and a Spin OF
co operation. No doubt there has all
talong been something Cor each to Tor |
give as we were TO see later oIp IN
1.-The scene Of the fight between town
Eand gown in 1854. but very few Ainerl-
leans perhaps have ever had the towns
lease stated clearly. The Oxford CITIZEN
tdied hard in his native city. he mas
4 sh runk into a keeper of lodging houses
with n very bad grace. He has remem-
ibered that his fathers built UP town.
iship about the walls of st. @Frideswide's
ltnunnery five hundred years before
There were any learned inps, as
ISpenser called collegians, to pc seen
Hin Oxford's streets. He has not for
g}gotten either. that the very freedom
-tof his birthplace to govern It's own
n affairs was crushed out OF It. and Is
sionly yet partially recovered from the
.sons Of these Shivering beggars who
fused to hudGle under porches about q
ragged teacher While the citizens OF
Ioxford We're rich and cheerful In their
Ebusy town. Small wnndersthat the TWO
coca sionslly rushed from their different
sides of the shield and broke each
others heads.
The Opening Scenes.
{ In the meantime. while we sat cloth
ed in these rich memories and our good
II clothes the church bell on Mag1aleii
!. struck the quarter before 4. instantly
!. the band began to play, which was q
rjpty, for some people We're not seated
: and many We're in the middle OF 2
!! sentence. and the music was worth
-Iliearing. This music had been as caro-
9 fully arranged as the rest OF the pa
81 geant the leading idea of Mr.. Lovey
+ having heen to harmonize the moods
q land contrasts of the various scenes,
@ 1t was not an easy thing to do. Inc
n music had to be based upon themes OF
d the different periods. and yet 1t must
S Ihe so modern In treatment that we
! would listen to 1t. The chancellor
. Lord Curzon, and his guests We're com.
II ling III during the opening bars, anu
IL IAN was hustle and social excitement
! during the time that he was smiling
Q, and raising his hat, Magdalen clock
: struck 4. At once beyond the bridge
9 La rude cart drawn BY oxen came int
u Iview on the left, o big flock of sheep
% brown humping shapes, followed, bleat
q ling and softly jostlngs one another
% and unhurriedly behind them strolle'
an unkempt shepherd, a dog at nj
|heels. a hoy sauntered across tn
I'd bridge, singing as he walked, and 81
A. the right some roughly clad lishermNl
T. LANDED from q boat that had baen Slid
Of ling, along under the trees. More shep
ii, herds appeared and indclently Watehe
1t the nets spread out to dry; a motha
he and child came out Of a hut half hid
re den in the trees by the river bank an
III stood quietly in the doorway 1t wa
r. all like the opening Of Gray's "Elegy,
Id or some other pastoral piece, Frldes
al wide's rowers, however, We're now i
1T, be seen bringing the lady in hast
he down the stream, for she fed from
Nh rude lover named Agar, a,,a after sl
lis had accented the hospitality Of II
at hut he and his men landed With shout
TO matted hair and the skins Of beasts
pit all this in the eighth cent ury--al
1T they oYerpower4 the maids follower
tn take har prisoner and loudly b6as
CHI The lady prays to heaven for b oil
rtAlgar IL stricken blind. In his hell
SIN lcssnsss she takes his hand to guiG
us him. and iie asks for her prayers. 81
IN Ibegs that he may see, and his sight
I'll, restored There Is procession
huns meanwhile making its8way aero
in4=Et,ia field to invest F'rideswide With II
OF dress of an abbess and the picture
lly the twelve young women an their rob