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Peterborough Memorial Pageant Organized 1905 HANDICRAFT WORKERS of Peterborough, N, H. The rooms of the Society are open daily from 10 A. M. to 12 M. and 3 to 5 p. m. Tea served from 4 to 6 p. m. ITALIAN CUT WORK BASKETRY HOOKED AND BRAIDED RUGS Home-Made Jellies and Preserves on hand and made to order A PUBLIC STABLE FURNISHING CARRIAGES WITH ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF PRI- VATE EQUIPMENT : : MOTOR SERVICE INCLUDED H. F. NICHOLS & SON ^^nI^ 'hL^p^?" Peterborough Memorial Pageant IT WILL PAY YOU TO COME IN AND LOOK AROUND Millinery, Dr^ and Fancs Goods, and everything in Ladies' Furnishings, Souvenirs and Local Post Cards MRS. F. K. LONGLEY Established 1859 Assets, $1.1 73, 2 1 6. 00 Peterborough Savings Bank J. Q. ADAMS, President M. L. MORRISON. Treasurer EBEN W. JONES General Insurance Agency Office over Post Office PETERBOROUGH. N. H. L. A. WILSON UP TO DATE DEALER IN MEN'S, W^OMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S FINE FOOTWEAR Special Attention given to Fallen Arch and other Foot Troubles 42 Main Street : Peterborough, N. H. Peterborough Memorial Pageant THE CHARMS OF MUSIC are more to be enjoyed and appreciated when the body is furnished with the nourishment nature requires, and so we are striving to supply these needs in the way of a complete line of choice groceries and fruit. ^King Arthur Flour supplies all the elements necessary to our support. ^ Chase & Sanborn's teas and coffees are our mutual friends. W. A. BRYER & CO. - Peterborough Do not leave the Village without trying the Ice Cream and College Ices served b\f GEORGE L FORBUSH DRUGGIST PETERBOROUGH - - - NEW HAMPSHIRE GOODNOW & DERBY Up-to-Date Department Store NO. 30 GROVE ST. - - PETERBOROUGH. N. H. Just out of the high-priced district Peterborough Memorial Pageant The Clarendon Quilt is our Specialty 'Now wakea the bobbin in shuttles at play And weaves through the hours the gold with the grayf" MADE BY UNION MFG. COMPANY WEST PETERBORORGH, N. H. The Oldest Quilt Mills in America 1810-1910 viii Peterborough Memorial Pageant WE HANDLE ALL BRANCHES OF INSURANCE Fire, Life, Automobile, Burglary- Casualty, Personal Accident and Health Surety Bonds of Every Descrip- tion . . . . Real Estate Bought and Sold Best Companies Best Service D. M. WHITE & CO. PETERBOROUGH, N. H. is today the only high-grade piano in the United States which is made and controlled by the direct descendants of its original founder. All the rest have been forced to seek the alliance or amalgamation with manufacturers of cheap commercial pianos. Thus time-honored names have become mere trade-marks, lacking every vestige of individuality. Able to pursue its lofty ideals unfettered by commercial exigencies, the house of Steinway & Sons has exerted all its energies in but one direction, with the flattering result that today the Steinway is proclaimed everywhere — tEfje ^tantrarb ^iano of tfje Wovlh PETERBOROUGH MEMORIAL PAGEANT PETERBOROUGH MEMORIAL PAGEANT Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday August 16,18, 20, 1910, at 3.30 p. m. IN WOODS ON THE GROUNDS OF THE Macdowell memorial association PETERBOROUGH, N. H. The Pageant arranged and staged by George P* Baker Lyrics written by Hermann Hagedom Music arranged for Chorus and Orchestra by Chalmers Clifton Chorus (The Peterborough MacDowell Club) trained by H. Brooks Day Dances arranged by Miss Gwendolyn Valentine Business and Press Agent, Mrs. D. M. White Women's costumes made by Mrs. Higgins, Peterborough Price of Program, 10 Cents ^ NOTE IN two ways the Peterborough Memorial Pag- eant is experimental. Believing that pag- eantry stimulates local pride in past achievement, strengthens community spirit, and reveals un- expected artistic resources, those responsible for this pageant wish it to help in demonstrating that for artistic and pleasurable results pagean- try need not be confined to great centres, need not necessitate vast expense, but is perfectly possible for small communities. The Peter- borough Pageant aims to prove, also, that move- ment, color, pantomine, and music should count more in pageantry than the spoken word. Scenic effects have been omitted in the belief that the natural setting of this pageant would make these seem offensively artificial. Because of this setting and because of the use of the MacDowell music, suggestion rather than realism is the basis of the