Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-08-04
WINTHROP
Pageant 'sWomen of All Cen
turies," a Pronounced Sue
cess - Large Audience
Present
MUCH CREDIT DUE AUTHOR
AND DIRECTOR

The entertainment. Women Of All
Centuries" given at the Town hall
Thursday evening under the auspices
of the Ladies' Circle Of the Congrega-
tional church., was a great success
and was attended by large audience.
Much credit is due the author and
director of the pageant, Miss Dorothy
Webb, for the evenings program,
which through her efforts and all un-
der her. proved such an interesting
entertainment. Music was by Alumni
Orchestra. The hall was crowded.
The program:
overture .................. Orchestra
Flag Drill ................ Children
Prologue
The Purpose OF the Pageant
ACT TANGENT
Scene 1.-THE Old East" Evening
Bride OF the Orient" Miss Durfiin;
Harem Girls, Miss Sleeper. Miss Long
fellow. Miss Maxim, Miss Jewett.
Scene 1.-THE Girls of Sparta.
'Atalanta's First Race" Practice Of
Archery" contest in quot throwing,
the victor crowned with laurel; Alta
lanta,' Mrs. Scott Webb Wreath
Bearer" Grace Kathryn Webb. The
contestants: Dorothy Snow, EVELYN
Thompson, Marjory Rollins. Marion
Thaanum.
Scene III-"The Greek Religion"
The Alteration of Aphrodite;" Greek
maidens' dance before their goddess,
Aphrodite, Mrs. George Wilson. The
maidens. Miss McIlroy, Miss Gale,
Miss Bissonette. Miss Rollins, Miss
Nina Webb. Interlude. Solo, Mrs. Guy
Healey.
ACT II-MEDIAEvAL.
Scene IA Glimpse of Bohemia, The
Cave of the Witch-Mother Nora reveals
the future; Gypsy girls welcome their
queen; dance of the Gypsy Queen, Miss
Marjory Griff1ss; Mother Nora, Mrs,
Towle; girls. Evelyn Brown, Ruth Alden,
Mrs. Gale, Elvina Crockett
Scene 1.-THE French Peasantry.
Peasant girls Of Normandy; Joan of Arc
at Prayer" The spirit Of France appears
country; Joan of Arc, Miss Ruth Webb
Spirit Of France Mrs. Warren San
born; peasant girls. Louise Jose, Lena
Peabody, Mrs. Hodges, Louise Peabody
Scene III. THE Court of Queen Eliz-
abeth-An afternoon party. The Queens
health" Queen Bess and Lady Sturte-
want dance the gavotte Queen Elizabeth,
Mrs Harris Woodman; court ladies, Mrs.
Sturtevant, Mrs. Kimball, Mrs. Taggart,
Mrs Stockford. Mrs. Young; pages, Dor
othy McIlroy, Irene Weber.
InterIude
Solo. Winthrop L. Webb
ACT III-AMERICA.
Indian girls celebrate the corn festival,
Dance of Laughing Water. Miss Peck
Indian girls: Mabelle Bassette, Josie Pen
ney, Violet French, Selah Richmond, An
ma Neal.
Scene III. THE Puritans." Maid Ma
rion at her spinning wheel" The maid
ems called to prayer for the safe return
of the Mayflower Maid Marion, Mrs.
Roy Thomas. The maidens: Mrs. Kinds,
Nora jackson, Beatrice Adams, Christine
Thaanum.
Scene III THE Birth of American
Freedom" Betsy Ross and the First
Flag The flag salute. Betsy Ross, Mrs.
Helen Kimbail.> Colonial DANES: Miss
Lucille Hawkes., Miss Putnam. Mrs.
Simms. Mrs. Hartman, Mrs. Norton.
SCENE w.
The Era of Education-(a) Mary
Lyons girlhood. The Spirit Of Educa-
ton inspires the vision of a college for
women. 90 The founding of Mt. Hol-
yoke, 1s36.-The vision realized. Mary
Lyon, Mary Putnam; Spirit Of Educa-
ton. Mrs. Clifford Schoolmates: Vera
Thaanum, Dorothy Perry, Elnor Bish-
op. Phyllis Burr, Esther Schwartz,
Thelma Mitchell.
FINALE.
Women of all centuries in worship
Of the Spirit Of Religion. Spirit Of Re-
ligion, Miss Ruth Wood.
Author and director Of the pageant,
Dorothy Newman Webb; director of
the dancing, Mrs Ryan; director of
the music, r. L. Stockford.
Committee-Advertis E. T. Cliff
ford, Rev. Harry Trust, Mrs. Cliff
ford, Mr.. Hannaford; printing, Mrs
Ronald McIlroy, Miss Cochrane, j. c.
Hounseworth; costumes, Mrs. H. B.
Maxfeld. Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs. Han
naford Miss Weston.
The patronesses were: Mrs l.. Ell
wood Jones. Mrs. Murray Stanley, Mrs.
Harry Benson, Mrs. r. Crawford Nc
Troy, Mrs. Albert Webb, Mrs. Ronald
McIlroy, Mrs. Harry Stevens, Mrs.
John McIlroy, Mrs. Charles Cummings,
Mrs. Chester Shaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Woodward of
Rockford. ILL.,, and Mrs. Fannie Smith