The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-02-25
ANCESTORS PRAISED.
BANQUET OF DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
AND THE SONS TAKE PART
A Patriotic Meeting of the Daughters and
Sons of the American Revolution
A Banquet at o. M. Pettit's
Beautiful Home.


A Banquet at o. NJ Pettit's
Beautiful Home.
The most successful function of any
society which has been given in this
city, was the celebration of Washing
toms birthday by the Xenosha chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
in which they were assisted by
the Kenosha members of the Wis
consin society Sons of the Am
erican Revolution. The cele-
bration took the form of what was
called by the committee a " colonial
tea" but was really banquet. Mrs.
O. NJ. Petit, one of the Daughters,
kindly offered the use of her house for
the purpose of keeping the day. and
fifty guests took advantage Of her offer.
At about o'clock the Regent of the
Kenosha chapter, Mrs. j. Ell. Kimball,
escorted by W. w. Strong, the presi-
dent of the Wisconsin society, led the
march to the large dining room where
three long tables were arranged in the
form of an E without the middle bar.
At the speakers table were seated Mr..
Strong, who acted as POSTMASTER, Mrs.
Kimball, the regent of Kenosha, Miss
Gill, Mrs. E. C. Theirs, Mrs. E. L.
Grant, Frank Slosson. C. C. Brown and
James Cavanagh. The decoration of
the table were red, white and blue,
while the national colors were freely
used in draping the walls The favors
of the supper were small silk flags,
while the menu cards form beautiful
souvenir of the affair. These consisted
of folder on the cover of which APP
peared a beautiful national flag in
colors, together with copy of Gilbert
Stuart's portrait of Washington.
Within this cover was the menu as
follows:
Oyster Patties Cambridge
Sailed Almonds Olive.
Fillet OF Beef with Mushrooms Yorktown.
Dreamed Potatoes
Tomato Salad--West Point.
Waters
Ice Cream Valley Forge
Cakes.
Coffee. BOnbOnS.
On the opposite page was the pro-
gram with the list of tOasts.
PROGRAMME.
America
George Washington--Firs in the Hearts OF his
COuntrynlen.
Charles Curtis Brown.
George Washington-From the Point of View
of an English Woman.
Miss E. A. Gill.
The Kenosha Chapter Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution.
Mrs Julius Henry Kimball.
The Sons of the American Revolution.
Frank Slosson.
The Half Brothers.
James Cavanagh.
The Half-Sisters
Mrs Edward CaprOn Theirs.
| "Libertas ct Patria.''
In introducing the program Mr..
Strong said:
want first to express the hearty
thanks of the two societies to Mrs.
Petit for opening her home and taking
upon herself the trying duty of enter
tanning this large family of sons and
daughters, with their wives and hus-
bands. ] am sure that we all appreciate
it and will show our appreciation by
not destroying the furniture.
Believing that you will follow my
advice in this matter | bid you a most
cordial welcome to this joint celebration
of the two societies. | feel that we
should pay more attention to the social
possibilities of our organizations, and
as this affair promises to be such a
social success | would suggest that we
come together as often as we can find
an appropriate event to celebrate. We
might meet on each anniversary Of
Washington's birthday, on April 10 to
remember Lexington and Concord, on
June IL to celebrate our victory in de-
feat at Bunker Hill, and on October 10
to commemorate the surrender of Lord
CORVALLIS. All of these occasions
may be made to increase the growth of
our societies, and will prove interesting
and profitable to all of us. They will
be of benefit in adding to our knowledge
of those times that tried mems souls,
and will without doubt enlarge our
love for our country. There is doubt
less a satisfaction in knowing that we
had an ancestor who fought on the
right side in the American Revolution,
and in being entitled to wear the blue
and white button of the society, but
this should not be the end of it all.
Our societies have their duties and we
as members have our obligations. 1t
is not too late to teach the lessons of
that war. We must not feel that be-
cause our ancestor assisted in establish
ing the independence of the nation,
that our obligations are discharged in