The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-20
THEY HAD A JOLLY TINE
THE "BEST PEOPLE on EARTH 4"
WERE ENTERTAINED.
Sir. Thomas G. Lcath rendered His Broth
rem Social Session, and Merriment,
Joyousness and wit Bubbicd Forth.

singing. Aud Lang Syne" at midnight,
and you have a fair idea OF the ending Of
a social session Of the Elks.
one OF these unique and most pleasant
occasions took place last Friday evening
az Morgenstern's. on Broad, near Fourth
street. In rear Of the restaurant the
best people on earth" met as the guests
Of Mr. Thomas G. Leath. and for three
hours Wit, merriment and the best of
good feeling dubbed forth like an I'M
corked Apollnaris bottle.
Mr.. Loath besides looking after matinee
tickets and bin boards. is rampant Elk
end cnthused by recent political sue
Cesses and with an ardent uesre 10 90
right invited his brothers 90 the spread
Now the supper was IN Il room that
was UNIQUE. There is no wall papering or
decorations of that kind. but the walls,
ceiling and AN available spots have been
covered bv autographs OF theatrical
MI N[-ain,sri-ht in "a Twelfth Night"
-, ,.,bolisbes the wall side by side
c.ih louis Morrison in Pearl OF
81. " boar and lamentcd Kate Cas-
-. Go ,ext 90 n scene from alone in
80, while on the ceiling, Lost in
Nv York" gets iumbed up with the
"Counf,. Fair" and Bunch Of Keys
s. required before "Evangelne' Is able
10 have "A Breezy Time
Lots o. labor has been expended upon
tno room. and 10 never failed 20 attract
universal admiration from the theatrical
clientele.
There was a meeting o. the Elks before
the supper at their club-rooms, conse-
oueuUy il was nearly l0 o'clock before
tlov came into the dining hall.
After The most fraternal greeting every
hodv took seats. and Mr.. John r. Brady.
OF Portsmouth. was selected as dictator
of the session.
n As not until after the battle Of knives
and forks descended into the irregularity
OF "a skrmish fire that the fun begins.
Thus to explain the following notes I
will state that ,ho dictator. Mr.. Brady,
had absolute power I'm the premises.
and had the assistance Of two able-bodied
men 10 bring alleged "cuprits' 10
Justice.
Imagine Brady TO be a jolly-lookins
Irishman. with a frank, open face, sit
ting at the head Of a table. perhaps
twenty feet long. Imagine fifty men seat
ed about the room smoking and slipping
beer. Imagine an orchestra in the cor
uer. Imagine wen-known business men
acting as walters. and two two-hundred-
pound citizens with drawn swords that
must have done service in the Revolution
standing on either side Of Brady. lmag-
ine all this and you have clear. lucid
and succinct idea Of how the tout eE-
semble would have struck you.
The fun began.
The Dictator: brothers. we will first
be favored By the orchestra rendering
few choice notes Let the beer commit
tee quietly circulate and before com
mencing Professor Stein is fined 20 cents
for wearing a diamond
Orchestra plays a lively. hurrah sort
Of a tune. giving the trombone and cor
net fun opportunities.
During the time my guide explains
that an fines collected pay the expenses
OF the social session, and that the die
tator has fun power to fine any and
every member as often as he chooses.
Orchestra stops playing and Mr.. Pres
ton Belvin is fined 20 cents for laughing
at one of Harry Smiths jokes Monty
Walker whom we all know and sympa-
thi2e with. is next called upon and
gracefully hobbies TO the piano. Profess
sor TAIIow plays the accompaniment and
Monty renders i'm an excellent man
ner "The Bridge" It's that song about
several types OF citizens going over the
bridge at mfdnieht. II was sung well,
literally applauded, and as an encore
the lame boy sang "'1is Known Alone to
Ne"
The Dictator: Mr. 20 Duesberry is
fined thirty cents for being bald, and ten
cents more for being out at this hour Of
the evening
Mr.. Joseph W. Laube then made a
happy speech IN which he expressed his
pleasure at being present his sorrow for
the absent members his hope for future
success. and during his effort used the
word "assmilate." When he started
1 Inf.
"Shut up and other polite and courteous
expressions, and for the pleasure, sorrow,
hope and the kord "assimiiate" ne was
fined fifty cents
one Of the brethren next sang
without an accompaniment a rolicksome
Irish song and was Immediately fined /
thirty cents for rejecting on the dicta-
tors nationality
Mr. H. NJ. Smith, Jr was called upon /
for speech, and Immediately proceeded |
10 wipe up the floor" with the Dictator /
He gave that Individual to understand .
that in this free land of liberty where /
Tire eagle scars and scars, that just be-
cause man like the dictator had come /
ium Portsmouth that ne could trample
o1 The rights of free Americans and set
himself up 10 DE a little tip god like
Thomas b. Reed, Of Maine. Mir. Smith
was fined 81.
Ail'Nh lllS 8i'ittti ii'Al enter
tanned the company with amusing ven
tflo4uism, and was fined twenty cents for
beluF hOarse
Messrs. Letter and Stein were fined
twenty cents for spilling beer on each
other after which Mr.. Jordan, who is
the advance agent Of "A Prodigal
rather" did "A Cornet solo with piano
accompaniment. He does not use the
cornet. bat merely by the pickering Of
ms lips creates sound exactly similar
10 the soft notes Of cOrnet
A well-known Man-street merchant
was then fined forty cents for singing
Comrades prominent Broad street
merchant handed fifty cents 10 the clerk
for refusing TO sing, the director fined
himself 81 for drinking water Moses
Wise paid thirty cents for eating the
whole bowl of celery. Archie Burk was
fined twenty cents for being too slow IN
handing around the cigars. and one by
one Mr.. J. ii. Chataegue. who was act
Ing as clerk gathered them in.
Captain Frank w Cunningham sang
splendidlv. bat was fined for coming in
late. and Captain j. b. Angle paid thirty
cents for leaving before midnight
When the witching hour Of midnight
arrived hands were clasped. the old
scotch melody was sung. three cheers
We given 90 Tom Leath, ;he beer com
lmliee circulated once more, and the
eo'l'l session. no which there had been
d" ocean of fan" came TO an end.
JtNTICE JOHV'S COURT