If a painted forest scene cannot be had, tree branches fastened to green screens placed right, left, and background can be made to do for the outdoor setting. The screens can be covered with forest-green burlap or cheesecloth. Real pine trees, in stands covered with green to imitate bank of moss, are very effective. For a log to be used as a seat, two vinegar barrels fastened together, covered with bark-brown burlap splashed with green paint for moss and white for lichen. Red electric light bulbs half hidden under fagots for the outdoor fire effect. The procession at the end can cross the stage, or march through the assembly-room or hall in which the pageant is given. An armory or large gymnasium is an ideal place in which to give the indoor arrangement of the pageant if the stage of a small auditorium or theater is not procurable. Many of the directions for the producing of the outdoor pageant can be applied to the indoor one, and, therefore, those who direct the indoor arrangement of the pageant are referred to the outdoor arrangement. The directions for the final tableau, the march, and the costume of The Spirit of Patriotism will be found there. Throughout the pageant, its entire acts and marches, patriotic airs should be played as much as possible. THE HAWTHORNE PAGEANT THE HAWTHORNE PAGEANT 1. CHORUS OF SPIRITS OF THE OLD MANSE 2. PROLOGUE BY THE MUSE OF HAWTHORNE 3. FIRST EPISODE (In Witchcraft Days) 4. DANCE INTERLUDE 5. SECOND EPISODE (Merrymount) 6. PROCESSION OF PLAYER FOLK CHORUS OF SPIRITS OF THE OLD MANSE From the dim world of dreams Fraught with shadows and gleams We entreat you and beckon and call. Heed and harken you well, Lend your hearts to our spell, Let the soul of the Past hold you thrall. Radiant, mystical, free Unseen spirits were we As we guarded the Manse long ago; Moving soft through each room In the twilight's gray gloom While the fire on the hearth flickered low. Hope and joy--these we brought; Peace and fair dreams we wrought For the Manse whose bright hearth was our goal. Oh, then harken you well! Lend your hearts to our spell, Let the tide of the years backward roll. PROLOGUE (_Spoken by the Muse of Hawthorne_)