The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-05-26
CHILDREN'S
FESTIVAL.
By Grade Pupils OF The
Public Schools
Beautiful Cantatd, Queen OF
May, Presented
On An Elaborate Scale By
1900 Children
Under The Efficient DifGC-
ton OF Mr.. Chubb
Witnessed By An Audience
Of 5000 People
For I'm to be Queen of the May

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I'm to be Queen of the May"
Following close upon the heels Of
the May Festival of last week, came
the Children's School Festival at
Riverside park on Friday afternoon.
On two former occasions field day
exercises were successfully carried
out, but the event Friday afternoon
was on much more elaborate scale
and came as wonderful surprise to
the audience of three thousand people,
composed not only of the doting par
ents of the participants, but also the
grandmothers and grandfathers, aunts
and uncles, and in fact the public in
general.
This Festival was presented by the
children of the grade schools of Mt.
Vernon under the personal direction
of Mr.. r. A. Chubb, music teacher in
the public schools, who, by his efficient
direction of this entertainment has
placed himself in like position in the
community to that of Mr.. Coup as a
festival leader What the May Festi-
val was to the adult population, this
School Festival was to the little folks.
A plot of ground, probably the size
of large circus tent, was wired off
for the event. AT one point under
large tree was erected the grand stand
ON which the children in the cantata
we're to sit. To the right was cir
cular tier of seats, covered with white
muslin, at the apex of which was a
throne for the May Queen. Over the
throne hung a canopy made of gar
lands of flowers. At the firing of a
pistol, Mr.. Chubb entered the enclos-
ure, followed by the eighth grade
scholars, who were to sing the can
tata. They marched across the
grounds and took their places upon
the grand stand. While they were
being photographed by numerous ar
lists, Mr.. Chubb returned to the en-
trance and again entered, followed
first by troop of soldiers in white
paper hats, white shirt waists and
dark trousers; dozen or more
flower girls with wreaths on their
heads and carrying baskets of flowers,
the flowers being strewn in the path
way of the beautiful Queen Of the
May. This young lady, Miss Ruth
Davis of the First ward, was gowned
in white and wore long blue and
white train, which was bourne by
four small pages, Masters Cedric
Mills, Roland Bixler, Kenneth Miller
and Joseph Zappa, two custumed in
blue and two in yellow.
Next came about twenty attendants
in blue and yellow. Then followed
older girls, probably ladies in waiting
in full length gowns of crepe paper
with gorgeously flowered borders
Then came tiny little girls, some with
white paper dresses with borders o
butterflies and gay flowers, yellow
red, pink, ETC., and others with gar
lands of blossoms around their necks
In the procession, also, was Fair,
Queen, Miss Meta Blinn, attended b!
Cupid with his bow, little Miss Ernes
tine Purdy Following these tw'
came fairies in yellow dresses will
yellow wings and fairies in whit
dresses. And still the children came
Truly wonderful sight it was!
6and of elves. looking as though the
had just come from Elfand with thei
plump, round bodies, and their dar
brown suits, with big yellow buttons
the girls and boys for the May pol
dances, all in white with yello'
sashes. The streamers for the Ma
poles were also yellow and white an
gay as could be. These children a