Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-11-12
LONDON'SBIGPAGEANT
Frank LasceIles Tells How It win
Be Arranged.
WHOLE CITY TO Be HIS STAGE
Twenty Thousand Actors viii g4sIp -
Make Great spsetasls In British
Capital Success, Says Pageant
Maher-Twsnsy one Scenes in All.

Imagine. IL you Will. a painting 70
great that every drop Of color u the
size Of man and Of which the frame
IL the worlds greatest city. Surely
the artist must be he Of whom Kip
ling wrote, who can splash at a ten
league canvas with brushes Of comets
hair" But when the suggestion was
made to Frank Lascelles. who recently
sailed for London To arrange the great.
est pageant IN the history OF the world,
80 far as that history has been traced,
he actually blushed. An artist to his
finger tips, he seems TO think only OF
his work and not at all OF the tremen-
dous personal compliment implied by
his selection TO produce the pageant to
be given IN 1909 by the city Of London
70 raise money for King Edwards hos
Dital fund. II might even be suspected
that the prospective profit to the fund
arouses but slender enthusiasm In Mr..
Lascelles' breast. II IL the wonderful
picture that he is 10 paint with hui
man pigments that he thinks of-a
picture covering the story Of Great
Britain's development, from the time
that the Britons painted themselves
with woad and lived In bushes up to
the moment OF the celebration Of
Queen vlctoria's jubilee.
A full month win be occupied In the
presentation Of the twenty-on scenes.
and 20,O00 persons or more will be en-
plOyed In the professions and piano.
ramas. A. to the cost II have never
thought" said Mr.. LasceIles TO a re-
porter % the New York Globe. 1T Is
safe to say that million dollars win
be expended. That Is very. very
conservative estimate. ana that mod
crate sum Is only made possible by the
fact that not one person Of all those
engaged will receive direct or Indirect
compensation. The greatest artists,
musicians, historians and archaeoIO-
gists Of all England are giving their
services free"
II was to Mr. LAscelles' genius the
wonderful historic pageants at Quebec
IN celebration Of her tercentennial were
due. He II was who staged the Oxford
pageant The other day he gave freely
OF his time 20 the Lake Champlain ter
centennial commissioners, who plan a
magnificent pageant there next year.
What Il your plan OF operation as
you have sketched It for the London
pageantT he was asked
1--WE began early" he said. GAS soen
as accepted the Invitation 10 take charge
OF this pageant ] asked the cooperation
OF the city OF London. The lord mayor
called the mayors OF the twenty-eiaht SEN
arate towns that make up London togeth-
er' Every one Of Thorn pledged himself
ana his city 20 the aid Of the project IN
effect they placed no bounds upon me.
BEFORE left London last November /
had started the machinery In operation.
had appointed committees on art and
music ana the archaeological details and
On finance, The leaders Of thought in !
eash ine are represented on those COM
mlttees. Sir Thomas Elgar Is on the mu-
NC committee The most eminent Eng
fish artists arc on the committee on art.
ORGANIZATION. organisation. orEaniza-
tlon'-that 10 the key 10 success In a prof.
Get o. this sort. Without ORGANISATION.
effective down to the last man In the
least group. We should be helpless. Each
committee knows precisely what II Il 10
90, No committee has aught 20 do with
the work OF any other COMMITTEES.
As an example OF the plan OF organiaa-
uoh may say that. FIRST and last, 5000
persons VIII be used In the pageant
These are divided into sections ana divi-
Hlona and subdivisions ana groups ana
suhEroups, In the end can put my hand
on any man l want In any Rroup without
the possibility Of Observation-Disclosures or de-
lay
THE pageant plan L. a comprehensive
one, We aim 70 make highlands history
= living thing 20 every spectator. wa
will begin with the ancient Briton. ina
man % prehistoric days, the man who
drifted from coast to coast IN eorAcies
and Morshiped strange savage gods 40
TAR as the science OF modern archaeology
has made L possible we win absolutely
Eeprodaco that man aud his wamanktnd
and his villages and his life Then we
70 on, taking In turn each OF Great Brit
ANS conspicuous historical epocha. Zach
scene will represent a different epoch
TIE average man d1ssn't knew his his
terry. He doesn't know the romance ana
the glory and the tragedy OF H. A name
means hardly anything TO him But we
hope 70 make his England appear before
his eyes as llvlnE entity as she emerged
from barbarian Into light
the great kiasu and queens OF the past
VIII be seen. each IN the SURROUNDINGS
typical o. their times, May day scenes In
an English village win be presented sim
piy ~ an Incident TO one phase Of history.
hdeiity the costumes Of the early English
vlla9er, his habits aud his traditions
The songs he sung win be sung again.
and the strange, quaint tnefably pictur.
ea10e Morris dancea~-dancOs that have
today been almost forgotten-will be
danced hegorN cur modern eyes an they
were IN the England % English HArry's |
time
"And 20 we pass on from king 90 kinR.
nom epoch 10 epoch. until Ne come 10 /
Queen Victoria. Her coronation win DO |
presented. but not the queen horaelg |
rheSo things viii b made possible only |
oy the cooperation % the greatest men |
ana the Ereatest minds IN ENGLAND. A
desen hfetitnea would not be s0gaelont co
asstmilate the vast bulk OF Intimate /
Snowiedge required for those twenty-one /
eietertal representations. HUT I can draw |
tfom EnElaAd'n best brain tatins from /
zach It's drop Of knowledSo. ana In tho /
ND have the sum ef al human knowl- |
adge peFtainlos TO these thinka
''one should mt forget the social value /
y theee sItectseles~ said Nr. 1ascelles /
IN parting They are absolutely desnO- /
cratic Ne account y taken Of rank n /
he selection ~ actors A carter MAY /
represent a king; a marquis may be 4 /
dancing Viiiawef. 1 remember that al the 4