The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-22
IT WAS A JOLLY CROWD
The Eiks Entertain Their Lady
Friends Right Royalty.
GRAND, SWEET SINGING
Mr. Quinn Presides and the Corkage
Committee Does Its Duty and
All Is Merry as a We'd
ding Bell.

The Elks were out last night. Tt was
the occasion of their ladies' social ses-
sion, and the affair proved to be not
only one of the best social events of the
season, but one of the best all-around
good times in Butte's history. The ses-
sion was held at the McDermott no.
tel and the spacious dining room was
more than filled by the $50 guests who
assembled, and who enjoyed an evening
of entertainment which for. many years
will be remembered as without parallel.
By $50 o'clock the guests had assem-
bled and the ElkS marched into the hail
| singing the famous Elks' chorus,
Charles Dwyer, the unparalleled funny
man of the Elks heading the procession,
attired in the grotesque costume of a
Highland policeman. The Elks' chorus,
as the Elks only can sing it. was ac-
companied by the Boston g. Montana
band, which had very generously con-
tributed its services to enhance the jol-
lily of the evening.
When the hiiarity occasioned by the
entrance of the Elks had subsidized, Ben
Harris, president of the order, raped on
the table and in a few well-chosen
words gave the guests a most cordial
welcome. He then introduced j. NJ.
Quinn, whom he characterized one
of the brightest intellects whom Montana
can boast and who, he said, would pre-
side at the evenings jollity.
Mr.. Quinn said that he would have
preferred that the president had seen fit
to forego the little compliment by.
which a speaker is usually handicapped
when the audience is told what a great
man he is. He repeated and emphasized
/ the welcome given by Mr.. Harris. The
present. social session was. he believed,
the first given to the ladies in three
years The Elks have long had the GUS
tom of giving social sessions, but most
of them have been stag sessions, for men
only. Occasionally, however the Elks
desire that the ladies shall see some of
the best side of Ilkdom. and SO they
give these ladies' social sessions.
The speaker was delighted to see so
many Butte ladies present The pres
ent session would, he said, by instruc-
tons of the committee, depart somewhat
from the old-line sessions. 1t had been
decided that there should be no more
timing and it had also been decided that
/ the punch should be very much weak
ened. The speaker remembered that on
4 former occasions of the kind, when the
/ punch bowls had been filled members
/ had taken the contents and many of
/ them are going yet. Mr.. Quinn repeated
! his welcome and expressed the hope that
4 the guests would join in making the
/ evening as pleasant and jolly as possible.
The Boston & Montana band then rem
/ dered a splendid selection, after which
/ Chairman Quinn appointed the follow
/ ing eorkage committee. Messrs.
/ Thomas Lavelle H l. Wilson, J. E
Dawson, James H. Lynch. w NJ Tuohy,
/ +. Heinze. j. McGinnis, Carlos War
field. f. l.. Whitmore, Graves and
| Hedges.
The audience was then favored with
! an exquisite solo by Mrs. Wells, which
was heartily encored.
/ IA
hall and filed up in front of the chair
man table to receive instructions. All
were attired in white coats. with white
/ aprons, and all smoked cigarettes as
i they entered the room. They were tre-
mendously applauded and We're instruct
| ed to at once take the orders of the
/ guests.
Mrs. Fitz- Butler treated the audience
TO one of her delightful songs which
was heartily eneored. and Two Began
Won great applause by his recitation on
/ Christopher Columbus.
Then there was a treat indeed. Mrs.
Carlos Warfield, a recent and most well
come arrival in Butte. sang a solo in an
exquisite manner. demonstrating to all in
an instant that the city had most truly
been honored by the privilege of adding
her to its honored list of sweet and tai
ented vocalsts Mrs. Warfield was given
an encore which by its heartiness could
/ leave no doubt as To the fact that she
had won at once the hearts of her Butte
audience.
Next came very lovely solo by Mrs.
/ t. j. Flavin and so lovely was it that
the audience insisted on another sweet
selection by the gifted lady.
At this point Mr.. Quinn enlivened the
proceedings and aroused much merri-
ment by reading a telegram from Ha-
vana. which stated that the warship
Maine had been blown up by an attack
of appendicitis and that an operation
/ was about to be performed
DR.. Campbell was hauled up before
the chairman to explain how this was
I to be done, but he paid fine and was
| allowed to go. The corkage committee
/ which had performed It's duties very
| faithfully for an hour, then went on
| strike and filed up before the chairman.
| They claimed that Major Dawson had
| received tip of 40 cents while the rest
of them had received no tips at all
| They all belonged to the union and they
wanted to know the reason why.
Major Dawson was fined a song. and
to the agreeable surprise of his friends
and the entire audience. he rendered a
song most delightfully."- and was encored
| with great enthusiasm
George w. irwin then gave few time
| ~ remarks and was followed by Mr..
| Gravelle. guest from croOkston. Mimi,
who addressed the audience for a few
| minutes In a very entertaining manner
| Two Began then favored the audience
| with two vocal slectionS, which We're
| highly appreciated.
Soon afterward a splendid collation.
was served. Then the floor was cleared
| and dancing was enjoyed until a late
/