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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Society Attended Pageant. 
From all points on the North Shore, 
society gathered at Gloucester Wednes- 
day to witness the presentation of Percy 
Mackaye’s medieval play** The Canter- 
bury Pilgrims,’’ in pageant form, in hon- 
or of President Taft. The President 
was not there, owing to the situation of 
the tariff legislation; but Gloucester was 
philosophic over its disappointment and 
there was no intended plan that was not 
carried out in full. 
That society was present in large num- 
bers was evident from the hundreds of 
automobiles from Magnolia, Manchester, 
Prides, Beverly Farms and all along the 
shore that filled the spacious plat reserved 
for automobiles and lined the road for 
half a mile back from the gate. 
While the President was not there, his 
family was well represented. Mrs. Taft 
remained at home on account of her 
health. Her sister, Mrs. Jewis More 
of Cincinnati, accompanied Miss Helen 
Taft and Robert and Charlie Taft. 
Those in the President’ s box were Miss 
Mabel Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Hayes Hammond, jr., Mrs. Nicholas 
Longsworth, sr., Mr. and Mrs. William 
D. Sohier, Miss K. T. Ives, Richard 
Stillwell, H. H. Stimson, Mr. and Mrs. 
S. D. Forbes, Mrs. Clinton Hyatt, Ed- 
ward Loftus and Mrs Loftus Mr. and 
Mrs. Raymond T. Royce, Miss Harriet 
M. Rice, Captain Charles Gove, com- 
mander of the practice squadron, and 
Lieutenant Commanders: Britt and John- 
son, Mrs. George Von. Meyer and 
Lieutenant Roger Williams of the Pres- 
ident’s yacht, the Sylph. 
The box was beautifully decorated 
with evergreen and large bouquets of 
American Beauty roses. In one corner 
was a monster bouquet of flowers sent to 
the President by the Women’s Alliance 
of the Unitarian Church of Gloucester 
and a large pen and ink sketch in an ele- 
gant gilt frame. The sketch was the 
gift of the Portuguese citizens of Glou- 
cester to the President and included a 
portrait of the President between Portu- 
guese and American flags, the Portuguese 
church of Gloucester, Gloucester harbor 
and a portrait of the Rev. Fr. Francis 
Viera de Bem, pastor of the church. 
The whole was beautifully executed and 
won the admiration of all who saw it. 
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After the performance the favors were 
sent to the President’s home where Pres- 
ident Taft will see them as soon as he 
arrives for the summer. 
As for the pageant, it was excellently 
carried out from start to finish. ‘The 
play is a representation of Chaucer’s 
Canterbury Pilgrims and the story centers 
about the tale told by the Wife of Bath, 
on that famous journey. Walter Dam- 
rosch had provided music specially ar- 
ranged for the occasion and the mag- 
nificent staging was the work of Eric 
Pape, the head of the Coburn profes- 
sional players, an English troupe which 
has been widely received in this country 
and has everywhere distinguished itself. 
Charles L. Safford, the musical director, 
achieved wonders in holding his big cho- 
ruses and band to pitch and time. The 
choral work was superb. One cannot 
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imagine anything finer than the singing 
of St. Thomas’ hymn by the full chorus, 
accompanied by the organ and band, and 
with the chime bells ringing in the dis- 
tance. 
nificent pageant when all the players and 
the 1800 others who took part marched 
across the mammoth stage and around 
the theatre making asplendid array which 
will not be seen again in years in this 
country. It is estimated that 20,000 saw 
the performance. 
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