The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-06
Personal
Pageant And Tea Held By Local Wonaen's Club

one of the most colorful pageants to be presented m this city was shown yesterday afternoon at the Waterbury Women's Club when the club sponsored its "Women of the White House" pageant and tercen- tenary tea. A color scheme of red, white and blue was used with red and white carnations being used on the table. Mrs. Winifred Wight as "Martha Washington" and Mrs. Glenn Sweet as 'Mary Todd Lin- coin" presided at the Tea table.
 Mrs. Walter Thompson, president of the Holyoke Women's club read historical sketches of each of the characters presented in the pageant. Mrs. Thompson directed for several years the May day pageants for Mount Holyoke college.
 The cast of the pageant was as follows: Martha Washington, Mrs. Winifred Wight; Abigail Adams, Mrs. w. s. Brakenridge; Martha Jefferson Randolph, Mrs. w. F. Briggs; Dorothy Payne Madison. Miss Louise Gulliver; Elizabeth Monroe, Mrs. George A. Brennan; Louisa Adams, Miss Betty Hubbeu; Jane Appleton Pierce, Mrs. John c. Lindsay; Emily Donelson, Mrs. Har- old Merrill; Angelica Van Buren, Mrs. Walter E. Baldwin; Mrs. Wil- liam Harrison, Miss Edith Camp; Mrs. Letitia Tyler, Miss Jane Cow lperthwait; Julia Tyler, Miss Paul line White; Sarah Childress Polk, Miss Marion Rockwell; Betty Tay- Tor Bliss, Mrs. John H. Foster; Abi- gail Fillmore, Mrs. Dana Tyack; Harriet Lane Johnston, Mrs. Walter French; Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Glenn Sweet; Eliza McCardle John son, Mrs. Robert w. Dennison: Mar tha Patterson, Mrs. Warren A. Rob- bins: Julia Grant, Mrs. John w. Beecher, Lucy Webb Hayes, Mrs. Clifford Rowland; Lucretia Garfield, Mrs. Harold White; Mary McElFoy. Mrs. Lewis Merrill; Rose Cleveland, Mrs. William Young, Jr.; Caroline Harrison. Mrs. Whitman Bowers; Frances Folsom Cleveland, Miss Sue Shader; Ida Mckinley, Mrs. Charles Hayward; Edith Roosevelt, Mrs. Da- vid P. Gaines; Helen Heron Taft, Mrs. Raymond s. George; Ellen Axson wilson, Mrs. Claude Parton; Edith Boiling Wilson, Mrs. John O.. Walker; Florence Kling Harding, Mrs. Henry s. Allen: Grace Cool idge, Mrs. Henry B. Mason; Lou Henry Hoover, Mrs. George Crane and Eleanor Roosevelt, Mrs. Har- old Manning.
 During the presentation of the pa- yeant a program of music and danc- ing was given as follows: Mrs. Frank Squires, Mrs. Ethan Pendle- ton and Mrs. George K. Cashman accompanied by Mrs. Arthur Holmes sang group of songs Long, Long Ago, q Cannot Sing the Old S0ngs", Sweet and Low" and "The Dearest Spot is Home". Minuet, Elaine Wright and Harriet Lauder man, accompanied by Mrs. Carl Heebner, pupils of Peggy Minna- min: solo dance, Arlene Holmes COuey accOIupdLl1cu Uy NAo' xA e..s~A Holmes; instrumental music by the Evans ensemble, Mrs. Floyd Evans, piano, Floyd Evans, violin, Miss Bet ty Evans, cello and MT. Robert Evans, French horn; A solo, Amer ican the Beautiful" was sung by Mrs. Carl Heebner.
 Mrs. c. H. Neuswanger was In charge of the program assisted by Mrs. Richard A. Mueller, Miss The nice Powers, Miss Alma M. Eaton, Mrs. E. J. Rockwell, Mrs. Tracy smith and Mrs. A. A. Johnson.
 Mrs. Walter N. Van TasSel was in charge of the Tercentenary tea. Members of the cast of the pageant 2 sssisted Mrs. Van TasSel in the serv- ing of the tea.
 Among those attending were: Mrs. W. H. Miles, Elinor Miles, Mrs. P. Holland, Mrs. William Leggett, Mrs. Roland Lincoln, Mrs. E. A. Davis. Mrs. E. J. Amberg, Mrs. B. B. Bai- lev. Mrs. c. w. Stewart, Mrs. S. l.. Rowland, Mrs. Frederick B. Web- ster, Mrs. Charles Minnamen, Mrs. George Benham, Mrs. Edward Brad