New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
EARLY DAYS REPEATED
WESTCHESTER PAGEANT.
Thousands WitneSs Scenes Depict
ing Settlement of County.

The historical pageant, made up OF scenes repre-
senting the settlement OF Westchester COuh'S, ""s
given in the big amphitheatre in the Wooos "'
I2ronxvjlie Yesterday afternoon. About three nun
dra5 narsons took mart many Of them appearing IN
costumes handed down 10 them By their ancestors
Coachren. cooks and walters served as bugIers
and sold programmes. The music was IuLllsiieu
by the 9TH Regiment Band. and Eugene oahse'
sage manager of the Hippodrome announced Ihe
episodes The affair given in aid OF Ihe ne"
Lawrence Hospital at BronXville. 1t VIII pe re-
heated on Monday when Governor Hughes VIII De
present.
Among the scenes depicted were: The appeal an an
of Adrien Block before the States General AT Inc
Hague. arranged by Tudor jerks, the artlst' .iIe .
nurchase of lands now comprising WestchesleI
County and The Bronx by Jonas Bronch from t''e
Indians in 1859, also arranged by Mr.. JehhS' 'io
avenging of Anne Hutchinson, who was pulheu -
the Indians in her cabin in East ChesleI -
arranged by Miss Viola Oakley; the founding vi
yonkers in 1916 arranged by Mrs Henry Iuch' '''e
founding OF the old town Of West chester pS LOU
Pell in 800: the fight If the Huguehols L0i
France and their settlement Of New f'ocheile "
16S5 arranged by Marguerite Merrngton: the pres
eDtariou of the fatted calf TO Lord Pell ny u'e
F-,-Jenots of New Rochelle, arranged pS NJ
Elizabeth Custer, widow OF General custer 'lie
election on the green at East chester }" @ Ioo' -
battle of White Plains, on OCTOBER - l''o' a
ranged by Presley Bsland. and the Cap.uIe ~
Major Andre arranged by PRESLEY Bisland- ne
1sst sriso7a showed Washington Irving receiving
ofstnsuished guests at his home in lrVingIoh III 4
The characters in the various episodes were laAeh
as follows: Adrien Block by l. w Dusei"e1i
Jonas Bronck by {. Q. Swain; Anne hulCIllls -
Mrs. Roger NJ. Sherman; Captain JohI 'ioea - m
the avenger of Ahne Hutchinson, by Scott stew
art. Daniel Bennett and his wife. Jeanne, Husue
not refugees. by W II. Atkinson and Mrs. eiris
Nefgs: Lord and Lady Pell by Mr.. and Mrs =. A
Rarrell: Lewis Morris by Dudley 3 lawrence
Pierre Van Cortlandt by F. ". Warren; General
I
washington hx John T. Carpenter; Alexander
Hamilton by Presley Bisland; Lord Howe by r
E Kavanagh; Washington Irving by Jacob Wen
dell: William Cullen Bryant by W. w Massee'
Edgar Allan Poe by Arthur W. Lawrence; OllFer
Wendell Holmes by ". P. H. Bacon, Henry Wads-
worth Longfellow by Mr.. Kenyon, and Daniel
Webster by Stanley Ward.
Edmund Clarence Stedman. who lives in Bronx
VILE, wrote a special prologue for the pageant
which appeared on the first page of the programme
Several episodes occurred which were not on the
programme. but proved TO be highly amusing to
the audience Of several thousand persons In the
opening scene the cart OF Jonas Bronck broke
down, and the effects Of that famous pioneer ana
his wife, including a spinning wheel and their
trunks. were tumbled to the ground Later on the
donkey Of the Huguenot refugees Daninel Bon
nett and his wife, suffered from stage fright and
had t. be whipped vigorously before he would go
with his part At the battle of White Plains
the horse ridden by General Washington took
fright and ran away, and the general lost his wig
Seven hundred costumes were used in the pro-
duction. which the largest ever given in West
chester County.
The box holders included P. Ealsey Hanes. Ellis
W Gladwin William Y. Lawrence, Justice Mills
Harry R. Burt, Edmund Roberts, z. c Converse,
Paul G. Thebaud, Arthur ". Lawrence, H. 0.
Armour II. Ward Leonard R c. Black. John
Bates Witherbee Black. Monroe Crane Robert
Livingstone, Mrs. A. A Aikman. Mrs. J. c. Car
stensen. Miss ThoTne and the Supervisors of West
chester County.