New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Mr.. Howard. who is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Marvin Howard, was
graduated from Yale In 1909
Invitations 20 the wedd ny o. Miss
Helen Pitkn and Richmond LennoS
Brown on Saturday, May S. have been
limited to relatives. The ceremony rs
TO take place az the home OF the brides
parents, M. and Mrs William ". Pit
kin. ll6 Marlborough Street Boston.
Miss Pitkin will be unattended. and the
I bridegroom will have as best man
Philip Rogers Mallory. 90 the Heights.
Mr.. Brown. who Is the son OF Mrs.
Jersey Brown, was graduated from
Yale IN 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bgs5y Cru
den on their return from their Wedding
trip will make their home at 1853 Wash
ington Avenue. The hr dc before her
wedding Tuesday was Miss Adele stir
ling Martin. daughter Of Ms. Thomas
Belts Martin, Of Washington Park. Mr..
Cruden is the son OF NJ and Mrs. John
W. Cruden. Of Prosuect Park Wcs'. and
y cousin OF Mrs Thomas J. LecmInC
and Mrs. Morgan Daboll
Mrs. William J. Butt.ire. o. SAT
Carroll Street, announces the engage
ment OF her daughter Miss Beauc"
ButtlinC. 20 Alfred Henry No.in ti'
son Of Charles HOLMAN, Of 5A' Eighth
Avenue. Miss Buttlirg IS % sister OF
Mrs Alfred Rrophy and Of Mrs David
T. Pitcher. and like the latter is "a
clever amateur actress. The wedding
will probably take place m the fall,
ps MISS Quitting and her mother are
70 spend the summer travelling M the
West
Announcement is made Of the ell
gagement Of Miss Mildred Aiieeu ST.
mons, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
4. Simons. of $40 Jefferson Avenue. TO
Harold Miller Priest. son Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Charles c. PRIEST. o. Orange, ~.
J. Mr. Prcst was graduated from Cor
nell in 1913
Not only Brooklyn bat the entire
city is Interested ~ the blg Historical
Pageant which is 10 be given at the
23d Regiment Armory Friday and Sat
urday. May 81 and p The pageant
calls for cast Of two thousand per
sons. with a chorus OF one thousand
10 be selected from the various 1en
schools. The Rev DR.. James N. Far
rar. ID. D.. has already been chosen 90
represent Henry Ward Beechcr The
selection Of George Washington Us
'. ta be left 20 popular choice, Dor
oush President Pounds and the Rev.
Dr.Sc Parkes Cadman, D. d., being
amon&-.the probabilities. Mayor Nit
chel is ~ name descendant Of some
early Dutch family 10 fill the role OF
Father Knickerbocker. and each Dor
ouEh president will have the privilege
Of naming a prominent woman 10 rep
resent his borough.
The pageant will be Of Importance
primarily as an educational factor,
because OF the strict historical accp-
lacv which will obtain. This VII be
vouched for by J. Herbert Low. pro
lessor Of history a. Erasmus Hall and
Manual Training high schools and q
lecturer at the Brooklyn Institute
Ottokar Bartik, ballet master Of the
Tetropolitsn opera forces, is head OF
the producing company, and working
with him IS Professor Eugene W. Har-
ter. of Erasmus Hall Many Of the
costumes worn will be treasured fam
ily heIrlooms.
The pageant will consist Of a pro-
logue, eight episodes, two lnter.udeS
and a postlude. In the prologue the
fgurative Spirit Of Nature IS rclRnlng.
narsie Indians 'apprehcndlng the COM
inc OF the white man. Then is shown
the landing of Henry Hudson and his
crew tl6c91. which is followed hv the
first ;ntc,lUdc, when the Spirit Of
Nature is dethroned. This is followed
bv a picture OF the Dutch town Of
Breuckeler 1880. presided over bE
Major Charles J. De Bevoise. of squad
ron &: the Romance Of Mclrose Hall.
Flatbush 1775', and the Battle Of
Long Island enacted by members Of
the Esd Regiment under command Of
Colonel Frank H. Norton. Here the
second intcrlude portrays the triumph
~ the Spirit Of Liberty and the birth
81 the Spirit Of Freedom. The nth
Regiment under command OF Colonel
John u. Foote, will participate IN the
struggle OF the Civil War, after which
|. will come the famous Calico Ball. and
NASTY. Father Knickcrboc6er and his
n Eve daughters New York and the five
Y boroughs.
In the pcstlude the Spirit OF Prog
ress is reiCning over Civilization, en-
brscing Industry, Science, Art and
Commerce.
More than twenty thousand persons
are expected TO witness the spectacle.
Seventy-Gye per cent OF the net pro-