New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
BROOKLYN PAGEANT
OPENS ON FRIDAY
Prof. Eugene NJ. Harter VIII
Present Epochs In 800 Years
of BorOugh'S History.

The Brooklyn Historical Pageant will
he opened Friday evening I'm the 23d
Regiment Armory by Acting Mayor
George NcAueuy His address will DO
the only one Of the evening, and will I'm
mediatc'y rrecede the opening Of the
pageant
Effort has been put forth TO present
accurately ard IN dramatic form the
epochs that have marked the 500 years
since tho time Of the Canarsie Indians
down through the succeeding chapters
in the local and national life Of the
community Hundreds OF persons have
given their aid in the preparation Of
the pageant, but the major part Of the
work has been done by Professor Eu-
gene y. Hartor. Of Erasmus Hall, presi-
dent Of the pageant; Frank Il. Tyler,
chairman o. the finance committee;
Jacob Klinck. president Of the Civic
Club; Edward J. A. Zeiner. musical
director; Alexander c. Snyder, treas
urer: Professor Herbert A. Low, Mar
tin +. Wcyrauoh, author OF the pag-
cant; Mrs Joseph Duke Harrison, Mrs
August Droyer and Mrs. Don c. Seitz
Dress rchcarsals Will begin in the
nrmory on Monday evening under the
personal direction Of Miss Virginia
Tanner, pageant mistress, and Ottokar
Bartik. ballet master OF the Metro
pol'tan Opera House.
The educational authorities Of the
city. from President Thomas W.
Churchill Of the Board Of Education
down, have given the pageant their
hearty support and have urged the
children Of the greater city, as well as
students Of history generally, to attend
the performances The strictest &C
curacy has been adhered 70 in the pres
entation Of every episode. Mr.. Neyrauch
spent many months in accumula.lng,
from original manuscripts and other re-
liable sources, accurate dates O. the
history Of Brooklyn and Long Island
from the earliest times TO the present
day
Among the principals will be pr.
William l. Felter as George WASHING
ton, the Rev Or. James ". Farrar as
Henry Ward Beecher. Senator stephen
NJ. Griswold as Alfred VI. Wood. the
Civil War Mayor Of Brooklyn; Colonel
John T. Foote as Lieutenant Colonel l.
B. Fowler, Elmer Sperry as Invention,
Colonel a S Bacon as Law, the Rev
Charles W. Roeder as Religion, DR..
Ogden Conkey as Medicine, Miss Ade-
laide Calder as the Spirit Of Liberty
1t-srI lot al q q
Bondage. Miss Dorothy Marckwald as
Misery. Mss Roxy Hinman as Torture,
Miss Mabel Seitz as Calamity, Mrs.
Shanna Cumming Jones as Music, MISS
Grace Woltcrbeck as Art, Miss olive
Perry as Woe and Miss julia Ring as
the Spirit of Progress. !
Mayor Mitchell has not yet announced
his choice for Father KrickerbOcker,
but his daughters have been decided
upon. as follows: Mrs. lnez Mllhol- /
land Boissevain as Manhattan. Mrs Jo-
seph Duke Harrison as Brooklyn, Mrs.
Daniel Appleton Palmer as The Bronx, .
Miss Katherine VI. Holt as Richmond F..
and Miss Edna Louise BcIlnger as J
Queens.
The pageant is the first Of its kind /
ever undertaken on scale OF equal
magnitude hereabouts, and II Is the .
anticipation Of those responsible for II .
that it viii prove in every respect
memorable event IN the history Of the f.
community.
Seats are on sale at Abraham |
Straus. Frederick Loeser 4 Co., Ster- I
ling Piano Company, A. D. Matthew's 4
Sons. Brooklyn Institute, A. l. Namm, .
Flatbush Trust Company, The Berlin, .
pageant headquarters. Room 222, Eagle .
Building, phone 1899 Main; Hotel st.
George, the Mohawk, the Bossert,
Hotel Margaret, Packer Institute,
Adelphi College and Academy, Pratt
Institute. Frocbcl Academy, 23d Regi- .
ment Armory. 14th Regiment ArmoTy,
Squadron C Armory and elsewhere. /
The prices Of tickets range from 20 F.
cents 10 s. for the evening perform .
ances and from % cents TO 81 for the .
matinee performance. The stage has
been built on an angle, so that the T.
performance can be witnessed easily /
from every part OF the house.