Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-26
POSTPONED PAGEANT
MAY Be GIVEN TODAY
Salvation Army Tableaux Present
Brilliant Features Dealing :.
With Steps in History.

II the Salvation Army pageant orig
inaLy booked for pm. Saturday
doesn't materialize today. a certain
government official holding respon-
sible position with that branch Of the
Department of Agriculture which
deals with the weather may have to
sleep tonight behind barricaded doors.
The forecast. however, Is fair. and
everybody concerned has high hopes.
At the last minute Saturday tropic
downpour sent both performers and
audience scurrying homeward.
With the Sylvan Theater,. a few hun
dred feet south of the Monument,
and it's background Of living green as
a stage for the tableaux, and with the
noted Engineer Band. led by Lieut..
Ebers, to give the appropriate incl
dental music, this performance gives
promise Of being one of the most sue
cessful ever staged here. It Is to be
given under supervision Of Mrs. Marie
Moore Forrest. dramatic director of
the War Camp Community Service.
Scenes to Be Presented.
The pageant is divided into half a
dozen scenes intended to depict i'm
portant steps since the foundation of
the army. The localities include an
English fair ground, a street scene in
India and a fete on nobleman's es-
tate in Holland.
The last two portions Of the pro-
gram will bring the history up to the
minute, being, respectively, 'The Sal
walton Army Overseas" and 1.-THE Sal
walton Army in Every Land" In
the former q score of soldiers. sailors
and marines will take part, and some
of the real Salvation lassies." re-
turned from overseas service, will
cook and serve them the now famous
coffee and doughnuts. Not enough
flags are available in Washington
properly to represent in the last scene
the half hundred countries in which
the army now operates, but dozens
Of national banners will be feature
Of the final grand march by all the
participants.
An interesting group Of young girls
will take part in the scene showing
the English rural fair. Miss Enid
Sims and Miss Polly Brooks have
charge of the scene, and those help
ing them include Miss Margaret Dee
BILE, Miss Kathleen Lester. Miss Mil
dred Bromwell, Miss Leila Gordon,
Miss Marie Sims, Miss Jeanne Bank
head, Miss Margaret Harding, Miss
Sidney Burleson, Miss Maxwell Church,
Cant. Roy Glen and Louis Thompson.
Miss Sims will do an apache dance"
Miss Bankhead will also give solo
dance and Capt. Glen and Mrs. Thomp-
son will sing solos.
Street Bazaar In India.
The third scene, showing street
bazaar in India, will be especially
brilliant, and will have over one hum
dred Of the young women of WASH
ington in the cast. The costumes.
many Of them being valuable ones,
brought from India by Army and
Navy officers. will be beautiful masses
of color. The arra aIsea,e o Of this this
Forest and q. w. OConnor, and the
costuming and rehearsals n were d.
Kerr Riggs, Mrs. Glover. Mrs. Davis
and Mrs. j. F. Barney.
Among those who have taken boxes
for the pageant are Vice President
and Mrs. Marshall, Mr.: and Mrs. Will
liam Howard Taft and the secretary
to the President and Mrs. Joseph
Tumulty.
One hundred yeomen CD will take
up a silver collection at intermis-
sions during the performance.