Evening journal., 1914-01-15
CENTURY CLUB
CELEBRATION
ENDS TODAY
Reception aEdD6nCe Will Con-
CIude the Happy FeStivl-
ties Tonight
HISTORICAL PAGEANT
A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE

The three days celebration of the /
New Century Club will be concluded
this evening with a reception aud dance.
Music and addresses viii feature the
reception The guests OF honor who
will make addresses win be Secretary
of State Thomas W. Miller, BENJAMIN |
Nields and Mrs. Edward @. Wilson. OF
Baltimore, president OF the Arundel
Club.
Never was birthday more beautifully
or more httingly celebrated than was
that OF the club yesterday afternoon.
Although the birthday celebration,
which will close tonight with recep
tion and dance. has extended over three
days Yesterday was the real" birth
day for it-lanuary l4--was the date
of organization Just twenty-five years
ago.
The splendid historical pageant pre-
scented yesterday afternoon, commemo-
rativc of the clubs silver jubilee, will
ever stand out ON the pages of the
club as one OF the best and brightest
of her milestones and treasured among
her memories.
10 Miss Mary H. Mather is iuc the
credit of the orgination of the pa
geant She, too, ably assisted by Mrs.
/ Elizabeth g.. Robinson. was the com
lpilor Of history in the thirteen scenes
(which carried the audience back into
the lays of long ago.
One aud all joined in voicing appre-
citation OF the musical program through
out. which was so skilltullv directed by
Niss Emma Lore, the musical director
OF the pageant.
The violin solos by Miss Edna Brad
field. who played between the scenes,
were delightful features Of the musi-
The selections We're: "spanisoher
Tanze." Sarasate; "Andante," Jeno
Hubay: scotch Lullaby" Luigi Won
Kunits: "Fantaisic de Concert
Faust: "Menuett No. o" Beethoven
"Minuet IN c." Gossec, and Fantasy
on the Star Spangled Banner" Her
mann.
when this was played the entire
audience showed their patriotism by
standing and when the chorus was
played an Joined In singing IT, Miss
Bradfcld was accompanied on the
piano by Miss Lorena Emmons Th'
costuming ia charge of Mrs. Peter II
: Wright. faithfully portrayed 20 tn
smallest detail; The historical event
I as each was presented To View.
y Mrs. Charles r. Wentz was stag
director. Upon her shoulders reste'
? the responsibility Of a smooth AM
finished production. When the cur
tain fell on the final scene II wa
! evident TO all that Mrs. Wentz was
i, master in the business.
y Mrs. G. n. Wollaston. the spirit o
( Delaware history" looked indeed Tx
some gracious charming dame of y
anciente dayes," as she stood 81
houtted against the curtain preyiou
! To delivering the prologue which open
4 ed the door TO the early days of histor
I I'm Delaware.
The program OF the pageant wa
7 carried out as printed In yesterday
/, EVENING JOURNAL. but no printe
words could ever have done justice I
the production. The scenes wer
beautiful and particularly so wer
scenes TX. XI and XII. The forme
showed Madame Roland's garden a
% Lewes in 1776. The dialogue betwee
Madame Roland (Airs H. A. Miller
and Caesar Rodney tAIrs. Edgar Felt
was excellent and splendid an
:. dramatioc climax was reached whe
= the latter discovered Madame Raiand'
: treason by the papers delivered {
: him by the timid maid, Syvllla, (Mis
Il Mary Corkran).
Scene XI depicted Washington
-. NIrs. A. B. Moore) Lafayette (Mis
= Marguerite Rodgers) and Wayne (Mr
Charles s. Gawthrop) holding couT
eli of war in the old Tatnall house
Brandywine village in 1777. Mr.
NJ Charles Warner was the aide
" The old fashioned setting Of th
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