pageant. Peterborough Memorial Pageant PETERBOROUGH MEMORIAL PAGEANT (a Tribute to Edward MacDowell) "THE HOUSE OF DREAMS" A house of dreams untold. It looks out over the whispering tree-tops And faces the setting sun. (Lines prefacing From a Log Cabin) PAI^ I 1. INVOCATION Cin Deep Woods and From a Log Cabin) CLIO, as the muse of history, summons her sisters to aid in the pageant. First comes Euterpe, from the log cabin, where the composer wrote much of his music. The Dreams of the musician attend her. In succession, Melpomene, as tragedy, Thalia, as com- edy, and Terpsichore, goddess of the dance, enter, accompanied by the dreams each muse inspires. Bom from the dreams of men, inter- preted in them, history begins and is represented. INVOCATION (^Contralto solo — Miss Aldrich) Euterpe — Come, oh dreams ! Swarming, from your shadows bound ! Come, I wait ! Fling wide your shining gate. Wreathe me round — Come, oh dreams! {Chorus) Come, oh dreams! Airy visions bom in tears, Fed in woe ! M148413 Peterborough Memorial Pageant Strong through famine, wrath and snow, True through the years — Come, oh dreams ! {Soprano solo — Miss Loew) Melpomene — Hark, the buried laughter! Hark, the buried sighs ! Glory of war, and through the roar. Cries, cries! Hark, now the peaceful tabor Flutes its songs of toil. Glory of peace and labor Waken the stony soil! {Cliorus) Fruitful dreams ! Mighty labor, crowning dreams, Crowning dreams ! {Contralto solo — Miss Aldrich) Seed of earth's blight and bloom! {Chorus) Airy dreams! Patient labor, crowning dreams ! High the bloom Upsprings from earth's dark womb. Born of dreams ! Airy dreams! Stone and clod Lift the glories, lift the gleams. Unto God ! Lift the dreams Breathing, glowing, unto God! IN THE GARDEN AT *' HILLCFi^EHT'; j J i :> } > Peterborough Memorial Pageant Muses Clio Euterpe . Melpomene Thalia Terpsichore Miss Bartholomew Miss Johnson Miss Morgan . Miss Cdte . Miss Valentine Dreams Miss Dorothy Seccomhe, Miss Daniels, Miss Dostie, Miss Gil- christy Miss Harbour, Miss Harvey, Miss Hawkins, Miss Howe, Miss Seccombe, Miss Tucker, Miss Weeks 2. INDIAN LIFE C Indian Idyl) Among the Indians the wooing was done by the father of the young brave or some member of his family. If the overtures, made not to the young girl but her father or some representative of her family, were satisfactory, the gifts, often some valuable skins, were accepted, the time for the marriage was set, and the brave's father returned home with his skins. When the young brave came to claim his bride, a valuable rug was placed in the seat of honor, at the back of the wigwam. Com- ing forth with her attending women, the girl placed herself on this rug. Raising her from it, the young brave led her to the sports celebrating the wedding. INDIAN IDYL {Soprano solo — Miss Wills) The Indian Bride — Sing the flowers and fields, *' He is strong ! " The birds that wake the day, they sing " He is wise ! " The woodland elves Low they cry " His steps are song — the woods are glad Where he goes." My brave. 8 Peterborough Memorial Pageant My brave ! Tell me, is my face Fair for love? Indian Women — Your face is spring and dawn, your hair Cloud and night. Bride — When I am old Will he love? Indian Women — Your eyes will be the sunHght bright Through the clouds. Bride — Speak true ! Speak true! {Solo — Mr. Barker) Bridegroom — The morning calls. Will you come, oh my bride? Bride — The day is night till you beckon to me. Indian Women — Look, the brave — look there! — touches her hand! See the girl — how bold ! — looks in his eyes ! Old Woman — I, too, once — The Women — Ugh! ugh! {Oliorus) Maidens laugh and dance. Comes the brave. Their words are hght as leaves, that play In the wind. The leaves are still Comes the rain. The young papoose shows how they dance. Leaves of oak. In the wind. Peterborough Memorial Pagecmt Cast for Nos. 2 and 6 Indian Chiefs . . . Mr. Liscord, Mr. Edwards Indian Boys Alpheus White, Arthur Branigan, Paul Liscord, Charles Garneau. C. F. Batchelder, Jr., Clayton Phillips, Victor Miller Indian Girls Susie Thomas, Myrtle Tetley, Annie Bagley, Phyllis Nichols, Marian McQuillan, Lillian Ames Indian Bride ...... Miss Wills Indian Women Mrs. Wilson, Miss Loew, Miss Hatch, Miss Modesta, Mrs. Tetley, Mrs. Knight, Miss Knight, Miss Olive Miller, Miss Parker, Miss Madden, Miss Marsh, Miss Bailey Young Chief ...... Mr. Barker Braves Mr. G. Smith, Mr. Manning, Mr. Charkowski, Mr. Daniels, Mr. Ware, Mr. Weeks 