Evening star., 1926-04-14
PAGEANT DEPICTS
.. JEFFERSONSL|FE
$50 Adults and Pupils in Col.
orfui Presentation at
Central High.

Dramatic points In the life OF
Thomas jefferson were depicted in q
colorful pageant written by Marietta
Minnigerode Andrews, which was pre-
sented last night in the auditorium
of Central High School, under the
auspices of the community center de
partment and the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation. The $50 men
women and school children who par
ticipated were directed by Marie
Moore Forrest.
Nine scenes were presented in
pantomIne while Maud Howell Smith
recited the lyric describing the in.
cidentS. Dennis Connell carried the
role Of Jefferson throughout the
pageant.
Courtship Is Feature.
The most effective episodes were
the courtship by Jefferson of the
Widow Shelton, with Katherine Riggs
at the harp, and the contrasting
comedy Of two lovers and the. old
negro servants; the Declaration of
Independence" and the breakfast con-
ference between Washington and
Jefferson, in which the author played
the role of Martha Washington.
A musical setting was played by
the Army Band. which also opened
the program with a concert of patri-
otic airs.
The new cycloramic curtain for
the auditorium stage was dedicated
with addresses by Edgar c. Snyder,
chairman of the community center
council, and Alvin w. Miller, princi-
pal Of Central High School. The i'm
portance of the new curtain WHICH
was presented to the school building
l. {,a lnf
ing the stage facilities there for use
of both the school and the commun-
tty, was stressed by both speakers.
Those who appeared in the cast
pageant were:
Scene l, The Pioneers" sponsored
by Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, and
presented by the O-E-Mor Dramatic
Club OF Central High Community
Center, Laura j. Bogue, director.
The cast included: Joseph Hunt.
Douglas Studdiford, Miss Marguerite
Bogue, Stanley Monroe, Barton Wood,
Miss Christine Stewart, Miss Margaret
Stewart, Ralph BARLEY.
Scene ., THE Courtship Of Jeffer-
son." was sponsored and presented by
the dramatic committee of the Arts
Club of Washington.
The cast included Miss Katherine
Riggs. Mrs. Agnes Wickersham, Ed
ward E. Muth. Mr.. Connell, Conrad
II. Young and j. Martin Scranage.
Scene 3, "The Declaration Of Inde-
pendence," was sponsored by Mrs.
David Meade Lea and Mrs. Julien
Jacquelin Mason, and was presented
by the Wilson Players of Columbia
Heights Community Center, Aurora
NJ. Poston, director.
The cast included Mr.. Connell,
n. H. ~ ~
David Gill, John Shorey and Mr.. Muth.
Scene 4, IA Breakfast Conference,
was sponsored by Mrs. George Hillyer,
jr., and Mrs. Mason Nicholson. The
cast included Mrs. Minnigerode An
drews, Miss Virginia Dickins. Miss
Ellen Featherstone. Mr.. Connel1, DIR.
Clifton p. Clark and Mr.. Muth.
White House Ball.
Scene 5, "The Ball at the White
House," was sponsored by Mrs. Mimi
gerode Andrews. Mrs. Robert E. Lee,
Mrs. William L. Crounse and Mrs. Eu-
gene Byrnes, presented by the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation. The
cast included Thomas Jefferson, Mr..
Connell; Mrs. Randolph, his daughter,
Mrs. Robert Z. Lee; Dolly Madison.
Mrs. Alfred Manley; Rev. Meade Bol.
ton MacBryde. Mrs. William l..
Crounse, r. G. Park, Miss Ellen
Featherstone, DIR. NJ. c. Dollman, Miss
Virginia Dickins, Irwin Steans. Mrs.
Minnigerode Andrews, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wallace Collins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Birge, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Lewis, DR.. and
Mrs. e. V. Wilcox and members Of the
Shakespeare Society.
Songs of the period were presented
by the Tuesday Evening Singing Club,
Mrs. Frank Howard. director; Miss
Alma Partridge, accompanist. Misses
Allison, Bessey, Brown, Bugbee, Coop
er. Doorley, Dye. Forbes, Gross,