The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
FOREST PLAY ENDS
BOHEMIAN FESTIVAL
Music Drama, "The Sons OF
BaIdur," EIabOrately Rem
dered Beneath RedwOOds
'UncIe George" Bromley Is
High Priest at Ceremony
of Burying Care

BOHEMIAN GROVE, MONTE RIO
Aug. S.-The thirty-first annual mid
summer festival of the Bohemian club
of san Francisco in the Bohemian grove
terminated tonight with the elaborate
production of the forest music drama,
THE Sons of Baldur," of which Herman
Schenauer was author and sire. The
play. given in the open air theater be-
meath the giant redwoods before 6OO
club members and guests, who were
here at the close of the two weeks
encampment, was dramatic and spec
tacular TO a marked degree and was
rated as equal TO any of the previous
famous forest plays given by the Bo-
hemians.
Briefly the argument of the play is
as follows: The sons Of Baldur, SYM
bolical of the Bohemians themselves
turn from the stern trade of warfare
for a season of feasting with Malmar,
their chief, in the ancient forests OF
the land Of DIidgard. In the midst OF
the revels suddenly appears Lokl, goo
or evil and casts temptation pe1ore
them in the form Of a piece Of gold
Discord and wrangling ensue. The Ut
most powers of Chief Halnar at length
restore the harmony and the teastlng
tinUes.
APPEAL TO BALDUR
The Skald enters and sings to the
warriors. But Loki is not done. The
elves give warning of his reapproach.
Lokf comes and boasts that he shall
destroy them all. The sons of Baldur,
helpless, appeal to Baldur, their god,
who comes in answer to prayers. Loki
fetches his huge dragon, but Baldur
slays the terrible beast. The head is
severed and seized upon as the symbol
of Care. The head is borne through
the grove in a procession in which
players and audience join to the strains
OF the dead march, to vale where the
cremation OF Care is accomplished on a
great pyre.
The players and large chorus made
their entrance from the paths leading
down the wooded hillsides. while the
lightning and spectacular effects intro
duced striking novelties. A huge
dragon roared upon the stage, kissing
flames Of fire. The elaborate costuming
aided the work of the efficient cast The
music Of the production was by Arthur
Weiss. Frank L. Matthew was stage
director. George Lyon master of prop
critics and Edward J. Duffey master of
lights.
CHARACTERS AND PLAYERS
The principal parts were taken as
follows:
Urd. Morn of the past....... Edgar B. Pexiotto
Nercanol. Morn Of the present. Newton J. Thsrp
skgid, Morn or the future Philip Mills Jones
Balour, TIE god Of summer ana Of good.
- - =. FoIe
1,oEl Inc goo ot evil Charles X Field
Halmsr, chief Of the men OF the west land.
Henry Mcdonald Spencer
Hiding the Skald- --..--.-.... Mckenzie Gordon
wounded warrior. I. Vail Bakewel
= etJltsdstL Roy roger
tlrst warrior. Allan Dunn
Third warrior Ernest H. McCandlish
Fourth warrior ..-..-...--... Harry z. Carlton
Fifth warrior. ior.--...........-.. Frank P. DeerinG
Sixth warrior. Emerson Warfleld
Seventh warrior. Robert c. Newell
Eighth warrior. Walter II. Robinson
Warriors. thrsIls the white elves, the black
elves, the voices OF the Valkyries and the dragon
Acting warriOrs-wyatt h. Allen. Henry An
oerson Iuier. Clifford {. Cook.
Thralls-George ". Turner Charles p. Grim
wood. NorthingtOn Ames. John c. Bornin. ]. d.
FLETCHER. Samuel r. Hamilton. Lucisn knight,
lred Mayhew. Robert Bonestell.
White elves-Masters Gordon ThurstOn Robert
Sternett. Norman Mackenzie Herbert Meadows
Harry Short. Emerson McPeak.
Black elyes-Masters Virgil Lyons. Clyde r.
Glib. Harry McPeak, Kinney Keaton, Milton
Meadows Jenkins.
CREMATION OF CARE
In the cremation of Care Uncle
George Bromley was the high priest
and Ernest S. Simpson was second high
priest and orator. Edgar D. Peixotto
was third high priest and Robert
Berkeley fourth high priest. DR.. ].
Wilson Shiels, president Of the Bo-
hemian club, declaimed the poem, Sans
Souci, by General Lucius Harwood
Foote. quartet sang "Embers," the
words Of which are by General Foote
and the music by Joseph D. Redding.
Friday night an, informal program.
with Allan Dunn as master of cere-
monies, was given at the circle around
the camp fire under the trees
Among those who participated were
'Uncle George" Bromley and the reci-
tation by the veteran of poem stirred
the hearts of Bohemia Harry Med.
Spencer gave Danny Deever," and
Wallace Irwin read a Hashimura Togo
poem.