Evening star., 1918-06-26
WOMAN WARRIOR
TO Be IN PAGEANT
Nine. B0tchkarova of Russia
to March Here on
July q.
OTHER NEW FEATURES

Nine. BOtchkaroFa, VINO oTsdHiLeu
the famous woman's Battalion of
Death in Russia, is coming to WASH
ington to take part in the inte"na-
tional pageant. Democracy Tfiunl-
phant," on July 4. This woman
fighter will march at the head OF
delegation Of Russians who are op-
posed to having their country ruled
by Germany.
Not only the big allied nations.
France, England and Italy. but every
group of people in the world who are
fighting fer liberty and democracy
will present their appeal to the world
In the form of episodes in the In6e-
pendence day pageant.
At the Franklin School building a
corps of community center workers
OF Washington is busy day and
night under the leadership of Mrs.
Marie Moore Forrest, pageant direct
or. and c. H. Clifford of the Drama
League of America. to round out the
final details. Each hour brings to
Mrs. Forrest word that some embassy
or legation has arranged new fea-
ture to make the event one of the
biggest of it's kind ever staged.
japanese Fencers New Feature.
Mrs Forrest was notified last night
that the Japanese have arranged to
bring a party of noted fencers from
the orient to give an exhibition as
part of Japan'S episode.
The British embassy. 1t was learned,
will endeavor to bring some Canadian
troops to march in England's section
of the parade from the Monument to
the Capitol. 1t is probable that the
other allies who can possibly do so
will bring uniformed men to lend
local color to their episodes
Perhaps the most significant tab
leaux In the entire pageant will be
vaks, the Jugo-Slavs and other groups
Of Austrian subjects. who will sym
bolize in song and dance their desire
to be free from the yoke Of the Haps-
burgs.
Czecho-slovak Tableau.
The Czecho-slovak tableau will be
Agricultural grounds, The Sokols.
Czecho -Slovak gymnastic society, will
drill and young women In native cos
tune Will present Slavonic dances.
will begin after each nation has pre-
sented its episode, the Czecho Slovaks
will be led by a character on horse
back representing Jan Zizka. the
blind IIussite leader. defender of the
national and religious liberties Of the
Bohemians prior to his death. in 1924.
This character will be accompanied
by four mounted and twelve walking
Hussite warriors in uniform. There
will be a group Of men and women in
native dress, band of mounted
Moravian peasants and a Slovak
band from Larsford, Pa.
The Jugo-Slavs also will present
their episode in the agricultural
grounds. This tableau will be fea-
tured by the first public raising of the
Jugo-slav flag, which viii be attend
ed by Serbian Minister Michailovitch
and by the president and members of
the Jugo-Slav national council.
Folk Song and Dances.
A message of unity will be read by
Miss Agnes Edwards and Jugo-Slav
choral societies will render native
folk songs. There will be an allie
gorical Sketch of Jugo-Slav harvest
Children of the Patriotic League,
under the direction of the Y. w. C. A,
will do the Kolo dance. Others who
will dance and sing in this tableau
are Miss Betty Baker. Miss Enid Sims.
Miss Jessamine Borland and Jack
Baker. The tableau Will conclude
with Jugo-Slav wedding.
John Jarrett. director general of
the Pan-American Union, who is TAX
ing an active part in arranging the
pageant, notified Mrs. Forrest yester-
day that there will be six different
tableaux by Brazil. Cuba, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, Panama and by Portugal
as guest of the South American re-
publics.
All dances for the score or more
of episodes which will go to make
up the pageant are being arranged
under the direction of Miss Bertha
Draper King.