Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-03-16
GIRL RESERVES
GIVE PAGEANT
WITH SUCCESS
Auditorium Of City High School
Filled To Its Capacity With
Representative Audience To
Witness Through The Blue
Triangle
INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESS
BY MISS M. STAFFORD

The Pageant Through the Blue
Triangle" given by the Girl Reserves
of the "Y" in the Auditorium of the
Annapolis High School, last evening
was in every way a great success. The
room was crowded to its utmost ca
paeity by an appreciative audience Of
the families and friends of the school.
all deeply impressed with the very fine
work of Miss Elizabeth Leonard. the
Girls Work Secretary OF the HY'', and
her able helpers.
IT was surprising that so many
young girls could have been modified
in such short time and taught TO per-
form so many graceful eyoiuti0ns and.
pretty rhythmieal dances; and to sing
so many jolly good improvised songs
Ii really was a lovely scene, well
staged and put over with great ease
and grace, as well as precision; and il
seems a self-evident fact that the
work of the "Ya is of educational
value in any community Girls trained
i'm such manner acquire knowledge
of things quite as valuable in life as
the three RS
1t was a clever presentation of the
ine things for which the "Y' stands
and it was hard to say which group
of girls did the best work because the
spirit of each, was so well manifest
The spirit of cooperation abroad
seemed Most general. there being will
ing workers and aids to Miss Leonard
70 Mr.. Hea1y. OF the Meredith Healy
Lumber Company, she was indebted
for the Blue Triangle" sp we'll con
structed. and the show could hardly
have gone without billy, the Bugler.'
alias William Scott, the only mere
man" of the show
The success of the pageant was due
in great measure to the accompanist,
Miss Eloise Lacey, who, true to her
Girl Reserve code. gave service SO
cheerfully and willingly at every re-
hearsal of the separate groups, and as
efficiently as she did last night
The Y. w. C. A. wishes to express
appreciation to Miss Louise Linthi-
cum for her kind assistance and to the
County Board of Education for use of
the building.
Miss StaiiOrd's Address
The add-ess of Miss Mabel K STAFF
ford was of a most pleasing, instruct
i've and versatile character. Miss Stat
ford has been worker in the Orient
and presented the customs and man
ners and dress of the people of those
countries. especially the children, in
a very interesting manner. She found
them most hospitable and receptive to
the work of the "YH and its message
Of help for the young. OF literature
for the young she found great lack,
and thought that great good could be
done children by the translation of
stories for the young into their lam
guage. This has already been done
for that most simple, yet most Won
derful of all little stories, "Pollyanna
and many dreamy eyed children of
the east are now playing the Glad
Game
One OF the interesting features OF
the entertainment was the presenta-
ton in happy manner by, Mrs. Robert
Moss of two-pound box of candy
offered by the mother of one OF the
girls as a prize for the best essay on
"Why is the y Needed in Annapolis
and What the " Has Done for Me.
This prize was awarded TO Miss Doro-
thy Brown Of the Girl Reserves. Al
together the happy hours passed all
too soon, and if one wants TO know
who are workers for Immortality and
never to be forgotten" he can find
them among the people who work for
the young