Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1923, Page 16

rie PAGEANT FEATUR OF NATURE STUDY Need of Forest Protection to Be Depicted at Central High School. Need of forest protection and nature in all her various phases will be ghown ¥riday night in the nature study pageant at the Central High hool Auditorium, when 400 grade &chool pupils take the part of birds, trees, the spring, bugs. flowers and viants. The eant, under the di- rection of Elizabeth K. Peeples of the nature study department, is charac- terized by the American Nature As- #ociation as of the utmost importance d the association plans to tell the schools of the country just how the Washington schools put on the show. The proceeds are for the benefit of the Junior Red Cross, Pageant “Leads, In the pageant the “leads *The Voice, is will be: i “Uncle Sam,” Ledger Ludlow School. “The V * which will in- terpret the action, represen of general science work the " nature study teachers. E ymbolic and the entire action is based upon facts of agri- culture, astronomy, bird protection and forest.conservation. A choir from the H. D. Cooke School will augment the voices on the Stage in the vocal mus zrams are the work of the boys at the Lenox Print Shop. Cyril Flannery is in charge of lighting. Alded by Class Teachers. The nature study department has been greatly Sted by the class teachers in training the children, the drawing, music, penmanship, manual training, physical training and do- mestic art departments, In the first act, the friendly stars will show the northern constellations. A song by e stars and a star dance, by “Polar! Ruth Shaughnessy, will be attractive features In act II school gardens are to be represented by a group of twenty farmers and firmerettes from the Wallach-Towers School. Their crop of vegetables (Gage School) will be vigorously defended from insects (Morgan son School), after which the vict ous gardeners dance for Joy & their harvest. 3 The third act, “America's Treas- ures,” tells the story of our fast- vanishing natural resources, the white man's guilt and his responsibil- ity. cene 1 shows the forest primeval by night. Trees (Ludlow and Blair schools), wildflowers (John KEaton school) and two small owls (John ') are seen in the dusk. irefligs (Peabody-Hilton c¢nter and flit among the The little owls search for of spring. Da dawns and (Natalie Norwood) appear: She beckons the birds and anim: into the wood, and at her touch wild flowers (John Eaton School) unfold. Next water nymphs (Hubbard School) appear and gdance among the trees, for streams can flow only Last come character is watersheds are forested. the Indians (John Eaton for so many centuries I midst of the forest, loving it, using it, | but never d oiling it. Scene 2 discloses the same forest scene, into which come lumbermen (Ludlow School), who chop the trees heedlessly and before whom birds and animals flee. There follow a group of campers (Ludlow School), showing_evident enjoyment of the forest, but go away leaving their camp fire burning. The fire spreads. Jut from it leap “flames” (John ton School) and the Fire Spirit As the flame: forest is left a’charred W enter a bird, a_water ny flower, a dryad and a bunn v look about dazed and frightened: then stand, a symbol of grief. Then comes “Uncle Sam.” Though at first grief stricken, he departs with a de- termined gesture. Scene ows the devastated forest to which “Uncle Sam" returns, bring- ing with him his armies of restora- tion and_preservation. The forest service (Ketcham School) chop the burned trees still standing and plant new trees. The Wild Flower Preser- vation and Audubon Societies (Ketcham School) call back the birds and flowers. Little by little the for- est is restored; and into it come the | patriots of old and young (Ketcham School), who love and enjoy it and pledge themselves to protect it. Tickets and pro- | where | BOY BADLY INJURED AS AUTO HITS CYCLE Young Woman, Run Down at 12th Street and Massachusetts Ave- nue, Treated at Emergency. Samuel Steinkuller, twelve, 2331 Park place southeast, suffered a frac- ture of the skull yesterday afternoon as a result of a collision between his bicycle and the automobile of M. R. Michael, 415 H street northeast, near Pennsylvania and Minnesota avenues southeast. The injured boy was taken to Providence Hospital, where sur- geons said his condition is critical. Samuel Clark, colored, thirty, a janitor at the Chastleton, was knock- ed down by an automobile on R street between 14th and 15th streets last night and injured. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. Identity of the driver of the automobile was not es- tablished. Frank H. Lancaster, fifty-two years. 6615 Harlan place, Takoma Park, yesterday afternoon was knocked down by an automobile at Connecticut avenue and L street and his right leg broken and his body bruised. A col- ored man driving the car falled to stop, according to thegpolice. The in- ured man was given' surgical aid at Emergency Hospital. Abraham Sures, thirty-four, 4510 Towa avenue, last night was knoecked down by a taxicab at Pennsylvania avenue and 13th_street and injured about the head. John M® Penny, 4500 15th street, driver of the taxicab, jtook the injlred man to Emergency | Hospital. / Tony Batano, twent{-five, 48 De- {catur place northeast, received a frac- ture of his right leg last night as a result of a collision between a motor truck on which he was riding and a street car near Louisiana avenue and Surgeons at Emergency 1 rendered first aid. Miss Laurena Black, Alabama apart- ments, last night was knocked down {by “an aytomobile driven by A. C. 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