Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-22 | Page 20 | Y. W. C. A. Planning Pageant will Present "Blue Crusaders"

Y. W. C. A. Planning Pageant Will Present "Blue Crusaders" j I VISS SUE ANN WILSON, pageant director of the national board of BUL the Y. W. C. A., who is author of "The Vision of the Blue Cru- I siders," which will be staged in Salt Lake during the Christmas holidays. " ' 'UjJ. " . ' if 'ill- 15 Jt .:. . ' jk. - Entertainment to Celebrate Dedication of New Building. AS a direct result of community work ffone by tb Young Women's Wo-men's Christian association dur-inc dur-inc the war. this organization has decided to broaden its field so that in future it will stand for universal social BSrvles for all women, rich and poor. With this purpose in view the association's aim' is to Include community commu-nity amusements of all kinds, in fact, anything that will tend to draw all classes of women into closer cooperation coopera-tion and companionship and bring them j in touch with the constructive and j Iw.tutiful things of life. "The Vision of the Blue Crusaders"' is descriptive of reconstruction work j ami has been tried in different cities ! as an experiment to demonstrate its I efficiency as a power to raise the standards the drama and enlist the j interest of all women who desire a ' means of expression through art. In j Marietta, (.in., it was launched as a I county enterprise and sriven oui-of-I doors. U met with immediate respouse land enthusiasm. It was also given in I Wheeling, W, Va.; Grand Rapids. ; Mich., and in Dubuque, Iowa, where a i community dramatic council was or-; or-; ganiicd as a result. Invitation Extended. In Salt I.ato- it is to be a purely .is,,, iatinu enterprise, with the Y. V. C A. groups, as a nucleus to draw I from for the various kinds of artists and artisans necessary for the production produc-tion of ihe pageant, although all wo men and children who desire to take part arc invited' to do so. It is expected this performance will VUGCeBftfoUy demonstrate the uses of pageantry and insure its future adoption adop-tion as an Important factor in social 1 amusement work in this yifrv. Miss Sue Ann Wilson, pageant director of the national board of the Young Women's Wo-men's Christian association, eels that Salt l,nke has made more progress along tU'se lines Ihan some other cities she lias visited, because of tho Little 'Theater movement, which lias already been taken up, and of the orgmma tion of other entertainment work in tho cite. She emphasizes tho importance import-ance of the "pageant set up, " the different dif-ferent branches of preliminary work of production, as one of the most import Bill factors 111 bringing people together iin,l promoting i 1 1 rest , for it is true Hint whatever t.ileul or work is contributed con-tributed by the individual to n common nnderlakiiig is bound to result not only in gain for that person but in assured !tctcl in "Our Mrs. McVhcsncv. " iu which Ktliel Harrymore starred; w-s wit H (tis Skinner company in "Mr. Antonio. " nn.l also in " Lightuing. ' ' the play which is having such run in Now York. When the armistice was siuv-il she had completed a course in physiotherapy at Columbia university univer-sity in preparation for work in Franco. Some time during the Christmas hoi idnvs "The Vision of the Blue Cru sudors" will be staffed to celebrate the detlieation of tho new V. W, C. A. bulldinft, and pifjoadJait the perform ance there nviII tie a poster contest. The following committee will have charge and will net as judges in awarding the success lor t no project. Dffctor Is Author. Miss Wilson Bhyly admitted the au thorship of "The Vision of Ihe Blue Crusaders" and is well fitted-for her position as paooalil director tis she was associated with Granville Barker In tho production of Creek play and has prises: Miss t'hinla Olson, scino art ist for the Varsity i'layers: Miss Myra Sawyer, chairman of lite art committee commit-tee of the Utah Federal ion of Women's clubs; Mrs. C. 11. Ulanehard. author tint! art critic; J, I.eo Fairbanks, supervisor su-pervisor of art in the city schools; lack Soars, cartoonist: A- H. lewia. cartoonist, and Stringhatti Stevens.