The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-30

The only pageant OF electric floats
depicting c from Shakespearean
plays that the world has ever known
will take place In st. Louis the night
of Tuesday, October 3, as the crown
ing feature of a series of notable
events there commemorative Of the
Shakespeare Tercentenary.
Earlier features of the Shakes
pearean celebration at St. Louis We're
as follows:
April 26-Shakespearean tercentenary
program I'm connection with the opening
of the sixth annual convention OF the
Drama League of America.
April q and REPRESENTATION. under
the auspices OF Washington University
and the Washington University Associa-
ton. on the university campus. OF three
Old Wives Tale. The Revesby sword
Play and The Hue and Cry After Cupid
April 2S-~shakespeare statue cere-
Ing by William Faversham, actor. Of an
Ode TO Shakespeare. composed I'm honor
Of the occasion by Mrs. Sara Teasdale
June I to 1s-Community production OF
As You Like II, and an .epiiogue de-
plotting May-Day Peyels OF shakespeare.s
tion Of the st. Louis Pageant Drama As
ISOLATION. by a double alternating cast
headed by Margaret Angl.n and includ-
Ing Robert r. Mantell and other famous
professionals.
One-Night Celebration Costs $500
The float pageant October 3. a part
of the Yelled Prophets contribution,
at a cost of about SEC, 900, to the
Shakespearean celebration, will be, Il
is prophesied, the most spectacular OF
all the Shakespearean events this
year In cities OF America and Europe.
AS usual the Yelled Prophets 1915
tthirty-ninth ANNUALLY appearance will
be the chief feature of the st. Louis
Fall Festivities, which this year will
include ar agricultural pageant, at the
st. Louis Agricultural Fair. October 2
TO Z, showing the evolution OF farm
machinery and farm practice from the
day Of the Indian to the present day
and Americas first showing, collee-
lively, of 1917 models of automobiles.
The new models of automobiles are to
parade through the downtown business
district the mornings OF Tuesday, DC
tober 3. and Thursday. October s..
Route Six Miles In Length.
Twenty-Five floats. the first bearing
the mysterious Yelled Prophet him
self, the second portraying Shakes
pearean plays collectively and each
of the twenty others depicting a scene
from a particular play, will constitute
the pageant, which will move through
prominent streets over a route six
miles in length. terminating at the
Coliseum, where the Prophet will
crown his queen, one OF the promi-
mem young society girls of the city,
at his annual ball-the city's princi-
pal social event OF the year.
A courier Gin modern parlance. press
AGENT OF the Prophet has made pub
lie the following official description
OF the pageant:
I. Yelled Prophet and High Priests.
The tableau which ushers I'm the
pageant Of the Yelled Prophet always
bears symbolic relationship TO the floats
which follow. Altogether fitting is It that
Pegasus. the winged horse OF the MUSES..
should appear poised for flight OF fancy
before the Yelled Prophet and the High
Priests. In this way Is suggested the hon
great bard. Pegasus is indicative OF the
flights Of imagination which furnish the
subjects Of the Pageant, In another form
the first float suggests the theme. Above
the head OF the Prophet scars the white
robed figure of Poetry. holding aloft the
burning torch OF inspiration. Tile hack
mense sunburst and myriads of flowers.
The Prophet. each year differently at
tired and In harmony with his purpose,
tached wing-like plumes.
z CTheme)-The Plays of Shakespeare.
Shakespeare. In dress historically ac-
curate, stands upon a dais, the central
figure of the second tableau. In the FORE
ground is the facade of the quaint. rocry
home at Stratford In the background
looms the barn-like front OF the old
Globe theater. associated so closely with
the professional life of the poet. Grouped
about the bard are eight OF the charac-
ters created In the plays. The Yelled
sentative Of the wide range Of Shakes
peare's genius. On one side are Fail
staff, Hamlet. King John and Richard.
On the other side are Othello, King Lear.
Shylock and Lady Macbeth. Costumes
and poses are presented with a care for
pearean student. Hamlet holds before him
In contemplative mood the skull. The
venerable and broken King Lear, the
swarthy Moor, the defiant Richard. the
the front OF the float is borne an heroic
bust of Shakespeare. rising from great
sheaves Of laurel.
8 The Two Gentiesnen OF Verona.
Valentines
Here can l sit alone. unseen of any.
And to the nightingale's complaining notes
Tune my distress and record my woes.
Proteuss-
o heavenl Were man
But constant he were perfect. That one error
Fills him with faults; makes him run through
all the sins:
Inconsistency falls Oft ere 1t begins.
The Two Gentlemen OF Verona has
been called the history Of a woman's
heart and OF adventures TO which love
may prompt her" The scene Is a for
est Oh the frontier of Mantua. The situ-
ations turn on the strong contrast be-
tween the character Of the two gentle
men. Valentine and Protsus. valentine