Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1922-04-26
CHARMING STORY is
ACTED BY CHILDREN

Tis midsummer night and the moons
shining bright.
And floods all the forest with silvery
light.
Our voices we raise in our fairest
queens praise,
AS gayly we sing in the moons
brightest rays.
A dark forest at midnight peOpled
by two hundred dancing elves. flow
ers, witches and fairies-this was the
fantastic scene which captivated an
audience which more than half-flled
the Circle Playhouse last night; and
this was a dream come true for the
many excited young children who at
i.tended the matinee performance in
the afternoon.
Never before in Annapolis have so
many sprites from Fairyland apear-
ed. Few in the entire cast seemed
20 sense the footlights and the inter-
ested audience in the dark beyond. 1t
was one huge game they were play
,ng and each and every one OF them
entered heartily into the magic" of
the night
Dorothy, the lost child, seeking the
fairies on Midsummer Eve, was play
ed by Lillian Vanous whose sweet
voice and unaffected manner added
charm to the fairy play.
Fitting all night in the silvery dew.
n 4 in hn hnu n "
blue,
Dancing all night till the break OF
day,
Then off in the dawn fit away.
Nineteen Will O the Wisps in filmy
black with dancing lights, fitting to
he rhythm of their song, around the
sleeping child. Hardly had they sur
rounded Dorothy and started to lead
her deeper into the woods when the
Little Green Elves. led by Margaret
| Cochran. appeared Twenty-Five
midgets i'm bright green and spangled
capes and caps-twenty-two tiny elves
who attacked the naughty Will o the
| Wisps and wrested from them the Ian
terms. One of the tiniest, Betty King,
was the soloist for the elfin group,
though each tot spoke lines OF her
own with an enunciation TO be en-
We'd by many an experienced sister
in the profession.
The Witches next appeared - tall.
angular, black-rObed and peaked-cap
danes who hoped around on brooms
and looked as though they had just
jumped from the pages of Mother
Goose. Quickly they spirited away
the Will o. the Wisps.
Forest Comes To Life
Meanwhile the forest was coming
to life. Hop Toads in gorgeous green
with black spots leaped out from be-
hind the tree trunks and made merry
in realistic game Of leap frog Then
the White Owls in wonderful white
feather costumes and caps, danced
) to the solemn owl music. The Fair
les of Happiness, the Fairies OF Love,
! and the Rainbow Fairies, in eKquis-
ite costumes of colors shaded from
pale tints to deep hues showed un-
usual skill and art in their grace
, full dances. Tiny butterflies, with
Evelyn Klawans as Queen, in pink
with brilliant-hued gauzy wings pi-
rouetted over the stage.
Then came the Court Scene with
Kitty Linthicum as beautiful Queen
NAB, glistening in white and silver
and royal purple. Heralded by
Charles King, attended by Mary
Louise and Peggy Winterode as Ar
butus and Innocence, and with Billie
, King and Raymond Foust as two
2 tiny pages, her entry was lovely
1 picture.
; The Queens Attendants grouped
e around the throne in mass OF pale
colors and Lucille Prosky sang a solo
: TO the Queen Wild Flowers in sway
! ing green with violet, sunfower, rose,
j and poppy caps, danced and later
d little Dorothy, whose request to be a
forget-me-not was granted, appeared
: in gauzy blue with group OF forget
e me-not attendants.
Fairies OF The Dawn
A. fitting close to the Midsummer
Eve revels was the appearance OF the
Dawn Fairies in pastel shades OF ame-
thystine pinks and grays and blues
with Nancy Musterman as the soloist.