Evening star., 1926-05-02
1o-YEAR-OLD GIRL
. IS CROWNED QUEEN
Several Hundred Attend
Neighborhood Houses
Annual Festival.

Surrounded by many attendants
arrayed in gay attire, and before sew
er;l hundred people. comely iittie
Frances McWilliams. 10 years OLD, OF
$50 Mclean avenue southwest. late
yesterday was crowned queen Oh
May" at the final day of festivity OF
the tWenty-fourth annual folk festival
conducted by the Neighborhood House,
40 y street southwest. The cere-
mony took place directly In front OF
the house. in the street.
Seated In specially arranged chair.
which served as the throne, she had
the crown placed on her head by
Louise Anderson, crown bearer, While
Doris Grigsby. flower girl. sprinkled
blossoms at the queens feet. Other
attendants were Lawrence Flynn,
color bearer: Junior Fisher and Don
aid Nash. trumpters; Marie Christman,
Scepter bearer.
The identity of the queen was kept
secret until just before she was
ready to be seated, when she was
hailed by the trumpeter and the Army
Music School Band, which rendered
music.
Mrs. Clara d. Neigh, in charge of
Neighborhood House, pointed out that
the motto Pretty Is as Pretty Does"
is adopted in choosing the queen who
is chosen first for her general spirit
or attitude toward the house activi-
ties; second, for punctuality; third,
for her attendance record at Neigh
aorhood House affairs, with her gen
eral achievements considered as the
fourth requisite.
Grand March Is Held.
A grand march. participated in by
bows and girls of Neighborhood House.
preceded the Crowning of the queen
Marching from the house at 470 n
street southwest, first came the
queen and her attendants, followed
by "kewpies." May queen fairies"
shoemaker fairies" "nymphs," mon
descripts'' and others. All were
dressed in gay attire and many car
ried flowers, while the fairies and
others wore red paper caps with long
streamers. They marched in a col
umn of twos and headed east on n
street on the south side to Fifth
street and then west on N street, on
the north side, and formed near the
throne. The ''nonescripts" were
composed- of boys dressed in paper
bags. with masks over their heads,
and who wore big white gloves.
A dance of the fairies followed the
crowning Of the queen. Their dance
was followed by dances by the
nymphs. kewpies. nondescripts and
Spring song dance, respectively, with
a Maypole dance. done by groups
gathered around five large MaypoleS
concluding the festivities.
The same program OF dance and
plavlets as presented Thursday and
Friday nights was again presented on
the stage by members Of the boys and
Girls clubs last night.
Many Take Part.
The following boys and girls took
mart in the coronation ceremonies:
Kewpies = Betty Fisher, Bessie
Obier, Helen Chrisman, Edna Zirkle,
Alice Kuntz, Doris Cook, Katherine
ODea, Laura Chamberlain, Ella May
Lord, Katherine Ewiford, Lillian
Grosman, May Stanford, Alice Hen
nesy. Doris Sweeney, Helen Riley and
Ruth Davis.
Nav queen fairies-Regina Flynn.
Mary J. Vernon. Agnes Hennessy.
Margaret Hodgkins, Marie Hinson,
Grace Dinnis. Alice Peters. Mary
Showalter, Katie Schwaner, Edna
Dodd. Ethel Showalter, Mary Mock
abee. Evelyn Hayes and Emilia
Capeto.
"Intermission letters"-Mary Gal
lagher, Adele Hayhoe. Thelma Hodg-
kins. Alice Carter. Marie Chrisman.
Bessie Owens, Doris Quigsby, Agnes
Hodgkins, Agnes Lewis. Katherine
Hart. Louise Anderson, Elsie O'Con-
nor and Mary kuntz.
Shoemaker fairies-Ruth kalden'
back, Grace Taylor, Margaret Jasper.
Dorothy Danney, Margaret Hayke,
Lucille Hart, Erma Jasper, Mabel
Burnes, Leona Dodd, Thelma Connor,
Mary Smith, Helen Shackleford, Mar
garet Ballinge, Ellen Hundley. Mary
Hennessey and Charlotte Boughe.
Nymphs - Frances Tyler, Louise
Vernon, Marjory Smith, Beatrice Sin
clair, Mary Schuwarner, Mary Hof-
master, Alizina Fuller and Mary
Bowie.
Observation-Disclosures kuntz. Ray
mond Robinson, Busy Jackson. John
Wintermeyer, Jesse Smith, George
Rungus and Francis Henderson.