The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-29
FLAGS FLY AND ALL is JOY
Children to the Number Of 500 Accept
Invitation - Salvation Army Ar
ranged the Fete With the
Clubs Assistance.

Happy dreams and pleasant memories
of joyous day past were the bed tel-
lows of many mite of KenOsha bu-
manity Tuesday night when he laid him
down to sleep.
For had he not been one of the 500
and more who had gone on never-'to-
be-forgotten automobile ride, with flags
flying and wheels whirring, ending with
merry party in the Salvation Army
headquarters on Market street where
ice cream cones and cracker-jack flowed
like water and cookies were common
property of all the GUESTS
Tuesday was the day of the great
automobile party at which the Kenosha
Automobile Club and the Salvation
Army were joint entertainers and 500
youngsters, from two -year-olds accom-
panied by their mothers up to great,
big, grown up boys and girls of twelve
and thirteen were guests.
The hour for the party to begin was
1880 and the place appointed was the
City Hail. And never were guests more
punctual. They were ante-punctual, in
fact, many arriving as early as 1890
and standing happily and patiently in
the sunshine on the windward side Of
The City Hall, waiting till the joy
chariots, manned by members of the
Automobile Club, should arrive.
Along about 1:15 the cars began
coming and about the same time Adju-
tant johnson and Captain Flynn of the
Salvation Army, each with bundles Of
small flags, appeared. They began dis
tributing these to all of the children
and by 1880 when the full 500 had
assembled, the corner looked like vast
flower garden liz which flags and happy
young faces were the blossoms.
Then came the exciting ordeal Of be-
ing tucked away into luxurious big cars
with pleasant men and women saying
good natured things and patting one on
the bead and consulting one as to what
direction he would like to so and what
he longed most to see in Kenosha, and
the Importance of being able to direct
the good hundred driver to the lake,
the public library, the Country Club,
the hospital, the big factory where
father works or any of the other places
that one hears about but never expects
really to see.
And when they were all in the cars
but two lads, one little black eyed
youngster with cleaning white teeth,
Roy K. Dorr and Harry Skinkle who
were doing much of the assigning of
places discovered that these two kid
dies had no tickets, but that difficulty
was quickly arranged and they received
flags instead and followed the others
into big machine, decorated with flags
fore and aft, like most of the cars in
the parade.
Then Admiral Peter Rhode whose big
blue car was the flag car Of the fleet
Of ninety, seeing that all guests were
taken care Of and not one youngster
who wanted to ride remaining, climbed
into his car, which had Capt. Flynn on
the back seat with little one on her
knees, and dozen more kiddies packed
in it and instead of firing gun as
signal for the fleet to be on It's way, he
honked Ills horn, turned the nose of the
big car eastward and slowly started
away, followed by car after car with
its freight of gay little men and women.
After making the rounds of the down
town district and riding up Durkee
avenue the procession broke its original
formation and the cars started off one
by one as the inclination of the little
passengers dictated.
1t was a long happy ride in the
bright sunshine, and the party which
followed was the happy ending of an
ideal day.