June 7, 1925

The Little Clay Cart, the first spring show to go from pantomime to dialog, was:

". . . a colorful Hindu drama of real artistic merit ascribed to King Sudrake about 400 A.D. The cast was composed entirely of Mountaineer women. This was so well done that the Tacoma Federation of Women's Clubs requested Mrs. Sandall to put it on over there. But the actors were too badly scattered to reproduce it." (Elizabeth Kirkwood, The Mountaineers, 1930)

Very little is known about this production. No one has been able to find a program or even a picture of this. However, it was very popular in the 1920's to put on this play based upon the  ancient Hindu story Mṛcchakatika, probably written in the 5th century CE.

It was determined this year that the current method of going from area to area of the grounds needed to be changed. There were just too many people. Florence McComb wrote a small article in the Mountaineers magazine at the end of 1925 referring to the problems caused by too much popularity.

Unfortunately little is known about the play with no programs or pictures surviving.

It was during this year that  J.B. Flett, a well-known botanist, professor, and photographer built a cabin on the property and became the official caretaker of the property. For more info, see the Flett Cabin page.