The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17
By PROF. E. o. JAMES
Of the Mills College Faculty

ence of Miss Kathryn Curry as Cover
nor FACES was unusually effective,
NATURAL MANNER OF PLAYER
Miss Alice Coleman as Father Lasuen
had what was most needed for the part,
the natural manner and bearing of a
reverent old priest. Miss Lureta stone
and Miss Hazel Altman were gallant as
if they came straight from Dumas
,page A particularly good bit of act
ing was that of Miss Julia Boyd in the
part of Gonzales, Spanish soldier, the
comedian of the cast. But all the parts
were natural and that means gooo.
And the Spanish dances were as grace
full and dainty a color picture as one
could wish for.
One party of guests were heard COM
pairing the general effect OF the pageant
with that given at the University OF
oxford two years ago. They declared
that. considering the proportion of the
numbers participating, the scenes TINS
afternoon were quite as finely conceived
and well executed as those in the Eng
glish pageant.
After all. perhaps the best of the
story is the setting-the spanish arciil-
lecture of the library building, Ell Cam
panile, with it's chimes, and the Two
acres of green lawn f1anked by thickets
of shrubbery, out of which the groups
of bright costumed figures came steal
ing.
SCENE SHOWS SAN CARLOS
The pageant was announced as given
in honor of the discovery of San Fran
cisco bay by Portola and the explora-
tion of the Alameda by Amador. IL
followed Immediately upon the greet
ing of Don Gaspar, at the college en-
trance, the scene being laid at san
| Carlos mission, Monterey, the year 1855.
AS the dialogue was worked out, the
various tableaux and delightfully."- pic
turesque effects were given in the fol-
| lowing order:
La Perouse.
In i7s6 the French avigator La La PsTou5e; sr th
visited Monterey and was entertained by the
governor and the Mission.
! Our Lady of the Expresses .,,..
! to King Robert II of France, crc. A. ID. 99I.
is sung by the assembled multitude as hylnn
of thanksgiving.
Pueblo Interlude.
The Wedding.
The Blessing of the Bells.
| 1t was an old custom 10 make the bride ana
! bridegroom stand godparents to the bells Of
Mission tower.
The Mission of the North.
The Canticle of the Sun sung BY the frlafs is
| translation of the Latin hymn written by
st Francis of Assist.
| Harvest Festival
| At harvest time the Indians piled up their
gifts about the mission walls.
| Pagan Prophecy.
! The Wedding Dance and Feast.
CAST OF PAGEANT
The cast of characters:
Don Pedro FACES, governor Of the Cali go
Father Lasuen president of the Missions
| Observation-Disclosures. Alice Coleman II
| La Perouse French navigator. Hazel Altman II
Lieutenant Pedro Amador. Iureta Stone ,IS ,I
Father Salazar.. Maud E. HickoX 70 ,l
| Father Lopez. Myrtle ID. Maxwell ~
| Brother Miguel Edltn Noel "
I Brother Antonio. .............. Mabel Rice ID
Captain Nicolas Soler. Frances ferrler 10
! Captain Ignacio Costilla. Helen Borden ~
| Gonzales Spanish soldier. ........ Julia Boyd '13
| Pacheco, servant to Captain Costllla go. 80
Observation-Disclosures. Alice N1ckerson II
/ Sugert chief of the Christianized Indians
............,......M Marguerite Randall II
! Dona Eulalia Calls, the wife of Governor
| FACES ,......... Margaret DillS IL
Dona Baptista. daughter of the governor
! Isabella Sal daughter of the comandante
| Of San FSrancisco .....A Amy Howe 10
| Concepcion ArgueIlo Olive Henderson Is
Sonora Patena, duenna to Conception, 2at,a. -,
| Clara, CHRISTIAN daughter of sugert. -.
| 49, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Aileen Lundy II
Lueenza Indian prophecies. unconyerted
daughter of Sugert. Elizabeth Gnrnee lo
Franciscan friars, Spanish soldiers and sailors,
! French soldiers and sailors, members OF the
governors party. Indians. bridesmaids.
| Spanish dancers: Irene McDermott, Laura
Holmes Maud Ross, Leila Titus. May Nohn,
Marie Vassaide Sarah Fisher, Josephine
/ Cressy, Amy Buell., Ruth Cartland Velma
! Phillips, Ida Hale
DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANTS
/ Miss Clara Louise Stafford directed
the entire production. Miss Eda Fal-