Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-06-08
Many Attend The Pageant.

by more than 800 men, women and chill
dren. the history and development of Mont
gomery county from its earliest day to tn,
present were deliberately portrayed at thu
Fair Grounds here last Saturday night.
Sponsored by the Montgomery Count,
Federation of Women's Clubs. consisting
of more than 80 organizations with ar
aggregate membership of approximately
1900. the pageant was given for the bene
fit Of the Social Service League of thi:
county. and the interest of the people Of
the county in that worthwhile institution
was manifested by an attendance, it was
estimated. in excess Of 1000.
Disappointment was occasiOned by the
inability of Gov. Richie to attend. He
had planned to be present and arrange
ments had been made TO appropriately
entertain him and his party but illness
forced him to cancel the engagement, just
as it frustrated his plans to attend other
important functions during the week.
There were many prominent persons in
attendance and the presentation proved
all that its promoters had planned and
more. Ii was easily the most pretentious
event of the kind in the history of the
county. Incidentally it Melted the Social
Service League 1880 or more.
The presentation was the elimination of
weeks of hard work on the part of club
women and Others The idea was con-
ceived by Mrs. j. Darby Bowman, chairman
of the social service committee of the
Federation of Women's Clubs. She headed
the general committee of arrangements
and had much to do with the success of
the undertaking Members Of the various
wOmeD's clubs and other organizations Of
the county co-operated.
The pageant was designed and directed
by Mrs. Henry Hayes. of Washington. II
opened with a prologue. The Spirit of
Montgomery" arranged by the Newcomh
Club of Bethesda. and was followed by
Before Man Game. fantasy of mist and
flower, of forest and river. featuring group
OF dancers, directed by the Bethesda
WOman's Club. and THE Children of the
Sunset" sponsored by the Chevy Chase
Woman's Club
Other pictures were The Coming of the
White Man." provided by the Woman's
Club of Gaithersburg; The Days of the
Pioneer" arranged by the Montgomery
n
Clubs ; George Washington as Sur
Veyor," by Clara Barton Club of Glen Echo :;
Braddock's Encampment at Rockville"
Rockville Inquiry Club; The Golden Age
of Colonial Maryland" under the joint di-
rectiOn of the Jacksonville aud Jamestown
Women's Clubs; The First County Court. "
"Hungerford Tavern" Rockville, Rockville
landmark. by Rockville WOmans Club !:
The Death of Gen. Montgomery" Rock
willie Womans Club; "A County School"
Friendship Heights WOman's Club; The
War Between the States" Ridgely Brown
Chapter, u. d. e., of Montgomery County
THE World War" American Legion Posts !;
CLARA Barton and the Red Cross" Clara
Barton Club of Glen Echo; The First
Womans Club" portrayed by children of
charter members of the Mutual Improve
ment Association of Sandy Spring, one OF
the Oldest woman's clubs of the United
States, having been formed in 1857; THE
War With Spain" arranged by Mrs. Darby
Bowman and Mrs. W. Ernest 0ffutt
'l8l4. When the British Burned the City,
showing the Bentleys of Brookeville giving
shelter to tie President, by Kensington
WOman's Club; THE Society Friends.
arranged by the Sandy Spring Society of
Friends; the final picture. The Cortege OF
the Present" which was arranged by O.
W. Anderson. county agricultural agent
showed the county of today with its good
schools, good roads, good farms, good hos
pitfalls, good fire protection and good citi-
zens. Il was followed by the saluting OF
the flag and the singing of the National
Anthem.