The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-12
Pageant of 'The American
Girl Presented by Pretty Girls
Spectacular Feature of Dramatic School Held During Week. I'm
der Auspices of Canning and Poultry Clubs Hxson.

A beautiful and effective pageant
was given on the campus of the Hix-
son school Friday evening, by the
girls of the Hamilton County canning
and poultry clubs. The pageant was
written and directed by Mrs. l.. M
Russell. The Chattanooga public is
already familiar with Mrs. Russell's
work along the lines of pageantry,
and the production of Friday evening
will rank with her other successes.
The theme of the pageant, which was
written by Mrs. Russell especially for
the girls of this camp, is 'tThe Herr
tage of the American Girl" The stage
setting was a natural theater Just
back of the school building, Column
bia appeared seated on a dazzling
white throne, which was decorated
with garlands and outlined with bril-
liant lights. Mrs. Russell took the
part of a herald who announced the
coming of the actor or actors of each
group. As the herald took her place
at the right Of the stage she began
her prologue
Good friends we welcome you tonight,
Our hearts are full of joy that you are
here.
Your presence proves the sirlhood of
our land
Is not by you neglected but held dear.
All! What lovely land is yours and
mine!
Its rocks and hills are temples for our
God,
Its mountains point us upward through
the hours.
And fairies well might dance upon its
sod.
America Yes, it is fairyland!
And lest you should believe that but
jest,
The fairies will appear at play for your
Columbia Advanced.
Misses Margaret Martin, Annie
Tinker, Babe Jones, Mildred Gamble,
and Mary Thomas then appeared,
dressed as fairies, and danced charm
ingly on the wooded slope. In the
midst of the fairies dance, Columbia,
who was impersonated by Miss Laura
Eldridge, entered.
The herald greeted Columbia
"a figure now approaches through the
wood.
And treods soft, lest she stop her
fairies play.
Serene. aware of majesty to come,
Columbia takes her place, and waits
her day."
Columbia then seated herself in the
center of the stage on a dazzling
white throne, which was decorated
with garlands and outlined with brill
liant lights,
The herald continued:
She muses. on the nations yet to come
To rally round a flag whish she shall
wave:
She sees approach her native Indian
maids,
She knows that one was born life to
save.
Next Pocahontas. first American girl
win join her comrades in the forest
shade
To tell them how a captured English
man was saved
BY her. a simple Indian maid.
The Indian girls will praise her for the
Not theirs the jealousy of stupid men,
Who fear to shelter strangers in their
need
Lest they may not receive their own
again.
Columbia honors Pocahontas. then,
The first of all her girls, mighty band;
The first American girl was she al
though
She died an exile in a foreign land"
Woodland Dance.
The Indian maids entered in a
dance and seated them
selves in circle. Pocahontas tells in
pantomime the story of her rescue of
Captain John Smith. The action of
the whole episode was enhanced by
the strains of The Land of the Sky
Blue Water" which was beautifully
sung by Mrs, ]. T. Jones. Miss Jane
PoindeXter made a charming Poca-
lontas. The other Indian maids were
Misses Nora Cox, Martha Bachman,
Mary Morgan, Nina Cox, Rebecca
and Catherine Taber
The herald next greeted the Puri-
tan girls.
The Pilgrim Fathers crossed the
With hearts courageous, undaunted,
bold,
But when we celebrate their deeds in
song
Another Story must not be untold.
II is the story of the Purital girl,
For girl she was, though wife and
mother too.
In that bleak wilderness she made a
home
For him whose heart to hers with love
So merrily she sat and sang and spun. !
You scarce could miss an hour the |
merry Whirl
The flying spinning wheel perforce |
must keep
girl"
Miss Virginia Hogshead took the
part OF the Puritan girl and as her |
'pinning wheel went round, she sang |
/ simple hymn.
Next came the colonial bellies. in |
he silks and satins of colonial DAYS. |
Misses RoXa Brown, Lydia Mcdonald, |
)cie Rrumlow, Doris Howard, Eliza
,eth Browder, and Anna Bell Hamii-
on formed a charming company and |
we're addressed as follows by the
lerald: