The Washington herald., 1920-09-12
viii Stage Monster Pageant
Typitying History of Nation
For Coming Congress Here
Prototypes of Country's
Most Notable Men to Be
Presented in Tableaux
Beautihed by Prethest
Girls in Government De-
partments.

The enviable reputation gained by
Washington people as producers ol
pageants, especially during ana
since the war, promises to be well
sustained in the presentation on the
steps of the Capitol. Tuesday even
ing, September 21, at $3.50 o'clock
of a most elaborate pageant in
honor of visiting delegates to and
speakers at the fifteenth lnterna-
tional Congress Against Alcoholism,
the author, director and actors
all being Washingtonians. Sucssa
Baldridge Blaine, the author. will in
the different tableaux presented un-
fold the pages of American history.
She will present, through living
prototypes, men whose lives il
lumine the pages of history and
scenes which should appeal strongly
to the American spirit, such as the
one showing Gen. Washington in
company with makers of the Con-
stitution and his Continental ad-
visers, and other vital incidents
portraying important changes oc-
curing during the march of the ma
tion down the ages.
Music to De Feature.
The pageant will be produced un-
der the direction of Marie Moore
Forrest, District of Columbia Com
munity Service, with Charles S.
Wengard, of the same service, as
director of music. The music will
be an especial feature OF the pag-
cant as it will aid in interpreting
the different scenes. Impersona-
tions in the pageant of historic
and symbolic characters and insti-
tutions will be by such well-known
Washingtonians as follows:
Columbia" Maud Howell Smith;
Abraham Lincoln" Denis E. Con-
nell: George Washington DR..
Harry d. Mitchell: Jefferson" DR..
Earle Whitley: The Constitution" 5"
DR.. George Difenderfer: Father
Time" Benjamin E. Hinkle: Spirit
of Temperance" Helen Griffith;
benjamin Franklin" John r.
Grace; benjamin Rush" Maurice
II. Jarvis.
Young women Of the State De-
partment and of the War Risk and
Census Bureaus will form groups
symbolic of the different periods of
history depicted.
The real action begins with the
entrance of the first eleven amend
ments which form a background
for the Constitution. being well
coined by Dr.. Diffenderfer. who i'm
pcrsonates the "Constitution." Then.
as Father Time. depicted by Mr..
Kahn, takes up the march of prog
ress. ascending the steps of the
Capitol. Thomas jefferson and some
of his fellow statesmen of his time
enter, taking their places alongside
Gen. Washington and his aides.
It is here that Amendment Twelve
is introduced and received, accom-
panied by the singing of the Battle
Hymn of the Republic.
Columbia Presents Lincoln.
Then Columbia. speaking i'm
pressively. presents Abraham Lin
coin in the person of Denis Con-
nell. Following Lincoln's entry.
amendments thirteen, fourteen and
fifteen are added to the constitu-
tiOnal family, and then amendments
sixteen and seventeen. As COlum-
bia. again speaking. suggests that
for a century and more heroic men
and women have labored in the
Cause of Temperance" groups. in
the following order, appear and
unite in a tableau:
The Church. the Home. the Pub
lie School, the Press, the Public
Platform, Scientific Investigation.
Then, as typical developments of
today. comes an interpretative
dance with the leaders represent
ing the Spirit of Agitation. These
spirits are followed by other dan
GERS of less brilliant plumage, in
the character of Temperance So
cieties. the dull scarfs over their
robes suggesting disapproval of the