The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-20
Liberty Men VIII Be Guests
of Honor at Farewell
Function Planned for
Thursday Evening.
lone WONDERFUL NIGHT"
Smokes, Eats, and Cratory viii Features
Entertainment Major Medium and
Judge Randall Will Speak-A Reg
ular Time Is Assured.

The time, the place, and the gall
no, the pal this is the recipe for
Some Wonderful Night" arranged by
the Lodge of Elks for the local Liberty
Men. The time is Thursday evening, the
place, the Elks Club Rooms. and the
pals, the members of select committee,
organized to keep the Sammies in touch
with the folks back home by means of
letters, papers, and gifts of every de-
scription. The soldiers are promised
"Eot time in the old town - before en-
smokes, eats, and speeches, all spicy
and satisfying 50 men of real diserimi-
nation in cheFoots, food, and oratory.
There will be cabaret and vaudeville,
too, and the combination win undoubt-
edly produce a patriotic sociability con-
ducive to wealth of pleasure for both
the sammies ana the pals they leave be-
bird them.
No formal invitations will be issued
for the function The Liberty Men are
merely asked to present themselves at
the Club-Rooms at 900 clock and en-
trust their future for the next three
hours to the local lodge of Elks. huff
said. This in itself guarantees them
II onlar time and world of memories to
soiasoie tAen curing weary watches IN
the fight " out there - The affair will
insugurate the send-off for the Sammies
and will probably prove to be one of its
most DELIGHTFUL features It's infor-
malitv will lend convivialitv and give
a democratic atmosphere wholly fitting
to farewell function for the soldiers of
Uncle Sam.
The program arranged for the evening
provides a varied entertainment. First,
last, and always there will be smokes,
literally interspersed with music and
oretory. The former will be presented
bv vaudevillains from the Virginian,
while the latter will be the contribution
Of Major Mellum of the Provisional Bat
talon and Judge Randall of the Munich
pal court. The advance notices of all
offerings promise patriotism and no
" sob-stuff" and guarantee the "Honor-
Men" an evening of perfect pleasure
unmarried by haunting thoughts of war
time death and danger.
Although the Elks will be the nominal
hosts at the novel occasion, the function
had its origin IL the "Soldiers Pal
Organization recently established IN
Kerosha The new movement is in
tended to "secure a pal for every sol
der, who will keep him in constant
touch with the old hometown and
thereby persua 1e him that his sacrifice
out there is appreciated by the folks
back here' Such attention, it is
thought, viii aid the government in
maintaining proper morale among the
Sammies md at the same time keep the
people at home well-informed concern
ing the boys abroad. This done the
United, States will have been more per-
fectly modified for war and more eff
fectiveIy organized for service against
the threatening danger of German des-
notism. The committee in charge of the
local association is composed of the fol-
lowing pc ms: George w. Greiner,
chairman; Walter w Hammond, secre-
tarv; w. w Vincent, G. J. Hackett and
G. H. Curtis. The organization is affili-
ated with the State Council Of Defense
ard has the officia' sanction of the ma
tional government. A campaign for
membership will be launched in Keno
sha in the near future, at which time
the natur" and purpose of the move
ment will be completely presented and
explained.
The union of such an association and
the local lodge of Elks assures the Lib
cray Men an evening of extraordinary
enjoyment. Democracy, sociability, pa
triotism-that is the promise Of the
hosts. That it will be fulfilled no one
doubts who has followed the history of
Elkdom in Kenosha Tt is a lodge that
"makes good" on all occasions and es-
pecially on those involving national
movements. Few if any of the Samnlies
will neglect this opportunity to
pick up pal back home," who will
write to him and think of him when he
is fighting for the Stars and Stripes. !