Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-21
CHILDREN PERFORM AS
VETERANS; TRAINED
TO PERFECTION
HUNDREDS IN CAS- 7
WORK or DIRECTORS SHOWS lr.
SELF IN FINISHED PRODUCT AS
CROWD MhRVELS AT EXCEL.
lENcE OF PRODUCTION.

The children of the Ottawa pub
lie schools staged their centennial
pageant last evening al the high
school and At the close of their pro.
duction were proclaimed by the thou5-
and people who witnessed it 10 have
given an entertainment that was a..
paralleled in the history of the CT
tawa home talent entertainments.
The GOO children taking part were
all wonderfully costnmed in cos.
tunes ranging from antique gowns
Of brOcade that i'll It's former use
would have stood alone. bustled
hoped, and tsheued to baretoo.
boys with hickory shirts, suspenders
and old fashioned trousers,
Each child was perfectly costumed
to represent the character he was
posing for, on dhad the time of their
young lives in staging their produc
tion. each one knowing full we'll he
was capable OF taking his or her
part I'm manner lifting ald worthy
of he digniiird pioneer he was rep
reschting, and staging production
such as had never been presented BY
any set of children in Ottawa b."
fore.
The children had been practicinE
for this wonderful entertainment fo'
just three weeks and each school had
been thoroughly trained aud drilled
by the teachers ol their own schoo,
under the supervision OF Mrs. Eliza
beth Kinchloe. who was The director
of thepageant Ii speaks Wonders
for the Ottawa teaching force as vel
tor. TO think they would be abe tt
stage such entertainment as ~
one presented last night in just three
weeks time
They were given pictures Of tht
groups they were to represent hi
Mrs kinchoe and quickly caueIs e
idea and we're able to take their parts
living for the tiuie Cf the rehearsal
in the historic past The groups were
all copied from historic paintings il
the state capital at Springfield. an
from other pictures Of lilhentc hie
toric value, gathered together and az
ranged by the director in paeelu
form
Especially pleasing was Baby Il
linois, in the first scene, and tn
groups of beautiful children drease.
as birds, insects aud flowers, dane
ing and prancng back and forth II
q naturalstc and artistic manr@r.
No less pleasing was the aceEe {
the Indian village. or OF kaSkaskl 4
and the simple French village, Tn
scenes representing the social HE .
the time of Abraham Lincoln, and III
las debate in Washington parE, Wei
beyond description. The two boy
taking he parts of Lincoln and Don-
las gave reproduction of these tW
wonderful men that were enlirel
worthy of the men themselves.
The tableau of Illinois entering h
Union was very effective, and In
grand finale of Illinois today SHOW
ing Illinois and Coumbuia, ga'he
ing all the natural wealth Of Ill
1cis together, including learning, AZ
beauty, music, labor, mining, agr
II culture, manufactures and reviewn
the allies, soldiers, sailors and Re
Cross girls. made one Of the no.
pleasing scenes Of the entire uat,
ant.
The solo parts taken by Msse
Vera Ham. Emily Palmer, MaTth
Hnebaugh and MarieHaglund, wei
very fine as was the solo dan'
4 Beauty given by Miss Felicia Rud
Miss Cora Raley took the part Of G.
A lumbia. and wa some Of the most pi
auresque characters Of the pageau
4 Miss Raley filled he part, which WI
\ 10 have ben taken by Miss Hole
Hodkmson, who was unable 10 q
l tend
Tho curtain was little late
rising last evening, because the lie
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