The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-23
ST. PAUL ELKS' VISIT TO FARGO
THEY INITIATED A CLASS OF
TWENTY-THREE INTO THE
ORDER

And Supplemented the Work With
Higk-CIass PrOgramme-What
the Argus Said About the Visitors
From This City.
The ST. Paul Elks who went to Fargo
Saturday night returned yesterday. The
Sunday Argus of that city had the fol-
lowing account of their visit:
Yesterday and last night will be long
remembered by the Elks who were pres
ent at the initiation of the class of can
didates. which numbered twenty-three,
and the festivities which followed
Among the many out-of-town members
of the order who were present were the
following officers and'members of the st.
Paul lodge of Elks: Exalted Leading
knight J. H Mitchell, Exalted Loyal
Knight J. P. Healey, Exalted Lecturing
Knight A. G. Johnson, Lew Wilkes, the
well known, jovial general manager for
the Northwest of the Equitable Life Insur-
ance Company of New York; Al Flour
noy, the well known comedian; W. j.
Tompkins, also a well known comedian;
Henry Dellafield, Percy Churchill, the
well known baritone; Louis Nash, the
man who makes our pants; J. H. Dickey,
Pat Scanlon and H. P. Hall, the well
gentlemen are a part of the minstrel
company of the st. Paul lodge, and fur
nished the audience with an entertain
ment which lasted fully two hours, such
as no minstrel troupe. ever put on the
stage of the Fargo opera house To say
that their play was excellent is, to put 1t
mildly indeed. 1t was out of sight, big,
tremendous, laughable and extremely
funny.
'Rupert's full orchestra was In attend
ance and while the boys and their friends
We're enjoying the spread furnished by
the only George Prize, sweet and lively
music was furnished that would have
pleased the hearts Of the gods of Elkdom.
After lunch the minstrels filed upon
the stage, under the management of Mr..
Lew Wilkes, with Al Flournoy and W. J
Tompkins as endmen. The boys are
singers Of great ability, and sung The
stars and Stripes with a gusto, accom-
panied by the waving of. flags, that ac-
tually capt1Vated their audience at the
outset Mr.. Nash followed with beauti-
ful ballad, entitled Because which took
amazingly well with the audience. Imme-5
diately upon his finish, FIournoy, who, bv
the way is Jest full of music, sang a
cute parody on Down on the Wabash.
Far Away which was heartily applaud,
ed Then came little sideplay between
MI Wilkes and Flournoy, as a coIored
comedian, and some good original puns
were sprung, one being upon 'Fin-an-
Addie'- Leech. Mr. Tompkins. the other
endman, with new song, I'll Telegraph
the Baby took with the audience
IKE W1idhre. His voice is well trained
and his singing excellent
Mr.. Churchill, the we'll known bar,-
tone, was the next singer and sang a
selection from the opera Robin Hood
IN manner which clearly showed. that
ne was not novice in the art of sing
ing, and he was heartily applauded and
favored the audience with another piece
from the same opera, entitled The Ar
morer s Song, which was excellent indeed
and pleased all Another bit of excellent
sue play was engaged In by Mr.. Wilkes
and Mr.. Tompkins, the endman. and
while all of the jokes sprung were en-
tlrely new and original, one Of them
was of especial -interes, as the partv
made the butt of the joke was our CITY
treasurer. Mr.. Wilkes said that he had
missed Mr.. Tompkins all the afternoon
and wanted him to give an account of
MS absence from the lodgeroom, where
upon Tompkins answered that he had
peen engaged in getting a historical
book published entitled 'Economy.' nv
Charley Mitchell. This brought the
mouse down, but the fun went right on
Just the same, Flournoy singing Miss
Nancy" and other comic songs, In COL
ored, Jewish and Irish dialects In con-
Guiding the first part of the entertain
ment Mr.. Churchill sang one verse of
There's Just One Little Girl for Me-
the whole gathering Joining in the cho-
rus.
al Flournoy favored the audience with
one of Lew Dockstader's songs entitled
Tomorrow Mr.. Churchill favored the
audience with an excellent selection ard
responded to a hearty encore. Tompkfns
reappeared and, true to the remarks of
Chairman Mitchell. could play anything.
do anything and do anybody He favor
ed the audience with selections on the
Slide trombone, banjo, fife and other in
struments and paved ivory like all pos
sessed. He played the Georgia Camp
Meetin cake walk and the audience
came near walking the house down. HI.
T. Hall, ex-pubiisher of the St Paul
u u e, was next called upon and made
a few remarks. He also sang verse of
Just One Girl in a manner truly scan
dalous Mr.. A. G. Johnson as an elocu-
ZIONIST was very fine and recited several
patriotic pieces in a manner truly credit
able. Henry DellafieId, of the Boston
Clothing house, st, Paul, was introduced
and talked about piano music; his selec-
tons were revelations of harmony and
sweetness, one of them being of his own
composition.
To cap the whole thing, Lew Wilkes.
I'oud-Lunged Wilkes sang Enjoy
Yourself in a manner that was truly
inspiring and was so heartily encored
that he gave the boys another treat
which was also enjoyed