The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 29, 1902, Page 13

THE SUNDAY CALL. - 18 A X ==, ’,’-/—-' == R @%@ 4 o) orate, to be sure. If it had been spec as ly designed and staged by a master mind in the art of playwriting it could not have teemed with greater dramatic scenes and incidents. Indeed, in a war so ful of bravery and endurance, of self-sacri- fice and grim determination, of indivi ual exploit and military craft, of 7y turesque splendor and quick cha : fortunes, the wonder is that the mas- ter minds in the art of playwriting have done so little with these ready-made he- rofcs. On these pages, therefore, the whole history of the American Revolution s told photographically, from the begin- ning to the end in a series of poses which show the mort important events in the great eight years war. They are all the more interesting cause they are posed by men and v men accustomed to dramatie represent tion and costumed correctly according to the best records of the history of the time. Those pictures in which the men alone appear were posed by Messrs Formes, Fogarty, Braldwood, Joyce and Guise, all members of the Tivoll Opera Compeny. The other two pictures were posed by Messrs. Leff, Sharp and Huu- ton and the Misses Cook and Davis of the Central Theater. To costume them completely and cor- rectly Goldstein & Co. gave their whole staff up to the task of selecting and it- ting_the suits, while Goldstein & Cohen furriished the wigs. The first great scene of the war was th attack of-the “minute men” of Concord who gave the British such a terrible drub bing in the running fight that followed the redcoats’ efforts to escape. To com- memorate this event an Impressive stat- ue stands on_the very spot where the fight began. It is accurately reproduced in the large picture on the precediay page, posed by Mr. Joyce. The next important events occurred when Washington assumed command of the army and the Declaration of Inde- pendeuce was read to the troops. 'Che men in these two pictures are Messr Formes, Fogarty, Braidwood. Joyee and Guise. After_this came one of the most stri ing and picturesque scenes in ail the long conflict, when Washington and his stauf met at the house of Betty Ross and ap proved the beautiful flag she had made as the standard of the new nation—the mos beautiful flag in all the world. This pic- ture was posed by Miss Dorothy Dav.: as Betty, C. M. Hinton as Washingtun and Philip Leff and Frederick Sharp as his staff officers. Following this came the dark days be- fore Monmouth and nothing could be more dramatically lmpressive than the council which took place on the night be- fore the battle, between Washington, Lafayette, Knox, Greene and Wayvne Wwho are represented in the photograp. by Messrs. Guise, Braidwood, Formes Joyce and Fogarty. Nor is thefe anything more thr in all that long struggle than Pitcher's herolsm at that same batt Monmouth, when she loaded the canm with her own hands after her husba had been killed. The historical pictu of this event is reproduced by M Hinton, Sharp an Hinton, and ) Minnie' Cook as Molly Pitcher. Conspicuous in all history among who gave up their lives for their coun- try was Nathan Hale, the Americ.. sy who was executed by the Briu and to whom a monument has be erected. It is posed in the lar uge on this gage by Mr. Braidwood. One of the drearfest perfods of Wik Valley 5 where the Continental soldiers suffered such hardships, te all Washington's best efforts t. cheer them, that the Colonlal Congress nt_an investigat! committee, headed E% Benjami !;-.nl:fin. to look into th N BUREG 7 .f‘,{};\rpfk TNG & GEN GARATES tion of the camp. ut there was good cheer in store the Americans _when General stopped General Burgoyne in his enade through the colonies,” which the ritish commander had undertaken <o untily, and forced him to surrender. And though the later decisive victory at Yorktown, which ended the war,. brough: universal gladness, there was the keen est excitement of all when word wus< gnud along the Hme that Washington ad narrowly escaped being killed by a eapnon ball. But of all of this series none show: the great fidelity of the American off cers to their commander and the path.: amid so much that was dramatic as t: roduction of the famous scene whe ‘ashington bids farewell to his gener- als, shown herewith. It was posed by Messrs. Formes, Guise, Braidwood anl RS enthusiastic R e — - es less dignified parent will be celebrating anew the s of the American war of inde- Fogarty. nce with - e nce crashing bomb and soar- And yet, this is only a small part of glory t the American nation wil. days. PVASHING TOIN BID= DING FmAREWZLL TQ 7S . GENERALS = == ng skyrocket. over again in a few 4nd what & revolution it was to csle- Y] I Boom!! AhIl!