Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-03
SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL SESSION
BY WHEELING LODGE,
NO. Is, p. b. o. E.
THE EVENT OF LAST EVENING.
Over Two Hundred Members and
Visiting EIks Were i'm Attendance.
An Evening of C0ngeniality Pre-
sided Over by Brother Thomas
O'Brien. Jr.

Congeniality was at it's height last
night at the social session given by
Wheeling Lodge No. %, P. B. o. E. at
the Arion Club house. A long table
filled three sides of the large ball
room, at which covers were laid for
over two hundred guests. The room
was lavishly and tastefully embellished
/ in long streamers draped from the
large central chandelier to the con-
fines, and about the walls were hung
colors and insignia of the order. The
full Opera House orchestra, stationed
on the stage, discoursed a programme
of excellent music during the evening
The committee in charge were: w.
H. Cassell, chairman; Emil Lenhardt,
Louis Schrader, C. A. Aul and Frank
Carenbauer, and it is in great part due
to them that the affair attained the
acme of success. A corps of walters
under their direction saw to it that
everyone was bountifully supplied
with refreshments of liquid and sub
stantial nature, furnished from an in
exhaustable larder-the whole an in
viting menu.
The affable and justly celebrated
brother, Thomas O'Brien, Jr, presided
as POSTMASTER, and after the inner man
. had been satisfied he took advantage
of his position whenever possible to
have some brother connected with the
municipal government reveal to the as
semblage all the dark political intrig
ues in the history of the city.
S. O. Boyce was first called on to
i tell of the difference between a social
session of former day and that of
to-day, which he did to the satisfaction
of all present, but it was noticeable
that none of his remarks concerned the
subject given him. Col. Dick Robert
son next explained the difference be-
tween Grand Army bean bake and
an Elk social session. Brother John
Warehouse next told how S. o. Boyce
had been elected City Solicitor because
he was the best Republican in the city
| for the place.
Dr. Charles T. Nesbitt, upon being
called, spoke generally to some length
on the principles of the order, and at
the conclusion proposed the IL o'clock
toast, after which AUD Lang Syne"
was sung by the lodge, with orchestral
accompaniment.
The "Vespers" Quartette rendered a
selection which was encored three
times. In the quartette are Charles
Marlowe, first tenor; Eugene Wells,
second tenor; Harry Hazlett, second
bass, and Clarence Echols, first bass.
Brothers Harry Wheat and Fred.
LANCE were called upon, but gracefully
declined. James X. Hall, who arrived
late, was asked to explain, and told of
riding ten miles on horseback the night
before and completing the journey of
! thirty-six miles by towboat in order to
get to this city in time, but it went
not, and Mr.. Hall was assessed.
Brothers John Lutz and DR.. w. S. Ham.
! ilton related interesting and amusing
anecdotes; Brother George House told
of the benefits of the proposed new
railroad; Brother James M. