The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-06
WILL
INVADE RICHMOND
Well Organized Force of 100
to Canvas May Day
Sales Monday.

S0lSo 1vAOII00ys
ION to Richmond" is the slogan of
resolute, armed force, which is plan
ming well concerted attack on the
city of Richmond, which is to take
place next Monday forenoon. May sth.
1t is rather uncommon for an invad-
ing army to announce it's plan of at
tack beforehand, but in this case the
besiegers are so sure of the worthiness
OF their cause; and SO secure in the
knowledge of the well known non-re-
sistance principles of the Quaker City,
that they look forward confidently to
a decisive victory.
The 100 invaders are made up of the
students of Earlham college, resident
alumni and business men. They will
make a simultaneous attack on Mon
day morning, heavily armed with May
Day tickets! LET no guilty man es-
cape" is the watchword. For strate-
gis purposes the forces have been di-
vided. The resident alumni and bust
ness men who have enlisted will move
upon the business part of the city
while the student volunteers will take
the residence portion. The attack
will be managed from the staff head
quarters which will be located at the
Starr Piano rooms. The city will thus
be covered with precision and des-
patch, and within few hours every
man, woman and child in Richmond
will have had an opportunity of secur-
ing ticket to the greatest pageant
and round of spectacular entertain
ment ever seen in this part of the
Middle West.
In making this canvass, the Earl
ham people are very emphatic in the
statement that they are not doing
mere philanthropic work nor are they
in any sense selling charity tickets.
They maintain. and very conclusively
it must be admitted that never before
havesthe people of Richmond been Of
fered so much entertainment. SO vari-
ed in character of such high merit for
a one dollar ticket. Indeed the pro-
gram shows that there will be one well
night continuous performance from
two o'clock in the afternoon until
well until far into the Silly night.
Arrangements are being made to sell
lunch on the campus at 6 o'clock so
that people may remain comfortably
for the evening performance.
The pageant starts promptly at two
O'Clock, the march being taken up
around the picturesque quodraugh.
The procession, led by IL heralds, is
made up. in part only, of the follow.
ing: Robin Hood and his rob'sr
band; May poles on wagon decked
with flowers, drawn by Sc jewellers:
the Lode of the Way with IL at
tendants; children of the May with
May pole; miikmaids leading their
COW, decked with garlands; chimney
sweeps, fiddlers, Jack-in-the-Green !;
band of rustics. lords and ladies as
members in the cast in the tragical
interlude of "Pyramus and Thisbe; ("
the Morris dancers, Friar Tuck, hobby
horses, testers, shepherdesses with
lambs; the strolling players in st.
George and the Dragon" gypsies, for
! tune tellers and eggwomen; peddlars
and beggars with donkeys and ponies;
players in the "Masque of Queens"
girls of the chorus in " AMidsummer
Night" and jewellers of the country
| side. bringing in the May"
Beautiful, attractive and striking are
the costumes which will give life and
color and atmosphere" to the page
aent and indeed to the whole day. AS
suggestion of the preparation which
has been made towards this end it is
given out over at the college that l.
500 yards of goods have been purchas-
ed in Richmond for the making of the
May Day costumes.
The exercises attending the corona
ton of Queen Catherine l., will occur
at $3.50 O'Clock at the throne in front
Of Earlham hail. to the accompaniment
of appropriate music. This will be fol-
lowed by the simultaneous winding of
the four May poles, while appropriate
| Old English music is being played.
Then follows regular maze of plays
and drills on the Earlham green,
among the latter, those of the milk
maids. the shephedresses, the chin
ney sweeps, fiddlers and Jacks-in-the-
| Green in burlesque. and the frolic-
some revels of the Morris dancers.
Two plays will be given in the after
oon-Shakespeare's "Pyramus and
Thisbe" on the west campus at the
rear of Lindley hall. and ''St. George
and the Dragon" on the east quadran.
gle. Two sets of entertainment will
be going on at the same time. but will
be repeated SO that the audiences
may change with the result that every
thing will be seen by all.
| At eight o'clock in the evening, the
last round of the big days festivities
will be seen in the Lindley hall audi
forum. Ben Jonson's "Masque of
Queens" will be played and the canta
ia. "A Midsummer Night" by Bliss
will; be rendered under the direction
of Miss CASTOR.
With this brave array of attractions
offered. the Earlham people feel that
they are giving more than value re
ceived as represented in the price OF
a May Day ticket. which admits unre
servedly to all the exercises, both at
ternoon and evening
POLICEMAN RESTORES