One Female and One Male Figure.
This tableau represents Ike seated on the top of a pump in the front
yard of his mother's cottage, while the old lady is seen in the
background, peeping over the fence with looks of horror and
astonishment. The person who represents Ike should be of medium height
and youthful looking. Costume consists of an old military coat and
hat, large sword attached to a belt about the waist, light pants with
red stripe, and large boots. The old lady is dressed in a cheap calico
dress and white cap. The pump can be made of wood, covered with light
brown cambric, the handle painted black. A rough representation of a
house should be painted on cloth, and placed at the rear of the stage.
A few feet from the house, erect a low white slat fence, with a gate
in the centre; a wheelbarrow, shovel, hoe, broom, and water bucket are
scattered about the stage. Ike sits on the pump, and faces the
audience. His head is drawn down within the coat collar, hands placed
on his knees, and eyes rolled up into his head. Light the stage very
little, and produce discordant sounds on a melodeon in the ante-room.