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PAGET 



practising at Richmond, Va. In 



1803 be devoted himself to litera- 



ture, and during the next twenty 



yean wrote a 



large number 



of books, 



mainly stories 



and essays of 



Virginian life, 



but including 



L i v e a of 



Robert I :. Lee 



and Thomas 



Jefferson In 



W. H. Page, Ameri- 

 can diplomatist 



Elliott A Fry 



ambassador to 



Italy. He died on November 1, 

 1022. 



Page, WALTER HIKES (1855- 

 1918) American diplomatist and 

 editor. Born at Gary, North Caro- 

 lina, Aug. 15, 1855, he was edu- 

 cated at the Randolph-Mason Col- 

 lege, Virginia, and was for a time 

 at Johns Hopkins University. In 

 1890 he took control of The Forum, 

 after which he 

 edited in suc- 

 cession The At- 

 lantic Monthly 

 and The World's 

 Work. In 1899 

 he became a 

 member of the 

 publishing 

 house of 

 Doubleday, 

 Page & Co. In 

 1913 Page was 

 appointed ambassador to Great 

 Britain. Failing health compelled 

 him to resign in Aug., 1918, and he 

 died at Pinehurst, North Carolina, 

 Dec. 22, 1918. 



Pageant. Word originally mean- 

 ing the stand on which mysteries 

 and other dramatic performances 

 were given Gradually it was ex- 

 tended to the performances, and 

 has been used to describe an unusual 

 display of any kind. 



The revival of pageantry in Eng- 

 land dates from the Sherborne 

 Pageant of 1905, devised in cele- 

 bration of the 1,200th anniversary 

 of the foundation of the bishopric, 

 school, and town of Sherborne, by 

 8. Aldhelm in 705. At this the per- 

 formers numbered 900. Over 60.000 

 spectators from all parts of the 

 world paid for admission during 

 the week. Pageants followed all 

 over the country, especially at his- 

 toric places such as Winchester, 

 Warwick, Bury St. Edmunds, and 

 York. The movement spread to 

 the U.S.A., where also numerous 

 pageants were held. These 

 pageants were intended to be the 

 festival of the town in which they 

 were held, giving a living picture of 

 its history from the earliest times 

 to some recent period, in the form 

 of an historical play employing 



every artistic form of expression. 

 They were given in some historic or 

 beautiful spot, and prepared, 

 managed, and performed by the 

 townsfolk themselves, without any 

 professional assistance. No indi- 

 vidual derived any pecuniary bene- 

 fit from them, but the profits were 

 allocated by the town itself. Every 

 costume, weapon, and article used 

 was invented, designed, and made 

 by local labour from materials 

 purchased, and, if possible, manu- 

 factured in the town. Local poets 

 or authors contributed to the book ; 

 the music was composed by local 

 musicians and performed by local 

 singers and players ; the actors 

 were all local amateurs. 



Thus these pageants became 

 schools of arts and handicrafts. For 

 more than a year, in some towns 

 for two years, the people were at 

 work on the preparations. In every 

 town some remarkable work was 

 turned out, and much unsuspected 

 talent revealed. Quite exceptional 

 histrionic powers were brought to 

 light, while the compositions of the 

 various Masters of the Music were 

 in every instance most successful. 

 " Narrative Choruses " were con- 

 tributed to all the above-men- 

 tioned pageants by James Rhoades. 

 The pageant was divided into epi- 

 sodes, and each episode was acted 

 by a separate group of performers. 

 These were all massed in a great 

 final tableau, and a march past. 



The audiences were accommo- 

 dated in covered grand stands, in 

 which every seat was numbered and 

 commanded an uninterrupted view. 

 The Master of the Pageant had his 

 box on the roof, whence he person- 

 ally controlled the whole perform- 

 ance and prompted every entrance 

 and exit by means of electric signals, 

 reaching in some cases to a distance 

 of more than a quarter of a mile. 

 Not one spectator ever saw or heard 

 the Master of the Pageant. 



Louis N. Parker 



Pagenstecker, HERMANN (b. 

 1844). German oculist. Born 

 Sept. 16, 1844, he was educated at 

 Wiesbaden, 

 afterwards 

 studying medi- 

 cine at several 

 u n iversities, 

 among them 

 Edinburgh and 

 Paris. He 

 made a speci- 

 ality of the eye, 

 and, having re- 

 turned to 

 Wiesbaden, 

 became, in 

 1879, directing physician of the in- 

 stitution for the cure of the eyes 

 there. His reputation attracted 

 patients from all parts of Europe, 



H. Pagenstecker. 

 German oculist 



and he wrote books upon matter* 

 affecting the eye. 



Paget. Famous English family. 

 Itu first prominent member was 

 William Paget, an official of the 

 city of London, who lived about 

 1500. His eldest son, William Paget 

 (1506-63), served Henry VIII in 

 various ways, becoming a secretary 

 of state. He was also a high official 

 under Edward VI and Mary, and 

 having been created, in 1549, 

 Baron Paget of Beaudesert, died 

 June 9, 1563. He obtained a 

 good deal of wealth, including 

 Beaudesert, Staffs, still the seat 

 of the Pagete, and property in 

 London. 



The title passed in turn to 

 Paget's sons, Henry and Thomas, 

 and then to other descendants, 

 while younger members of the 

 family were also prominent in 

 public life. Thomas, the 3rd baron, 

 was attainted, and William, the 

 6th baron, was ambassador at 

 Vienna and Constantinople. Henry, 

 the 7th baron, was made earl of 

 Uxbridge in 1714, but this title 

 became extinct in 1769, when the 

 main line of the family failed. It 

 was restored in 1784 for Henry 

 Paget, who had inherited the 

 estates and the barony, while his 

 son Henry, the 2nd earl, was made 

 marquess of Anglesey in 1815 in 

 recognition of his services atWater- 

 loo. Many other members of the 

 family were famous either as sol- 

 diers or sailors. See Anglesey, 

 Marquess of ; consult also Memoirs 

 of the Hon. Sir C. Paget, with a 

 Short History of the Paget Family, 

 E. C. Paget, 1913. 



Paget, SIR ARTHUR HENRY Frrz- 

 ROY (b. 1851). British soldier. 

 Born March 1, 1851, he joined the 

 Scots Guards 

 in 1869. He 

 saw service in 

 the Ashanti 

 War, 1873, 

 Sudan, 1885, 

 Burma, 1887- 

 88, and was in 

 command o f 

 an infantry 

 brigade in the 

 S.African War. 

 Commander of 

 the 1st division 1st Army Corps, 

 1902-6, and the Eastern Command, 

 1908-11, he was commander- in - 

 chief in Ireland, 1911-17, during 

 which period he had to deal with 

 the critical situation created by 

 the Home Rule bill. Knighted in 

 1907, he was created G.C.B. and 

 became full general in 1913. 



Paget, SIR ADOOSTUS BERKELEY 

 (1823-96). British diplomat Born 

 April 16, 1823, he was a grand- 

 son of the 1st earl of Uxbridge. 

 In 1840 he entered the civil service, 



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Sir A. H. Facet. 

 British soldier 



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