Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-07-08
EXPOSITION ATTENDED BY THOUSANDS
BETWEEN FIRST AND FIFTH

( an ovation on each evening Of the
pageant. The young ladies participat-
ing III it were nattily attired in blue
| in the costume of fifty years ago, in
cluding hoop skirts, while the men
wore dress suits. Those participating
were the Misses Helen Schmidt, Mar
garet Barwig and Rose German, and
the Messrs Harold Ingraham, Jack
Burt and Adlai Peth.
The surrender of General Robert Z.
Lee to General Grant of the union
| forces was impressiyeIy depicted. The
confederate general reaches the stage
on the left and General Grant on the
right. Slowly the two approached the
center where General Lee, bent low,
admitted his defeat. l.. A. Pradt took
the part of the confederate general and
NJ w. Sweet of Gen. Grant.
An Indian Council was next pre-
sented, which was followed by the ar
rival of U. S. army officers and repre-
sentatiYes of Gov. Edwards, held Aug.
10th, 1911. The refusal of the Indians
to accept the advice of the Great White
Father in Washington and the break
ing of camp were then acted out. The
Jazz Dance, for which the participants
were especially costumed with spang-
led dresses which reflected brilliantly
| the light thrown on them, was then
given by the following:
Gretchen Paff, Evelyn Roloff, Jose
phine Coates, Margaret Kiely,' Helen
Young, Alice Bahr, Esther Fehlhaber,
Beatrice Adams, Theresa Nequette,
Margaret Graves, Helen Sturtevant,
Belinda Bischoff, Winifred Hudson,
Margaret Bells, Mildred Hudson and
Esther Oswald.
Indian Battle
To finally eliminate the history the
Indian Battle was acted. The noise was
thunderous. The history was ended
with the dance Of the allies in which
each nation of the victorious group
was represented by dancer who
marched to the center of the stage,
saluted the audience and unfurled her
| flag, then retiring to position. Finally
| Madame Chenault danced the dance OF
peace at the end of which she collected
the swords from all of the allies and
discarded them. All the dancers then
jccngregated on the platform, giving
an impressive picture of life and color,
dancing farewell and making a tri-
umphal exit from the stage.
| Among the others who participated
in the pageant are the following, not
mentioned above:
| Father Hennepin-Pat T. Stone.
Tonti-Carl Helke.
| Jean Baptiste Maillet-Dr. G. G. An
derson.
DR.. Swearinger-Ov Belanger.
| Thos. Forsythe-Dr. E L. BLY,.
| John Moffat-C. G. Hooker.
Samuel Fulton-H. S.. Wright.
Co. Commissioner-R. A. Tinker.
| John Co-H. H. Humphrey.
! Chief Gomo-Adolph Holub
Little Chief-B. Silberstein.
Black Partridge-A. H. Kiefer.
Little Turtle-W. Del Curtis.
Tecumsah-W. F. Paff.
| Prophet-Dr. |. B. Thackray.
Riders-Mrs. Geo. Silverthorn and
Mrs. P. T. Stone.
Representing the early pioneer wo-
men were Mrs. Helen Bick Daniels,
the Misses Anna Krhlman, Lydia Ul-
rich, Lydia Papkalla, Gertrude Papkal-
la, Margaret Kuntz, Margaret Doonen
Frances Friedl, Louise Helling, Mary
Mooney, Louise Guenther, Ruth
Guenther, Bernice Slattery, Annette
Merklein and Edna Grambert.
Moon Gardens
One of the features of entertainment
was the Moon Garden, where hun
dred and more tables were set about
Inear to the fountain and under the
giant pines. The garden was sur
rounded by white attractive lattice
and at one end a large rostrum was
place. The Tenth Infantry band
played constantly in the gardens save
while it was occupied during the
pageant Several singers entertained
in the gardens. w. l. LaCerte enter
tanned with selections during the af-
ternoon several of the days, always
receiving hearty applause. Hunter
and Shaw, banjOists, were well re-
ceived at all times, their string music
being most entertaining. Perhaps the
Peerless Trio was accorded as much Of
a welcome as any if applause is to bt
a Judge. They responded to many
encores. Miss Maude Karwood, solo
list has a delightful voice and her selec
tions met with favor. Miss Rutf
Harper, soloist, was another enter
tainer who appeared in the moon gar
dens. The Flying Meteors, trapeze en-
tertainers, numbering five threw {