Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-07-08
WHOLE A CARNIVAL SCENE
WHICH HELD CROWDS
TO ATTENTION
BARBECUE FRIDAY
FOURTH is OBSERVED FOR
MOST PART AT THE
FAIR GROUNDS

Wausau and Marathon county's
Peace Jubilee, Industrial Exposition
and Homecoming, held at the fail
grounds July 1st to 5th inclusive
proved to be a big festival of frolick'
ing. People thronged to the city to at
tend the celebration, especially on the
final three days. Tuesday and We'd
nesday drew only small crowds, about
1000 being recorded Wednesday dur
ing the day, though evening attracted
several thousand.
Beautiful Pageant
The One Hundred Years history OF
the great northwest, a pageant re-
production of the principal incidents
in the history of the country, was ap'
preciated each evening by thousands
of people, the grand stand erected
along the front of the race track anC
to the east of the agricultural society
grand stand, being filled to capacity
on practically all occasions. Loca
talent was used and TO great success
The characters were we'll selected anC
played their parts with an assurance
that made the pageant a success.
A Military Dance opened the histor-
ical affair The dancers were attrac,
lively costumed and made a beautiful
appearance on the stage which was
located directly across the race track
from the grand stand. The stage was
large and was set directly in front ol
the log fort, which had been con.
structed in the background. The Mil.
itary Dance was given by Florence
Pedal, Marie Babbitt, Elizabeth Welch
Iona Murphy, Dorothy Wells, Leal
Meyer, Lenora Krohn, Marie Merk
lein, Ruth Laabs, Lipharda Gaetzmann
Harriet Lille and Ellen Ryan.
The Dance of the Seasons, next il
order, brought bevy of artistic dane
ers onto the stage representing sum
mer, spring, autumn and fall The
costumes worn were especially wei
adapted to the particular dance. Fol
lowing is a list of the dancers:
Dance Of Spring
Esther Oswald, Mildred Hudson
Meta Munger, Catherine Zietlow, Mil
dred Hayden and Regina Cawley.
Dance of Summer
Margaret Kiely, Josephine Coates
Alice Bahr, Helen Young, Gretchen
Paff and Evelyn Roloff
Dance of Autumn
Margaret Liljeqvist, Erna Friedl
Luanna Slocum, Florence Marks
Dorothy Paff and Gertrude Luebchow
Dance of Winter
Helen Sturtevant, Margaret Gross
Theresa Nequette, Margaret Bells
Winifred Ruder and Belinda Bischofl
Sword Dance
Jeanette Nequette, Cornelia Schmidt
Evelyn Gill, Myrle Gill Louise Tobey
Esther Sole, Lipharda Gaetzmanr
Harriet Lille, Esther Fehlhaber, Bea
trice Adams, Helen Anderson and Rutl
Laabs.
The arrival of Father Marquette an
Louis Joliet was ably depicted b
William j. Sengpiel and w. ]. BardeI
An Indian pow WOW preceded that act
1t attracted close attentionand brough
more than one laugh from the crowC
The pipe of peace was then smoke
and baby baptised. The part of La
Sale was taken by T. F. Reynolds
The fort was then christened in tn
name of Louis w of France, by L
Sale, Tonti, French traders, thei
wives and children. British officer
soon took over the fort in the name c
the king of England. Among the othe
things one were the pictures of tn
first marriage ceremony performed i
the northwest, the carrying on of tn
Lincoln-Douglas debate and Lincoln
famous address, Brayton E. Smith tah
ing the part of Abraham Lincoln. Th
arrival of a school teacher and the Ell
thusiastic greeting of the children wa
an interesting picture. DR.. l.. P. Wal
took the part of the school teache
The children were John Coates, Dicke
Chenault and Bill Baker, and Charlott
Pradt, Jamie Towle, Harriet Curtis
Helen Everest.
The Swanee River dance was give