El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-16
PAGEANT DRAWS
BIC AUDIENCE
Scores Of Ell Pasoans Acquit
Themselves With Great
Credit in Performance.
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/ tian gave a fine Interpretation of Lin
! coin as the young-old man who took no
! part in the fun but sat apart and
( approved with a smile He carried his
! AK with him from the rail splitting and
! led the singing Of old fashioned songs
/ Of that period. David Holguin, as
| Andrew, fiddled for the Virginia Reel
I and gave two splendid violin numbers
I as his part Of the entertainment.
Fail of Alamo.
To Texans. whether by birth or
! adoption. the Alamo scene which opened
: the southwestern episode was the most
. stirring of the entire pageant. The in
terror Of the sacred Alamo was shown
with Travis. BOnham, Bowie and
Crockett impersOnated by William
I MARI. J. A. Dick, Emmett Hines and
Charles R. LOomis while Claiborne
Adams. Julius krakauer and A. Il.
Rhodes were the scouts. They marked
of the line of self-sacrifice for Texas
ana all crossed the line, even Bowie,
who was wounded and had TO be car
ried across on his cot. Then was
shown Mrs. Dickinson. the sole survivor.
with her little. barefoOted girl. This
part was taken by Mrs. Winchester
flag with her little daughter Marionita
standing beside her This tableau had
a thrill in il which silenced rather than
inspired applause
Trail Blazers OF Southwest.
The trail makers Of the Great South
west were next shown blazing the trail
for the new civiliZat ton. PeytOn J.
Edwards appeared as Kit Carson and
was followed by his scouts and pre-
coded by the indians who were driven
before them in token OF the displacing
of the red man BIZ the white settlers
Mr.. Edwards had bestowed great care
upon having all the costumes in his
scene true to the life of the period in
the last detail The acting was perfect.
The home makers, the real winners Of
the wilderness, were represented by
Mrs w u. Howe. Alves Dixon. Clai-
borne Adams, Henry Moore. jeanette
Rawlings and Frank Harper. the scene
being a frontier cabin with pot boiling
on the fire
Lone star Ode
The Lone Star Henry Van Dykes
tribute to Texas, was effectively re
cited by Miss Hildegarde Sauer. repre-
senting Texas. Then came the dance
of the fruitful earth, danced by
group of pupils of the FL Paso School
For Girls. In simple woodland COS
tunes these young dancers executed
the most intricate steps TO the swing
ing music of the 18th infantry band. {
Grouped al each side Of the stage were
young girls gowned in pastel colOrs I
with the fruits and flowers signifying 3
the bountiful yield Of the southwest, {
and with a BACKGROUND of girls with /
American flags Mrs "alz again ap-
peared as the Spirit of Patriotism and !
recited LOwell's CommemOration ode !
with perfect expression and sweet I
dignity.
Trihunte To Flag. /
The military band stood and started Z
The Star Spangled Banner while the &
entire audience arose and, led by the !
girls on the stage waving flags sang
the national air. This closed the play.
As in all amateur plays given in FL
Faso, there was no sharp dividing line
between the stage and the audience.
This was especially noticeable Friday
night and gave the scene at the Texas
Srand the appearance Of one great family
gathering Of FL Pasoans- The players
visited with their friends and families
in the audience. wearing their costumes,
were congratulated upon their SPLEEN
did acting after they had finished and
entered into the spirit Of the pageant
as enthusiastically as did the great
audience which filled every seat in the
biz theater.
The Pageant OF Patriotism was given
under the direction Of Mrs F. s Hol-
.ington, Of Oakland, Calf, a former
member Of the faculty Of the FL Paso
School For Girls, and the orchestra was
directed by H F. Van Surdam, while
Mrs W R. Brown played the accom-
paniments for the singing numbers.
Auspices of Advisory Board.
The pageant was arranged under the
auspices OF the woman's advisory board
If which Mrs J. +. Williams was chair
nan, and which includes the following.
drs- L. s. Stewart, Mrs. J. A Rawlings,
Mrs T. T White. Mrs. James a. Dick,
hrs James c. McNary, Mrs ". a Haw-
1ins, Mrs W. r Brown, Mrs. Z. n.
Bray. Mrs J H. Nations and Mrs 5.
2ramzther. The participants in the
,aEeant were:
Indian maidens. Camp Fire Girls
". c. A, Daisy Hudnall, Aron Craig,
ola Bushogn. Helen Mathews, Norma ,
ierkowitz, Nineta Lindauer, Helen I
3eisswenger. Faye Ross, Doris Littell, /
Seatrice Markgraff, Amy Johnson, Zu-
enc Newsom, Mary Faris, Elizabeth ]
Auhlman, Virginia Cooper, Blanche LII ,
as, Norma Paliat Ermen Markgraff. I ,
he ehaperones were: Mrs. Henry 7. ;
soWie- Mrs Fred ". Norton represent !
ng the Camp Fire guardians.
1nulan YOUTH PhymOne club Of the /.
j. c. A, under direction of c. II. ,
5rown; Edward Widdas Leo Rosen- 1
TEN, Philip Stevens. George Cross, /
layo Seamon, Charles Hawkinson. 7
lark Miller, Marion Robertson, Allen !
impson, Alfred Whitmer. The chaper- 7
mes were: Mrs. Charles B. Stevens, 7
irs- Hal Christie, Mrs. a. ". Foster 7
Pilgrim Settlers. I
Pilgrim interlude; Dorothy Williams
ielen Stewart, Dorothy Ormsbee, Jane 4
urges. Biddie Krupp, Eleanor Fall c
oner, Dorothy Walter. Dorothy Knott I I
Irs. H. H. Stark The chaperones !
ere; Mrs 5. Aronstein and Mrs II. h i
LcClintock.
Colonial Episode: Mary Happier. Eu- 7
enia McQuarters. Clifford Irwin. Fran 2
ina Hardie, Sarah Hardie, Eugeuia n
mith. Edith Walthau, Otis Coles, y
ichard FruendenthaI. Russell Stiles 3
manda Sisniega, Katherine Coles. Es-
her Goodman, Mary Laws, Janet Fal- 4
oner. Anita Andreas. Ethey Howe. { y
masa Smith, Caroline Cooley, Graham b
cNary. Dorothy Whitaker. Louise I
rice, Mary l. Brown, Elizabeth Har- r
er, James Dick. Gregory KranzthOr, y
1lie Hawkins. Eleanor Irwin. Walter 2
owe Roxy Webb. John AIcElrOy Slater. Y
ON Lea, John Cooley. Gertrude n
athias, Clara Woodbridge, Dean Bevan, f,
1rginia hrause. Margaret Stevens, T
delaide Overstreet. Mary Olga McCiin- r
'ck. Josephine McClintOck, Frances { E
avis, William TOoley, Ruth Silverman. b
lchard Price, James Magoffin, Anne s
aple, Richard Semple. Joseph Mullin. ii
ortla Andreas, Stanley Bevan. Horace o
roaddus sam W. FAINT Barbara Wal c
&c, jeanette Rawlings. Ruth McNary.
)seph Lea, Shirley Booker. Marion : 4
urd, Johnnie McCabe. The chaperoues II
ere: Mrs. H. W Broaddus. Mrs J. W.
orenszen and Mrs.J- A. Rawlings.
At Ferry Farm
Ferry farm episode: Mrs. L II Mont
n