South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-05
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
Cooperation of Organizations
Makes Pageant Huge Success

impersonatng the original womap's
club OF South Bend. which is sup
posed 20 have visited Mishawaka up
on the occasion Of a political meet
ing. added considerably 10 the ef-
fectiveness Of this scene and drew a
round Of applause when, in their
quaint costumes. shawls and bon
nets they arrived and sang the little
ditty written for them by Mrs. +. b.
Harris;
We come TO you from the vanished
years.
When our task was 20 toll AMI scrub.
We are those rebellious pioneers
The original Woman's club
We bore our part with cheerful
heart
At wheel and loom and tub.
But we took a day 70 steal away
And enjoy the Woman's club.
Our neighbors judged with a judg-
ment harsh.
They gave US many a snub,
But we looked away to this far-off
day,
When you honor the Woman's club.
Burning OF NIishawaka.
The burning Of Mishawaka and
the rushing OF the old volunteer fire
department Of South Bend upon the
scene was undoubtedly one OF the
biggest hits OF the evening. The see
saw motion OF the big old hand
pump was so rhythmic and the vol
unteers worked so hard 10 get a
stream of water, that they had the
whole audience on it's feet pulling
for them" before the stream finally
appeared. Ike Hutchins assumed the
responsibility for this feature.
The final scenes in South Bend.
the departure of the Argonauts of
AZ. the return Of Schuyler Colfax 70
South Bend, the Standpipe-HOlley
controversy and the return Of the
boys of 81 and the address delivered
20 them by Colfax We're staged re-
spectively by the pioneers, the Stude-
baker club, and the c. A r. and the
Schuyler Rebekah's.
Meant Hard Work.
G. b. Stephenson has worked for
weeks to make the departure Of the
Argonauts all it should be He has
chung tenaciOusly to historical facts
in every detail of the little train
which passes through the village in
an ox-cart and two prairie SchOOn-
ers. one of the latter two bears
upon its canvas cover the words
The Argonauts of 49," and the
other, which, by the way. is said to
be one which actually did go west,
the words Pixies Peak or Bust, 4"
a slogan which is said TO have orig
mated in South Bend. Following in
the wake of the wagons are some
pushCarts and wheelbarrows pushed
by gold seekers who were too poor
10 travel behind a team. one wagon
load contained several dddlers, while
the occupants OF the other sing gay
Is as was the wont of travellers upon
their weary way in those difficult
days.
Mr.. Stephenson was assisted ably
I'm staging this episode. by J. Angus
tine smith. David L. GuilfOyle and
Henry Harper. Those who imper-
sonated the argOnauts and many of
whom are descendants of n who
travelled i'm the original train, are as
follows Z. Z. Stanfeld, r. T. Mil
Ter. J. H. Dunn. John Rush. John and
Charles Fritzer. Ed Baer. c. 3.
Stephenson, b. 9. Stephenson, Will
liam Swintz William Miller. +. A.
Stephenson. ID. l. GuilfOyle, Fred
and Frank Hager, George Stephen
son, stuart Elbel. Charles Vincent
Frank Ward Alonzo Mckinley. Da-
vid PiXley. +. F1agle, r. H Clemens,
Alex Staples, II. G.. Crawford, G. ).
MacGregor and DIT. c. II. Myers.
Studcbaker's Wagon.
SO true to life was the character
ization of j. VI. Studebaker. ST., and
Leighton Pine by the Studebaker
club in the Standpipe-HOIley con-
troversy that it was difficult TO be-
lieve that J. VI. Studebaker himself
had not assumed the part. This was
one OF the few scenes which had
speaking parts The argument be-
tween Studebaker and Pine over the
respective merits Of the two water
systems was staged with life-like
vigor and the auctioning OF the COW
by John Hartman-WhO did the auC-
tioning i'm the original incident-the
seyering of the tail from the animal
and the auctioning OF the tail were
quite as realistic as they were anus