The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-20
SITE PROBLEM SOLVED;
REAL WORK IS BEGUN
Representative of Various orsaniza
ttons In Committees Look TO De-
tails OF shakespearean Pageant.
WILL DE Ar wEsrnaMproS.
people and Places of Shakespeare's
Time VIII Be Faithfully Reproduced
BY scores of Worker On May
and 5--Committee Personnel.

from Van Horn e. Co. Phhadet-
phla costnmcrs will ne Ut she
Bureau Of Vacations, G-s Worth
sixth street Tuesday tn take
orders II Is very important that
all those desiring TO rent costumes
should consult hun then.
The following hours hase been
set for appointmcnt---10 A. Nj. To
p. NJ. court COSTUMES; to
p NJ miscellaneous. for The behc-
fit of colleges, schools. etc, VINO
are unabac TO meet the morning
appointment. -.
An orders placed with Van Horn
& Co. are to be paid for I'm ad-
vance an the committee is
financially unable to take tho re-
sponsibilify for them. and the
committee wishes 10 impress upon
all participants in the pageant
that the renting of costumes Is
purely optional. All who desire
may make their costumes
Having definitely fixed upon the
Richmond College grounds at West
hampton as the scene for the Shakes
uearean pa geant on May 4 and next,
the organizations cooperating with
the Virginia Bureau of Vacations for
Women, and the several committees
working under the direction OF the
executive committee and the general
committee, are now getting down 10
the details necessary tn the handling
IT the program for the celebration OF
the Shakespeare ter-centenniai.
Meetings or committees III charge
Of the various details of tbe several
phases OF the arrangements Tor re-
producing on the Richmond College
grounds the scenes the people and
the spirit of the time Of Shakespeare.
are being held almost daily and every
action taken is Ia the direction of
fealizing the. central idea.
Richmond viii be transported, for
two DAYS. from the twentieth century
- n as n h,-tFAa ATMOSPHERIC
NJ Northampton on those DAYS VIII
he the atmosphere In y h-ch lived
Shakespeare his CoWtem poraries and
the others OF his day.
MANY Interests Represented
The peor}e charged with bringing
about the Illusion are representatives
II nearly every educational. social aud
esl93oa~ organization t'f the c5ty of
Richmond The musical the arts
tie. the literary aud the eduSa iional
clements have necB gathered ABOUT
shs central organization and they @rs
tsp-anerattua aHdeF }'8e general ill
re,t en- IF Miss Hatcher, of lie j 3eas
tons Bureau Al her office. az the
faarth floor Of the av4ia4ng vi 'ha
PRESBYTERIAN committee Of Pug 3c@ :
iian. Natth Sl<tb Street have been
asthered wealth - Sh@ AespFaF rear
and vortempo uepVs lore Here S8rh
Instruction and sHgh inspiration a.
will lend to petfe,t presentation 81
the ria @eant are - Nc found
THE nrsaUtE.sf ems participating are
RE Ars Club % Richmond the
alvsaHae Association ASSOCIATION o.
Ahnbab AHN'i'afA h"hrd+ an" %,
mems club. toHHFlI o. |F" ~
school FOR Girls. t'haWbeF 81 Qua
merce, lpanEht~FS "i COM eorf9t
tieauemhoorE Sehooi y Ms. @1sT
Morris Aista}n@e. Mts$ MeFrts S4op"t.
Mechanic institute Mss h.tFtt :
School. MrC@N t'athotlc AIon. ran
Hellenic SorletA Etehm"nn "lieEF,
Richmond Public Scn""ts' lt1fs't,,4in''
academy. Richmond Blues. Randolph-
Macon Ahmn@e Assoc alton. 49,
BrIar KIUmnae. II Nnaf~w mp
Virginia State Library NhhnAn,s A-ol-
iege Westhampton College. NaFal AN
brotherhood. Y NJ, & a, w 1 a.
and Every Monday Ctuh
The chairmen az the several conn
mittees are:
Committee tasaiFmen
AdnlissionFran k Powers,
Books aud Prints Mrs. II,
Meyers
t'ostume-Atrs. Clarence Mhih'SFf-
Dances and Assignment al Kotes~--
Mrs Thos G. Gordon:
Design staff Harold Calisch.
Drama uc-Proresso tt. Is Handy.
Grounds and Ruild'ngs-~L W
r,xziny
cames-J & Ford Y NJ c. A. attn
fatic director.
civic, AuxiHarv-Miss Ellen Wright
,ytse
y+s,,,.ical Advisory Committee -
.,;ss susan Laugh
ss..s.r.I q roYiey
p.nltcity- Mrs ". T oppenheimar.
r,a.ar,; 1Nrs George Thomas
r.,saasw : Forbes
va ax.c,,ttra Son,mittre headed
49,, fanr;nes 4. Wise has the
.s,,ss...r. ,,a,,harshipe
i'' ni aatcaif John stewart
r., m II, IrsiiScb pr ]. A. q.
rha.s,.. yv;,,,,r, r Reea
,.a,,.n,, f,or,u,,,ee
y,.a o,ara1 rnn,r'iftee is ronlnosed
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