The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-01-04
DANCED THE GERMAN !.
KenOsha SOcietyFinds Brilliant Open
ing of the New Year at the Home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Allen.
MANY PLEASANT EVENTS

Milton Petit Enterta1ns at Stag Dinner
Miss Bessie Hurd Gives an Informal Re-
ception-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dickhaut
Entertain at Dinner-Mask Ball Season
Opened at Park City Hall-Many other
Events Mark the Opening of the Year.
The new year was properly inaugur-
ated by society in Kenosha and in all
parts of the city Monday afternoon
and evening high carnival reigned
supreme. The most pretentious enter
tainment of the day and evening was
the German given by the dancing club
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Allen on Park Place.
In honor of the event the house was
beautifully decorated. In accordance
with the holiday season the dining
room was resp1endent in decorations
of holly and mist1etoe among which
was mingled beautiful roses and carna-
tons giving the room a beautiful
appearance. The dancing hail was
also decorated in the prevailing co1ors
of red and green.
Kenosha society was we'll represent
ed at the party and it can well be said
that the dance was the event of the
season. Many out of town guests were
in attendance and made the party even
more pleasant by their presence. The
early part of the evening was given to
general dancing and at eleven O'Clock
Mr.. Mathews, of Chicago, formed the
company for the German. About sixty
couples took part in the naneuvers as
led by Mr.. Mathews. AT midnight the
guests retired to the dining room where
refreshments were served. The favors
of the German which were prepared
by the ladies of the club were exceed
ing1y beautiful and expensive.
A Jolly stag Dinner.
One of the jolly events of the day
was a stag dinner given at SIX O'Clock
in the evening by Milton Petit IN
honor of number of college friends.
The party was planned by Mrs. Petit
who acted as hostess. Dinner was
served in the dining room, the tables
being deliberately decorated in pink
Covers were laid for eleven. After
dinner the young men spent pleas
ant hour in social conversation and
college fun.
Those present were W. D. Eaton,
Chester Allen, Chester Barnes, Arthur
Fisher, Peter Fisher, Jr., Tom Graves,
w. Lyte11, Fred Petit, Clarence Taylor
H. Of Sna Crn
New Years Reception.
Misses Bessie Hurd, Caroline Lance,
Harriet Cole, Edith Brown and Mary
Draper added to the pleasure of the day
by giving a delightful New Years re-
ception at the home Of Miss Hurd dur
ING the afternoon. The reception was
was given in honor of Misses Florence
Neff and Elizabeth Simmons, who as
sisted in receiving. Many guests
called to pay the respects of the year.
Delightful and dainty refreshments OF
tea and cake were served in the dining
room, the tables being decorated in
red. The house was profusely decorat-
ed for the occasion, American Beauties
and carnations forming the principal
feature.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred D1ckhaut Entertain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dickhaut threw
open their pretty little home yesterday
afternoon and evening for a pleasant
dinner party. About fifty guests were
in attendance. Dinner was served at
/ O'Clock, the tables being respondent
in their decorations of roses and sr1i-
lax In the afternoon the time was
spent in a pleasant social manner,
part of the guests INDUCING in jolly
game of progressive euchre. The
prizes were won by Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.
Stenm.
Another Dinner Party.
Mrs. N. A. Rowe and Miss Anna
Kimbau entertained about twenty
friends at New Years supper at their
home on Prairie avenue. The supper
proved to be very pleasant social
event. The decorations of the dining
- all the