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Show jSalt Lakers Win Artistic Honors 3 tf 3 .(3 jAppear in Long Island Pageant MISS GRACE C0W1E (right), New York dancer, and Hal Burrows (left), artist of New York, both formerly of j j Salt Lake, who took part in the Kosemary pageant at Hunt- j ji ington, h. I., recently, for the benefit of the Red Cross. 1 1 .1 i ; I I - j -N x Y : f . i V f . ' - , k 1 is if - ,V 1 ( v ; -N Miss Grace Cowie and Hal Burrows "Do Bit" for Red Cross. SIGNAL place in the realm of artistry has again been attained by a Salt Lake girl. This time J, 1 It is the graceful art' tliat fluds exponency, and adds to the list of Utah celebritle's a star in a new field. The girl is Miss- Grace Cowie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cowlc, a former popular favorite aJid a graduate of Rowland Row-land Hall. Taking a prominent part in " the gorgeous gor-geous Red Cross spectacle known as the Rosemary pageaJit. given at Huntington, L. I., recently. Miss Cowie linked her name close to the names of the foremost dancinc: artists of the country. It was her great opportunity, and she rose to it. Though she ha-d on several occasions previously pre-viously taken part In leading charity and society events participated in by New York society. Miss Cowie's part in the big war pageant was Uer most pretentious attempt. Jn the prologue Miss Cowie led tlie group of rhythmic dancers in the "Dance of the Invocation.' Again, as a. part of the seventh episode. Miss Cowie performed per-formed a solo dance entitled "Kxpeo-tancy." "Kxpeo-tancy." her finished artistry evoking tlie plaudits of tlie big audience. Miss Cowie" is a graduate of the ChaJllf school of Russian dancing, a graduate pupil pu-pil of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle and for the past year has been teaching and continuing her studies. Tast year she danced at Carnegie hall and at private affairs given by the Harry Payne Whit-neys Whit-neys and others of New York's leading families. ' Before taking uj) work in New York three years ago. Miss Cowie taught social dancing in Salt Lake and attended the University of Utah. She also danced in "Caliban' the pageant by Percy Mac-kaye, Mac-kaye, which was featured as an observance observ-ance ot" the Shakespeare tercentenary, a year ago. Another Salt Laker who took part In the Rosemary pageant was Hal Burrows, now of New York, artist and illustrator. Mr. Burrows was assistant director of the French episode and designed main of the costumes used. The episode was gotten up under the general direction of Ben All Haggin. millionaire New York painter. The costumes and properties in this act alone, it was estimated, were valued in the neighborhood of $500, poo. and were lent by connoisseurs and colfectors. These included sixteenth century armor, swords, banners and trappings. In some Instances said to be priceless heirlooms. The big spectacle was presented in an outdoor theater at Rosemary, the estate of Roland Conkllng at Huntington, L. I., on the nis?ht of October 5. The scenario and theme was the work of Joseph Lin-don Lin-don Smith and Thomas Wood Stevens and was heralded as America's first great war pageant. f ' 1 1 I v n i I ' x - 1 I I " 1 r c i - :- . ! :t i . k 4 x : . "I, , 4 S I s i i i V v, ' ? " I v M t ' .k- j |