Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 167, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1912 — JEFFERSON CLUB PICNIC WAR SUCCESS. [ARTICLE]

JEFFERSON CLUB PICNIC WAR SUCCESS.

Over Forty Persons Enjoyed Evening’s Bating, Sumptuous Feast and I Informal Dance. This is a cruel, cruel world Nothing to drink but liquid— Nothing to eat but food! This is the wail of the members of The Jefferson Club who, with their young lady friends, held a picnic. Friday evening at the Nagle grove, southwest of town. Twenty some couples took advantage of the opportunity to hie themselves to the tall grass and woodlands to enjoy a few hours of simple life and to escape the clamor and din of the city. Hayladders and automobiles served as the principal means of transportation. The main event and the headline act on the program was the “feed,” which was furnished by the young ladled. They responded to their part of the occasion in an elegant manner and the feed they put out beggars all attempts at description. In fact, not long after the eating was in progress, Elmer Wilcox choked while trying to tell how well he liked it. After that he busied himself eating and could not be induced to say a word during the remainder of the evening. About 6 o’clock the “eats” were laid out on the greensward and the way the boys “laid to” was an impressive and awe-inspiring sight, one that would make the proverbial Indiana “cornfed” turn green with envy. From the first to the seventy-ninth and last course the air was filled with a wierd mixture of gurgling voices' and the licking of chops. As the shades of evening began -to fall the merry picnickers started to town. A big 38-horsepower machine containing six of the party wandered from the beaten path in the pasture and before they knew what had happened, the machine was down to the running board in the muck, mire, and water of a minature swamp. After various futile maneuyers and one or two hours’ delay, Virgil Robinson unhitched hjs team from the hayladders and towed the swamped machine to solid ground. He was the uncrowned hero of the day. The crowd arrived in town about 9 o’clock and to make a crowning success of the evening a dance was given at the armory. and was attended by most of the picnicers. At the close of the dance about 11:30 all left confirmed in their belief that the evening had been well spent.