The Washington critic., 1888-08-10
A JOLLY OCCASION.
The Annual Reunion Of Washington Eik'
and Their Friends

and Their Friends.
"Hurry up, everybody Last bellw Cap
tain Blake meant whistle, but II was the Elts
excursion, and the split Of the Thespian per-
meated everything, so he could not help It.
The COrcoran was crowded with Elks and
Elkesses and people who wished they were
Eiks, and u was the jolliest sort OF a crowd
that went down TO Marshall Hall last night.
The place was laylshly lit up with paper
lanterns, and when the Corcoran came in
sight two big boufres were kndled and q
Hight OF rockets set of amid chorus OF
''s-s-s-s, Boom, Aha-a-a" from the boat.
When the crowd came ashore they all went
up under the trees on tho lawn In front Of the
mansion, where seats for several hundred
were placed and waited for the show to begin.
The vergnda In front Of the house was meta
morphosed into stage, lit by n half dozen
Kerosene lamps, and there was p piano
on It. It was very clever idea, this entertain
ment under the grand old trees that never be-
fore saw anything like IL.
George Scott, with an instance Of "the plug
hat which Is straw, the straw had which Is
plug" In his hand, stepped forward, and
opened the entertainment byaslSing WIN the
talent please come forward The talent, in
cluding the orchestra, came forward aud
Chairman scott from behind the piano, which
served for wings arose and said amid dense
silence that he had prepared Il speech, and adj
ded amid uproarious applause that he was not
going to make II because IL was too late Theu
he turned TO the orchestra and asked them to
assassinato the overture, please" and they
did.
The first feature on the regular bill was Mr..
Tim. Murphy's recitation OF "The Busted
Fake for which he asked the scene man 10
give him ''roadside Hat lie was followed
by w. j. Caulheld, VINO sang tenor solo
with tears In most excellent style, and Thad.
Shine was shining success in his recitation
about ''The Mule"
Miss Florence Davies sang love song like
an angel, II angels sing love songs, and Miss
Laviua shannon did recitation that was
full of race-trnck slang and swogger in glrlsh
way that was very clever. After Mr.. Smith
showed that there is four times as much music
in mouth organ as any one ever suspected,
lerndon Morsell sang the song that reached
his heart in way that reached the audience.
X, j. Ferris recited story about the white
horse that dragged fre-engine, and was not
Il bit mad when the audience looked at his
hair and laughed.
Miss Kitty Thompson sang n pretty love
song In q sympathetic soprano, Giles Shine a
French piece and Mr.. Cannon sang baritone
solo
Chairman Scott ended the bill with "Sweet-
hearts and Wives" and responded to an ell
core with an Irish song. Then he said he had
obtained his second wind and announced that
clam chowder would be served under the
trees for twenty-five cents per chowder, and
the unfortunate Elks that had brought with
them half-dozen girls apiece shouted "Great
Scottln
Then the pretty girls--for no other kind 90
on Elk excursions-flocked to the pavilion
and danced until the boat started back.
The boat was crowded, and the Elks ex-
cursion was a grand success, financially and
socially, and the Elks' Annual Reunion Asso-
citation have right TO be proud