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tools Of his sinister Office. the rope and
the hangmaus ladder
More files Of soldiers. The roll OF
the drums grows faint The last red
coat marches slowly out OF sight. Upon
the stage stand only q group Of women
striving 10 hide their tears. and -four
men-friends OF Hale-who watch the
dreadful cortege until IL has passed
from view. The tolling Of bell breaks
the stiffness. The name Of Nathan
Hale has been added to the list Of
patriotic Americans who preferred
death to surrender Of their ideals.
The third episode. which transcribed
in dramatic qualities its companion
scenes. was "The Death Of Theodore
Winthrop" The scene is laid on the
battlefield Of Great Bethel in the year
1861. Action shows the Confederate
and Union officers, the latter receiving
the body Of Winthrop from the former
This was an incident following the frs,
engagement Of the Civil War
Company | OF the 7th Regiment of
the New York National Guard, but re-
Gently returned from the border, wore
the rebel gray, while the Federal troop
ers were men who had seen service in
their country's cause. the G. A. r., De-
partment of Connecticut.
When the long line Of gray-haired
veterans appeared in the arena, the
thousands in the stands instinctively
rose. Every man in the audience un-
covered. And il was with this attitude
OF reverence that the spectators viewed
the greater part Of the entire scene.
There were two Intentionally humor-
Gus scenes which met with eminent sue
cess. They depicted the burial of
Euclid, 8 costumed riot Of nonsense,
once an annual affair, and town and
gown riot of 1854. The incidental
Douglas Stuart Moore, and was pecu-
larry effective.
The riot, incidentally, was realism
past tire Belasco stage. A football game
between sophomores and juniors was
interrupted by the village vamps. Not
only did the town fire fighters lay on
with their fists, but they turned the
hose upon the PLAYERS "0d sprlnkled
them with wster-resl water.
This riot showed, paradoxically,
how complete is the cessation of the
old feeling between town and gown.
The majority of the actors in the
pageant we're residents of New Haven,
and the interest taken in the spec
tacle by the city has been just as keen
as that OF the university.
Certainly the taxicab drivers were
interested in the affair. A golden
harvest was theirs to-day. Streetcars
were so crowded that it was impos
sble for many persons to get to the
bowl in time for the first scene. Since
the pageant authorities had warned
persons who came late that they
would be admitted only between
scenes, every one was anxious 10
reach the arena by o'clock.
As the fateful hour approached the
rates for jitneys grew higher. Nor
mally, one takes you from the Green
TO the field for 80 cents. To-day, at
1880 o'clock, the price Of this run
demanding possibly an outlay Of II
cents for gasolene, etc.-was So.
Tonight the historic New Haven
Green is illuminated. Bunting is
stretched from one end Of the park
10 another Acetylene lights in rows
on the surrounding high buildings
make the place as light as day. Thou
sands have come TO hear the band that
is stationed in the centre. The city Of
New Haven is having its own ceiebra-
ton of an event so vital to its civic
life.