Evening star., 1924-05-11
PAGEANTS PROGRAM
! OPENS THURSDAY
Historical Series Will Be Directed
by Schools Community Gen.
! ters Department.
MUSIC BY U. S. MARINE BAND
Project Considered an Educational
Incentive for Children.


Washington, Powell and
Southeast Centers, under the general
direction of Marie Moore Forrest and
Bess Davis Schreiner of the depart
ment of pageantry of the local COM
munity centers. The presentation of
these community pageants. telling in
dramatic form the past history and
present activities in the various
neighborhoods, tends to develop COM
munity interest and civic pride
among the people in their Capital
City, as well as serving as an edu-
cational incentive among the young
er people of Washington.
The three pageants now to be CIV
en- are only the first step in the plan
or the community ceGters department,
which aims to present each year more
and more of local and national his
tory peculiar to our federal city. 1t
mas already had the effect of Great
ing wide interest, and much interest
ing and unusual information has been
sent in that will be presented next
year in more elaborate form by the
various centers
The United States Marine Band,
under the direction of Taylor Bran
son, second leader, will play at the
May "a, and the United States Navy
Yard Band, directed by Bandleader
Charles Benter will render the music
Tor the performances of the two
pageants, The College City" May
16, at Johnson-Powell center and at
Wilson Normal May 20, as we'll as
for the presentation of Along the
Water Front" at Hine Junior High
School, which is the southeast COM
munlty center, on Saturday. May II.
First Pageant Thursday.
Under the Shadow of the Dome"
the first of the rageantS to be given,
will be presented Thursday night at
new Eastern High School at Sis, un
der the direction of Marie Moore For
rest, assisted by Leonard Blush. di-
ers and by Miss Marguerite Keister,
with music by the East Washington
Community Orchestra and the Boys
Independent Band. The National Capt.
in the pageant. George Washing
tons VISION" with Edward Evans as
Gen. Washington. and The House in
Session" with parts played by Ernest
kttieton' tn,ds iS,inn Wilbur Hsay, kouis
Evans, Albert Blush, Barry Helwig
and the Misses Eleanor Miller. Helen
Grist. Lorraine Miller. Blanche Leh-
mann and Haidee Grist, The National
Capital Players will also assist the
tation of The Visit of La Fayette"
to the Capital City in 1924, William
Grist playing the part of Gen. La
Fayette, with members of the Ep-
worth group completing the scene.
President Madison's Inaugural Bali
will be presented by the Epworth
Athletic Club, including Madeleine
Burnshire, Ralph Bowers, Margaret
May, Herbert Angel, Jeanette Homes,
Julia Cauthen, Ennestine Bolts, Nor
man de Neale, Lewis Hawley. Eva
Gemeny, Dorothy Jarvis, Raymond
Murray, Andrew Gemeny and others.
Scenes in the Old Brick Capitol' will
be given by members of the Aurora
Athletic Club Of which E. X. Dwyer
is president, and including James
Wiley, G. F. Hayden, Jasper Moore,
Edwin Frantz, r. A. Turner, Curtis
Draper, NJ. Arlington, D. Conner and
Frank Orbello They will also as
sist the Eutopia Athletic Club in the
presentation of Society at the Ben
nings," with cast including Miss
Grace Hammer. Miss Thelma Alex
ander, Miss Ethel Alexander Mss
Nellie Allen, Miss Reba Crickeaberger,
Miss Gertrude Baker, Miss Beulah
Offutt, Miss Veda Hoffman, Miss Ethel
Repogle, Miss Sibyl Hammer, Miss
Pearl Myerly and. Dewitt Cricken-
berger, Walter Townsend, Raymond
Alexander, Jacob Repogle.
Johnson-Powen Program.
friday nlgnC at JohnSon-PoWell
Center, the first presentation of THE
College City will be given with a
cast including members of groups at
Johnson-Powell and at Wilson Nor
NAL centerS, under the general direc-
tion of Mrs. Forrest assisted by Bess
Davis Schreiner. Marguerite keister;
by Mrs. Edith H. Hunter, Mrs. Laura
]. Bogue, Nine. Tharin, at Johnson
Powell and by, Ida J. Kebler. Aurora
M. Poston. Evelyn Davis. Florence
Fenton and Katherine Whitley, at
Wilson Normal Center.
Among those taking part in the
various scenes and episodes are mem
bers of the Gov. Thomas G. Welles
Society, Children of the American
Revolution, under the direction of
two scenes, The Convent in Colonial
Days" and Thomas jefferson Visits
the school House in the jefferson
lege City representing the Johnson
Powell Center are Misses Charlotte
Baker. Marguerite Luckel, Alice
Etchen, Mary Emma Joyner, Alice
GarTetsoa' carr Mary Jones. Ada Town
Hunter. Edward c. Townsend, Albert
f. Bogue. George H. Beall, Charles
H. Baker. Thomas A. King, Ralph
Hebbard, Leslie Waudby, Harold
Shamel, z. c: Snyder. A. B. Shreve,
B. Z. Garrett, Rev. Maurice s. White,
who Will appear in the scenes of old
Columbia University. In the Meridian
Hill farm scene will appear H. C.
Bogue and a large number of guests.
DR.. Lyman Kebler and w. B. Todd
will appear as Senator Sherman and
as Gen. Sherman, with Ralph BARLEY
as Horace Greeley, assisted by John
Boyd. Howard Kinzer and Calvert
Hines.
In the final episode, representing
the activities at Johnson-PoweH to-
day, will appear Miss Clara G.
Brewer. DR.. kimball and r. L. Hay
cock. all prominent school officials in
the District of Columbia, as we'll as
Nine. Tharin, Miss Florence Fenton,
Boy Scouts, athletic groups, groups
of kindergarten pupils and a group
presented by pupils of Miss Evelyn
Davis.
~Along Water Front,
along Water Front" will be given
Saturday night by the Southeast Cen
ter at Hine Junior High School Audi
torium at Sis. directed by Marie
Keister, Margaret Hopkins Worrell,
Evelyn Davis, Martha Dunham, Nell
lie Belt and Mrs. Lulu Mastin The
Red Men will present the Indian cpl
sodes in the pageant called THE
Humphries, great sachem; 1. G. Bair,
Robert Strobel, w. E. Mastin, Lulu
A. Mastin, w. H. Dyer, Pansy Dyer
o. D.aTice and Mrs. Tice, Florence
Seiders, A. H. Dyer and Mrs. Dyer
Mrs. A. Swindell, Mrs. c. K Austin,
Miss Louise Fastnaught, Miss Ruth
Thorne, A. E. Thompson, w. B. Care
ner, Mrs. Davis, H. O'Neill. Miss Ethel
Rusk. Mrs. H. /. Beall, Mrs. Ethel E.
Lucas, Paul Dallman and Mrs. DALI
man, Miss Daisy M. Garden, Mrs. J. H.
Blankenship, Mrs. Irving, Mrs. W. E.
Greer and Mrs. ]. w. Mitchell.