San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20
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cats.
And bit the babies in their cradles"
Across the Atlantic, in the pictures
que country Of Holland, where bright
CARRIED men and wooden-shoed women
still gossip along the ancient dykes
and on the cobbled-stoned streets,
there is a tradition that lives in
verse for nursery rhymes in America.
1t is the story of the Pied Piper of
Hamelin.
If the days of the Piper's short
time could be turned back and picked
up from the village of Hamelin, trans
ported in reality from its Dutch birth
place to San Antonio, the story could
not be more wildly lived again than
it is pictured by the children of this
city who will present "The Pied Piper"
as one Of the four features of their
annual spring Fiesta Fete.
Piper Is Scorned.
'sThe rats!
'They fought the dogs and killed the
cats"
Who does not remember the pictur-
esque story of the Pied Piper?
The story that tells in such a weird
way the disgrace and triumph of that
strange musician who first killed
Hamelin's rats, and then in an I'M
conquerable spirit of revenge, brought
death upon the tiny tots of the viii
lage at the beckon of his alluring
music? How the grave city council
met to battle with the strange and ter
rible plague of rats that fought the
dogs and killed the cats, and bit the
babies in their cradles" and how the
Pied Piper told the stout mayor and
his relocated council that he could
kill the rats for certain small sum
OF money; how the women of the vii
lage rejoiced, when all the rats and
mice in the country rushed to death in
the river, swept on by the tunes of
the Piper; how when the Piper ap-
piled to the mayor for his pay of q
thousand guilders, he was scoffed and
scorned, and refused the money; how
at last in revenge for the injustice, the
Piper played the fatal tune that sent
the children of the village into the
river with the rats, to drown because
the Piper had indeed piped after an
other fashion. true to his promise to
the village after he had been sighted.
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that for centuries have made Holland
land of picturesque people, the
children who take part in this dance
and music story of the Piper set
forth more clearly than words the in
teresting legend, and the tiny rats and
mice that scurry about after the Piper
are faithful presentations of those
plump little villains of the Hamelin
story. If rats and mice suddenly
stand erect and dance in perfect
rhythm to fanciful music, the cast of
the "Pied Piper" would be as real as
life could make it. And the Piper.
clad in his gorgeous red and yellow
costume, with a long wide cape swish
ing from his shoulders, and his queer
tight trousers speaking of Van Dyke
paintings, and his crushed black pirate
hat streaming its long feather, almost
makes magic in reality when he plays
on his fairy flute, reckoning tiny
children in great wooden shoes to
their death in an imaginary river.
| Who Takes Part.
The story of the 'Pied Piper" Is
divided By Miss Mollie Moore, di.
rector of the 1924 Fiesta Fete, int
two chapters. The beginning of the
story contains the following cast: The
Piper, Art Whyte; The Mayor,
Frances Mckee; the corporation,
Frances Mckee, Doris Seawell, Ruth
Harper, Blanche Morris and Mary
Marshall. The rat that swan across,
Caroline Treacre. The townspeople /;
Evelyn Mann. Marie McCafferty. Ha-
eel Lindsey, Lucy Richardson, Elinda
Trevino, Frances Coy, Rose Keller,
Bessie May Cheaney. Birdie Perry,
Marie Meyers, Ruth Harper, Dorothy
Lindall, Elizabeth Rover, jamie Fern
Perry, Alice Dillehunt, Carlott Dawson,
Helen Dawson, Margaret Tator. Loring
Michnar, Mildred Doyle, Christine
Ellis, and Florence May Jones.
Rats and mice: Dorothy Trotter,
iPortia Porter, Mignonne Craig, Mary
Henderson, Mary Arnett, Minnie
Chester, Margaret Dian, Joy Jacobs,
Martha Avery, Beatrice Guerrero,
Libia Magnolm, Mary Jane Williams
Laucy Magnolm, Halle Guest, Justice
New, Mary Jane Pearce, Jane Keller
Jean Mcdowell, Claudia Hodges
Olivia Bragg. Lois Schoeble, Mary
Louise Leap, Ruth Wiegland, Marga.
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suelo Fernandez Claudio Hodges, Mary
Clifton, Ethel Holmgreen, Dorothy
Novitch, Marie Carlisle, Jane Lewis
and Dorothy Brewer.
The Dutch Riddles.
Dutch kiddies: Caroline Treacre
Jean Mcdowell, Dorothy Kane, Gen
eveive Hoffman, beatrice Cravesn, Lu
ellie Grizelle, Callie Mae Love. Der
nice lie Blanc, Margaret Huston. Heller
Roberta Pettus, Agnes Coyne, Gather
inc Stephens, Corlee Guest, Margaret
OFT, Zuleme Hoyer, Beatrice Garcia
Josephine Braun, Cecilia Meyer, Fay
Mullins, Alpha Peck, Mary Ann Coy
Jesse Magnon, Ned Burnam. Lilliar
Albert, Mildred Craighead, Ellen Ross
Dexter, Agnes Coy, Virginia Quinton
Edna Williams, Margaret Fisher
Helen Gonzales, Eileen Freeman. Leth
ray Jones, Lessie Arnheim, LucilI,
Parrish, Thelma Livsay, Marjori,
Jordan, Pearl Kirby, Evelyn Stork
Mary Hodges, Louise Cothran. Marian
Koehler, Mary Wilson, Marian Har
ris, Eva Rosenthal, Rosalic Stratum
Ellen Veith, Zenith May Rogers, Vir
ginia Thirlkeld, Thelma Ciska. AMT,
Ciska. Marjorie Pressey, and yern,
Brown.
Caroline Treacre, the rat that swan
across, will do several pretty sol,
dances in this chapter of the story. il
a gray velvet mouse suit that ha
silver silk tights, big silver bow TO
. the chin, and silver slippers to match
} Miss Treacre does several solos dur
= ing the fete, and has won much an
: plause during rehersals for her prett.
, dancing.
In chapter two of the story, tn
= following cast takes mart. Tho xrb;t