Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

America and members or the lnterHt-
tional Association of Art and Let
ters. The Dutch will be led by Hen
rik Hudson Dell Floyd of the Snake,
speare Society, under the direction of
Miss Marie Towle and a group of Y.
w. c. A. girls; the French led by
Pere Marquette arthur Griffith), Will
be presented by a Y. w. Z, A. group
and the National Capital Players.
Barry X. Helwig, Earnest Littleton,,
Leonard Blush. Edward Morris and
Kenneth Klinger, directed by A. n.
Griffith; and the Quakers, led by VIII
liam Penn, will be presented by mem
bers of the Society of Friends, with
Mrs. G.. Janney Brown and Mrs. AL
bert Stabler as chairmen.
The Sons of the American Revolu-
ton will give the Signing of the
Declaration of Independence, with
A d. Call as Thomas Jefferson,
and will join with the Minute
men and the Daughters of the
American Revolution in the scene of
Gen. Washington resigning his COM
mission before the Continental Con-
gress, with Col. NJ. A. Winter appear
ing as Gen. Washington and Maj.
Ralph Case as Gen. Mifflin. Officers
of Washington's staff will be enacted
by Maj. Arthur Nj. Poynton, Capt. ".
w Thayer, Capt. John j.. CoStinett
and Capt. Peter Latterner of the
Minutemen.
Episode II, The Progress of
America" will open with Dance of
Struggle and Strength, directed by
Judy Lyeth, followed by the Chill
dl-en of the American Revolution as
the early Presidents and their families
and members of the International AS
- nj OF OK q
OF their early days in America; then
will come the fathers of the Ameri-
can Navy, presented by the Arts Club
with Conrad Young, T. Weed Harvey
and Frank kemon appearing as John
Paul Jones, Decatur and Truxton,
with Mrs. Maud Howell Smith as
chairman; the Lewis and Clark group
will be given by members of the Order
Of Red Men and Degree Of Poca-
hontas; Daniel Boone and his follow
ers by f. A. Griffith andsthe National
Capital Players; the old-fashioned
American Family, by Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh McQueeney and their children.
and Westward Ho, by members of
the Eastern Star and the Pollyanna
Club. including Miss Nettie Hender-
Howard Gossage and son Howard, &.
Kruger and daughter Ruth. and
Andrew Black. The Great Triumvi-
rate will be given by members Of the
Shapespeare Society. with Julian
Dickinson as Henry Clay, Leslie
Waudby as John c. Calhoun and VII
liam E. Bryant as Webster. and with
Mr. Waudby as chairman of the scene.
Denis T.. Council will appear as
Abraham Lincoln, followed by a
group of Civil War veterans, as the
finale of this episode. DR.. Pettus is
chairman of the veterans.
Dance of American Flag.
Episode III, 1.-The Strength and Hope
Of America" will open with Dance
of the American Flag. directed by
Judy Lyeth Sof the Caroline Mckinley
Studio, and will be followed by large
marching units, forming a colorful
tableau on the Capitol steps, including
flower girls by the Order Of the East
ern Star (MrS. Harriet Stull, chair
mani: reapers, farmers, fruit bearers
and milkmaids from the Department
of Agriculture.
Boy Scouts, Troops 40 and Al, led by
Scoutmasters Herman r. Hunt and
King; Girl Scouts led by Scout Capt.
Mrs. Conrad II. Young; Daughters of
America. District of Columbia Chap
ter, American Red Cross MRS. Harry
Barnes, chair1nan); Army School of
Nursing from Walter Reed Miss
Elizabeth Melby, chairman): the
church, represented by DR.. w. L..
Darby of the Washington Federation
Of Churches, Father Murphy of st.
Peters Church, DIR. Harvey Baker
Smith of Columbia Heights Christian
Church, and the Rev. Meade Bolton
MacBryde Of the Episcopal Church.
The Young Women's Christian AS
ISOLATION will follow; then will come
Daughters of Civil War Veterans and
the Womens Relief Corps Auxiliary
of the Grand Army of the Republic
Mrs. Caroline A. Curry and Miss Anna
Hage, chairmen). This last group will
be followed by troops Of the United
States, Lieut.. P. II. McRae and Head
quarters Company, District of Wash
ington, U. S. A; Lieut.. A. V. Cher
bonnie, u S. NJ. c., and detachment
from Marine Barracks, and Chief
Petty officer A. G. Rost, U. S. N,
ship at U. S. Navy Yard. Then will
come America" with Mrs. Maud
Howell Smith as Liberty, with Mrs.
Ethel Byrd Kemon as her attendant
and with the flag group surrounding
her as the big cast stand at salute
and the Marine Band plays The Star
Spangled Banner.
Will Impersonate Characters.
Members of the International AS
ISOLATION of Aras and Letters will i'm
personate characters who We're the
producers of literary works from the
time of the settlement of America.
The characters and their fmperson-
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sell; Capt. John Smith. Maj. Ewing;
John Winthrop. DR.. Anston; Miss
tress Anee Dudley Bradstreet, Mrs.
NJ. H. Irish; John Eliot, Charles Cot
tingham; Gov Berkeley Of Virginia,
Col. Cooper; Samuel Sewall, NJ. H.
Irish; Cotton Mather, Col. E. F..
Heron; witches condemned by
Mather, sentenced by Sewall, Miss
Virginia Price, Mrs. E. A. Lalecheur,
Miss Ruby Nevins, Miss Katherine
Hopson; William Byrd. cavalier of
Virginia, first stylist, Maj. Charles
Douglas; Mary Rowlandson. Mrs.
Emma Hughes; the Hartford wits,
Dwight, George P. Bogue; Trumbull,
E. A. Lacheur; Barlow, the Rev. Mr..
Cheetham; Mrs. Sarah E. Hall, Mrs.
Dean Cherrier; Robert Beverley, first
American born historian, Mr.. Green;
Sarah kimball Knight, Miss Mabel
Goodhue: Benjamin Franklin. Charles
Slater; Thomas Godfrey, dramatist,
friend of Franklin, Bernard Foley
Mrs. Mercy Warren, wrote two
dramas of Revolution, Mrs. J. D. Sui
Ivan; Anne Borden, Miss Fannie
Cooper; Mary Freneau, Miss Amy
Fairless; Mrs. Agnes Freneau, Mrs.
Emily Fairless; Susan Rawson, wrote
Charlotte Temple" Mrs. Jane Man
derscheid; Sarah Wentworth Morton,
wrote Power Of Sympathy" Mr.. K.
J. Fenton; Charles Brockden Brown,
first American novelist, John Sull-
van: Mrs. Caroline Warner, wrote
THE Gamesters," Mrs. Thos. Lovette;
Washington Irving, Maj. Charles Fer
ris; George Bancroft, Harry Cox;
Jane Austen, Miss Elizabeth Toll