Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1915-07-29
tA%%"" PORTLAND 1915
Delighted Great Crowds
PAGEANT AND MINSTREL PER-
FORMANCE, GREAT SUCCESS.
Finest Amateur Show Ever Given In
Casco Bay.

Finest Amateur Show Ever Given In
Casco Bay.
The Pageant and Minstrel perform.
ance given on the evening of FRIDAY
and Saturday was a tremendous sue.
cess, over 65 participants taking part
in both. The ideas and songs used
were obtained in England by Mr.. Rob.
ert Dempster, the well known actor
while he was abroad last year. They
were not obtainable in the United
States, so Mr.. Dempster was Obliged
to rewrite the music and remodel the
things to suit the occasion. 1t was
through him and Mrs. Clara Louise
Burnham, the author, that the stage
was so successfully altered, removing
the windows in the rear and thus en-.
larging it. Nearly six hundred tickets
were sold for both evenings.
The minstrel performance was
opened by Mr.. Dempster, the interloc-
utor. He sang very nicely the song
entitled, :'Tipperary." The entire cho,
rus, including all the children, Joined
in the refrain. The program there
after ran as follows:
l. When Billy Sunday Comes to Town.
.. Ruphus Johnson's Harmony Band. ' lazy
3. Tampa Bay, Robert Dempsten
T. Mary PIcktord Edward Sinrett
.. Hold Out Your Hand, Naughty Boy,
6. The Whole Towns Wise. Nionzo Doughty
:. Rum-diddlc-um- Bum. Robert Demptscr
.. Night and Day Ga ballad), Gordon OKeefe
~. iokiS; R: Dempster
-. Ny Ihinatown William Tracy
II. Closing Chorus, Entire Companv
AS Mr.. Dempster sang "Tokio." the
following children, clad in dainty jap.
anese costumes danced an ancient
japanese dance which was magnifi.
cent to behold: Christine Estes, Dor
othy Black, Ada Doughty, Winifred
Leeman. Julia Johnson, Edna Perry
and Doris Sinnett. They were paired
with the following young men: R.
Johnson, William Johnson, Rows.
ton Leeman, Oliver Johnson, Edward
Black, Parker Johnson, Jack Gardner
and Henry Longfellow, the grand
nephew of the celebrated poet 81
While Mr.. Tracy sang the attract
i've piece, My Chinatown Miss Doris
Sinnett and Mr.. Edward Black partici-
pated in an oriental dance. This was a
special feature, the quaint Chinese cos.
tunes being very lovely to behold. 1t
is here that the Minstrel performance
came to finish after much applause
from the large audience. The circle
was composed as follows as end men:
William Tracy and Mr.. Dempster, as
lnterlocutor; Messrs. Doughty, Esta-
brooke, O'keefe, E. Smith and P.
Smith as soloists. ASSISTING Mr.. Demp-
ster in producing the minstrel first
part were: Miss Mabel Dodson of Chi
cago; Mr.. Thomas Estabrook of Ber-
lin, y. H.; the Misses Adams who had
o'mplete charge of the children who
participated in the dancing.
The Peace Pageant following was a
great tribute to the originators, for
never before has such an ambitious
performance been successfully con-
Quoted in this part of Casco Bay.
Mr.. Dempster, representing England
was the first to appear on the stage,
singing "Tipreraryland" after which
when finished, he called for volunteers
to enlist in the army of the United
Kingdom. To his patriotic call the
young men in khaki answered. includ-
ing: Messrs. Riborg Mann, William
Smith, Edward Sinnett, William
Tracy, Harvey Sinnett, and John
Thomas. Next, Mr.. Vickerey Leeman
in good imitation of Der Kaiser"
sang a popular Teutonic song and
called for the remaining people III his
glorious Empire to defend the honor
of the Black Eagle. 1t was supposed
that he had already had his forces of
men in the fild and considering this
fact only one of the fair ones an
swered to the German bugle note. She
was represented by Mr.. Morris
Doughty who was extremely well dis
guised. Then as all eyes were on the
stage, in walked America" glorious
to view, clad in pure white with an
American shield over her breast. AS
she entered, the Austro-German and
the allied forces bowed and kneeled
in unison, outstretching their hands
in an appealing manner as If to ask
help, but America, represented by
Miss Margaret Johnson showed only
signs of pity and waved all back with
movement of her hands. The war
ring nations hung their heads in
shame as silently small curtain in
back of the stage opened, and behold,
there was Marjorie Johnson as
Peace" In many charms arrayed,
clad in white, with her dark black
hair standing out wonderfully against
the white silk gown that she wore.
She stood on a pulpit bedecked with
heavy rugs and large vases on every
side with Old Glory and many red,
white and blue streamers overhead.
Splendid indoor fireworks were dis.
played, lighting up the part of
the stage where she stood The
children that took part in the March
OF the Allies and Austro-German
forces and their costumes were
Agnes York, Hindu; Florence
Doughty, Burmese; Lenora Black,
Scotch; Edith Gilman, Japanese:
Ruth Thomas, Irish; Clarita Johnson,
italian; Katharine Perry, English