The New England magazine . for charming statelydances by hosts of little girls who repre-sented shepherdesses and milkmaidsfrom the Betit Trianon, with dressesof pale blue and violet and rose show-ing rainbow-like against the all the pageant dialogue the realwords of Franklin, Washington, andBoone were used; and participants andspectators were made to feel the ac-tuality of the scenes presented. Theplea for true patriotism ran like a leit-motive through the pageant, and againand again it was brought home to thechildren that the great men of Americasucceeded in the face of tremendousdi
The New England magazine . for charming statelydances by hosts of little girls who repre-sented shepherdesses and milkmaidsfrom the Betit Trianon, with dressesof pale blue and violet and rose show-ing rainbow-like against the all the pageant dialogue the realwords of Franklin, Washington, andBoone were used; and participants andspectators were made to feel the ac-tuality of the scenes presented. Theplea for true patriotism ran like a leit-motive through the pageant, and againand again it was brought home to thechildren that the great men of Americasucceeded in the face of tremendousdifficulties by the power of their ownefforts. Little citizens were shownthat there was a chance for stirring prologue, spoken by theSpirit of Patriotism, bade them keeptheir purpose high and true. Andthe great audience of some six or eightthousand people made instant , phase by phase, a new form ofdrama is being upbuilt, not by thetheaters, but by the citizens of Amer-ica themselves, — a form of drama. BOYS ENJOYING THEMSELVES AS INDIANS IN THE PAGEANT OF PATRIOTS, BOSTON, JULY 4, 1912 NEW ASPECTS OF PAGEANTRY 543
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