Evening star., 1923-06-05

John Carver, Francis Eaton, ThomaS
English. Moses Fletcher, Samuel Fuller.
John Goodman, William Holbeck and
Peregine White, all famous in the Pur-
itan colony, aboard.
In the van was the Clermont, fore
| runner of the majestic of ships of steam
that row plow the waters of the world,
carrying commerce and welding together
| the world in way unknown in the day
when the originals of these ancient
! ships travelled the waters. On board
were a gay party in fascinating cos,
tunes and poke bonnets of the period
| OF 1850.
| AS each vessel hove in sight at each
point along the course from the Key
Bridge, down the Georgetown channel.
round Hams point and up the Wash
tribute to the characters and to the
| effectiveness of the work of the pageant
makers. The historic fleet was well
coined hardly less noisy than the Pyra-
! mid barge, which belched forth it's erup-
tious array Of fireworks to announce
| that the festivities were on and a
nations capital rejoicing over its Wis
! itors.
Weeks of Preparation.
Weeks of preparation were re-
quired IN the preparation of the con.
greSS of the seas. and corps of
workers has been engaged for days
| in fixing up the floats at the Water
street wharf. Barges were loaned by
the Navy and District government,
and federal and District officials did
much to help in the work. Lieut..
Russell Dean of the Harbor precinct
in the harbor tug moved barges
whenever requested. and Superinten-
dent Meyer of the penal institutions
of the District and his aides released
from regular work as many District
barges as possible and early so that
the workmen could change them into
ships of history.
The committee in charge of the
pageant follows: w. F. Roberts, chair
man: Lieut.. Tulley Shelley. United
States Navy: Mrs. Tillie C. Chauncey,
grand matron, Eastern Star, District
| of Columbia; Marie Moore Forrest.
general director; Bess Davis Sch
reiner, personnel director; caro- G.
Moore. costume director. The cos
| tunes and properties were produced
by the Association OF Theater Arts,
Washington.
Those in charge of the floats and
| the participants on board follow:
"WeIcome. Shriner" Float.
Mrs. Ida V. Johnson. marshal.
Miss Esther Henning, costume
chairman.
Participants-Mrs Tillie chauncey,
Mollie Teachum. Flora Campbell,
Louise Linthicum, c. Shaeffer, Annie
Munson. Lille Dowick. Marie Stulz.
Katherine Oren, Susie Oren. Edna
Patten. Florence Patten, Mrs. Charles
E. Cecil, Sara Fickers. l. w. Ellen
Daisy Wilton. F.. A. Mazzei. Isabella
Smithers. Clara Smith. r. NJ DurIand.
Marie Clark, Geneva Mattingly, r.
Newlen. Marian Rue, Eleanor Suttle.
Henrietta Gates. Elsie Wood. W. o.
Stivers. May Hessick. Freda Irwin,
Rohrback. L. o. Adcock. E. Louise
Gardner. J. o. Johnson. Lillian
Rhodes. Alice Goodacre, Sophie Gold
| man. Evelyn Downey. Grace Hileman,
Lula Prather. Lucy Altman, Retta
Wilson. Mary Armstrong. Carrie Bat
son. Anna Blalock. Stella Bowersox.
Mabel Bradburn. Eugenia Garry.
Elizabeth ChailIet. f. ]. Coates, Elsie
Durand. Catherine Estlow, NJ. Hill
Cora House. Minnie Mcconnell, Mae
Oliver. L. johnson. Hazel Pike. Ida
Roberds. NJ. Talbert. Otto Yingling.
Esther Wight. Ruth Winberger. Fan
ME Henry. Edna Charlton. Alice Eek
loft. Irene Payne. Carol johnson.
