The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
A BRILLIANT PAGEANT

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 never been produced in Ensley before
 will be the pageant of history on We'd | nesday and Thursday nights in Elks hail ] by a cast of 150 children, for the benefit of child welfare work, under auspices Of the Twentieth century Mothers club of
 Ensley, and direction of Miss Ida Lu- cienne Wood, recently of New York. Beginning with Columbus at the court of Spain the youthful Thespians will por- tray the varied epochs in the making of
 our splendid country up to the present
 date After the episode of Columbus in the natural order of historical events, the programme will depict Indian life
 and Americans in their primitiveness.
 Following this scene will be the Puritans bidding farewell to home. It is but one
 step from the sad journey across the seas
 and the memorable landing at Plymouth to the festive gatherings of Colonial
 children in a beautiful colonial garden
 party which will conclude with the al- ways attractive colonial minuette danced by tiny tots, some of whom are no more than years of age.
 China and Japan have graciousfy con- scented to send representatives to grace the occasion. Many of Uncle Sam's ma rines will be in the gathering. Perhaps they will not be quite as grown up as those who fought and helped to conquer the Huns, but one thing can be vouched for, there are not to be surpassed in at tractiveness behind the footlights any one
 who may have the least bit of curiosity to know what life Is like on the western plains can learn the entire breezy truth
 by coming to sec the cowboys and dairy maids The evening will close with gorgeous ensemble presenting the allies flags and singing "The Star-Spankled Banner"
 The costuming will be correct in all details and all who wish to follow child
 hood simplicity and sweetness back down
 the corridors of time should come
 BIRMINGHAM GRADED UNION The Birmingham Graded Union will
 meet on Wednesday morning at 10
 o'clock at the First Methodist church.
 A most interesting sseries of lectures
 are being given~by Dr. Robert Simp-
 son of the Christian church. pr. Simpson has prepared a series of character ketches-unnamed Bible characters. The women who teach in the Sunday schools of the city will be interested in the unnamed women, es- pecially.
 The topic for Wednesday will be "The Women Who Could Mother Bcys" and other topic will be: The Wom-
 an Whose Girl Remembered God;'' '"The Archer Who Had No Target" "The Soldier Who Believed" ;"r'The Blind Man in the Temples Shadow" The lnn- keeper Who Had No Room" "The
 Householder Who Loaned Room" SPANISH CLUB MEETS
 The Spanish club met Thursday evening at the Birmingham Civis association, good attendance being present to hear
 the addresses of the evening.
 The meeting began with a lecture rn
 Spanish literature by Prof J. A. Reams. in which was traced its rise and devel- opment under the different racial influ- erces from the earliest heroic poems, through the days of Don Quixote. and such writers as La Vega, Calderon aRd Valera down to the present day .exten- sive Latin American and SpanislD liter ature.
 The lecture was followed by general discussion by the members.s Among the
 new members taking. part in the discus.
 sions and informal talks of the evening
 may be mentioned Prof. Jaques Brandeis.
 professor of French, who has recently
 made Birmingham his home, and pr.