The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-23
.'ONE WONDERFUL DAY |"
Merrymakers Spend Gala Afternoon in
Rambling Walks and Varied Sports
Refreshments are Feature-Host
Gives Flowers for Souvenirs.

Strolling in French gardens heavy
with the fragrance o1 heliotrope and
mignonette, or romping in the "check
cred shadeu of velvet lawns, the
Coopers held a gala picnic at Dun
movin" on Saturday afternoon. Men
and women, boys and girls, throwing
staid formality to the four winds, raced
and danced, laughed and sang, until
tired bodies dropped with WEAKNESS
and strained voices cracked with
hoarseness and fatigue. There Were no
slackers either. Six hundred people
had come to spend holiday in UNI
broken pleasure and they did it, too,
with all the thoroughness and happi-
ness so typical Of Coopers. In the
fairy glamor of it the golden hours
flew by on winged feet and brought
the closing evening all too soon for
many of the merry makers.
Taken to the pleasure-place in motor
trucks, the jewellers spent the early
hours of the afternoon in a grand tour
OF Dunmovin. In twos, threes,
tours, or whole platoons they invaded
the dahlia-lined paths Of the garden or
threaded their way among the cedar
and magnolia trees. Some camped
temporarily upon the rim Of the tiny
lake and watched the humming birds
and moths among the asters and YER
benias Others chose the cool shade
Of widely branching oaks and naples
and spent little hour in quiet medi-
tation. Rambling to e'ery corner of
the broad estate, everyone was happy
in the dreamy fairyland of flowers
thrown open for their pleasure.
In mid-afternoon the carnival of
sports began. The list of events tells
its own story It includes three
legged race, sack race, potato race, egg
race-they were fifty cents a dozen too
skinny girls race, fat girls race,
pie eating contest, watermelon eating
contest, medicine ball put for girls,
medicine ball put for boys, tug of war
between boys aud girls, girls fifty yard
dash, men s race, married women s race
and nail driving contest. They were
all "pulled " too, and with vim and
verve that made them riotously funny
Especially comical twas the pie eating
contest. Blackberry and BURBERRY pie
had been provided for the competition
and furnished a novel rouge for the
faces Of the young competitors. The
watermelon event also proved head
liner. Staged with slabs Of mammoth
proportions, it provided a round of
pleasure for spectators and a square
meal for participants.
AT six o'clock dinner was served
from lunch boxes and baskets of every
conceivable shape and size. Seated in
little groups upon the "dry smooth
shaven green that's what Mil
ton would call 1.-THE picknickers de-
voured hundreds of sandwiches and
whole quarts Of salad. There was
dessert too. AS at the ancient feast in
Cana of Gallilee, the best was saved
for the last" At a refreshment stand
erected in the heart of Dunmovino
unlimited slabs of brick ice cream and
unmeasured quantities of lemonade
were served to the thirsty jewellers
who applied one by one for a "frst
helping" or "more of the same.'
The supply seemed miraculous. No one
was refused and no one was sighted
until all of the merry makers had eat
en- enough ice cream and drunk enough
lemonade to fulfill boys dream
of heaven or stock confectionery
for six weeks.
When evening rang down a curtain
OF darkness upon the merriment of the
day, the tired but happy pickickers
were taken back to the city, but not
before fragrant souvenirs had been
distributed to all the girls and women.
Henry s. Cooper, the wizard of
Dunmovin had provided two humid
red bouquets of white and purple as
ters and these were given to the re-
vellers Of the fairer sex as they mount.
ed the motor cars. Of course there
were the usual smiles and words of
congratulaticn after which the GREAT
trucks moved slowly down the shaded
roads and left the great estate deserted
well not entirely so. The happy
managers remained to shake hands
with themselves and compliment each
other on the dream SUCCESS of tbe
Cooper classic.