3. THE CONDITIONS IN NORTH IRELAND COM- PELLING THE EMIGRATION OF THE SETTLERS The original settlers of Peterborough were of Scotch Covenanter stock, which came over to the neighborhood of Londonderry, Ireland, during the sixteenth century. The oppression of Presbyterians as well as Catholics by the Church of England, the embargoes on send- ing products out of Ireland, the crippling of the woolen trade, all these causes of discontent combined to make these high-spirited men and women willing to face the dangers of the new world. Regular fairings were forbidden by law, but, of course, the peas- ants met together for such informal pleasure-making as that repre- sented in the scene. Nos. 3 and 4 are not, as wholes, history repro- duced, but the conditions represented held good in the north of Ireland, and many of the speeches are historical. THE CRUISKEEN LAWN {Condensed slightly. Mr. Woollett) Let the farmer praise his grounds, Let the huntsman praise his hounds. But I, more blest than they. Spend each happy night and day 10 Peterborough Memorial Pageant With my charming httle cruiskeen lawn, lawn, lawn. My charming little cruiskeen lawn. And when grim death appears. In a few, but pleasant, years, I '11 say. Begone, you knave. For bold Bacchus gave me lave To take another cruiskeen lawn, lawn, lawn. Another little cruiskeen lawn. Then fill your glasses high, Let 's not part with lips adry. And, since we can't remain. May we shortly meet again, To fill another cruiskeen lawn, lawn, lawn. To fill another cruiskeen lawn. The music of the jig danced by Mr. Woollett, called " The Blackberry Blossom," is from Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland Cast for Nos. 3, 4 and 5 Boy George Eagan Old Woman Miss Kendall Young Woman . . . Miss Margaret Seccombe Old Man Mr. Towne Pedlar Mr. Woollett Peasants Mr. Green, Mr. Higgins, Mr. E. Davis, Mr. Fierce, Mr. Frost, Mr. Kale, Mr. Stiles, Mr. Towne, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Carew, Mr. Woollett, Mr. Barker, Mr. C. Hunter, Mr. H. H. Harbour, Mr. Knight, Mr. Bag- ley, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Fennerty, Mr. Harrington, Mr. Allen, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Dustin, Mrs. France, Mrs. H. CDay, Miss Almonritter, Miss Seccombe, Miss Mar- garet Seccombe, Miss M. McQuillan, Miss Dorman, Miss Hunter, Miss G^Dwyer, Miss Condon, Miss Lacey Peterborough Memorial Pagecmt 11 Cast for Nos. 3, 4 and 5- SiR William Tenney Lady Tenney ■Continued HOETON . His Wife His Man Young Girl Old Woman Young Boy Another Girl . Mr, Dustin Mrs. Cutler Mr. Jellison Miss Adams Mr. Abbott Miss Lacey Miss Baetz Davis White Miss Hunter Elders . . . Mr. Ames., Mr. Tetley, Mr. Baker Puritans Mr. Day^ Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Jellison, Mr. Wil- son, Mr. F. M. Greene, Mr. JS. S. Green, Mr. H. Dow, Mr. E. Doio, Richard Brooks, Mohert Brooks, W. Thorpe, N. Thorpe, Susie Thomas, Mrs. Maguire, Mrs. D. M. White, Mrs. Girardin, Mrs. Rich, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Ware, Mrs. Cutler, Mrs. Trefethen, Mrs. Sleight, Mrs. John Robbe, Mrs. Cheney, Mrs. Peaslee, Miss Rus- sell, Miss McMurphy, Miss Trefethen, Miss Girardin, Miss Day, Miss Mitchell, Miss Ellsworth, Miss Buchanan, Miss Ware, Miss G'Day, Miss Connell, Miss Parkhurst, Miss Ames, Miss Ramsey, Miss Aldrich, Miss Weston, Miss Grey, Miss Mono Miller, Miss Bertha Hadley, Miss Ethel Corbert, Miss Margaret Ramsey, Miss Greene Children Richard and Robert Brooks, Mina McNeil, George Ramsey Soldiers Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Lindsey, Mr. E. Davis, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Fontaine, Mr. Jagger Captain of Soldiers .... Mr. Walbridge Captain of Sailors .... Mr. Garfield Sailors Mr. Morris, Mr. Sweeney 4. THE DEPARTURE The emigrants and their friends are gathered in the church for the last time. At the opening of the scene they are heard (off stage) 12 Peterborough Memorial Pageant ginging Dundee, a hymn of their Scotch Covenanter ancestors. The action shows the grief of the parting, as the emigrants pass out to the ship which is waiting to sail with them. DUNDEE— Psalm XXIII The Lord's my shepherd, I '11 not want. He makes me down to lie In pastures green : he leadeth me the quiet waters by. My soul he doth restore again ; and me to walk doth make Within the path of righteousness ev'n for His own name's sake. Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill : For thou art with me ; and thy rod and staff me comfort still. My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foes ; My head thou dost with oil anoint and my cup overflows. Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me; And in God's house for evermore my dwelling-place shall be. 5. THE LANDING (l718) The Landing (1620) The group of settlers landed in December, 1718, near Portland, where they endured many hardships, and even famine. From this they were saved by suppUes sent from Boston. The scene represents the varied emotions at the landing, culminating in the common mood of prayerful thankfubiess and trust. 'A house of Dreams untold That looks out over the whispering treetops And faces the setting sun" CABIN ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, N. H. Peterborough Memorial Pagecmt 13 HYMN OF PRAISE (Mixed Chorus) God, our Father! Glory, Lord, to Thee! Before whose voice is mute the thund'ring sea! Through wind and foam Thou lead'st us home — To Thee be glory through eternity. (Chorus of Women) Lord, hunger and cold are nigh ! Lord, not for ourselves we cry — Let not our children die ! (Chorus of Men) Silence your loud alarms ! God is our shield from harms — He will make strong our arms. Christ, who has calmed the wave, Christ will uphold the brave. (Mixed Chorus) Christ, our Saviour ! Father of our Faith ! To Thee we bring faint hearts and faihng breath. Be Thou our Guide! With Thee we bide. To love, to labor, and to hope till death ! 6. THE BURIAL OF THE CHIEFTAIN CThe Indian Lodge) The Indians foresee the passing of their race. The Braves — He is dead ! By the shore Pale faces from the sea Shot fire ! 14 Peterborough Memorial Pageant He was chief — He is dead. Wings drove their canoe. They are gods. From their eyes Leapt their fire To his breast. Leapt death. Pale foes — they are great. Their arrows fly unseen. Their bows Shout aloud — " He is dead ! " The Women — With his hands He was strong. In council was he wise. Who now will be wise? He is dead. Braves and Women — Pale tribes, they are great. In our woods They will hunt. Squaws and braves They will kill With fire. Women — Who now will be wise? Our wise man, he is dead. Braves and Women — Who, now? They who come They are death. C Intermission of 8 minutes J Peterborough Memorial Pageant 15 PART II 7. A COLONIAL WEDDING (l755) (Jagdlied, the West Wind Croons in the Cedar Trees. The Robin Sings in the Apple Tree) After the hardships on landing the colonists made their way to what is now Londonderry, N. H. There was a grant of land in 1739 for this Peterborough region, and in the ensuing years to 1749 an occasional party came thither to hunt, or to clear land. The Main Street, now the Ipswich Road, was laid out in 1739, but there was no permanent settlement before 1749. Till into the 19th century the town lay along this Main Street, only gradually growing away from it into the valley, as the devel- opment of the water power and, later, the incoming of the railroad shifted the centre of activity. The Colonial Wedding illustrates a custom of these early set- tlers at weddings. Friends of the Bride and the Groom met, chose a companion for each, and then watched the two run a race for some simple prize. The scene illustrates also the essential part spin- ning played in the daily life of the time. It is a fact that the women carried their wheels with them even to festivities. THE DANCE TO THE WEDDING Friends of the Groom — Who 'II wed my brother Jack? Nary a farthing on his back, But he '11 beat you blue and black — Who '11 wed, oh? Friends of the Bride — Who '11 wed my sister Sue? Shimmering curls of orange hue. Pearly teeth and eyes of blue, — She 's a virago and a shrew And she '11 rule you through and through — Who '11 wed, oh? A Friend of the Groom — There's none can stand with Jack! A Friend of the Bride — Brother, oh, watch his arm go slack When she holds the porridge back. l6 Peterborough Memorial Pageant Chorus of Bride's Friends — Poor Jack, oh! Girl Friends of the Groom — Then race ! run swift The bride 's at her door. Girl Friends of the Bride — A golden gift She holds in store. Girl Friends of the Groom — The gift, it is this For the fleet lad who whips — Girl Friends of the Bride — A kiss, a kiss From the bride's own hps! Then race a-down the vale, Flowering mead and shad'wy dale! Who '11 hnger on the trail Of kisses? Who '11 stand and gently wait Watching