San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-19
OLIVE LOUISE MARTINDALE
ENTERS REGIME AS QUEEN
OF THE COURT OF THE SEA
Coronation This Year Is More Spectacular Than Ever
Costumes Are Gorgeous-Visting Duchesses
Introduced by Triton, Franz Groos-Will IS
Witness Pageant Thursday Night.


year, when Queen Olive Louise of the
House of Martindale was crowned
Queen of the Court of the Sea, with
Princess Cornelia of the House of
Vaughan, her Maid of Honor, was
certainly no exception. Possibly ii
was the most brilliantly spectacular
and typically perfect one in years.
The gowns and trains were gorgeous
of the most exquisite colorings and
design. One woman was heard to
say, in the lobby after the corona
ton, in an attractive New England
Axoice, "If they ever had anything as
brilliant as that in Boston, We should
never get over talking about it," Yet
we have accepted it for years, as
matter of course, however, this Court
caused gasps of admiration even from
the old timers.
Before the curtain went up the au-
dience watched with interest the ar
rival of those in the boxes. Among
the box parties was that of Mrs.
Henry Drought, Mrs. John l.. Jen-
kins and Mrs. Erhardt Guenther.
The Queens box was a source of in
terest and among those seated in it
were Mrs. Lane Taylor, Miss Marian
Taylor, who is attending the Uni
versity of Texas, Miss Boleyn Zilk-
err and Queen Eugenia of the House
of Taylor, who was lovely in her
regal robes of silver embroidered in
pearls with train of brocaded sill
yer encrusted with brilliant bugle
beads. She carried an arm bouquet
of American Beauties. Princess Bo-
leyn of the House of Zilker was also
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train of velvet. She carried white
rosebuds.
The Majestic orchestra played the
overture and the audience rose as the
Queen of the Court of Aladdin and
her Maid of Homer entered.
The curtain went up, disclosing
lovely marine garden. A curtain of
green tulle yelled the stage, making
it look remarkably like water. The
marine garden scene was carried out
most effectively with varicolored
rocks, shells and sea weed, and deep
sea animals, and the lighting of the
stage was very effective. The sea
nymphs who were gracefully reclining
on the lodges and rocks were attired
in costumes of lovely pastel shades
coral, sea blue, lavender, magenta,
light green, dark green and tangerine.
The costumes we're made with tight
bodices and filmy little short skirts.
Miss Mollie Hayes, the Sea God, en-
tered clad as a fish with body and
head of green scaled satin tights. She
did a graceful little dance. AT the
sound of thunder the nymphs disap-
peared.
Those taking part in the dance of
rett, Josephine Bennett, Sallie Casey,
Mary Davis. Elizabeth Ewing, Mary
Fielder, Ruth Fielder, Ellen Hayes,
Terry Jones, Carolyn Kampmann,
Flora Lewis. Elizabeth Lupe, Mary
Masterson, Helen Nix, Eloise Richey,
Laura Stout, Carolyn Treacre. Mar
garet Waller, Patricia Wheeler,
Josephine Wilson, Ann Woodruff and
Ann Wright.
Franz c. Groos, as the Lord High
Chamberlain Triton, entered with his
two heralds. Harry league and Maui
rice Schertel. Triton was clad in
jerkin of green. black and silver
metal cloth brocaded in shell design
helmet of the same materials. A
girdle of silver and several shades OF
green represented sea weed. Flesh
tights were worn and tall Roman san
dals of silver. He wore flowing
cape of two shades of green. The
beralds were clad in trunks Of coral
and capes of the same shade bordered
In sea blue. The doublets were sea
blue and the sleeves were slashed and
puffed in coral color. Flesh tights
were worn and sea blue shoes. They
carried long trumpets from which
hung the royal purple satin pennants
embossed with the crest of the Order
of the Alamo.
Triton gave the following prologue:
Good people all!
A greeting do I speak
And welcome to this hall,
We celebrate the day
With patriotic zest
In picturesque array
At Beauty's sweet behest.
Our Texas land is fair
(-%.. And we should grateful be
For heritage so rare
Peace, wealth, security.
With carefree jollity
Tonight in fancy's reign.
We lead you to the Sea,
The Nereids' domain.
From out the Oceans depth
Into loyal port.
A train of nymphs will step
To honor this, our court.
And other towns have sent
Their lords and ladies fair
On gracious tribute bent
To lend a festive air.
And so. with loud acclaim,
Hear me. good people. all,
To please you is our aim.
A welcome to this hall.
am commanded BY the Order OF
the Alamo to summon TO the Court of
the Sea visitors from our sister cities
and their attendants and TO them We
dedicate lyric:
"a Sea Lyric.
There Is no music that man has
heard
Like the voice of the minstrel Sea
Whose major and minor chords are
fraught
With infinite mystery
For the sea is harp, and the winds
of God
PLAY over his rhythmic breast.
And bear on the sweep Of their
mighty wings