The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-02
STORY Of AMERICA
TOLD IN PAGEANT
Training School Students At
GrenviIle Hold Exercises
Of Interest

Greenville, Feb. 27-The annual
historical pageant on Washineton's
Birthday has become 3 feature OF ex-
ceedingly great interest. Four years
ago one class OF forty odd~ students
presented in tableau "a few scenes from
American history. This year 1s7 stu
dents gave 4 connected series Of cpl
sodes III twelve scenes covering 900
years of American history. The epi-
5odes covered the periods of explora-
lions. colonial life, pioneer life the
new republic was horn
There were five episodes in the pag-
cant The first episode represented
the explorations Of the Spa niard as d
seeker OF gold, the Dutch as n trader
and the French Jesuit as q mission
airy. The first scene was De Sotos
meeting with the Indian princess. The
| exchanging Of gifts between them re-
vealed the friendlincSs with which the
Indians received the white people but
| when gold was not found the treach-
cry OF the Spanish when they Captur-
, ed the princess formed a marked con
trast to the simple trustfuness OF The
Indians The jolly Dutchmen giving
the first tire water to the Indians
of Manhattan island. one of the first
Dutch trading post in American. The
| third scene pictured Marquette as he
iVOyaged down the Mississippi and por-
trayed the various types of Indians he
encountered.
English colonial life was portrayed
i'll the second episode. The practice
| of witch craft was Yividly brought To
the eye as 'GOOdy Osborne" who was
accused Of witChcraft, was dragged off
to meet her doom. The typical colo
NAL school, with its stern teacher.
Ounce cap, and it's amusing lesson on
the salt box, was a striking incident
of this period. The stately minuet
danced by eight couples presented a
charming insight into the social life
OF this period.
The fourth grade from the model
school of the Training School q epict-
ed the pioneer episode by giving the
story Of Daniel Boone in several
scenes: Daniel Boone and his brother
as they caught their frs glimpse Of
Kentucky; the preparation of the pio-
neer's three faced cabin; home-life al
4 Boonesborough and the picket fence
1 as fort; an Indian attack upor
1 Boonesborough and the catpure o.
Daniel Boone; the Indian village il
1 which Boone was held captive
l Boone's home after kentucky va.
|
{ The last episode marked the clos
0 Of the first 800 years III American his
Y tory and the beginning Of a nev
k epoch. The Federal convention a
t Philadelphia was selected as q fittins
g representative scene of the transition
: it marked the birth of the new repuh
t lie.
6 The scenery and costumes use,
f were effective but not expensive. TIL
Il costumes showed the ingenuity Of tn
n girls. The ladies in the minuet wor
q silk petticoats with lowered kimona
q draped in pannier style. The men wor
+ boomers and coats, with dainty bit
of lace at neck and wrist; these to
;. gether with their powdered hair trans
+ formed the girls into attra ctive colo
;, NAL gentlemen. The girls in the frs
- episode studied the pictures Of tn
Spanish, Dutch and French Of tha
:, | period and modelled their costume
- after these. The Spanish helmet, tn
~ broad b trimmed hat OF the Dutchma-
a aud the black robes Of the Jesuits ad
L. ded much to the picturesqueness o
= the scenes. Cheese cloth firing
IA around dark MILDLY suits. d few feath
e ers for the hair and q generous sup
ply of paint for the face transforme
u the girls into Indians
}, Shrubbary from the nearby wood
s. made picturesque background o
open woods, for the out-Of-6oo
/ scenes. The fourth grade boys bull
II their own wigwams, three faced cab
n ins and picket fence.
le The pageant was spectacular an
h presented the actual facts Of histor
z in such vivid and interesting picture.
s. that one witnessing it will never for
get the scenes from history iliustrat