his rival at the gate Filching honeycombs of fate. And doff his hat, with mien sedate. Begging the maid, an hour late. For kisses? So race a-through the town Knocking the stately burghers down— Who minds a broken crown At weddings? We 're angels all the year ! Widows and orphans bring we cheer, Captains and parsons we revere. When they preach, we lend an ear, W^hen they die, we shed our tear. All the vanities we fear — But oh, we are happy once a year At weddings ! Peterborough Memorial Pagecmt 17 Friends of the Groom — Speak low! speak low! The parsons are nigh. Friends of the Bride — Below we '11 go With souls awry ! Parsons — Oh, impious pack ! The devil grips your souls. Young People — We '11 beat him back With coals, with coals! Chorus — Who '11 wed my brother Jack? Nary a farthing on his back. But he '11 beat you blue and black — Who '11 wed, oh! Who '11 wed my sister Sue? Shimmering curls of orange hue, Pearly teeth and eyes of blue — She 's a virago and a shrew And she '11 rule you through and through — Who '11 wed, oh? SPINNING SONG Women — The wool cries. Whirl ! to the singing wheel. The wheel to the treadle. Begin ! Bride — And the husband, out at the elbow and heel. Cries to his good wife. Spin ! Women — The mothers roam through the new bride's house With the prying kith and kin — Bride — And, oh! the frown on the stately brows: Child, you must spin, spin, spin ! Women — Your goodman's aunt needs a woolen shawl. And his gran 'sir a cloth for his chin — Bride — But I, I '11 curtsy most kindly to all And spin for my goodman, spin ! 18 Peterborough Memorial Pageant Women — Spin wool, spin wool for the winter's need, Cold ears, and shivering shin. Bride — Nay, I '11 spin me gowns for the dance on the mead, And round with my goodman — spin! Women — The years cry. Spin! to the youth that fades. Pale cheeks and fingers thin. BRroE — But the heart cries loud through the gathering shades. Spin for the new hopes, spin ! Women — The tears cry. Spin! to the hstless hands. And Spin! cries the sorrow within. Bride — But loudest cries Joy where my truejove stands. Spin through the glad years, spin! Cast Dancers Mr. J^ennerty, Mr. Jagger, Mr. Ellsicorth^ Mr. Dow, Mr. E. Dow., Mr. Vaughan., Mr. Barker, Mr. Stiles, Miss Seccombe, Miss Margaret Seccombe, Miss O. Miller, Miss B. Miller, Miss Ellsworth, Miss Ware, Miss Modesta, Miss Wills, Miss Adams, Miss Lacey, Miss Bugbee, Miss Knox, Miss Hatch, Miss Almonritter, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Kendall Bride Miss Shattuck Bridegroom Mother of Bride Father of Bride Elders Bridal Procession Mrs Mr. H. H. Harbour . Mrs. Cutler Mr. Ames Mr. Edwards, Mr. Garfield Sleight, Miss Tubbs, Mrs. Haiokins, Miss Marsh, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Cheney, Miss Day, Mrs. Tetley, Mrs. Ware, Miss Aldrich, Miss Bartholomew, Mrs. Cummings, Miss Loew Old Black Baker Mr. Greene Men Mr. Morris, Mr. Sweeney Peterborough Memorial Pageant 19 8. DANCE. OLD BLACK BAKER AND THE DEVIL (Uncle Remus) Local legend says that Old Black Baker, a whimsical old negro, who was village cow-herd, swore that coming home one night through the woods, he met the Devil. He was tempted with gifts, and so frightened that at last in utter terror he took to his heels. What proves the truth of the story is that Baker could exactly describe the Devil's appearance, hide, hoofs, etc. (Dance hy Mr. Green and Miss Valentine) 9. THE CALL TO ARMS (April I8-19, 1775) For its size Peterborough contributed generously at different times to the Revolutionary forces. Perhaps, however, its most famous contribution was the hastily gathered band of some twenty who, un- der the leadership of Captain Robert Wilson, responded instantly when the first call came. The little band, armed as promiscuously as the scene shows, got only as far as Groton when word of the Con- cord fight reached them, with orders to disband for the moment. Cast Young Farmer, with Ploughboy's Whistle Mr. Jagger Elder Phipps ...... Mr. Dustin Three Farmers . Mr. Bagley, Mr. Morris, Mr. Sweeney Captain Wilson Mr. Abbott Two Other Fajimers . . Mr. Harbour, Mr. Keenan Tim McCoy . . . . . Mr. Higgins Townspeople Miss Adams, Miss Dorman, Miss McQuil- lan, Miss O'Donoliue, Miss Modesta, Miss Olive Miller, Miss Knox, Miss O'Dwyer, Mrs. Bagley, Miss Bagley, Mr. S. S. Green, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Wm. Hunter, Mr. H. H. Harbour, Mr. Jellison. Mr. Ware Boy . James Spalding Younger Boys Richard Brooks, Robert BrooTis, Claude Lovell and others Minute Man ..... Mr. Fennerty Old Woman Miss Baetz 20 Peterborough Memorial Pageant Cast — Continued Andrew Todd ...... Mr. Willie His Grandsons .... Mr. Doiv^ Mr. E. Dow Drummer Mr. Wilson FiFER ........ Mr. Pierce 10. WORKING THE HAND-LOOMS. (I8I0) (L« Fileuse, Raff) The first cotton mill in Peterborough was built in 1809-10. During the century the industry grew markedly. The scene aims to imitate the motion of the working at the old hand-looms. With one hand resting on the loom, the worker pressed the tread, threw over the shuttle with the other hand, drew the bar in, threw it back ; and, shifting the hand on the loom, repeated the motions. As the song implies, in the early days of milling in New England, young women very generally worked in the mills, to lay by money for education, for a marriage portion, for many other reasons than mere self-sup- port. SONG OF THE WEAVERS Men — Day ! Now once more Dawns day for our toil ! Women — Bright through the dark. Day's glory burns. Fresh to his loom The weaver returns. Now wakes the bobbin In shuttles at play. And weaves through the hours The gold with the gray. Fly, shuttles, fly ! Sigh, bobbins, sigh! Who gave you heart and tongue? Who gave you sob and song? Oh, fly, shuttle, fly! 'Twas I, 'twas I! NUBANUSIT RIVER— View from the Tower House 3 1 » 3 Peterborough Memorial Pageant 21 Mixed Chorus — I hear the bobbin cry : " Toil on, toil on, as I ! " Fly, shuttle, fly! Women — Weave in my hopes ! Men — Shuttle, fly! Women — Weave, loom, of magic thread Roof for my mother's head. Gold when I wed ! Men — Weave me bright gold ! Women — Oh, weave me bright days ! Men — Weave me a path To power and praise ! Women — Weave golden wings ! Bobbin, spin free ! Far, far, waits Learning, A-calling to me ! Mixed Chorus — Weave hope and toil! Fly, shuttle, through! Weave me my doom Of dreams-come-true ! Weave — weave ! Weave — weave ! Cast Men Edwards, Barker, Charkowski, Garfield, Jagger, Smith, Tetley, Weeks, Woollett The Fife Sisters . Mrs. Frunce and Miss Condon Other Women Miss Aldrich, Miss Bailey, Mrs. G. Brown, Miss Bugbee, Mrs. Cheney, Mrs. G. D. Cum- mings, Mrs. Cutler, Miss C. Davis, Miss N. Hatch, Miss Hunter, Mrs. Hawkins, Miss Knight, Miss Lacey, Miss Loew, Miss Madden, Miss Marsh, Miss B. Miller, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Peasley, Miss Shattuck, Mrs. Sleight, Mrs. Tetley, Miss Tubbs, Mrs. White, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Grace Greene, Miss Bishop 22 Peterborough Memorial Pagea/nt 11. THE DESERTED FARM (The Deserted Farm and Constancy) The scene represents the abandonment of the farms, which, beginning in the 1850-60 period with the gold fever, became really serious after the close of the Civil War. {Song — Mrs. Knight) Farmer's Wife — Here our babes were bom, and here Glad through all the toil were we. Never, never half so dear New homes shall be ! Weed and wind! Storm be kind ! Here our hearts still dwell. Farewell ! Farewell ! -♦ {Song — Constancy — Miss Bartholomew) Old lilac bushes thin and gray In wistful longing sigh. Dishevelled roses blush in vain; No mistress lingers by. The tansy creeps e'en to the door Through garden tangles sweet. Gaunt apple trees, their wizened fruit Strew at the master' s feet ; And lo! a cricket bravely chirps Throughout the lonely house. But those who lov'd there, long ago, They sleep too deep to 'rouse. Yet keep, oh keep, your trust to heart, T will never last now long ; For house and ye shall pass away, Yea, even as my song. E. MacDowell. Peterborough Memorial Pageant 23 Cast Neighbors Miss Almonritter, Mrs. Ware, Mrs. Greene, Miss Greene, Mr. Hunter, Miss Hunter Emigrating Farmer .... Mr. W. F. Greene Farmer's Wife Farmer's Son . Farmer's Daughter . Her Lover .... Young Girl Mrs. Knight Mr. Wm. Hunter . Miss Oltve Miller Mr. H. H. Harbour Miss Ware 12. DANCE. IN AUTUMN (Miss Valentine) (Intermission of 8 minutes) PART III 13. THE CIVIL WAR. THE PEOPLE OF PETER- BOROUGH WELCOME THEIR SOLDIERS (March— OpM* ^4, No. 2) SONG OF WELCOME Mixed Chorus — Praise God! Whose anger gave Wild war and silent grave ; Praise God, who freed the slave. Praise God, who leads the brave. Home ! Home ! Home ! Women — Tears, tears. Heal our pain! Bring, oh cheers. 