The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-11-14
WAR OVER THEN
HOME SWEET HOME
Blujackets Show Beautiful
Sentiment at the Elks
Club Monday After
noon Celebration.
CELEBRATIONS IN HOMES
Happy Parents of Boys Overseas
Gather With Smiles and Tears to
Congratulate Each Other on
Passing Of lawful Fear

. Hurrah: Hurrah: Hurrah; The war
is over,o shouted sixty lusty lunged
Blue Jackets from Camp Logan over
at the Elks Club on Monday afternoon
and as the echo Of their hilarity died
away the band just rumbled in with
I" Home Sweet Home.' 1t was one of
the real features of the celebration Of
the ending of world war in Kenosha.
1t was the expression Of what the end
of the war meant to the soldiers. As
the band began to play the strains of
the old familiar "Be it ever so hum
ble0 there was many an eye in the
big building wet with tears. The card
games and the pool games stopped at
once, the shutting and the merry jest
was forgotten as hearts and voices
joined in that great melody "Home
Sweet Home 1t was the echo of
the real rejoicing behind it all and the
happy little incident was one that will
not soon be forgotten.
The Elks club was unusually gay
with the closing Of hostilities and all
during the afternoon and evening it was
gay with music and sports. Many tables
were reserved for dinner in the even
ing and many Of the diners came early
and stayed late. Sixty of the boys
who came up from Camp Logan to
march in the parade, were made guests
at the club during the afternoon and
they entertained the large party Of
celebrators. There was a quartette
which sang; others who played and a
list Of solo artists such as had not been
heard in Kenosha for long time.
1t was another "open house, for the
Elks and just like Sunday, hundreds of
people came to visit the club.
The social end of the coming Of the
end &c bitter war was not overlooked
in Kenosha. All over the city there
were happy little family reunions
where members of families met and
amidst smiles and tears, told each other
that some time soon now the boys were
coming home. It was not so much that
the boys were coming home as that the
surrender of the Hun had driven out
the awful fear. Mothers told each
other that there would still be casual
ties lists, but that pretty soon now the
time would come when they would not
have to fear the coming of the tele-
gram of regret from the War Depart
ment. Hundreds of dinner parties
were held in Kenosha homes on Mon
day evening. The dinner parties were
only one form Of expression. Tn many
homes people knelt in prayer and
| thanked God that the cruel war was
ended and that the anger which had fol-
lowed those near and dear to them was
at least to great part eliminated
There were merry dancingaparties in
many parts Of the city Monday even
ing. These were staged in addition Is
the informal dances which took place
on the streets Of the city. In all public
places men and women gathered to show
their great joy at the end of it all.
Tt is expected that the formal events
celebrating the end of the war will be
not held until after terms of peace are
finally signed, but it is expected thai
in many churches of the city. there will
be services of thanksgiving on next
Sunday and at the weekday meetings
held during the present week. It IS
certain that it is going to be the most
notable Thanksgiving Day in the his
tory of the nation. It is going to be q
great Thanksgiving for the termina'
ton of the war and it is expected that
| it will be observed with greater rei-
g1ous fervor than any former celebra-
ton of similar nature in the history
of the nation.