The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
OUTSIDERS WILL CO. OPERATE
Plan Is Being Made to Make Coliseum
Show Most Successful Late Winter
Gathering Ever Held Under the
Auspices of Kenosha Association

The committee appointed by Presi-
dent johnson Of the Kenosha Retail
er's Association, to take charge of
the Home Exposition and 1917 Style
Show, which will be held in the Coli
scum during the week of February 18th
and 18th inclusive, are working day
and night and endeavoring in every
way to outdo> anything of this kind
ever before attempted in this city and
the hearty cooperation shown by each
and every one of their brother retail
ers, evidences success for their efforts.
The Home Exposition will combine
the several commercial shows which
have been presented in the p st yeas
and will comprise exhibits and dis
plays of the representative lines of
merchandise to be had in Kenosha.
The pure food show will occupy one
entire side of the Coliseum and will be
replete with a demonstration Of food
stuffs manufactured all over the
country, but carried in the stocks of
the Kenosha merchants. Many ma
tionally advertised products will be
exhibited in the making and care and
caution will be exercised in order to
prevent any but the very best of each
particular line from being displayed.
The Style Show will be presented on
a specially erected stage and will dis
play the very latest modes and designs
of the 1917 season in. both male and
female attire. A number of expert
living models have been secured and
will present the style promenade each
afternoon and evening during the
event. The gowns and apparel worn
by the models will be from the stocks
of the Kenosha merchants who have
displays at the exposition and will
prove conclusively that the Kenosha re-
tailers are able to satisfy the taste of
the most fastidious patrons.
The Furniture and "Home Beauti-
ful'' displays will be allotted ample
space to display the most complete line
of home furnishings ever before seen
in Kenosha and several of the local
exhibitors are sending to the manu-
facturers for specially designed articles
of the home in order to complete their
exhibits. The "Home Beautiful de-
partment will comprise everything
needed in a home from the cellar to
the garnet and special stress will be
laid on all the latest labor saving de-
vices for the housewife.
The musical instrument department
promises 70 offer something new and
novel in the way Of displaying their
wares at the exposition and will be
ably conducted by the local music
dealers Of KenosEa.
The decorations and electrical effects
of the hall viii be arranged by a
specially engaged decorator and inter
Tor designer and will be a blaze Of
light and glory throughout. Not a
speck of the Coliseum as we now know
it will be seen and the visitors will be
suddenly transported into fairyland Of
beauty and colors.
The committee in charge of the
Home Exposition and Style Show are:
Thos. Sullivan, chairman; Roy Hale,
Fred Raimen, Otto scholer, Frank
Getschman, H. Herman, Christ Neil
son, Jos. Hample, Dave Korf, H. A.
Bruner and M. J. Isermann. Secretary
Fl. G.. Maddox of the association, will
act as secretary and treasurer of the
affair and headquarters will be in the
Chamber of Commerce building.