Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-12-04

The patriotic pageant, Our Stain
less Flag" was presented BY request
at the evening service in the First
7 Presbyterian church last Sunday
/ evening The pageant was success
/ fully given about two weeks ago be-
4 fore the Women's Missionary meet
I ing of the Presbyterian church at
/ which time they were asked to re-
peat it. 1t was given by the Pres
I byterian G. E. Mission Study class.
under the able direction of Mrs C. G.
| Kruger The entertainment, which
was entirely patriotic, was very we'll
| given and enjoyed by the large audi
ence Sunday evening. The pageant
opened with Columbia, Uncle Sam and
| George Washin gton entering, at which
| time our eountry's flag was displayed
with stains such as Waste, Ignorance,
Intemperance, Wrong, Prejudice and
Disloyalty. The audience joined in
the singing of the first and second
verses of America" This was fol-
lowed by talks from the characters,
who had entered on the stage, as to the
removing of the stains from our flag.
ity, knowledge, Temperance, Right
eousness and Charity, while the Dis
loyalty stain was taken off by the
soldier boy. During the rendering of
the pageant the audience also joined
in the singing of the Red, White and
Blue, America, the Beautiful" Star
Spangled Banner" and closed with all
singing the third and fourth verses of
America" Every character was very
we'll presented, both in Interpretation
and costume, and are given below:
Uncle Sam-George' Berkholder.
Columbia-Miss Isabelle Walker.
George Washin gton-CaIvin Clark
Soldier-Roy Seim.
Soldiers Mother-Miss Irma Thorne
Army ChapIain-EarI Green.
Red Cross Nurse-Miss Lillian
Young.
Flag Bearers - Miss Elizabeth
Luedtke and Lily Larson.
Frugality represented by Miss
Frieda ZietIow
Temperance represented by - Miss
Ella ZiebeII.
knowledge represented by - Miss
Leona Ziebell
Charity represented by-Miss Mar
garet ZietIow.
Righteousness represented by-Miss
Angelina Biller.
Mrs M. H. Duncan entertained at
delightful announcement party last
Friday afternoon. honoring Miss
Helen Genrich, who will become a
bride Immediately after the approach
ing holidays. The affair was a one
o'clock luncheon, and covers were ar
ranged for twenty-fOur guests. The
decorations were pink roses and white
chrysanthemums, bringing out a col
or scheme of pink and white. The
gagement of Miss Genrich and Gus
tave Martin Schram was cIeverly dis
closed in the following way. The lunch
con table had huge center piece in
which was a large basket of flowers.
From the center piece streamers had
been arranged to each guests place.
At the end of the streamers at the
place of each guest was an amusing
souvenir fortune, while at the other
end, by pulling the streamer, were two
hearts on which were the names of the
couple, also the following:
When Santa Claus work is done,
These two little hearts will beat as
one"
The center piece was also decorated
with two little doves, which, of course,
brought the interesting message to
Miss Genrich's friends. The place
cards were cupid shaped, and the de-
licious four course luncheon was
served in a style appropriate to the
occasion. During the afternoon auc-
ton and hearts were played, and priz-
es went to Miss Aurora Halder, Miss
Esther Werle and Miss Esther
Deutsch. Miss Genrich received a
pretty guest prize, The out of town
guests were Mrs. Paul Griswald of
Houston, Texas, Miss Clara Schram
of Merrill, who spent the week end
with Miss Genrich, Miss Aurora Hal
der of Green Bay, Misses Florence
Wilson and Bernice TowIe of Downer
college, Milwaukee, and Miss Made
line Komers of Lawrence college, APP
pl ton.