The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-06-26
COOPERS FROLIC
AT "DUNMOv|K'
Annual Picnic Is Held On
Spacious Country Estate Of
Henry S. and Robert
Cooper.
REVEL AMONG The FLOWERS
Merry Makers Ramble Over Grounds
Colorful With Phiox and I.arkspur-
Games and Eats Furnish
Ample Diversion


The CoopGs annual frolic, omitted
in 1918 ION account of the war ~, was
held on Saturday afternoon at Dun
movin, the beautiful country place of
Henry s. Cooper and his son, Robert s..
Cooper, secretary and president, respect
lively, Of the Cooper Underwear Co.
The picnickers made the trip to the
pleasure trove in private cars, fiiv-
vers or the great gray trucks provid-
cd by the MANAGERS Of the frolic.
At Dunmovin, the spacious grounds
of the estate were completely turned
over to the jewellers, who left no corner
of them unvisited. While some chose
merely to enjoy the checkered shade of
oak trees, elms, and naples, others
rambled around the tiny lake fringed
with phlox and tiger-lilies or strolled
down the velvety paths of the garden,
which was quietly brilliant with the
iris shades Of heliotrope, sweet williams,
Canterbury bells, and roses.
The peonies, which made Dunmovin
a mecca for motorists a week or more
ago, had fallen; but beyond them was
a veritable field Of larkspur, pale blue
against the mock-orange-blossom that
Lordered the peonybeds.
Ferns and fragile shrubbery growing
wild around the lake or along the
brook, made the grounds q green Para
disc for the Coopers and other casual
visitors at Dunmovin.
The organized entertainment for the
frolic included the usual picnicsports
put on little differently. Indoor
baseball was played but no score was
kept principally because the company S
adding machines had been thoughtless-
" left at the shop by Charles F. Boy
Ian and others who thought they knew
how to play baseball and that they
could certainly keep the score within
the realm of oral computation. But
men, yes and girls, who had swatted
nothing bigger than flies for two years,
were MOTTO be restrained; they pounded
the pill all over the lot and boosted the
score SO rapidly as to make it tabula-
ton. impossible under the simple pro-
cesses Of oral arithmetic.
AS always at Cooper frolics the tpie-
eating-contest was the laugh-sensation
of the day. 1t was won by the Misses
IIilda Krah and Irmgard Leinau.
Another feature of the revel was-or
is it wereg-the "eats' Anyway they
were basket lunches supplemented by
barrels Of lemonade and cartons of
brick ice-cream. The latter trimmings
were furnished by the company. The
lemonade was kept on tap for the ball
players and tugof-warriors while the
ice cream-the cutters worked just
like executioners in the French revolu-
tion-was served in quarter, third and
half bricks.
It isn't exactly known that anyone
foundered, but it is known that no one
was missed and no one refused a second
or even a third serving -mebbe 500
No little part Of the merriment of
the revel was the ride back home. The
Rocky Road to Dublin at Coney Island
OF the Scenic Railway at "saint
Looey' have nothing on the Geneva
Road and the picnickers enjoyed the
bump the bumps even if it WASH t
billed on the formal program for
the frolic.
The athletic events for the after
noon and the winners Of each follow:
Fat girls race, Mile Piehl; skinny
girls race, Helen Rogers; potato race,
Mile Piehl; watermelon contest, Ben
Turco; three-legged race, fora Nelson
and Anna Madison; egg-throWing con-
test, William Guttormson; men . race,
Herman Olausen; boys race, Edward
Hehard; understanding contest, Mar
garet Becker and Ida Marschner