Evening star., 1899-04-18
ElkS' ANNUAL BENEFIT
Long and Admirable Entertainment at Grand
Opera House.
Twenty-One Numbers, Embracing th'
Cream of Amusement Talent
From City Theaters.

The seventeenth annual benefit entertain
ment of the Washington Lodge, No. 10, of
the Elks is in progress this afternoon at
the Grand Opera House, under the most
favorable conditions. The remarkable pro-
gram of twenty-one numbers opened short
ly before i o'clock, and was expected to
continue until after o'clock. The opera
house was decorated in the customary
handsome fashion Of the Elks with great
flags festooned around the fronts of the
boxes the family circle and the gallery.
Green palms and plants freshened and
beautfied the stage at the bases of the
proscenium arch. A brilliant audience,
very largely feminine, gathered early and
continued to come in during the afternoon,
so that toward the end there was little
room to spare in the commodious theater.
There was no hitch in the arrangements,
and the numbers were pulled off, with the
celerity necessary to bring conclusion be-
fore the twilight falls. In every respect,
artistic and executive, the entertainment
proved one of the most admirable ever
given by the popular brotherhood.
The program in full was as follows: The
United States Marine Band, under the di-
rection of Prof William II. Santelmann;
by kind permission of Brother James A.
Herman and Brother Eugene Wellington,
Whitelaw and Stewart, The German and
the Celt;" A c. Lawrence; the popular
Washingtonian, Miss Nell MacNulty, who
sings new coon songs; by kind permission
of Messrs. Johnson & Ritter, Mr.. John
Grieves and Brother Samuel G. Kingsley,
the talented little contralto, Miss Flora
Parker, in her latest successes; Goldsmith
Sisters. vocahsts and dancers; May Dewitt
and Dan Tourjee, the two American Trum-
peters; the famous long and short men,
Fish and Quigg, in twelve minutes of
laughter; the charming soprano, Mile. Ade-
lima Roattina, in selections from the operas;
the refined musical artists, Carmenelli and
Lucille, Fun in a Butcher Shop" By kind
permission of Mr.. T. Daniel Frawley and
Messrs. Luckett & Dwyer, first Washington
presentation of Burr McIntosh's episode of
Virginia life, THE Coloners Xmas Eve"
Characters reproduced: Col. Willoughby
Simms of Virginia, Burr Mcintosh; George
Armstrong of New York, Alfred Hickman;
Uncle Gabe, the colonels bodyguard, Geof-
frey Stein; Hope, the coloners ward
Corinne Parker. Scene: Colonel Simms's
Library. Time: Twilight Xmas eve.
The Washington favorite, Miss Florence
Henri King, violin virtuoso; Mr.. and Mrs
Stuart Darrow, smoke and sand drawings
and finger pictures; Welby, Pearl, Keys
and Nellis Americas representative novel
ty dancing quartet, and Master t. Carroll,
the youngest, smallest and most phenom-
email boy dancer living. First appearance in
Washington of Marguerite and Princess in
their novel pantomimic and terpsichorean
descriptive speciality, America explana-
tion-1, The Star-Spangied Banner; 2, Com
mencement of War; 3, The Dead Hero; 4,
The Land of Peace (a) Slow to Anger, (b)
Mighty in Wrath: ), In God We Trust; g.
Long Live America; Z, The Call to Arms;
3, The Return; 3. America; 10, Home, Sweet
Home. The sisters Millar, vocalists and
banJoists. Minnie Dupree in the daintiest
or all one-act plays, Daingerfield. '95; Madge
Primrose, Minnie Dupree; Jack danger
field, Harvard, 95, Theodore NJ. Brown;
Benson, Jos. McKever Louise Kerln, vo-
calist; Hilda Thomas vocalist and com
edlenne assisted by Frank Barry, in their
one-act comedietta, Miss Ambition" by
Chas. Horwitz; Miss Constance NJ Hur-
worth, phenomenal double-note whistler.
Nondesccipt Trio, black-fice comedians
comedy acrobats and champion high kick,
ers of the world.
The Elk committees having charge were:
bxecntive-M q. Mccormick, chairman;
j. A Burkart, secretary; F. c. Gieseking
treasurer; r. A. O'Brien, ]. E. Casey.
keception-Albert Sillers, chairman; A.
Baldwln, c. A. Ball, c. L. Beatty, p M
Becker, j. M Becker, G. j. Bessler. S. A
Besie j. Il. Brady, L. B. Brooke E. F.
buckley, j. L. Burkart, ]. d. Burns j. H.
Buscher, T. D. Harper, L. Hartig G. w.
Harvey, z. b. Hay, j. Held, w. A Hat-
tInger. I. J.. F. Kelly, H. King. T. J. King. G.
mason, j. c. Maxwell. d. p. McCarty, p T.
Moran, E. McC. Noel. C. b. Osborne. F. B.
GARRISON, w. H. Cranston, G. w. Driver,
M Dyrenforth, E. w. Emery, G. E EN-
mons, G. c. Esher. ]. r. Freeman, L. L.
Friedrich. G. A. Garner, III. F. Getz, A.
Gieeson, w. F. GUIDE, H. Parker, J. Paris
e. s. Randall, c. B. Robinson. ]. F. Ruper-
Spauiding, w. r. Speare, H. Standiford, N
Stein. NJ. P. Sullivan, F. b. Swiggard, G. A.
tracy, Chas V. Trott M. E. Urell B. B.
Whitney, G. p Zurhost.