The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
NOTED SINGERS
IN DEMOCRACY
SHOW JULY 4
Moufadian and Nine. Pan.
ossian to Take Part in
Action . of Armenia.

Two opera singers Of international
fame will sing In Armenia's part of
the Democracy Triumphant pageant
to be given in Washington on the
Fourth Of July. They are A. chah
Mouradian. tenor Of the Paris Grand
Opera. and Madame z. Panossian. Of
the Boston Grand Opera.
The ''action" which IL to be staged
in beautiful place near the Monu-
ment will be under the direction Of the
Armenian National Council Of Bos-
ton. Thirty Armenians from Boston
and Philadelphia will come to WASH
ington to assist.
Three Tableaux Planned.
In three tableaux the birth of Ar
menia, her struggle for freedom and
her present life-and-death crisis win
be shown.
The first episode win show the leg
endary Haik. who. according TO tra-
dition, freed Armenia in 200 B. c. His
foes in that mist Of legend was the
tyrant king of Babylon.
Fire worshippers, the next enemy to
freedom in Armenia's upward strug-
gle. are depicted then. These Armenia
fought In 81 A, d. for her freedom OF
conscience.
The third tsbleau viii show ro5ern
Armenia bearing o banner marked
thus:
Modern Armenia. spirit unconquer-
able Of q martyred nation. bruised but
not vanquished; rescued by Uncle
Sam. the champion Of democracy"
A group Of Armenian girls In native
dress and a detachment Of American
soldiers of Armenian birth will as
sist.
A meeting Of the captain and aids In
the pageant was held yesterday after
noon at the Franklin School. The line
of march and method OF procedure
might occur in the arrangements on
Independence Day.
In fact the Franklin School Is
one of the busiest places in all
Washington Just now. though rival
led by the Drama League once in
the Riggs Building. where c. H
clifford presides as executive sec
retary.
At the Franklin School 10 the Of
fce OF Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest.
pageant master. who has put on
many pageants in various cities In
the United States.. The history of the
Bible was a pageant produced by
Mrs. Forrest in Seattle on the hum
dredth anniversary of the Ameri-
can Bible Society. Another pageant
staged by Mrs. Forrest was that Of
the fftieth anniversary Of Drew
University at Madison, New Jersey.
e. wrQAnofa ~ the
Sergeant School of New York. She
is considered by Percy MacKaye. q
great authority on pageantry, as
one Of only three great pageant
masters in the United States.
Working shoulder to shoulder
with Mrs. Forrest is Miss Cecil Nor
ton. general secretary ofthe COM
munity centers of Washington
Developed Community Work.
Miss Norton is a pioneer in COM
munity center work here. Miss
Norton for several years, while
teaching. devoted her spare time to
developing the first community CEN
terin Washington. that of the Gro
yer Cleveland School. Last year she
was appointed general secretary Of
the community centers of Washing
ton with her office in the Franklin
School Much experience in train
ing plays and dances have fitted her
for the work OF the pageant.
Her two assistants are Miss Alice
Pollock and Miss Isabelle Geddes
Smith. Miss Pollock Is in charge of
making the hundreds Of costumes in
the pageant. Yesterday she was
dressing an adorable baby doll which
is to figure in the climax OF the
pageant, but not all Of the costum-
ing has been so delightfully."- free
the big doll.