The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-08-14

Edward Brown, Frank Sullivan,
Thomas Brazil, Fred Greenwood,
Marcelle LaCross, Amos LaCross,
James Pellerin, Eugene Brown, Emil
LaCross.
Indians-Archie Jolivette, John
Dahl, Harvey Hutton. Clarence Davis,
Bernard Madigan, William Mallen,
Peter Mcclure, Charles Hitchcock,
Nelson Hitchcock, Fred Baudistel,
Henry Walbridge, Ralph Burt, A. II.
Madison, Karl Paulson, h. S. Buss,
John Freedman, Joseph Lakeland,
Morris Levin, Burton Powers, Owen
Previs, William Gregg, Fred Austin,
Eugene Burt, Edward Emmonds, Ball
Lyons, Samuel Patterson, Edward
Jenney. r. j. Neill, Arthur Breyis,
Benjamin Irish, G. E. Hutton, c. II.
Plumb, Edmund Howe.
Beginning of Industrial Bennington
Misses Margaret Mathers, Doris
Caswell, Catherine Burt, Gertrude
MCGUIRE Annie Levin, Elizabeth Stu
art, Marion Perham, Margaret Carver,
Florence Carver Isabel MacLaren.
June Training
Misses Avis Babcock, Gertrude
Brown, Doris Carpenter, Dorothy Car
yer, Florence Carver, Martha Carver,
Doris Caswell, Helen Cutting, Lois
Estes, Ruth Ferguson, Edith Folland,
Fanny Green, Sally Graves, Florence
Godfrey, Ruth Godfrey Ruth Harris,
Elizabeth Keller, Josephine Keller,
Marie Keller, Anna Levin, Blanche
Lyons, Edith Lyons, Eunice Lyons,
Eugenia McCandliss, Isabel MacLaren
Gertrude Mcclure, Helen Mcclure,
Florence Moore, Marion Perham,
Margaret Pilling, Elizabeth Stewart,
Esther Thompson, Mrs William My
ers, Fred Austin, Fred Beecher, Ced-
rio Burt, Walter Cook, James Cham
berlain, Harold Dow, Fred Ferguson
Charles Frazier, Kenneth Holton
William HOLSTER, William Hurley
Chester Houston, Ned Healy, Guy
Harmon, William Lundergan, Henry
MacLaren, Frank MacLaren, Dean
Martin, George Mathers, T. l.. Moody
Ebert McKeon, George Redwood
William Myers George Shippey, Clar-
ence Sweet.
The appropriateness of the pro
logue comes in its close connection
with the rest of the scenes, the enact
ment Of which in pageantry is not
only interesting and entertaining, but
Instructive as well.
In the prologue the pretty story OF
Longfellows Lady Wentworth" was
told. The first part Of this scene re
presented a street in Portsmouth
New Hamphire. At one side of the
natural stage and under a group OF
large trees was suggested the quaint
old RED Lion" inn, which stood in
Queen street at the time represented
A group of British officers, who were
stationed in Portsmouth at that time
are seated outside the inn. From
the shrubbery in the rear of the tav
ern came a number Of the young
townspeople; who danced to the cen
ter of the stage where they continued
to dance for the officers.
An old coach drawn by four horses
then appeared from the wooded road
at the left It drew up 10 the old
inn and after receiving passengers
started on its journey to Boston.
When the coach has disappeared
from view the barefooted Martha Hi
ton appeared from the side of the
stage. She was dressed in a short
dark dress, and, as she walked bare
footed across the stage carrying a
pail, was singing. AS she neared the
officers under the trees they greet
her with songs.
After having served them with wat
er, the maid starts to return and bad
only gone a short distance when the
dignifed Mistress Stavers stepped
forward and upbraided her on her
appearance. Martha turned and
haughtily replied. mo matter how
look, ! shall yet ride in my own
coach. ma'am."
The second scene of the prologue
showed Governor Wentworth and his
guests at a table in the Red Lion
Inn. The costumes of both the men
and women were rich and elaborate
and formed beautiful picture
against the green background. The
party is given in honor of the COVER
nor's Goth birthday After having
drank a toast to the king the mar
riage ceremony of Governor Went
worth to Martha Hilton, now grown
into tall and beautiful young WON.
an, was performed by the Rev. Ar
thur Brown.
II would be impossible to say too
much of the rendition of Drink to
Me Only With Thine Eyes" by c. IL,
Bennett, who impersonated British
officer.
Then came the opening scene, the
coming of the first settlers. From
out the narrow valley at the left came
number of women on horseback
They wore the plain cut, dark color
ed dress of the early settlers. As
they neared their destination the
women urged forward their tired
horses and raced for the honor of be
ing the first to reach their new home
The men in their quaint costumes
and the rest of the women and chill
dren then marched slowly up the hill
An old OK cart carrying the household
goods and supplies and also the ia.
tigued members of the party came
slowly onto the scene, followed by
Parson Dewey in his long black
robes.