24 Peterborough Memorial Pageant The laughter fled! Weep, sing! Home again Naught will bring Our noble dead. Mixed Chorus — Rejoice ! War is done ! We are free, we are one ! Oh, rejoice, rejoice! Oh, rejoice! Women — Hope, hope Broke the night! Flaming hope Led us on! Men — On, on! Up the height, God, lead us on, on! God, lead us on, on ! Onward and onward and on! Mixed Chorus — Praise God! From shore to shore. Home ride the hosts of war. " Praise God! " the echoes roar. Freedom! and, evermore. Union ! God, lead on! Height to height, nobly won. Onward and onward and on ! The Whole Cast Peterborough Memorial Pageant 25 14. DANCE. PETERBOROUGH WELCOMES PEO- PLE OF OTHER NATIONS AND THE MUSES TO HER WOODS AND HILLS CDanse Andalouse) All the nations named are represented in the present popula- tion of Peterborough. Peterborough, Mrs. Bethiah Alexander; Fanning, Mrs. Ainsworth; Milling, Miss Lacey; Forestry, Miss Adams; Education, Mrs. Jennie H. Field. Dancers — Women Scotch, Miss Condon; English, Miss Seccombe; Welsh, Miss O. Miller; French, Mrs. Jarvis; Pole, Miss Faulkner; Italian, Miss Vanni; Finn, Miss Faulkner; Portuguese, Mrs. L. A. Wilson. Dancers — Men Irishman, Mr. Dow; German, Mr. Harbour; Hungarian, Mr. E. Dow; Chinese, Mr. Smith; Dane, Mr. Barker; Rus- sian, Mr. Charkowski. The Muses Clio Miss BartJiolomew Euterpe Miss Johnson Melpomene Miss Morgan Thalia Miss Cdt6 Terpsichore Miss Valentine 15. THE MARCH PAST. PETERBOROUGH RE- VIEWS THE HISTORICAL GROUPS. (Portions of the Sonata Tragica) SONG OF TRIUMPHANT LABOR Settlers — Oh, high beat the sea, Our hearts sang free. 26 Peterborough Memorial Pageant From famine came we Oh, afar, afar! Indians — Wild lands we found. Wild men and stony ground. Pain and woe and bitter wound. Famine, fading hopes and war ! Colonials — Up, wake the soil! Through war's turmoil, 'Neath strong arms that toil Fields they bloom, bloom ! Revolutionary Figures — Brave men and wise, Fair towns and cities rise. Tyrants fall and kingship dies, Labor, labor, spade and loom ! Milling Group — Wild wood and stone To empire grown! For Labor, a throne And for man, space ! Civil War and Later — Proud roofs and spires ! Loud mills and roaring fires ! Mighty sons of fearless sires ! — Teeming land and titan race ! The Foreign Races — Wake, aliens, wake! Old ties must break. Here new loves shall wake ! Come, be free, free ! Whip, thong and scourge Forget, and anger purge ! Joy and labor yet shall merge. Enter, brothers ! Be ye free . Peterborough Memorial Pageant 27 The Entire Group — Right, Toil and Light ! Be they our might ! Strong-winged be our flight Where the dream leads ! Right ! Mark our way ! Rouse, Toil, the sleeping clay ! Light ! Sweep on, through dark to day, Kindhng man to dreams and deeds ! The Whole Cast and Peterborough, Eng. Earl of Peterborough English Bishop Peterborough County, Eng. Peterborough County, Canada Peterborough, Canada Peterborough, N. Y. . Mrs. Cutler Mr. Miller . Mr. Peters Victor Miller Walter Wliitefield Hilda White Lillian Ames 16. FINALE (The Wild Rose) THE SPIRIT OF THE MASTER SPEAKS {Solo — Miss Bartholomew) Come, oh, songs ! come, oh, dreams ! Soft the gates of day close — Sleep, my birds ! sleep, streams ! Sleep, my wild rose ! Pool and bud, hill and deep. You who wore my robes, sleep ! Droop, East ! die. West ! Let my land rest. I 28 Peterborough Memorial Pageant Woods ! I woke your boughs ! Hills ! I woke your elf-throngs ! Land ! all thy hopes and woes Rang from me in songs ! Come, oh, songs ! come, oh, dreams ! In our house is deep rest, Through the pines gleams, gleams Bright the gold West ! There the flutes shall cry. There the viols weep. Laugh, my dreams, and sigh. Sing, and vigil keep. Call to them that sleep ! Call! call! Finis East and West Life beckons. Nothing satisfies the soul But opportunity for nobler work, And glimpses of illimitable fields. Lucy Larcom. The STEINWAY GRAND PIANO used during the Pageant was furnished by M. STEINERT & SONS CO., Manchester, N. H. Peterborough Memorial Pageant 29 George P. Baker, Master of the Pageant, has been teaching in Harvard University since 1888. At present he is Professor of Dramatic Literature. He has published The Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist , Some Unpublished Correspondence of David Oarrick, etc. He is editor-in-chief of the dramatic section of the Belles Lettres Series. Hyde lecturer at the University of Paris, 1907-8, on The Development of Tragedy and Comedy in England from 1580-1800. Member of Executive Coimcil of " Boston 1915" to represent the section on Fine and Industrial