The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-05

BAssair. and Lieutenant Carl Helm,
supervising Office of the tournament.
Art went into the air again and per-
formed every type Of trick flying ever
devised for an aeroplane. He side
slipped, went into tail spins back f!ops
and dips and f1ips of unheard of va
riety as simply as an acrobat would
perform on terra hrma- Spying the
audience in the bali park he set out
to give them all thrill and hobbed
right up In the middle of the field
from nowhere. He just came along
unannounced and Jumped right over
the fence with the thing was the
way one auditor explained Arts ar
rival M the ball park. All in all, Art
Smith gave Richmond thrills she has
never experienced before and prob
ably never will again. He brought the
afternoon exhibition 20 a climax which
topped ffthe program Ia q nicely
The afternoon program was closed
with the ceremony of retreat. followed
by battalion review which brought
cheer after cheer from the vast assem-
blage as company fter company passed
General Stern and the other reviewing
Officers In lines that seemed cast In a
dye.
Following retreat recess was taken
until O'Clock. when the acts which
Manager Sim Allen, Of the Lyric thea
Ter furnished, began TO arrive Par
tfcular faYorttes among the Lyric
artists were Burt Kinney and l. r
Nobody, Lillian Morley and the Nc
Carly Sisters Following these acts
splendid receptions were accorded Miss
Marjorie Harcum and Miss Alyce Lee
Satterfeld who were particular ia.
vorites with the audience. There were
many more who followed these bui
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writer and can only 8dd that r. w
Moon who 10 responsible for the or.
Eanization Of the training detachment
band Arid many other things out there
went after the audience for contribu.
fions to pay FOR the band Instruments
and secured enough to total s31i67.
Capitol square Pageant.
The spectacle in Capitol square
proved a wonderfully successful ant
Impressive affair. Thousands of spec
tators witnessed the chow and enjoyed
I the spectacular pictures as presented
by the foreign Americans" who wer,
responsible for it's production. As ar
object lesson the spectacle will prov,
I'm inspiration to the foreign born citi
xens who are allied with the nation,
now at grips against the enemy o,
democracy.
May people. especially foreign ers
waited long hot hours In the Capito
square for the pageant TO begin.
The Greeks placed on the statute OF
Henry Clay wreath inscribed Greek
Gratitude---I524-i91S Miss CrystA
Bazaco- placed the wreath on tbs
statute after a dramatic reading o
Clay's call upon congress to help Thu
Greeks by THEODORE Papapavios
The pageant was presented by man,
People and Mr.. Benedict author of ths
piece, announced the various groups al
they came down the Capitol steps
where they had used offices for dress
ing-rooms. The following took tn.
leading roles IN the presentation. TIL.
Spirit Of Mankind. Joseph F. white
Columbia. Mrs w Henry Baker. Unel.
Earn. DR. w. A Picker: Mother Rec
Cross, Mrs. Robert r Hudson; Chap
lain. Rev. r. A. Arthur. First News
boy, Nathan oppieman: Second News
boy. Miss Lillian Harris: American
Girl. Miss Dallas Burrows, World Con,
science. Miss TheIrna Reynolds; Vir
ginia Mother. Mrs J. J. Phillips; WA
Savings Stamps, Miss Minerva sorg
Farm Worker. Mrs. G. r. Reynolds
Presidents Herald, George Benedict
welfare Worker Mrs r G. Eaton
Mars Charles Kouri; Mars Attend
PENDANTS: Fire, Miss Alma Adkins
Famine. James WITHHELD, Jr. Poverty
Miss Ollie Atkinson. Disease. Miss Alice
Goode; Turkey. ]. G. Saady Among
American women are: Mrs. George
Browning. Mrs Warren Bowen, Mrs
Everett Horner, Mrs. William Shake.
spearer. Miss Fannie SntterheId. Miss
Alice Strickland. Miss Georgia Scruggr
and Miss Katherine Melton.
The pageant was witnessed by a
large number of people.