The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-02-24
HISTORIC SCENES
OBJECTED IN
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Pretty Entertainment BY School
Children Last Evening
DIRECTION OF CIVIC LEkGU
Scenes Of Tableaux and Dialogue II.
lus:ratlng important Incidents
In History

The Pageant OF Patriots was the IT,
tie of a pleasing and educational en-
tertainment given at the opera house
Monday evening with matinee for
children in the afternoon. Nearly 500
children were present in the after
noon, while in the evening the house
was well filed, but not crowded.
The entertainment was under the
auspices OF the Civic league, and di-
rected by Miss Lillian Carroll, Ben
ningtons popular recreation director.
The participants were all pupils Of
the public and parochial schools and
the affair was not pretentions, hav-
ing been planned and carried on. on
short notice.
The plan of the pageant was a ser
les OF historical episodes represented
in tableaux and brief dialogue. All OF
these were well conceived and vel.
executed, rejecting credit on Miss
Carroll and III young women, who
trained the young actors, and glviug
a historically accurate picture Of
some of the striking things in Amer
lean history.
The musical part Of the program
by the Goldsmith orchestra contribut
ed much 20 the enjoyment OF the &C
casion, while the Indian scene va
greatly strengthened by the assis
lance of Mrs. Mary Hutchins as solo
ist.
The Franklin episode was render
ed interesting and effective by the oit
colonial furnishings loaned by An
drew Oatman. Some of his stock O.
antiques was used in the o.her scenes
but the Lincoln scene was the more
complete in this respect.
The program and those who took
part in the production were as fol
lows, according to the program,
though there may have been a few
slight changes:
Orchestra prelude-lndian Melo-
dies
Prologue by Spirit OF Patriotism
Hilda Farnum.
Tableau- The Coming of the White
Man. Philip Greenslet.
Music.
Princess Pocahontas.
Time-1609.
Place-Virginia.
Scene-Indian Encempment.
Princess ENTHUSIASTICALLY Field
Powhatan-Philip Greenslet
John Smith-Nathan Madison.
Medicine Man-Channing Hare.
Indian Braves-Raymond Thomp-
son, Charles Mills, Eugene Burt,
Edw. Jenney. Guy Harmon, Ned
Healy.
Indian Maidens-Edith Slbley, Es-
Their Thompson. Margaret Pill ing
Harriet Burt. I,ene Buss. Louise
Graves, Alice Mills. Minnie Levin,
Mary Hitchcock. irene Cook. Beuiah
Whitley, Martha Carver, Jessie Har-
ris, Helen Lalley, Winifred Field
Marjorie Smith, margaret Nash, Yer
ma Cakes, Ma lion Hathaway, Mary
Enright. Minnie Fischer, Helen
Plumb.
Old and withered squaws-Helen
lockwood, Hilda lockwood.
Indian children-Fannie Levin,
Dorothy Patchin. Durrell Field, Alex
ander Drysdale. and Ralph Torrance
Music-From the Land of the Sky
Blue Water and Indian Lullaby
Mrs. Mary Hutchins, soloist
From an Indian Lodge--Mac Dow.
ell.
Indian Dance,
Pilgrim Tableau-Priscllla Mul-
Inns. Elizabeth Cronin; John Alden.
Arthur Cronin.
Washington Episodes.
Scene-The lawn OF Ferry Farm
174S.
Mary Ball washlngton-Elsa wahl
Quist.
Plantation Hands--Aunt Rachel. !
Helen Carpenter; Sambo. Theodore !
Carpenter; Lucy. Lois Estes; Dinah. |
Mary Collins; Peter. Harry Pat;er-
son; Nelly. Harriet Johnson; Susy.
Anastasia Fitzgerald; Uncle Ned. |
George MCGUIRE.
Scone-A woodland glade beyond |
3 nc Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
174S.
George Washington-Edm Howe !
Red Rowan-Liiian Levin.
Patriotic Medley-Orchestra
Benjamin Franklin Episode.
Scene-Room in tavern.