The Delta independent., 1925-03-27
W0MAN'S CLUB PROGRAM
WAS VERY INSPIRING

The original nature pageant,
Conservation of our Scenic Beauty"
presented by SO members of the B.1
English class of the Junior high
school at the Delta Womans club,
Wednesday afternoon, was very
beautiful and instructive as we'll.
The play was designed to present
to the public the great need of con-
certed action in protecting the
great natural resources of our beau
tiful state and the play was de-
signed and worked out by the stu
dents from the Seventh grade.
In scene l is shown a beautiful
woodland scene with the Indian te.
pees, birds singing in the bushes and
a general air of nature undefiled.
The Indians are seen and these
display a reverence for the beauti.
full but destroy nothing. A fairy
queen and six small fairies are seen
in a beautiful little dance among the
trees and Immediately after Scenic
Beauty passes through admirlng
every flower.
Scene 2. In this scene the destruc-
tion of Natures beauty is vividly
portrayed. First come the prospect
ors with their chisels and axes:
next two boys who cut down trees
and make a fire, carelessly throwing
away their matches, tin cans from
their lunch are also thrown around; !;
tt1yn hun sI, IL.
boast of having killed more than
their share OF deer; then two fisher.
men who catch a number Of fish
under legal size and on weighing
their catch find that they have ex-
ceeded their limit by about 100 per
cent; next come the girls picking
flowers and trampling upon the bush
es; then a number Of boys who erect
sign boards which completely hide
what little natural beauty is left.
During all these operations Public
Sentiment" is shown asleep on a
couch. Scenic Beauty" awakes to
the situation and tries again and
again to waken her but without avail
At last, in desperation she throws
| herself weeping across the couch,
and here she is found by the fairy
queen a few minutes later The
queen sends for a doctor who ex-
| presses the hope that her malady
can be cured. As a remedy he sends
| for the forest rangers, showing the
part the Forest Service is playing in
| protecting our resources. Then comes
/ Law who explains that If necessary
laws will be passed to put n stop to
| such depredations. Then come four
girls representing the schools of
America, the Press, the American
magazines and the Service clubs
Each Of these tells her own story
of what is being done by her de.
partment to bring about the desired
change.
Each Of these also takes Public
Sentiment" to task for having lain
so long asleep and inactive but when
thoroughly awakened she promises
to do her best to bring order out OF
chaos and save our beautiful natur.
al scenery.
The settings are very pretty in.
deed and the thought behind the
play is one worthy Of very much
admiration and thoughtful reflection.
The play will be presented again
this evening at the high school audi.
torium after the Parcnt-Teachers
meeting and the public is cordially
invited No charge will be made
but a free-wll offering will be taken
and the money received will be do.
mated to the city park fund
The following persons took part in
the pageant: Billie Dale. Margaret
Remley Annie Jurcheck Margaret
Stockham, Mrs. Dale, Dwight Agnew.
Robert Blaine, Thomas Davis. Chas.
Harrington, Willis johnson. Virgil
Parks, Eddie Strong. Lester straw.
hecker, Roderick Stewart. Kenneth
Whipple, Robert Wlndlc Robert
Marshall, Jack Keep, Gordon Ray,
Lucille Childs Grace Denney. Maxine
Evans. Opal Edison. Marjory Fisher,
Verda Griffith Ruth Mangug. Eva
Little, Lena Plttsingen Annetta
Price, Edytha Ray, Valentine Tremb.
lay Marian Tyler, La Veta Jennings,
Man Clifton, Laverno Atkinson. Inza
Woodard Bonita Brown, and Thelma
Frye