Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16


| generals. The battle scene chose,
rs phase of tho action at Chancel
| iorsVille, In which IL, zone stag,
is relied upon for large eneots. III,
battle appearing and vanishing A..
IN the distance as well as across III.
foreground.
| The performance c'-ses with
| more symbolic tres mont Of recon
| wars and of the present and futur.
| virginia. This section Is suggested
| by the phrases. Tho Trooping OF th,
rag. The REQUIEM for Virginia.
| Heroic Dead" and the states Eos,
tival." a great chorus and a lars,
number of marching and dancing
| hsures enter into this flnaI effect.
in addition TO the regular pasean,
outlined above and to be played in
| fui every night during Pagan,
Week. May o. 10 %, there Will he
special scenes, contributed, one each
night, by i've other cities. Tuesday
evening will be Alexandria might
when Alexandria will he Represented
In the play by special scene occur
ring late In the Colonial poriod.
On Williamsburg night, scene
from tho College OF William and
Mary will he added I'm the RevoIu-
ionary period. The scene given by
W IL ALSO Will
fall In the general period OF the
Revolution. although tho details have
not hccn worked out.
Norfolk and Roanoke will each
contribute a. scene to be given on
their respective nights.
Completing Cnst Personnel.
a number OF the episodes have al
ready been assigned to various or
saniz1tions In Richmond. and tho
work OF locating the right person
mel for the cast Is going forward
rapidly.
Contractors have large force at
work upon the pageant ground. ex-
caNatinE for the lake and throwing
up The dirt for tho enlargement Of
the stage. The work of laying the
moor for the amphithea,er. which
WI! have 2o.i00 chair seats I'm addi-
ton to the seventy-two Lcxcs near
inc stage and the two rows of
eieachers In the rear, Will so for
ward this week. There Is consld-
cradle activity al the pageant
grounds. which Is being Enclosed
with Il barbed wire fence eight feet
high. while the Office for tho ground
committee has been erected and teIe-
phone connection established
Perhaps the busiest place in con-
nection with the pageant Is the
Building at the vir-
gi1ia State Fair Grounds, which Is
being used in assembling the his
torica! floats and the floats for the
commercial parade on the iast day
o! Pageant Week.
Ten or. twelve OF the main histor!-
cal floats are under construction, the
float for the queen of tho pageant
and her maids is nearing compile
tion. II is very substantial. color
full and beautiful float and will ex-
eel any heretofore constructed in
America.
]. II. 4. TO &c Represented.
esterday telegram was received
from Harold Mccormick. president
OF the international Harvester Com
v.ny, stating that he had author
ICED thht the company be repre-
Sented IN the parade on Virginia Day
with adequate floats. Tho lnteraa-
honal Harvester Company is the
ou'growth OF the hrst harvester
tuil, in Rock bridge County. Vir.
sinia, by Cyrus Mccormick. and it
- expected that the International
hoats will represent that historical
feature OF the business
Norfolk and Suffolk have decided
to have floats in the parade. and Pc
tersburg will I've suitably represented.
From every section OF the State the
pageant headquarters arc receiving
advices that there will be local rep-
resentation. and Indications point to
tho Virginia Historical Pageant be-
ing the greatest spectacle ever staged
In any state or city In the country.
The book committee, which has
spent months working over the story
of the pageant, which will depict
Firginin's history from the year 1907
down TO the present date. is com
posed OF DR.. Lyon q. Tyler, presi-
dent emeritus OF the College of WI
liam and Mary; William StannarG.
secretary OF the Virginia Historical
Society: ut. Rev. u. j. OConnell.
Bishop of Richmond: Morgan Robert
son. archivist at the state Library;
DIR. Douglas Freeman, DIR. J. c. Met
calf, of the faculty of tho University
of Virginia: Professor Arthur James.
OF the faculty Of John Marshall High
School. W. y. Cr!dlin. secretary of
the Virginia Historical Pageant AS
ISOLATION. and Or. j A. -. Chandler.
president Of tho College OF william
and Mary.
The Pageant OF Virginia will be
presented each night during the
week beginning May 90, and on sun
day, May IS special religious SER
vices will be held in the churches OF
the city for the visitors. 1t is also
planned 90 nave a special religious
service a, the pageant grounds on
afternoon.