The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-09-06
PAGEANT TO Be BIG
EVENT OF The FAIR
To Be Staged BY the Child Welfare
and Educational Departments OF
WOmen's Defense Council

of state fair week. September 9 to
ID, will be the beautiful and patri-
otto pageant to be given under the
auspices of the child welfare and
educational departments OF the wom-
ems committee of the council of ma
tional defense. This gala spectacle
will be given on Wednesday evening,
September II, at the auditorium and
!, should be one of the most well-at-
tended events of the entire week.
The entire personnel of the pag-
cant will be composed OF children
and will be a convincing illustration
OF the possibilities OF the juvenile
element of our communities when
they are properly trained and cared
for. The child welfare and the edu-
%cational departments OF the national
council of defense seek in this way
ton of every mother who is bringing
up a child. The government of the
United States has realized the i'm
mense educational value of patriotic
| play and p%ageantry in these dis
. tressed times, when the thoughts of
all should be conferred at all times
; on the welfare of their country and
> SO has adopted this as part of its ed
ucational war time program. The
council of national defense has taken
this matter firmly in hand and is
sending broadcast through the land.
suggested outlines for these PLAYS
! and pageants and there is hardly a
4 community in the United States to-
/, day which has not drawn its people
= into a closer bond and a irmer con-
! viction to give their all and fight with
:. all their might that America might
emerge at the end victorious.
The people of Montana though are
very fortunate in having in their
y midst two ladies who are gifted in
the writing Of pageants and plays.
These two women r Miss Mignon
Quaw of Bozeman and Miss Mary
. Agnes Sulgrove of Helena. Miss Sui
% grove is we'll known in Helena as an
exponent Of fancy dancing and has
studied these dances in the east. Fol
lowing the lines suggested by the ma
tional committee, these two pageants
were written and will be presented as
$ the night of September II.
y The play will be staged in three
IS parts. In order to demonstrate what
can be done with even the tinty tots
Miss Sulgrove will present 16 q
IF Helena's youngest babies in a little
IS tabloid called "Nurse Rhymes" These
Youngsters. dressed in the garbs O.
= those famous characters Of Mother
Goose, will appear Oh the stage .sn(
sing and dance. This number is Ger
tain to prove delightful and refresh
ing, for these little tots enter RICH
inro the spirit of the occasion.
The second part of the pageant will
be enacted by over 200 children an,
it will be a symbolical representation
of M%ontana's part in the great strug
gle. This is the name which Mis-
Quaw, it's originator, has given to il
1t is a series of dances and scene
symbolizing the vast O
Montana which are being concen
trated into the one big task, namely
to win the war. Each resouyce i
represented by a child, who execute
a dance upon the stage and at the en-
approaches the symbolical represents
to do with as she will. Among tn
Montana maxi, are men for ii
army and navy, gold silver, cope
Jewels, products of the harvest, Goa
Red Cross nurses. Liberty bonds ar
war saving and thrift stamps al:
are offered by the people of tt
treasure state to their leader. Whe
montana" has gathered and concel
trated all her resources, she graceful
ly gathers them up and LAYS at tt
feet of Columbia, who now appear
on the scene. This completes tt
setting. Credit is due to Miss Ora,
Griffin of the physical education d.
partment of Helena and to Miss Jel
ME Cooper for the work which the
have so diligently done in the trail
ing of these embryo artists.
Part three is the climax of the di
play. 1t is called, "The Ballet
the Allies" and is the product of Il
hand of Miss %Sulgrove. 1t is a seri'
Of dances and tableaux descriptive
the dramatic entrance of the ALI
United States has played in addir
her great resources in the struggle
crush the Hun. The pageant opel
with the entrance of a crystal gaz
on the scene. She execute a beaut
full little dance and then settles dow
at one side of the stage with h
face turned toward the wall, SEER
nothing. Old Russia appears al
gives a spirited dance in which 81
symbolizes the condition of the Ru
sian empire at that time. Belgium
in a beautiful little peasant dane
fits around. She is disturbed by +
entrance of War. Belgium appea
to Liberty. who slowly begins to tn
around. Meanwhile, War drives B,
gium around the stage. Franc
England and Italy run on the stag
meet Belgium and all do a pretty |
tie step. New Russia then
the scene and offers a striking COZ
parison to the old figure.
At the tableau progresses, Liber
seems to become agitated and mo
animated. Suddenly among the bla
lng of trumpets, America dances
the scene to the accompaniment
popular music and "a time me
dies. The dance continues feverish
The allies are dancing in a group.
a given moment the music chang
and a little figure energies from t
crowded dancers and seems to lie
them. She is beautifully dressed a
represents the new spirit of the ,
tente nations. In her train she no
the resources of the countries of
world. Gradually her followers or
larger and larger in number, typi'
ing the resources of the United Sta
being placed at the disposal Of {
comrades. One very fetching da,
is h a representing the knitted V
which Is being sent to the boys. l
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