Irene Morris, Pearl Yost, Henrietta
Yost. Mary Shambaugh, Esther Sham
smith. Selma Allen, Katherine Davis,
Helen McAleer
Miss Ackers. Nettie Rowley, Mar
garet No!land. Mary Fey. Gladys Abby,
Dorothy Thompson. Helen Sebastian,
nick. Agnes McNeal Ruth E. Little,
Ruth kunkel. Mary kunkel, Mervyn
! Lanham. Carrie Pickle, Mrs Sunday,
Helen Wagner. Helen f. Brewton. Laura
Rowzee. Frances Beach. Margaret Bo-
Charlotte Barry, Zella Boteler. Lois
Blick, Bess Boyd. Lillian NJ. Boxwell,
r. J. Bell. A. W. Beatty, Anne P.
Bohrer, Bertha Bromwell. Marie Clerk.
Louise Chick. Eleanor Coggins. Daisy
Crown, Ruth Clubb, Sarah V. Darling,
Tlnnar Io
NJ Davis. Ann DUNCAN, Violet Dornhoe-
fer. Martha Domigan, Edith Everetts.
Mary Escavialle. Jessie Fridinger. Char
ity Freeman. Elizabeth Fry. Irene Ford
Margaret NJ. Graham, Edith B. Cain,
Mary Goddard. Louise Gausman. Jen-
nette Greer, Mathilde Houston. Ida NJ.
Hoffman. Mary Harmon. Marion Has
tings, Frances Houston, Mabel n. Han
son, J. st. Clair HambIy, Summer John
son. ]. r. Jenkins, Grace Koob. Clara
Louder. Jennie NJ. Lane. Marie Lued-
kert. Lulie NJ Meline, Bertha Middle
brooks. Gertrude Miller. Mary Magru-
der, Antoinette Magruder. Isma Michael,
Oliver. Marion Pollock. Mary Price
Gertrude Robertson, Eleanor Smithson,
Mary Shreve. Sylvia Simpson, Elizabeth
Scott, Ethel Thorpe. Augusta Thompson,
Ethel Torney. Thelma Thompson, Edith
Wasmuth, Iva Wickers and Alice Zim-
norman.
Neptune's Barge.
Clara B. Leverton, marshal.
Norma L. Hine. costume chairman.
Neptune-Albert Parr.
Venus-Mabel R. Cook.
Observation-Disclosures Beuchert. Es-
telle Wilkerson. Edna Malt. Rachel
Thomas. Blanche Breeden. Beulah Gray,
Edna Linkins, Ethel Payne. Harriet
Hine, Blanche Heimer, Mrs. Ward. Ben
meta Beavers. Lydia Eppley, Mildred
Eppley, Ethel Calvert, Edith Williams.
Dorothy Bond. Agnes Merchant, Jessie
Post. Demarest Simpson, Miss Kemp.
Ruth Ayler. Rachel Lee, Mary Evans
and Clara Leverton.
Cleopatra Barge.
Lillian A. Bennett, marshal
Helen R. Jennings, costume chair
man.
Cleopatra and maids of honor
Grace Abr. Leona Davis. Lorraine
Bunch, Florence Underwood. Violet
Reese, Lilas E: Craig, Mary Hamil-
Baulsir and Gwendolyn Loffler.
Flower girls-Eunice Mcnamara.
Elsie Lewis, Dorothy Stockdale. Ella
Rose Roach, Julia Cunningham, De-
Lois Duffey, Mary Blaicher, Dorothy
Barnes. Vera Bovello and Catherine
Dancers directed by Gladys Will
bur)-Gladys Wilbur. Mabel Barrett
Donna Smith, Dorothy Kelley, Ella
Owens, Edith Smythe. Phyllis Lehn-
| ertert. Esther Lipshutz, Viola Ander-
son, Eva Fridell, Lillian Burleigh and
Verne Schult
Steersman-WiIliam Carter
Cupids-Mathilde Haynsworth and
Virginia Trullinger.
Oarsmen-Helen HALEY, Margaret
| Harrington, Louise Goodacre, Marga-
ret Haines, Lottie Crow, Lille Levy
Ann Levy, Florence Heslett, Mildred
| Stevens, Margaret Behrend Lulu
! Jett, Hattie Potter. Pearl Trullinger