Evening star., 1899-02-03
LADIES' SOCIAL SESSION
Washington Lodge of Elks, No.15, Entertains
Its Friends.
Address of Welcome by Mr.. Ed. Hay
teurs anu Professionals.

to hold the people swho attended last night
the annual ladies' social session of Wash
ington Lodge, Mol Is, of the Order of Elks.
There were fully 500 ladies and gentlemen
in the throng, and they feasted and sang
and laughed until long after the midnight
hour.
The entertainment and conviviai features
or these annual occasions have become
so popular among the feminine friends of
the Elks that the hall in the home on E
street was soon found too small to accom-
modate them, and last night demonstrated
that next time larger place than Masonic
Temple must be engaged
The doors were thrown open at o'clock
ana the guests expressed admiration of the
nag and floral decorations contributed by
a member Of the order. The stage looked
IKE a pretty section of forest snatched
from the tropics and was almost hidden
from sight by the great palms and plants.
FlagS We're festooned all around the walls
and green plants beautif1ed the window
Lodges. On the polished floor were five ta
bles running the entire length of the place
and they were clad in the spowiest of linen
Each bore a profuson of good things to
tempt eye and palate.
After half an hour spent in exchanging
friendly greetings Major M. Emmett Urell
the chairman of the social session, an
nounced Mr.. Ed. Hay, at one time the head
of the order, and he delivered the address
Of welcome with heartiness and good feel
ing. Ills tributes to the laQleS were reCelV-
ed with great applause and his humorous
eHorts provoked much laughter. Then the
attack upon the groaning boards was be-
gun, and for an hour and a half the sounds
or laughter and story We're only broken
py the clink Of glasses.
The Annual Toast.
Then came the entertainers, numbering
the cleverest amateurs of the city and the
visiting professionals, who FASTENED to the
scene from the theaters. The hours crept
by and at II o'clock a great gong sounded
eleven times to announce the Elks annual
toast. The assemblage rose and In silence
drank to the absent ones. Following this
Aud Lang Syne' was sung with fine eff
feet and iashlight photograph of the
scene was taken. The music and recitations
and merriment continued until after l
O'Clock, and at the breakup of the evening
everybody voted that it was the pleasantest
Elk occasion on record.
The entertainment committee was COM
pcsed of Geo. Tracey, chairman; Frank
Clarkson, secretary; ]. w. OConnor, AL
bert Sillers, Philander Smith, ]. Wilson,
John Burkhart and D. NJ. Foster.
The amateurs who participated were
Miss Jessie Cowling, violin solo; Miss Ella
Knight, contrato solo; little Miss Isabelle
Shelton coon" songs; Geo. Scott, mono
lceue; William Conley, recitations, and
ThoS. L. Jones, tenor solo
The professionals We're Miss Hornby and
Mr.. Whitney from the Grand Opera House;
Quartet from the Columbia Theat4r, and
Miss Waters from the Lyceum.
Those in Attendance.
Among the many present were Maj Rich
ard O'Brien, Albert Sillers, Bernard Knox,
Mr. and Mrs. John Madigan, NJ. Jacobs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jacobson, Eugene
Cochran, Miss Ratclifa, Mr.. and Mrs. En-
gel. Mr.. and Mrs William Dickson Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Mason, Lloyd Brook Mr..
and Mrs. John Burkhart, Joseph Burkhart,
Mr. and Mrs. John Maxwell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank b. Clarkson DR.. Sohon, Hugh Sax
on, Mr.. and Mrs. M. p. Sullivan, Mr.. and
Mrs George Tracey DR.. and Mrs. L. NJ.
Roach, NJ G. Mccormick, Mr. and MES
Frederick Silers, Mrs Donaldson, Mr. and
Mrs. t B. McCalia, DR. and Mrs. c. =.
Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph ireland
William MulIin, Charles Cox and family, E.
Foigt and family Martin Schnaider and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. John McDueu, Henry
Buscher and family Dominic Rickenback-
er, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leonhardt H. J. AL
len and family, Stephen Caldwell, Shelby
Clarke, Mr.. and Mrs. George Harrison Mr..
and Mrs. Shekells, John Becker and family
DR.. K. F. Slllers, William Smith and fam
lily. Mr. and Mrs. George Gheen, William
Maddes, George BOegeholtZ, E. Walsh, Mr.
and Mrs Hugo Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs
Tom Wilkinson, d P. Mccarthy, Francis
Mattingly, Judge Henry L. Lorenz Mr. and
Mrs: Frederick Gieseking, Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Hines, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hartig
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hettinger, Richard
Ryan and family, Charles s. Coombs and
family, j. X. Moffatt and family, A. w.
Machen, DR.. H. T. Butts, William Boetch,
Solomon Morris. NJ. H. Gall, Howard
Brooks, Gan Brady and family c. A. Err
ney, Miss Dolan, Mrs. Brennan, Miss Annie
Hurley, Philip Hertz. Miss Cora Dowd,
Mrs, j. j, Meyers, Miss Ella BoettIer. G.
T. Lennon, Benjamin Whitney, Thomas
Cannon and family, Mai Harrington, Louis
Hortz and wife, Daniel Mccarthy and
Henry L. Dauterich and wife