How the Harmses Partied, Part 2

We have seen how the Harms family could party on the important occasion of a wedding. Now we get a reminder of what they could do even on a lesser occasion like a birthday celebration for Anna Harms.


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From the "Local and Personal" column of the Hobart News, Jan. 23, 1919.

What gets me is the luncheon at midnight. I have not yet reached my 59th birthday and I cannot stay awake until midnight, let alone eat "an appetizing luncheon" at that hour.

If this was anything like other Harms family gatherings, they did not just sit around talking until it was time to eat. They were a musical family, and Henry Harms, Jr. in particular was a talented violinist. Perhaps he was not in attendance — why the paper mentions his wife but not Henry Jr. himself is puzzling — but if he was, surely he brought his violin; and anyway, someone could always play the piano. And as for the others, they likely rolled up the rug and danced.