Arizona republican., 1912-02-16
WAS GORGEOUS
PRESENTATION
First Exhibition of Pottery
Pageant and Smithereens
Filled the House and Also
Pleased It. Performance
Repeated Tonight.

The first performance Of the Pottery
Pageant and the playlet "Smither-
eons" occurred last night. one would
need to have his tongue touched with
the magic wand of a fairy god mother
to have the descriptive power to do
justice To- this gorgeous array of his
torical. beautiful. dainty and perfectly
delightful pottery figues The fame
Of both the pageant and thf play viii
certainly spread abroad TO the utmost
confirc IS Of Phoenicia. and the audi
cnor tonight will rival in size the one
that filled the seats to overlooking
last night and extended into the re
ccptiun hall at the club house.
Every scene is So delightful. that one
feels inclined to suggest that none Of
long but the closest attention was given
and no one became tired
Among So many attractions it is al
most impossible to seEect the ones to
comment upon. but the Della Robbia
figures in the Italian group We're very
natural ana classica1ly beautiful The
Dresden ware was very dainty ald
pretty. and the dear little statuettes
who came To- life and took part in
"Smitherecns" proved very charming.
They were Mrs. Chas. Munger and
Miss Lois Murphy.
In the Delft ware. thu Jolly old
Monk" and the spurious" delft stein.
showing two huge Dutch drinking
mugs. with Mrs TafcI and Mrs. COL
Iings in has relief On their sides as a
monk and a Dutch maiden were fetch
ing indeed. The Dutch darce by Mrs.
Irish and her dacshund whom she
"lofcd". won hearty applause.
The French group depicted a scene
from the court of Louis XVI and Marie
Antoin, ttc. Miss Bertha Gravcs as the
king of ;he gay French court and Mr..
Claire Dismukcs as the queen. were
particularly charming. -Four Of the
pretticst young ladies in the city were
the flower girls in this scene ana their
beauty was certainly enhanced by the
costumes. The shcpcrdesScs were as
quaint as the ones they represented.
and the maids of honor were very
pretty. ana cupid with his active bow
and arrow was very cunningly shown
~ little Mss Patton.
To the British group belonged Kit
and Kit. tine Mansion House dwarf.
who announced the opening Of the pa
gcant AMI sitting AT the edge of the
stage, exhibited the banners telling of
the coming scenes throughout the ev-
cuing. King George IL and his good
queen Charlotte. were depicted by Mrs.
Hugh Campbell AMI Mrs. /. J. Johnson.
Mrs. Percy Sears was certainly the
regulation ideal of an English peerless
al! loOkeJ very stately. and icily fair.
Tho ROYAL Worcester ANA Chelsea
ware were reproduced in the persons
Of two of the club ladies. An Irish jig
was danced by Mrs. Hariaud Gray.
In the Colonial group. Mrs. Jenckes
made a demurc yet fascinating PriS-
ella. and one knew that John Alden
;,as not doing his own counting or he
would have cnthuscd a bit more. Miss
Edith Evans. in a gown of her grand
mothers. that was made - years ago.
and comp worn over century past
by colonial ancestrcss. made q
charming picture of long ago. Two Of
the very LSst portions of the entire
program came at this time. one was
the exhibition Of an Old Plate. City
Hall. New York. or rather an enlarged
facsimile. with Mrs. Walter Talbot as
the figure In has relief The other
noteworthy event came just as George
and Martina Washington. depicted by
\ H..
on the stage from the wings: the or
CFestra struck up America" as part
of the entertainment. but the people
in the an Hence were too patriotic to
see il that way. They arose To their
feet and insisted on singing the ma
t:onal hymn.
The Spanish ard Central American
group was the most spectacular Of
them all. and just as attractive in its
norita We're Mesdamcs Thompson and
Cameron. the water. vegetable ami
ola carriers were Mesdames Miller.
McDermott and Wilson. The Spanish
dance by Mable NovinSer was very
gracefully done. Many of the cos
tunes in this scene were loaned by
Mrs. \. J. Sampson and were purchas-
ed in Honduras.
The four seasons Were most beauti-
fully shown ny the Misses Rcma Dor
riS. Fay De Nund. Stella and Pauline
Sears, dressed To represent the spring.
with its delicate grecnery and opening
buds. summer. with its roses Of red
and full flush of bloom: autumn. With
its yellow leaves AMI chrysanthe-
NUNS: and winter. with its driftcd
snow. sparkling in the light