Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
VILLA ARRANGING
MAY DAY EVENTS
Annual Frolic for Students and
Friends 10 BE Held ON Spacious
Grounds Goth of Month,
PRETTY PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN
sWhen Polly Was Queen of the Nav
Title OF Fairy Story to Be En-
acted by Girls.

For many years the Villa de Chanta!
academy Tor girls has been giving an
Iannual May day celebration which
takes the form of an outdoor picnic
and frolic and TO which the public is
invited. On this day the grounds are
turned over to visitors and there is M
charge attached unless lunch is want
ed, which is provided at little price II
May baskets containing sandwiches
cakes and other goodies, or from the
zefreshment booths. Coffee is served
with the baskets or alone as wished
Next Saturday, May 20, is the day
set for this pretty event and the affair
IS under the patronage of the seniors.
the hostesses are the second and first
year academies and the grades will
give the entertainment which is to he
along a different line than heretnfnro
Il May pageant to be given called, when
Polly Was Queen of the May" Sis
ter Mary Gertrude, physical instructor
and teacher of elocuion, has added
several features to the manuscript and
her young players have taken eagerly
10 the text and are rehearsing under
her direction with the object of giving
d really fine presentation of the story.
which is well suited to the purpose.
The opening scenes show a gather
ing of young girls come to pay homage
TO the May queen and TO arrange a
Maypole dance and entertainment for
the one so chosen. In their absence
TO gather wild flowers, Polly, poor
little waif, in torn garb, and discon-
ISOLATE. at heart, wanders onto the site,
and unconscious of the meaning of the
throne or proximity of the girls, sits
upon it to rest her weary body, and
falls asleep. The fairies intervene,
and here the girls find her and instead
dfresenting her intrusion, a happy idea
SEXES them and they determine she
shall be queen of the May. A suitable
dress is obtained her and from her
high position she views a wonderful
galaxy of dances, exercises, drills
given in her honor and witnesses the
winding of the Maypole, the graceful
dance that is as old as Ireland's sod
and almost as beautiful. The school
colors, blue and gold, will be wound.
A pleasing denOuement Of POlly's
establishment is her wholesale adop-
ton by the girls who will not allow
her to return to vagabondage and wish
to make her as fortunately situated as
themselves. All, of course, the good
work of the fairies. Miss Josephine
Lewis is TO be Polly and Miss Char
lotte Copp her maid of honor, and the
grade scholars make up the cast. Miss
Kathryn Lewis is to be queen of the
fairies and will lead the dancing.
AS is customary, the exercises COM
mence at , o'clock, starting with a
procession of the school from the en-
trance of the academy and winding
about the walks and campus, ending
near the glen at the gateway entrance,
where the pageant is to be given.
From a Japanese booth refresh
ments will be served and Paarman's
eight-piece orchesra will play for the
dances and give a special program
lasting throughout the afternoon. Fol-
lowing the episode of Polly, the an
nual basketball tilt between the sec
ond and first year academies will take
place, pennant going to the winner
of the clash Premiums are up for
skill in kite flying, in which all the
school viii take part A pretty GUS
tom is naugurated this year with the
planting Of a tree by the senior class,
which will take place May day as a
part of the exercises. The immense
national flag will be swung from the
flagstaff, the preliminary Of all cere-
monies at the villa
Mothers and their babies are espe-
cially invited to come spend the day on
these pleasant grounds, which are
more lovely than ever this spring and
which will prove an outing the equal
of a day in the woods and amid safer
conditions. Following is an outline
of some of the features and those TAX
ing part:
When Polly Was Queen of May.
Queen-Josephine Lewis.
Maid Of Honor-Charlotte Copp.
School Grls-Loretto Murphy, Mar
garet Wheelan, Mary Ellen O'Connell,
Esther Mullane, Mary Mcmahon, Dor
othy Deisenruth, Catherine Rank, Ce-
ella Brown, Agnes Stuart, Ellen Nc
Carly, Mary Buggee, Guydana Hig-
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