In many cases the pageant will, of necessity, have to be rehearsed indoors. Outdoor places to rehearse in are not always obtainable, nor weather always propitious; moreover, with young people the out-of-doors has too many distractions. Armories or halls are excellent places to rehearse in; so are gymnasiums. The episodes should be rehearsed separately. Rehearsing in a small room is fatal. It gives the youthful performers a tendency to huddle, from which they seldom recover. Their motions are cramped, and they lose all sweep and freedom. There should be understudies for all the principal parts, and there must be at least one full-dress rehearsal. The ages of the young people taking part in the pageant should be from eight to eighteen. The principal parts will, of course, be intrusted to the older boys and girls where the occasion demands. John Smith, Powhatan, and others need a certain amount of height and dignity. The number of young people taking part in The Pageant of Patriotism will be determined by circumstances. From two hundred to five hundred young people may take part in it. It should be kept in mind that a Children's or Young People's pageant differs widely from a pageant given by older actors. It should have about it an atmosphere of entire simplicity. There should be no striving for effect. Naivete is to be desired rather than ornateness. Scenes filled with crowds of young players should alternate with scenes where solitary little figures appeal by their quaint remoteness, their suggestion of innocence and candor. The Pageant of Patriots is not only a pageant of country but of life's springtime, and interwoven with its episodes should be the glamor of the youth of the world. THE PAGEANT OF PATRIOTS (Indoor) THE PAGEANT OF PATRIOTS (Arrangement of Indoor Episodes) 1. PROLOGUE BY THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM 2. DRAMATIC SILHOUETTE: LORDS OF THE FOREST 3. THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN (Tableau) 4. PRINCESS POCAHONTAS 5. PRISCILLA MULLINS (Tableau) 6. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOURNEYMAN 7. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FORTUNE 8. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY 9. DRAMATIC SILHOUETTE: THE SPIRIT OF '76 10. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: RAIL-SPLITTER 11. FINAL TABLEAU 12. PROCESSION OF PLAYERS PROLOGUE _Spoken by The Spirit of Patriotism_