Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-26
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
PAGEANT BIG SUCCESS
FOR Y. M. C.. A. GIRLS

On Saturday afternoon on the W.
Parker Runyon estate, in Rector
street, the Y. w. c.. A. dancing class
under the direction of Miss Margaret
Richart, gave a most entertaining
presentation of the Greek pageant,
"Hyacinthus." The rose strewn lawn
of Mr.. Runyon's home with its back
ground of beautiful shrubbery and
an ideal summer day combined to
make a charming setting for the
pageant.
After a delightful violin solo by
Miss Hilda Mccartney, the prologue
Realms Of the Gods. showing Apol-
10, the sun GOD lover of Beautiful
Flowers and Youtl, cleverly portray
ed BY Mrs. Randolph Bowman. APP
ollo was exceedingly fond of Hyacin-
thus, a noble Greek youth whom he
tutored. Zehyrus, the west wind,
also being fond of Hyacinthus, the
wonder athlete and brilliant student
was extremely jealous of the grow
ing companionship between Apollo
and Hyacinthus. Miss Mildred West
colt, as Hyacinthus, and Ida Clarius
as Zephyrus. gave a performance Oh
superlative excellence. Miss Ehtel
Bartha was charming as the Flower
Vendor and little Dorothy Hall as
the butterfly. gave a splendid exhibit
ton of interpretive work. In the
first act which takes place in the
kings garden in spring, the youth
of the land meets with Apollo as
judge to test their strength and skill
in competitive games. Hyacinthus'
elated by his victory over the other
athletes challenged Apollo to a game
of quoits. Zephyrus. seeing this be-
came Infatuated and revengefully
whirled and twisted the quot from
Apollo's hand and directed it toward
Hyacinthus, who was mortaIly
wounded by the blow.
Great was the sorrow in all Greece
the loss of such a youth. Deep
Apollo's grief.
In the epilogue, the sun arrows
came with loving consolation and
with the coming again of spring
gradually appeared the flowers with
their message of cheer and gladness. !
But ever deep in the heart of Apol-
10 was the longing for the beloved
Hyacinthus. With prayer, Apollo
a favor of the Gods.
One morn while standing in the
garden where Hyacinthus had fallen,
Apollo's eyes beheld a flower of won
drous purple hue blooming and
swaying in all it's simplicity and
beauty. Some say hat it lived on,
and wen today we may see in the
spring just such a flower, but we call
it Hyacinth.
The different groups did excep-
well, the flowers, their cos
in exquisite pastel shades with
Dorothy Hall as the Butterfly, fit
from one to another was espe-
cially pretty. The combat warrior
lance was gracefully given by Misses
Viola Mason and Claire Pfeiffer.
The cast included: Sun Arrows,
Grace Foter, Ethel Bartha. Viola
Mason and Anna Pribush.
Flowers: Alice Olsen. Lillian
Sykes. Gertrude Olsen, Helen Sea-
Irene McNulty and Isabelle Miller.
Athletes: Ethel Bartha, Mabel
Durham, Anna Pribush. Muriel
Claire Pfeiffer. Grace Foster,
Laura S~trandbe-g. Viola Mason, Ly-
dia Leis and Ida Claris.
Ball Playing: Viola Mason and
Ethel Bartha.
Shot Put: Anna Pribush and Lau-
"a Strandberg.
Discus: Grace Foster, Laura
S%trandburg and Viola Mason.
Hurdle Race: Muriel Foote, Ma
bel Durham, Anna Pribush, Lydia
Leis, Grace Foster, Claire Pfeiffer
and Mildred Westcott.
Quoits: Claire Pfeiffer, Mildred
Westcott and Mrs. r. Bowman.
During the interlude Miss Hilda
Mccartney accompanied by Miss
Ethyl Weinblatt, played "At Dawn
Much credit is due Miss Mar
garet Richart, with whom the idea
or an out door pageant something
new to Perth Amboy originated and
which was so successfully presented
under her direction Saturday after
noon. The pageant was advertised
Is far as Trenton and members of
Interstate Coast Inspection
board. were among the large as
semblage present. The patronesses
included: Mrs. George w. Fithian,
Mrs. Arthur Stern, Mrs. Jeanne Ho-
we'll Mrs. Francis Seaman, Mrs.
:. c. Sibley. Mrs. Walter War;. Mrs.
Oliver, Mrs. Ferdinand
Andrews. Miss Dorothy Nicholson
and Miss Muriel Haney. Misses
Winifred Sturgis and Sarah Fithian
lad charge Of the program.