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vived throughout the country until
no great civic enterprise Is complete
without an historical or allegorical
display Of this kind. Among the note
worthy pageants 10 be given here Is.
"A Pageant Of the Brandywine,
which will be presented at the dedica-
ton OF the Washington Memorial
Bridge, Decoration Day.
The pageant was written by Mrs.
May Pashlcy Harris and revised and
adapted by Mrs. Elizabeth Hanley. Of
Community Service Inc. Of New York.
Their research among records and
their conversations with Whining
tonians gave them wealth OF local
legends and history 10 use in their
task. The people Of the community
have given suggestions, written songs
and passages until the pageant is a
specimen Of Delaware workmanship.
| Much Of the display will be SYM
bolic. grouped around the impersona-
ton Of the Brandywine, and will be In
three episodes, The Allegory Of the
| Brandywne," The Power Of the
Brandywine," and The Glory Of the
Brandywine. Over 1000 persons have
been enlisted to present It in a worthy
manner and 500 others are busily en-
gagged on various committees.
II will open with a prolog written
by Frederick W. Carpenter, which
suggests in delicate etching the story
Of the pageant.
The first episode, The Brandywin,
in Allegory." represents the stream
Itself, with it's wild, natural beauty
and prineval charm. Fifty children
dressed in gray and black TO repre-
sent the rocks and boulders in th'
stream, will dance together in groups
and then fling themselves apar,
finally to crouch on the ground, 81
scattered as to suggest the course o
the stream. The thirty-siZ WOODLAND
sprites. in the green OF the trees ant
bushes on the banks, will dane
around the rocks. which join them II
a brief frolic. and then they. too, vii
group in expectant poses. The fort
foam fays will dash among the rocks
finging their white scarfs high, fol
lowed by the graceful water ny1nph
! and suggesting the water splasnin
over the rocks. Sixty-four childre
representing wild flowers Of the Bran
DIVINE. which have been loved an
plucked by Wilmington children "a
) generations will form an avenue {
, honor, and between the rows Of violet
= spring beauties. anenones. trout lille
: and other blossoms that grow on IN
surrounding hillsides. the stately fs
ure Of the Brandyuine will enter hs
long train Of shimmering silver he
a.. up by flower fairies
= All will bow In homage TO the MI
: jestic figure as it passes TO the da
> and a song" Hall Brandyw1ne," "
, be sung by tho chorus.
Tho words. which were written
Miss Wintfred Bach, are:
Hail, Brandywtne, thou source
power.
Thou Heaven-sent source OF strens
- divine,
!, Hail. flowing stream Of ceasele
life.
/ All hail, all hail. to thee, our Bra
. DIVINE"
= The next episode Will be. The Trs
Of the Brandywine." which was US
) by the Leni Lenape Indians as
= great run way for Journeys north al
fsouth. over seventy Indians "
II take part IN this scene. recruited n
only from the local orders Of r
Men, but from the Y. " c. A. al
Goldey Business College. To the bea
ing Of tom-toms, the Indians. led
y scouts. will approach. the chief III
- followed in order by the medicine M
the gaily painted warriors. the BRAY
"A and the women bearing household 81
plies. a village is set up and :
:. Indians will sing A tribal pray
- Then the naidens viii dance clio
= Dance and the warriors will do I
:. Snake Dance"
The next episode will represent II
- Power Of the Brandywine." The Bra
DIVINE gave the power 20 turn
= wheels of the early grist mills. pow
:. mills, cotton mills, paper mills, a
to bear into the world the ships bI
near its banks. The powder made
the power of the stream not OF
helped win every war for our coun
~ from 1912 to 1918. but helped spre
If civilization by converting rocky a
10 stump ridden land into fertile fel
~, and by opening up roads and RI
q roads. The barrels manufactul
90 there carried grain far and wide. q
-, the paper made in the mills along
10 banks disseminated learning. ]
, :, sailing vessels launched on the pla
-, waters of the stream circled the slo
= To suggest all these gifts Of
= Brandywine 70 the world an interll
is TO be given. The spirit of Pow
will approach, welcomed by
nymphs, and will join hands with
s. Brandywine. The spirit OF milf
he attended by sixty people represent