El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-01

masque Of the worlds mytho-
logy. was presented in a most
artistic way at the commencement Of
the FL Paso School for Girls Monday
night out Of doors on the lawn OF the
school, before a very large audience.
Miss Henrietta Courchesne, daughter OF
A Courchesne, one Of the first FL Paso-
ans to become interested in the School
for Girls, graduated from the school
and was awarded her diploma at the
close OF the play
The lawn presented a pretty wood
land scene with quantities of trees
and shrubs about it With the opening
OF the play the spirit of POesy, acted
by Helen Stewart, comes TO summon the
dryads Of the forest to make the scene
beautiful and attractive to the mortal
child "Deodata." acted by Jane Burgess.
Miss Stewart was in a long Grecian
robe Of pale shell pink, with a chapIet
Of green leaves on her head The dryads
were dressed alike in short 6recian
gowns Of grass green. They were May
Kranzthor as 4Dryope" Sadie Ruth
Aldrich as "Daphane," Beatrice Stiles
as Lofts" Margaret Schuster as
Echo" Birdie Krupp as Pomona"
Irma Davis as "Eurydice" Katherine
Pfaf as "Arethusa," and Mildred La
Sale as "IOle." After a very lovely
dance by the dryads, the child
'DeOdata" and the messenger Iris"
the play Miss Burgess was dressed like
q little girl in a lingerie white frock
with big pink hair ribbon bow. Iris"
the messenger Of the gods, was cos
tuned in 2 long white Grecian robe,
with a drapery Of rainbow colors-
EolG band was about her brow and she
carried a staff tipped with silver ere
scent
"Deodata" is searching for the heart
Of the world and the dryads endeavor
n convince her that the hart n the
world is beauty. To prove this, they
summon the 'Graces," 'Euphrosne,'
acted by Nancy Williams; "Aglaia,"
acted by Dorothy Ormsbee, and
''Thalia-" acted by Ruth Guyer. The
"Graces" were gOwned in long Grecian
robes OF soft yellow hues, with drape-
ries Of darker shades, and each bore on
her shoulder a tall Grecian vase. Each
endOws the child with gifts, but still
'Deodata" fails to find the heart OF
the world in the beauty OF the graces so
the dryads summon the nine muses. who
come in stately procession. They we're
cOstumed in long graceful Grecian
robes of pastel shaded colOrs ranging
from rose pink through pastel shades
Of violet TO gold and scarlet Irene
Robertson was clio" Sue Mayfield
"Polyhymnia," Margaret Neff ''Uranra,"
Ruth Schwartz "Euterpe," Gladys Buie
"CaIliope," Gretchen Tritch 'Thalia,"
Virginia Akard "Erato,' Josephine
Courchesne 'Terpsichore," and Hen
rietta Courchesne 'Melpomene"
Still "Deodata" is unsatisfied and
would seek further, so the Dryads call
the water nymphs, the 'Nereids," six
golden haired girls in pale Nile green
costumes with pale green head bands, I
and flowing scarfs attached to their J
waists. They dance a beautiful dance J
while they sing a song OF the water {
to the music OF the barcarolli from The I
Tales OF Hoffman" The dance was es- I
pecially pretty and through it were !
Grecian poses, where the water nymphs J
blew upon their conch shells The Z
Nereids were Katherine DICK as Am |
phitrite," Ruth Rawlings as 'Thetis,'
Louise Beach as "Galatea," Charlotte /
Ormsbee as ''Cyrene," Hazel Coffey as /
sSabrina-" Katherine White as "Ligea-" /
But as gracefully as they danced, Deo-
data is still unconvinced that the heart d.,
OF the world lies in beauty, so the
Grecian gOddesses are summoned and
each tells her legend Lydia Happier
was "Persephone," with her spray OF
pomegranate blossoms, gOwned in a
robe OF pale yellow. Winifred Woods
was the goddess Psyche" with her
Grecian lamp Of gold and gold tipped {
wings Dorothy Williams was Auro-
"a" goddess Of the morn, and wore I
robe Of rosy hue with graceful veil !
drapery attached TO her wrist and the ]
rosy hued ribbon Grecian fillet on her 4
head
An the train Of Grecian sprites,
nymphs, and goddesses having failed to (
convince "DeOdata" that the heart of /
the world is beauty. they flee in disap- 4
polntment and @DeOdata" continues her /
search. The Spirit Of POesy next leads +
her TO the world of NOrseland myths I
and. with a darkened stage, a troop OF /
trolls and dwarfs dance about, each
carrying a tiny VIII O. the Wisp light. 4
They caper and frolic with all stOrts Of /
clever thickness until the mortal is 4
discovered by their king. "Andvari,"
acted by Minda Lasl1in. Pleased to 4
have a mortal with them, the trolls and |
dwarfs endeavor TO charm "DeOdata''
with their woodcraft and sports, and TO
convince her that therein lies the heart
of the world
The voices" Of the dwarfs were
AIethea Coffin. who was 'Mumble";
Josephine Morfit, as "Grumble"; Leila
as "Gruff'; Charlotte Har-
ris. as Whisper. and Gladys Chap
man Smith, as Squeak" Paula Krupp
was the dwarf "Nimblewit." Elizabeth
Pfaff was "Trip" and Nip was Urma
Davis. The trolls were Lillian Wis
brun as -'Rumpelstiltskin." Frieda Las
kin as @Grimalkin,' Maria Terrazas as
''Bergm oss." These little woodland !
people were dressed in costumes OF