Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13
| -ouis N. Parker is Directly Re-
sponsibIe for Extraordinary
Vogue in Staid England.
PRIMARILY A BOSTON MAN"
Author of Shcrborne, Warwick and
Bury st. Edmunds Pascants Tells
How They Should be Handled.
Special Correspondence.

SDuCial Corresp OndcnCe.
ONION Jplv 5-riistoriral paro-
ants have become 80 popular in
England that though the first of
A--+ them was held only two years ago.
49,. tess ,bo,, a do,on ,rn hei,,o o,t,,,,
thiS summer IN as many ulliertHt towns
Of John Bulls tight little islard. Next
vrs,, there probably VIII be twice al
m.nv Before many wears have elansed
N is tikalv that every town In frrg-
lana win any claim To- historic renoN1
t.ui have held it's open~aIr theatricals
dnpictiur memorable scenes i'm lis am
mis-
The secret of the popularitv of This
form of entertainment IL NOT far 10
seek. Thcv afford realistic plimnses of
the mast snch as can he obtained I'm M
ohio. ,yav They nrnsant ies.one IL
history in the most attractive form
Vbev encourage civic urtde ana Local
,,search into the manners ard c,,eton,s
OF old times. They are far rnorc Intnr.
cstng than ordinary "evbihi,io,,s,-
with their monotonous renrtit;,ns -
things most of us have soon befoTs
M spectators wax mare anthusiastin
over them than Ameriror ,,,s,ttars
Mark Twain for nxnnnle 6ec,e,a1
when he landed in This count,,, ro,,.,,t
Is. thar one of the tbines he MAST
wanted To see wos the C,vfo,d n,s,na,,
H''P N''''''
AND WHY NOTg
And that sne,cos,s tho ,,,n,,. o,.
sbonI1 no, A3,o,;' WY
p1peants tona HietorHo thero d nastu ,,',
80 ~, - ISeulS lnelS uoes not
hut what there is of it is extremely
IN tbriliins scenes rher,, , nrt, iaehlns
clad l,nirbts concerned In ~ NV h,,t a'.l J
skins i'm their var noint from y .n.,o-
tacular view -yollId he h,si as esrontt,,a
The early settlements he rndi,n anh,e
INC colonial wars tbe ravni,,,ione ~
war OF tSt2-no, 10 carry n anu fur
ther--affords material for vivid ~.
leaux OF fascinating Interest thai wo,,Id
present nm enitome of nrogress ma a.
yelopment weii worth soeiSn COS anu ue-
The man who knows more about b;s
tort, na,,a.,+s .,,.,,, ,,'o ~, rouu. ms
the world is Louis Nono-eon Rarlser
well known TO fame ms n dramatic az
thor before he entered fresh felds of
renown. II was he who frst Introduced
the historic nageant 10 Enelona ~
Sberborne TWO 3aars 400 ~ su a.
tbree nanea,,t MS On hon az re nas now
he chose keen husw a. the the, ISL e.. ~
rest of his DAYS He has hoer ~, 49,, IA
me Pageant ksiny a., ha js uupDeu
an from vjc,or,r Ia H., ,,.;.t t t,iis
gantuan strides Tr,,I1, ~ ~; m'tn ouI-
derfnl man no di,,s o,,+ t,sso WI WI
burrows and barrotSs and nastia lro ,l
ana sbri,,as, - eiu .as.is Iiodts'
tbe 6aad 1i s it III anu CLONES
ma la a. i - 49, eoioi ana glory
,,,,,Ni e''N' LIS Pasea"ts pay naid-
AUTHOR OF "ROSEM ARY"
p..,.
Iarher; VINO is pest known In the
. S5Iteu states as me co-author OF
Rosemary was born In France, edu-
work in En,,I,nS y,,s anu mas zone ms
fish but his father was an American
and his grand father a chief justlce of
Massachusetts,. So he says. he Is a
little bit OF all influences, but prim-
aiily a Boston man" Obviouslv he 10
the best man TO consult about the
prospects for successful papeants In
America.
My knowledge of American histor,, ;,
he said, rnodestly. when had mo
pounded my query 10 him "is Iin,i,aJ
but / should saw MAT towns r. 'i a,,,s.,'
lea with histories suited to rnnrod,c-
ton in the form of paeeants ara are
But there are few of them that
would lend themselves Ia surh a 49,.
pose admirably. PlymoIlth Mass
chusetts, for instance. could he an idoaI
place for such a show. / could inasIna
none better In America Accordino, ia
my IDEAS, speaking off hand an bis,orto
pageant there should he ,vorLnd n,'t
something like this. Tho frs, ~ hiaa,,
should depict a scene in The Engiisb
town from whence II tnkes Its rer,n
Successive tableaux sho,,Id renrnsa,,t
the landing OF the niIerim fatbars H.
carly trials of the settlers and tbeIr
struggles with the Indians he snlit
with the mother land ana 60 on th,o,,s,,,
the independent history Of The co,,ni
try.
ANorr,rp TRIM, ~ uo,,>,
"snIon, Ntassa.,,a
town that affords abundant material
Tor an historic pageant, the witch In
cldent. especially, being well adapted
TO dramatic representation. Boston Is
another city that has the necessary
history, but fine city though II is, from
what | have seen OF Il, should say
lts people are too busy to bother about
pageanis. The same is true OF New
cork. Its population Is too cosmo-
and eommorce to enter with enthusiasm