Evening star., 1925-05-31
GEORGETOWN FETE
PICTURES HISTORY
Pageant, Viewed by 1000,
Starts With Founding of
Colony in 1870.

MontroSe Park, before a distinguished
munity established before the Revolu-
tionary War, THE Pageant of George
town" written and directed by Mrs.
Horace Gates Torbert, was presented
yesterday afternoon. 1t was in IT
scenes, prologue, interludes and cpl
logue, by large cast, many of whom
were lineal descendants. of the found
ers of Georgetown.
j. A. Oliver, business manager of
the pageant and president of the
Georgetown Citizens Association, was
deeply gratified over the success of
the production, which was presented
free to the public and attended. he
estimated. by about 1000 persons.
1T was one of the most significant
and pretentious occasions of the kind
in the modern life of Georgetown"
said Mr.. Oliver.
Picturesque costumes from the
early days appeared during the varl-
Gus scenes, some of them being worn
by descendants of the owners. The
history started with early eXplora-
tions and brought it up to the found
ing of Georgetown, from 1870 to 1.ol
in the first scene, and progressed
through numerous pageants to depict
life in the community down to 1871.
Program of Pageant.
The occasions presented, the char
acters and persons taking part were
as follows:
The prologue. interludes and epi
logue spoken by the astrologer-N.
w. Dorsey.
l. Early Explorations to the Found
ing of GeOrgetOwn-157O-17
Scenes 13 Miss Lena Wilkins,
chairman). Scene l, tableau "a,
Melendeth plants banner of Spain at
Axacan on the Spirtu Sanctu, 1870;
tableau 3D." the Indians destroy ban
ner; Melendth, Andrew PiZZini; fol
lowers, Thomas Greville, Dick Ihlder;
Indians, chief, John Ropes; Heber
knight, Fred Mecklin, William Piz-
zini. Roger Stuart, jr. Scene 2, John
Smith with Indians on the Potawama-
kee; John Smith, Franklin Ashe; In
dians, as above. Scene 3, Capt. Fleet
forcibly detained by the Indians at
Tohogee; Capt. Fleet, Bob Fawsett;
Indians, as above. Scene 4, the Ger
eral Assembly of Maryland Miss Rose
Ball, chairman). Assemblymen, z. c.
Ropes, H. G. Torbert, Rev. E. Pinkney
Wroth, Rev. Henry L. Durrant, Mr..
Hodges.
III. Georgetown Under the Georges
1751-1776
Scene /. River-front near Gordon's
Inspection House (present Wisconsin
avenue and NJ street,. 1752-tMrs.
Hume. chairman9 George Gordon,
Rev. L. Pinkney Wroth; George Beall,
Rev. Henry L. Durrant. Scene 2.
Same as scene 1. 1757.-Capt. Alex
Beall, Tench T. Marye; Lieut.. Samuel
Magruder, Fred Bradley; boys of the
company, Bob Fawsett. Frank Hanna,
Peter Leary, Jimmy Young, Horace
Torbert, jr. Scene 3. Town Fair.
1766-(Miss Jenny Grade. chairman9
Bailiff, Z. c. Ropes; Joseph Earle,
Tench T. Marye; Peggy Davise. Miss
Mary Griffith; Dick Davise, Walter
Dunlap; Jack Orme, Allan Dunlap;
John Addison. B. P. Singleton; flower
girl, Mrs. Josephine Robey; nanny,
Miss Charlotte Duvall; children.
Floride Hewitt. Page Howry, Sophie
Stuart; country dancers, Pelly Blunt,
Dorothy Hedges, Mary Murray Hume,
Jane Hanna, Peter Leary, Jimmy
Young. Horace Torbert, jr., Ned Ship
pen. Scene 4. Portico of the Peter
Mansion. 1776-Polly Peter, Balm
bridge Boyle; Aunt Barbara, Norma
Kale: Mistress Peter, Miss Netta
u
Hodges; men of Beall's company, Fred
Bradley, B. P. Singleton, Franklin
Ashe. Andrew Pizzini; guests, Fran
ces Fort, Judith Off1ey, Cornelia Bu-
sick. Barbara Miller, Anita Brown.
Rea Lewis, Margaret Rees, Helen
Kerr Interlude spoken by the AS
trologer.
III. Georgetown Under Maryland
i776-1800. Scene l. A room in Suffers
Tavern. 1891. Miss Rose Ball. chair
MANI Trustees-Thomas Beal OF
George, c. z. Hodges, jr.; John Mackall
CAN'T, z. E. Ropes. Landowners
Daniel Carroll, H. G.. Torbert; David
Burns, Rev. Henry l.. Durrant; Samuel
Davidson, c. u. Hodges; Motley Young,
Rev. E. Pinkney Wroth. Epilogue to
part III spoken by the astrologer. Five
minutes intermission.
". Georgetown Under the Congress
Of the United States-1S00-1895 Scene
/. A Maryland garden at sunset.
Spring of 1900. (Mrs. Shipper, chais
man. Francis Scott Key. Jesse Veitch:
Mary Tayloe Lloyd. Judith Off1ey.
Scene 2. Home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
snder McIntire. July Z, 1925. Mr.. Nc
Intire, Dorsey W. Hyde, jr.; Mrs. Nc
Intire, Miss Rose Ball; Voice. Meet
ing of Waters" Miss Meta Craig.
Scene 3, veranda of the Russian
Minister'S residence on his wedding
day, 1841 Miss Blanch Clark, chair,
manl-Young Van Buren,, Capt. G. S.
Woolworth; Jessie Benton, George
Babcock; Tom Upshur, Capt. John A.
Hillman; Catherine Calvert, Mary
Murray Hume; Baron Bodisco, Minis
ter from Russia, Walter Dunlap; Har-
riet Beall Williams, Anne Boyle:
statesmen Of 1841, B. p. Singleton, J.
B. Wyckoff, c. z. Hodges, DR.. George
Breett, w. f. McCray; pupils of Miss
English's seminary, Mary Stuart, Doro-
thy Hedges, Janet Greenwood. Jane
Hanna, Cassie Davidson, Elizabeth
Woolworth. Scene 4, mystery in a
Georgetown garden, f861-Voices sing
ing spirituals, Mrs. Charles G. McRob-
erts, leader; Jesse Veitch, Rev. Pink
ney Wroth, Miss Frances Blake, Mrs.
Robey, E. c. Ropes; Cynthia, Polly
Blunt; Tom, Horace Torbert, jr. Scene
s, dark desk in the House of Repre-
sentatives, February 81, 1871-A read
ing clerk, Dorsey w. Hyde, jr. Scene
s, garden of a Georgetown house, 1885
(MrS. Wight chairmane lady,
Mrs. John Ihlder; first gentleman, T.
Janney Brown; second lady, Mrs.
Lloyd B. Wight; second gentleman, ].
b. Wyckoff; children. William PizZini,
Janet Greenwood. Scene Z, a George
town veranda, 1S95-Henry, Capt
John A. Hillman; Harry, Capt. Gilbert
s. Woolworth; Mrs. Henry, Mrs. T.
9anney Brown; Mrs Henry, Miss
Brown. Epilogue spoken by the
astrologer. "Auld Lang Syne."
4 The staff directing the pageant was
composed of Mrs. Horace Gates Tor
bert, author-director; Miss Radford,
marshal; Mrs. Ernest Greenwood,
costumes; Mrs. s. Percy Thompson,
properties; Miss New. Miss Dorsey,
prompters; Miss Meta Craig, Mrs.