Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-23

Preparations for tho production of
Tho Cross Triumphant which is to
be given on Friday. May S. at st.
Hilda's Woodland Theater. in tho
Cathedral Close. are rapidly APP
preaching completion. 1t was an
nounced yesterday, all committees be-
ing busy cleaning up details and all
groups rehearsing under the dlrec-
tion of Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest and
her staff of assistants.
A committee has been organized,
with Mrs. Henry Russell Talbot as
chairman. to handle the sale of tick
cts, with representative from
every large parish in the Washing
ton diocese, including Mrs. Charles
w. Crawford. Miss Julia McGair.
Grimes. DR.. George T. Sharp, Mrs. X.
j. Earnshaw. Mrs. Corbin Birch, Mrs.
George F. Dudley, Mrs. G. l.. John
son. Mrs. Leland Stanford CONFESS,
Miss Anna Abbot. Mrs. o. b. ZantZinger.
Miss Mary r. Latimer. Miss Smith,
Mrs. Baker. and Mrs. Henry w. Fitch.
The committee has made arrange
ments to place tickets on sale in a
number of the leading hotels for the
convenience of the public.
Mary Roberts Rinehnrt In Charge.
The sale of boxes is in charge of a
committee of which Mary Roberts
Rinehart is chairman. with head
quarters at Mason House.
The interesting collection of posters
assembled and exhibited during the
will be distributed throughout the
city tomorrow for use in various
churches and hotels in connection
with the performance. The posters
were painted especially for the
pageant and each one is an original
80 frs,x
by some one of the artists or art stu
dents of Washington, among them
Lucien Powell. Mrs. l.. Med. Sleeth,
! Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews. Miss
Dorothy Trout, Norman Moore. the
| art class of the Potomac School and
| the National Cathedral School for
| Girls.
| Numbers of pageant talks are be-
| ing held in the churches. schools and
| clubs in the city. and Commander C.
| T. Jewell and the speakers committee.
| including Mrs. Albert Mills Mrs. Carey
H. Brown. Mrs. Andrews and DIR. Lar
kin w. Glazebrook. have a full sched-
| ule of meetings ahead, not only in
| Washington, but in churches in Mary
(; land and Virginia.
Hold Daily Rehearsals.
| Mrs. Forrest. director of the pageant,
| is holding daily rehearsals of the
many groups forming the various
| SCENES dsslSteQ py MIS- AlOert ~.
| Baggs and the sponsors and chair
| men, among whom are included Mrs.
James Carroll Frazier. Mrs. Burton
L. French. Mrs. Larz Anderson, Mrs.
| Sinclair Bowen, for Lady Geddes; Mrs.
| Rose c. Hoes. Mrs. Goldsborough
Bell. for Mrs. Coolidge: Mrs. Henry
| Wilder keyes, Miss Katherine Judge,
Mrs. Thomas ]. Reed, Mrs. Fitzhugh
Lee. Mr.. Paul Bleyden. for Mrs. Henry
| F. Dimock. and Mrs. Alfred Thorn.
Mrs. Gilmer Brenizer. Mrs: Carey H.
| for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; Mrs. John
c. Boyd. Mrs. James E. Freeman. Miss
Helen Cummings of Alexandria, Mrs.
Frederick E. harrington. Mrs. Wool
sey Aspinwall. Miss Ethel Bagley,
Mrs. Thomas NJ. Chatard. Mrs. John
]. Mayhem Wainwright. Mrs. J. P.
Barney, Mrs. William R. Smedberg.
Miss Louise King. Mrs. E. F. Andrews
and Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews.
Costumes for the entire production
are now being made at Mason House
| under the personal supervision of
Miss Charlotte Gailor, who also de-
signed all the costumes for the 500
or more people in the cast OF the
pageant. Miss Gailor Is the daugh-
ter of Bishop Gailor of Tennessee and
| has come to Washington to take
Edgar Priest, organist and choir
master of the cathedral. will direct
the augmented vested choir OF boys
which is to render the choral music.
Mr.. Priest is being assisted by H.
Norman Taylor, Samuel Wood and
Henry Hobart Tallmadge. The or
chestra is being assembled and will
| be conducted by Francis Leigh, who
i is also selecting and arranging the
| instrumental music incidental to the
| scenes of the pageant.