Evening journal., 1919-06-26
MASQUE OFPOMONA'
AT GARDEN FETE
Old Crecian Myth to be In
terpreied by Young
People
SPECIAL MUSIC
FOR THE OCCASION

The Masque Of Pomona produced
under The direction Of Miss Gladys Pass
more Of The Wilmington Communit,
Service. viii be one Of the features
of the Ssrden fcte. 10 be given on the
lawn Of Mrs. lrenee dupont at 53C
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The masque is a story written from
an old Grecian myth
Pomona Is Goddess Of tho orchards
and the masque starts by a group Of
Grecian children who bring In their
floral offerings and place them upon The
altar Of the Goddess. While they are
dancing. two onlookors pause at the
shrine Of the Goddess aud watch them.
one is a youth and The other an old
woman. At the end n the dance the
old woman discovers That the youth is
Nertumnus, the God Of the Vineyards
The old woman asks Nertumnus why
he Is standing by the altar looking so
unhappy. Nertumnus tells her that ne
loves Pomona the Goddess. but how po-
mona scorns him at an times.
Pomona then comes out and Nertum-
nus once more tells Of his love. but she
is very cool TO him and leaves him. The
old woman, Camilla, has been standing
in the background and sees how pO-
mona scorns Nerlumnus. so she gives
him counsel from tho wisdom Of her
old age
She advises him 10 disguise himself
and then when Pomona appears again
20 tell her That Ninus The Goddess Of
Love, will punish her unless she ac-
cepis a suffer and also tells her how
true and worthy Ncrlumnus is.
Ncriumnus decides 10 try This scheme
and when Pomona comes again he ap-
pears before her as an old man lie
tells her how much Norlumnus adorcd
her, but now that he has gone away
forever When Pomona hears this and |
realized that Nertumnus is no longer |
near. she realizes that she loves him |
very much and runs 10 the altar and |
cries 90 Venus 10 bring back her true |
lover. Nertumnus is very much over
whemcd by This proof Of her affec-
tion for him, and throws Off his dis
guse and discloses bis true identity,
and the lovers together thank the Gods |
Tor their happiness
The part OF Nertumnus the God Of
The Vineyards. is to be taken by Vic
torine duPint Camilla, the old wo-
man is 10 be taken by Sophie dupont |
The part OF Pomona the Goddess, is |
10 be taken by Nlargaretta dupont
Miss Constance dupont will sing the
Invocation 10 the Gods, with which the
masque opens.
The groups Of Grecian villagers, vine
yard workers and orchard workers are
90 do several dances before the shrine
of Pomona during the action OF the
play
The children who bring offerings Of
flowers are little Lammot dupont. Jean
Page. Barbara Page. Pierre s. DUPONT, !
Irene Carpenter. Nindcr Laird Rich |
ard dupOnt George Hopes. Ford Dra- /
per- Mlryanna dupont, Octavie DUPONT /
The girls who will bring offerings
from the orchard 10 the Gods are Miss
Mary dupont. M0lie Laird. Wilhelmina
dupont Louisa Carpenter. Maybellc
Coppsge, Betty Meade, Esther dupont
ind Helen Townsend
The group who represent the shcp
herds who bring their offering Of wool
10 the Gods are Helen Simon. Eliza
leth Thomas. Lillian Rodman kaih-
THU dt~tfi. nutN MuIEdHf Ndulf ddCuul .
md Beatrice JacOby
The costumes planned by Mrs W.
l. Beacon with the help Of a very chi
lent committee are going To be pure
irccian Of the most attractive styles of
hat period and viii be in keeping with
he parts which the various dances rep
csenl
The music is being arranged by
.harlcs NJ. Banks with Ralph l.. Jacobs
Erecting the orchestra.
The altar and the other decorations
or the outdoor stage are being planned
~ Miss Sophie dupont.
Light suppers may be obtained on
DE grounds sandwiches. coffee, ice
'ream and cake being ON sale.
a pretty feature Of the fete will be
he minuet. in charge Of Mrs. Ellen r.. +
Baldwin In addition TO Mrs Baldwin /
NE dancers Will be Miss Maybellc Con
page, Miss Constance dupont and Miss I
Nictorinc dupont.
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