Arts. Chalmers Clifton, conductor of the Orchestra, bom in Jackson, Miss., studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1908. A member of the class of 1912 at Harvard, he is conductor of the Orchestra of Harvard University and of the Musical Art Club of Boston. Hermann Hagedom, author of the special lyrics, bom in New York City, was the class poet at Harvard in 1907. Instructor in English at Harvard. Delivered "Lincoln Ode" before Loyal Legion of United States, Commandery of Pennsylvania, February, 1909. Author of several plays produced by the Harvard Dramatic Club. Adapter of the Norwegian play. The Witch^hj H.Wiers- Jensen produced at the New Theatre, New York, in February, 1910. He has published The Silver Blade, a romantic play in verse; The Woman of Corinth, a tale in verse; The Horse Thieves, a farce; A Troop of the Guard and other Poems. H. Brooks Day, leader of the Peterborough McDowell Club, is choirmaster at St. Luke's Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Gwendolyn Valentine, who has arranged the dances, is a member of the Fritzi Scheff Co. Formerly she was in the companies of Miss Anglin and Miss Marlowe. so Peterborough Memorial Pageant THE MacDOWELL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION In "Deep Woods" on his farm at Peterborough, Mr. Mao- Do well built a log cabin. Surrounded by enormous pines, it faces, through a lovely vista, Monadnock and the "Setting Sun. ' ' Here came into existence all the MacDowell music writ- ten within the last five or six years of his working life, — the Norse and Keltic Sonatas, The New England Idyls and Fireside Tales, and many songs and choruses. His surroundings were a source of endless inspiration, and he realized keenly how much this isolated quiet meant in his own development; and, equally keenly, how much such environ- ment might mean to others less fortunate. In his University experience, he often met students struggling with the material problem of life ; and although, sometimes, it was not so difficult for them to achieve the hall bedroom and sufficient food to keep alive the body, the mind suffered from a lack of those stimulating conditions which are so necessary for any form of imaginative work. There came to Mr. MacDowell the slowly evolved hope that when he might no longer be alive to use the Peterborough home it might serve to help others. The plan was but vaguely formulated, only one point being well defined ; this was that the place should be made a center for those in search of congenial conditions for work and rest. And the plan contemplated, at the same time, the possibility of a comfortable summer home which might be had for a small price. After the death of Mr. MacDowell, his wife transferred the property to the MacDowell Memorial Association, retaining only life tenure. This, with the generosity of some of his friends and pupils, made it possible to start the plan. The deed of gift reads as follows : "It is expressly and especially desired that this home of Edward MacDowell shall be a center of interest to artists working in varied fields, who, being there brought into contact, may learn to fully appreciate the fundamental unity of the separated arts. That in it the indi- vidual artist may gain a sympathetic attitude towards the works of artists in fields other than that in which such artist tries to embody the beautiful, by recognizing that each art has a special I HON. ROBERT P. BASS of Peterborough Candidate for the Repubhcan Gubernatorial Nomination before the Primaries ¥ Peterborough Memorial Pageant 31 function just so far as it has gained a special medium of expression. ♦* That, while the use of the home should thus materially be given, for the most part, to productive artists, nevertheless its use might be accorded to artists and others who are sympa- thetic with the aims and purposes of the donor. " That no social distinctions shall be allowed to determine the choice of those who may be permitted to make use of the privileges of the place. That it shall in no sense be looked upon as a charitable institution ; and therefore, those who avail them- selves of its privileges should be required to pay such moderate sums as might be possible, in return for the benefits received." The first president of the Edward MacDowell Memorial Association was the late Richard Watson Gilder, who took the keenest interest in it. 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