The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

Bang: "Happy New Year" Thai
is just the way the new year came in
to Kenosha and the little stranger was
welcomed with such a footing of
whistles, Changing of bells and shouts
OF merry people as was never known in
Kenosha before. The welcome to the
new year was noisy-mighty noisy
and this fact is true for all parts of the
city. 1t was some night of revelry
1t began early and kept going late. In
the down town districts and in the resi-
dent districts the streets were crowded
with people. They were merry people
shouting the salutation to the New
Year, blowing it on horns and singing
it IN songs. Every one seemed to be
having a good time. Very few of them
got bad. In fact, only a half dozen
of the new year jewellers managed to
reach the police station and most Of
this number were safely slowed away
sleeping soundly when the chimes of
midnight set the whistles blowing and
the bells changing.
The demand was for noise and most
people seemed to find some way to
supply the demand. Old cow bells
which had not been used since the DAYS
of the grand fathers were called into
service and the whistles at the big fac
tories heated up with the prosperity of
the closing year just literally outdid
themselves to welcome the new wear.
Some of them were tied down for ten
minutes and if there was any one in
Kenosha who slept through it all that
same person is going to have a lot of
trouble waking up when Gabriel blows
his trumpet.
There were people everywhere.
Dance halls were filed to overlooking,
seats were at premium in the moving
picture shows and the vaudeville thea
tres and in the restaurants and hotel
dining rooms tables were filled for
hours before the time came to tip the
glasses and give the Sylvester eve salu-
tation to the new year. There were
lots of people gathered at the church
services and while their greeting was
of another kind it was Just as cordial
and just as full of the spirit of the
evening as We're those exchanged in
public places down in the down town
neighborhoods. The places where liquid
cheer flowed freely were largely pat
ronized, but the jewellers respected the
law and all places where the wine and
beer-at that-fowed closed up at one
o'clock and the men in charge had the
pleasure Of starting the new year with
out black mark against them.
AFTER one O'Clock when the places
In the down town district closed up
there was a rush for the street cars
and the jitneys and the harvest Of
these drivers of these conveyances was
merry welcome to the year. In
many places traffic was congested but
all of them must have gotten home
some time early in the morning.
There were gatherings of all classes
of society in Kenosha. There were
open houses galore on New Years day.
OVlHO VI GuSlu N6Ie III Lue private
homes of people of the city and all the
clubs who catered to the celebrators of
the coming of the new year had large
crowds. The rain and fog did not in
any way throw damper over the
pleasures of the day and it was the
most universally celebrated New Years
day that Kenosha has seen in many
a year.
At the Elks, the Eagles and the Moose
clubs there were crowds during the
entire day and on New Years night
the jewellers had not given up their
sport for the dance halls were crowded
and it was made a double holiday.
The spirit of good will was very
much in evidence and the opening day
foreeasted one of the best years that
Kenosha had known in her history.