Evening star., 1922-05-07
Many Society, Leaders
To, .Wisness. Pageant
or Cross Triumphant
900 Persons to Take Part in
z Presentation at Cathedral
Close-Prominent Women
Sponsor Groupst

Never has such a nvast-concourse of
important spsrsg9s-in every branch of
society been assembled in a single
presentation as will appear on the
athletic aeld of the Cathedral Close
Friday afternoon and evening at 4
and $40. O'Clock in The Cross Tri-
umphant." a great pageant depicting
the church history Of. England and of
America
Over 700 Persons will appear in the
pageant. while more than 200 will be
in the choir. So anxious were the
women and men of THE diplomatic
corps and of official and resident So
ciety to be perfect in their parts that
they met during the driving rain
Thursday fof a dress rehearsal.
thinking the pageant would be given
Friday. However, plans are even
more complete for the presentation
The groups are all sponsored by
women of social Importance. Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson sponsoring the
Pocahontas group, while Lady Geddes
will sponsor the first group to be seen
in the pageant, which depicts the
ing the Holy Land and going into
England bearing the star of thorns
and the holy grail. Denis Connell is
the Joseph of the group and Mrs.
Sinclair Boweh Is chairman.
Tho interlude of music sponsored
by Mrs. Henry f. Dimock and Mrs.
Pembroke Thorn, with Paul Bleyden
as director, with a choir of twenty
girls, who will sing the plain song
Of the church, will add impressive
ness to the scene. Paul Bleyden will
take the part of the priest and Mau-
'ficer Jarvis the part of the poet.
& -Four e hrominentS.. 1Rdministration
scene. "The Modern Crusaders, ap-
pearing in a symbolic tableau repre-
'senting women's work. as developed
through the world war. They are:
Mrs Robert Woods Bliss, who wilr be
seen as Equity; Mrs Theodore Roose-
Welt, jr., as Eqha1ity; Mrs. J. May
hew Wainwright as Humanity, in
,iThe tGceaAest Mother in the World"
with MRS. .AEdwaTd Clifford. seated at
her feet, portraying Love.
The ."St. Alban". picture is under
the auspices Of the House Of Mercy:
sponsor, Mrs. Julian James, in memo
riam: The cast includes Lieut.. Mar
Thomas Sim Lee as the priest, Rev.
Gsofge Fiske DudleX. as the execu-
TONER rand Mrs. Charles H. Campbell,
Mrs. John C. Fremont, Mrs. George
Fiske Dudley, Mrs William Fendall,
Mrs. Thomas Sim Lee- Miss Elizabeth
Mckinley. Miss Fannie Wells. Miss
Mrs. Philip Dale, Mrs: A. F. Smith,
Mrs. George Odeil, Miss Valerie
.Padelferd, Miss Juliet Janin, Miss
Florence Butler, Col. Merrill, U, s. A;
Mr.. william Bowie Clark. Mr.. Philip
Dale, Mr.. Griswold Warner. Mr.. VIII
liam Fendall,' Mr. John FendaH Dud-
ley, Mr.. Addison Brastow, Mr.. Glen
Madison, Mr.. Carlton Van Valken-
berg. Meut. L. G. Boinean Mr.. George
Odell, Rev, Clarence. Bispham and the
Misses Genevieve and Marion Weddell
Hart and John Gordon Hart.
"The Monk Gregory" is sponsored
by Mrne. Grouitch, assisted by Mrs.
D. L. McGrew as Gregory the Monk,
later Pope Gregory. the Great; Walter
Tuckerman as Augustine, Mime.
CoqueIet as a Roman street singer,
Mrs. D. L. McGrew,as q water-b bear :
er, the children OF Senator and Mrs
King. the children OF Senator and
Mrs Ksyss Lewnass LOW arawn Elsis aela%a agG Ks Me-
Grew. Caroline Elisabeth Walker,
Cecilia Robb, Doretta Heiberg and
girls from Chevy Chase School ap-
pearfnE as slaves, English and
Romans. assss
Mrs. John A. Le3eune's scene. IN
which Mrs. J. H. Dayton is assisting,
is "The First Communion at James,
town" The Rev. Robert Browning
will impersonate Father Hunt, with
the following colopists: Mr.. and Mrs.
Harris Franklin, Miss Mary Taylor.
Miss Jessie Adkins, Miss Lucy Tay-
for: Miss Fsrnces L1ynhain, Miss Ariel
Webster, Miss Laura Lejeune. Miss
Eugenia. Lejeune. Miss Helen Shaw,
Miss Elisabeth Kennedy and Capt
e M G.ss txnt. i q kifew;; B.- b BsssM dssiss
1fds dszhisat e5sinsKss y
II esrhe Church In Colonial Days.
the scene being put on by the con-