The evening world., 1913-05-08
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TO EYE AND EAR
Historical Scenes Set to Music
Attract Big Throng at Sixty
'''., nin.h's Armory.
SHOW CAREFUL DRILL.
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Great Spectacle for Gaelic
Leagues Benefit to Be
Repeated Tonight.
SHOW CAREFUL DRILL.
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BIZ Sylvester Ralrlinp.


TIiE Irish Historic Pageant At the
slxty-nlnth Regiment Armory last
might was splendid spectacle
that great thronx raw with every
manifestation OF pleasure and apprsci,-
ton. II Is true that the vast spaces OF
the Armory were not completely filled,
o., the size Of the gathering was ap-
psrsnt when 1t convcrsed into a con-
i@ft bc1y making its way out through
III" Lexington avenue entrance at tbs
rlose 3. the performance. Many per-
sons anticipating the crush, started too
soon. 'cr they missed the climax OF tho
nvsic by the orchestra and confused
Il sound and obscured the vision OF the
.r%t majority that stayed until the
end !, Is to he hoped that this will he
avoided at the repetition OF the pageant
>aat takes place tonight.
Anna Throop Craig's interesting story
o. tne episodes presented from ".tn
Dhord Fhiann." beginning with the Fsis
Z; Tara. OF which Finn MacCooi 10 the
hero: the ancient Irish music to watch
! . set 80 s~ilfuily by DIR. Alfred TO.
Gyn. who conducted: the fine scene o;
e foot OF Tara's hill that stretched
across the whole breadth Of the armory,
nnd the beautiful groupings and march
lnss IN and on the stage of the little
trrS OF singers and actors that par.
ttpaled, under the MANAGEMENT Of W.
Hthllton. were described 50 fully in
ses',riay's Evening World after the
tress reh.drsAl that repetition in detsu
l. unnecessary
rhe vast spaces .. tae a-mory are not
favorable 10 ind!v dual speech ard sons,
snd perhaps the spoken word. especially
IN The list episode. nigh, pront by a
fnortt alag " the tent; but to the credit
al bo,h the speaking and singing actors
ineir d.ctoD was admirable. 1t was no;
iheir :iai, u anybody failed to under.
sand.
Tn. music unm.stakably IL Irish. An
.indstiFinS note u sadness pervades /;
Zach AS = 10 be found in Irish ballads
o. modern times. This Is strange, for
the t1sodes are laid In the early cen.
turtles OF the Christian era. when Erin
was INDEPENDENT. powerful, learned ana
protperous.'
But. after all. IT 10 to the eye the chiaf
appeal 10 made. and that 10 a verita ole
triumph. On the plain below Tara hosts
o. men and women move and are
grouped with such freedom and natural.
90 that 1t 10 easy to think the scene
iesL They are sarbed appropriately In
costumes rich In color: they assume
psmp. or stntellness. or simplicity or
snppleness ~ the situation requires, and
IN mass are splenddly effective. Such
natural cheering as arises from time to
tine gives one thrill. What q labor
OF rehearsal there must have been to
reach such perfection.
The text 10 In English. To avoid tina,
would be dimcult. But what Irish man
n woman can fail TO fall under the
spell OF the spectacle and the story I?
History. tradition and fairy tales canno,
tail to he conJured up In the mind OF the
saints and bards and fighting men Of
cid Erin.
There must he added to the names Of
tiAOso already mentioned as responsible
Tor the spectacle John p. Campbell of
ths Literary Theatre In Dublin. brought
over 10 see that the costun,ing was his
torically correct. and j. J. Coleman. the
stage director. Among the principal
actors and singers were Howard Kyle.
Edwin Fairfax Nauity. Michael Dono-
van. J. r. Nsary. Martin J. Cusick. John
G.. O'Reilly. Harold Meek. Mr. Uhl. Mrs.
Margaret Moore. winifred Cutting. Rose
Flood. Rose Gillespie, Elisabeth c.
Hamilton and Miss Collins. Last. but
not least. such athletes - Martin Shsri-
dan and Matt McGrath are In the cast.
The pageant 10 given for the beneht Of
the Gaelic League.