The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-04
Y, ", A. PAGEANT
NEXT WEEK TO Be
MAMMOTH AFFAIR
Never Before Have SO Many Local
People Been Assembled In ono
Production

Next week on lhurSddJ h'e"'
ohcr 9th Xhe long anticipated ana
"a gcrly planned for pageant. TN" WIS.,
ion Of the Blue Crusader" will be
J staged at the Y. W. G. a. under the
direction Of Miss Julia Hogan Of New
, York City, who is connected with the
| American Academy Of Dramatic Art' ana
| member Of the Y. W. c. \. stan or
! Dramatics in New York CITY inns
STAFF Is under the supervision OF MISS
Hazel NcKaye. sister Of Percy Mchaye
the we'll known dramatist.
The pageant is one Of the biggest
things which has ever been produced IN
| Wheeling: probably never before haVo
70 many local people been assembled
! In one production here. and TACT 10
| he remembered Is that Wheeling mas
| been complimented on having Deen SCI
| ected az the field in which the pageant
| will bo produced. as she has been CHOSEN
| from a wide territory including west
Virginia and Ohio. It was Telt py inc
officiols of the association who looked
! over the field that Wheeling had petter
| organization. ono which is compete IN
MI departments. and which Woula the
more conducive to the rapid assembling
| 20 tho several hundred people necessary
| 10 the quick production or pageant
| NJ such magnitude as the VISION OIL
! Tho Blue Crusaders" The fact that
there will be a conference OF otic'ais
! from all parts OF the East ana .hr
, State Of Ohio conrening here curing tio
] same week, representatives OF tne ote
| gcst people in tho country epEaEeo -.
the work. was also mn added inouce'nen.
| In the estimation of those who selec'eu
Wheeling as the center for us pFesch-
| tation-
The name OF "The Vision OF the Blue
| Crusader" has been selected because II
! Ia representative OF the spirit which
has developed the work OF the Y. W. g.
A. symbolic Of the manner in which
womanhood Of the world has rallied
10 the standards Of the Y. W. Z. A.
which ts creative of all the higher put
noses in life. stimulating the citor's
| 10 greater achievement.
The story Is told in all"gory, begin
| ming with a large chorus, which eroKea
! "the Shirt Of the Agr.' who summons
| Progress to reveal to the People MS
vision and purpose in life. The Soul
NJ Womanhood approaches Progress
! with n bandmaidcn who has 'dedicateo
| her life TO his service. She appears
70 him in behalf Of the womanhood Oh
j the world, and. supported by ms great
forces, the Physical. Social. lntelIec-
| tual and Spiritual. he responds TO thclr
eppeal for aid. Representative or 'ho
| condition.. In the world before the war
thew are about to begin their crusade
| for a higher life, when the Great war
J dcsccnds upon them. ccteTrlng theiF
nrogress. The war Is represented by
a wonderful pageant and dance thrlii-
| inr and dramatically intense. wh'ch IS
| so enact ed as to signify the very spirit
~ tho War God. with his forces or
destruction Ioosencd upon an unsuspecl-
! ing world. -
| Reconstruction follows in the wake OF
War leading the army Of the Blue Cru
sndcrs TO Peace. assisted by IrogFcsS'
! who starts forth on new cFuSaoe w
blaze the path for stronger ana mor'
united brotherhood for the future gen
erations of The world.
| Tho costume committee in charge or
Mrs. D. w. Harrison and MISS Dc'ph'a
| Young, are in need OF ladies TO assist
! in the work and desire that all VINO are
Interested will offer ut least lew
hours of their time to the work OF get
! ting up costumes.
Important committees in charge OF the
J general Work CilI''NCu hibiA NHN P>~o
| ant arc tho following:
Fellowship comnl;to" - Mrs. John
| Reed, chairman; Mrs. George Maxwell
| Mrs. r. J.. Kitchen. Mrs. Chas. O'Brien'
Mrs. 4. l.. Myers, Mrs. Bates McLain'
Mrs Elizabeth Frissell
Clippings committce-Mrs. Reed Baird
chairman.
Music committce-Mrs. Jasper Baum
| chairman: Mrs. Elsie Duga, Mrs. 5 M
! Moves, Mrs. Edward St!fel, Mrs. Don
Mcrrman.
Mnknun committee - Mrs. Blanche
Cooper. chairman; Mrs Jarvis PRICE,
Mrs. 4. A Wheat. Mrs George List Mrs
r r.. Kitchen, Mrs. Bates McLain, Mrs.
John Stephenson. Mrs. w E. Rownd
| Mrs Edgar Sweeney Mrs. Edward Stilci,
Mrs. George Stccnrod, Mrs. Edward
Rowic Mrs. ]. II. Rrcunen. Mrs. Hugh
Brady. Mrs. Arthur Sufel. Mrs Harry
! Eckhert, Miss Scll Stlf"l, Miss Lutte
! Hicks. Miss Elizabeth Burdatts