The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-03
Benefit Entertainment For War
Relief Fund to Be One Of
UNUSUALLY Beautiful Features

Il Realizing the immediate and great
| need of help for the millions of wound.
\ ed and dying on the battle fronts or
Europe. whose only possible relief can
/ come from neutral lands, a number of
Il Fargo women some months ago, band
Il ed themselves together and determined
that they would make an effort to ala
4 those sufferers. This organization has
Il continued to grow, and large quantities
i of surgical dressings and other hospital
/ supplies have been sent across the sea.
/ these supplies going direct to the out
| lying hospitals.
has arrived when America seems on the
lverge of being forced to enter this
titanic struggle, and the American
women already are awake to their re- re-.
have been carrying on to aid the
wounded of Europe has become Won
! derful organization, which would i'm
i mediately rally in even larger forces
| in aid of the homeland, should occasion
arise, and thus would the nation ind
great bulwark in its mothers. wives
| and daughters.
| Although great personal efforts are
being made, yet this work cannot be
carried on without financial aid, and
the women of Fargo have made plans
| to raise more funds, in order that
greater quantities of supplies may be
prepared.
BENEFIT Pageant Next Week.
A benefit pageantN has been worked
out, which already promises to be a
It . will Be given
beautiful play entitled The Yes
tai Virgins. written by Miss
and which was under ads the
| rection of A. G. Arvold, at the Little
| Country Theatre, this week, will be re-
peated. Mrs. William. H. Harris and
Miss Juliette F. deLendrecie have writ
ten a beautiful pageant representing
| the horrors of war and the beauties of
peace. which will also be staged;
Through the courtesy of. the Mutual
Film Co, a beautiful moving picture
| film for the children will be shown.
DR.. Putnam's splendid arrangement Of
| music, which was so favorably received,
will again be given in connection With
postum of songs under the leadership
of Miss Edyth Grasse, of the agricul-
tural college. There will also be or
chestral music consisting of national
and patriotic airs.
Description OF Pageant.
When the curtain rises 1t portrays
philosophy, art and music, forming
Quickly the inanimate forms appear
lifelike, in graceful dance, after
which the hours of the day join in. The
Spirit of Youth and the Spirit of Dance
ness and glory of the day. The|Spirit,
of Plenty appears with her "horn of
plenty, from which overfiows flowers
and fruit, followed by the Home Circle.
The Father, Mother and Child come in,
and watch the joyous group. JOY, the
personiflcation of extreme gladness, en-
ters, followed by groups of laughing,
dancing children who scatter flowers in
their pathway. Bursting in upon their
gladness. comes threatening War, while
Immediately rising from the other side
comes Patriotism, who rallies the
stricken people to her cause. Despite
the efforts of Wars minions, grief,
pain, pestilence. famine and poverty
who do their utmost to devastate and
demolish, Patriotism calls to her aid
the Red Cross, Medical Science and
Consolation, who minister to the fallen
ones. In the vague distance she sees
the Spirit of Love coming to her aid,
and with outstretched hands she hast
ems to greet her, who alone has the
power to unite the people in the loving
clasp of unity; after which peace per-
petuaf will reign. The following is the
cast of characters:
music ..''..'..s. .s.... Marjorie Cook
ART ....:.s........... Miss Paulsrude
PHILOSOPHY ......... Marjorie Iceberg