Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05
"RE:vElR|Es IN FOREST"
TO Be GIVEN At Y. ". c. A.
Pageant Tomorrow Night, Closes
Series OF Celebrations OF
Semicentcnnial.
MANY GIRLS TO TAKE PART
Setting Has Been Designed and
Actors Trained by Misses Bcrtl,OId
and Mckay, Physical Directors.
Gymnasium Tropical Forest.

The golden jubilee which the
Young Women's Christian Association
has been celebrating for the past month
in honor of the hfticth anniversary
Of it's founding In America will reach
IFS climax in the lovely and fanciful
pageant entitled "Revclrics in the
Forest. to be given by the gymnasium
department tomorrow night AT sis
o'clock.
The affair will be by far the most
" ctentious ever given by the local as
ISOLATION. and details of music. cog
tunes. lighting effects and scenery
have been carefully worked out. The
'niirc gymnasium Will be transformed
iht0 tropical forest scene by means
"i palms. hanging vines and earlauds
of flowers. Several of Richmonds best
known musicians Will have part in the
program Miss Sara -. Hart will be
AZ the piano. Mrs. e. T. Brcngle and
Miss Amorette Allen will sing the
'!iarcarolle" from Tale. Of Hoffman"
aud an orchestra OF six pieces viii play
for the grand finale.
deliciously fantastic little plot will
lie developed by means Of dances.
pantomime and drills The argument"
81 the story recites the reveis of the
q
tempted slaughter Of the former while
At their play by - ferocious band of
thieves. The story further relates the
thrilling rescue of the Brownies by
their friends. the Girl Scouts. and the
coming Of the truce messenger who
puts an end TO the terrible fight and
once more establishes peace and har-
'nony in the forest. Features of the
performance will he the dance Of the
Hnwaiians. dance OF the Brownies
revels Of the Nymphs. shadow dance.
advance OF the thieves drill by Girl
scouts and flag drill by sixteen little
airls.
PHYSICAL DIRECTORS
HAVE TRAINED THE CAST
Credit for tho performance mus, he
given 10 Misses Beatrice Berthold and
Cccilc Mckay. physical directors Of the
association. for not only have they
trained the cast of eighty-nvc girls.
hut they have originated the plot.
planned all the scenery and costuninE,
arranged all tho dances and fitted all
the music into the play. The entire
east Is as follows
Hawaiian Girls-AIisscs Nerna Whip
pie. Mary berkeley, Warneld Cren-
shaw, Grace Nealc I.orena Mason.
i.nrn Atkinson. >rchi" H"rkcl.v and
Ruin Wilson
NOTWITHSTANDING. Miss Nora Pat
tc'son, Misses Crenshaw. Margaret,
E"nrqurcan, Lucille Rudd. Florence
rayior. Mary Austin Mann. Margaret
i>urm. Pauline Danron, Elizabeth lIund-
icy. Ann Hundley. Margaret kessnith.
Mary Patterson Dorothy WctzeI. Eliza
h"th Eutlcr, Alice I.oehr
%ymphs - Misses Fanny Creushayv.
In" Clendon. Louise Mills Columbia
iiarGrore. Lillian Harding. Mrs. Brant.
Misses Hcriha Levy. Oakie Chandler.
May iiux;cr. Elizabeth Puiliam Made
lin, Williams, May Mills. Elizabeth
'ecil. Elizabeth Fourqurcau Mrs y.
". Hubbard.
civil Scouts Misses Her.l Iiundi.y.
Catherine Cary. Catherine cross.
Bertha Atkinson, Mary Craig. Lillian
Walsh Ann Fletcher, Mary Qu;scn-
berry. sara Bcrkeiey, Blanche Currie.
t.ynct'c Baker, Elizabeth Gary. Eliza
Eld;'dSc. Frances McFaden Lucille
iicchlcr Eliza beth Wall.
Thieves - Misses Elizabeth Miller.
Margaret McNcal, Nellie chester. AGNES
Chester, Enmic Day Lottic Gill.
Mclccna Schaaf. Ida Dunford Isbcll
punf"rd
Flag Girls Misses Anne Brockcn-
brouIh. Helen Cofcr. lean Craig,
Elizabeth Fciihaus Virginia Donnau.
Caroline Lewis. Martha pulliam. Dor
"thy ltikc. Frances Rikc. Elizabeth
Robc'tson, Avis Young Elizabeth
White. Cathcrin" Lynch. Josephine
! Wcyand. Mary Williams. Ernes,ine
st;rant Miss Ann Patterson. truce
2bcar"r.