The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-30

Three hundred dollars $300--was
added to the Silver Lake Red Cross
Fund as a result of the festival held in
Dalton $ hall on Tuesday evening. The
popular dancing floor had been trans
formed for the occasion into a "gay
white way" of varied attractions and
furnished an enhancing midway"
for the crowds that thronged the car
nivaI and patronized it's offerings.
Booths emblazoned with insignia and
little girls in Red Cross costumes were
everywhere in evidence to proclaim the
patriotic purpose of the fete and to
arouse the jewellers to new sense of
duty to country and humanity.
A vaudeville program of operatic
standards featured the evenings mer
riment. The headliners on the bill
were Dr. and Mrs. Em-Slatre Wilson, of
the Kenosha Grand Conservatory of
Music. With mastery that bespoke
real artists they captivated their audi
ence with their instrumental solos and
dramatic readings. Especially well re-
ceived were DIR. Wilson IS rendition of
his own composition "Rhapsody in E
Flat, " and Mrs. Wilson 5 Interpretation
of "Mrs. Moneymade," selection
which gives her an excellent opportun
ity to display her ability and versatil
itv as an elocutionist of bottle feeling
and power. DIR. and Mrs. Wilson were
ably supported on the program by FL
la Fleck Katherine Mathews, DR..
Becker, Ed Meyers, Florence Mathews,
Alma Alpers, Clarence Haake, Marga-
ret Schmalfeldt and Valeta Hanneman,
in a grand succession of violin, vocal
and saxophone features. The bill clos
cd with patriotic drill in which more
than twenty Silver Lake boys and girls
participated
Following the evenings program the
various booths in the rear Of the house
were thrown open for business. Fish
ponds, paddle wheels, shooting CALLER
les, and fortune tellers tents We'd with
cake and candy vendors for the hon
ors Of the evening. lee cream and lem
onade stands were also much in evil
1cnce and separated the crowd from no
end Of nickels, dimes and dollars for
The Red Cross fund. The cake market
was very popular. White cakes, dark
lakes, angel foods, DEVILS foods, jelly
roll and even Red Cross cakes were the
prizes in a lottery that fairly coined
money for the local association.
The spirit of the crowd was note
worthy. In perfect sympathy with the
movement represented by the fete the
jewellers patronized every booth with
democratic sociability and patriotic
charity. There WASH IT eight wad"
in the crowd. Men and women, boys
and girls, simply oozed jitneys, dimes
and quarters and contributed them with
a prodigalty that gave evidence of
humanitarian loyalty. Every booth
made money and lots of money, all of
which will go Immediately for the pur-
chase of gauze and yarn for the Silver
Lake auxiliary. The carnival was pro-
ductive of friends as well as funds.
People who before had been skeptical
of the Red Cross cause caught the en-
thusiasm of the evening and went away
boosters for the local association and
for the national organization now trying
to save the lives of the Sammies at the
front.
The success of the fete of Tuesday
evening was largely due to the efficien-
ev of the Silver Lake officials. Con-
vinced of the need for their work they
approached the function with a SINGER
itv and vim that would not be denied.
AS a consequence they staged the most
ENJOYABLE affair of the kind ever at
tempted at the summer resort and con-
WINGED the people of their community
that the Red Cross branch was to be a
real force in the life of Silver Lake
The officers who accomplished this graf
flying result and secured more than
three hundred dollars for the relief fund
arc: Chairman, Miss Florence Mathews;
vice chairman, r. t. Button; secretary,
Mrs. Joseph Dalton, and treasurer, W.
& ssAlseht.