Full Tea with Bertha Palmer, January 21st at 1 PM

(Full disclosure: I am on the board of this museum as well as program chair, thus I am responsible for this event)

Full Tea with Bertha Honoré Palmer

Bertha Honoré Palmer Requests the Pleasure of Your Company
at The Highland Park Historical Society Tea Party


Highland Park Historical Society Presents
High Tea with Guest Speaker Leslie Goddard in Character as Bertha Honoré Palmer

Highland Park Community House
1919 Sheridan Road
Highland Park, Illinois

Sunday, January 21st, 2007
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Cost: $45

Reservations to:
Highland Park Historical Society
P.O. Box 56, 326 Central Avenue
Highland Park IL 60035

847-432-7090
hphistorical@sbcglobal..net



High Tea Menu

First Course
Scottish Smoked Salmon Pinwheels
Beef Tenderloin Triangles
Roast Turkey Triangles
Cucumber & Watercress Leaves
Egg Salad Rounds
Creamed Avocado & Crab Flowers
Open-Faced Ham & Asparagus Rounds
Open-Faced Roquefort & Pear Slices



Second Course
Homemade Raisin Scones w/ fresh lemon curd,
Strawberry preserves & Devonshire cream



Third Course
Homemade Rhubarb & Apple Pie w/fresh cream



Fourth Course
An assortment of Elegant Petit Fours & Pastries



Tea poured all afternoon.


Catered by High Tea with Gerri


Bertha Honoré Palmer

Chicago socialite and philanthropist Bertha Honoré Palmer, wife of millionaire real estate magnate Potter Palmer, is best remembered for her outstanding Impressionist art collection, now at the Art Institute of Chicago. But the glamorous Mrs. Palmer has her own fascinating history. As shrewd as she was stylish, Bertha helped recoup her husband’s lost fortune after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and presided over Chicago’s glittering society scene for a quarter of a century. At the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, she served as hostess to the world. The intelligent, witty, and fallible Bertha Honoré Palmer still compels our attention today.

Leslie Goddard is currently an independent scholar and educator at the Evanston Historical Society. She earned her PhD from Northwestern University in an interdisciplinary field of study that covered US history, women’s studies, and theater. An award winning scholar, Goddard also has extensive experience in public programs which includes lectures at Chicago area museums and historical societies, civic organizations, schools, and retirement homes.

We found in the Highland Park Historical Society archives a photo of women having tea at the long gone Moraine Hotel:

HI,

Several have contact me privately of their interest to attend. Please note we cannot accept more than 1-2 walk-ins. If you intend to come, then please contact me or Historical Society asap.

Regards,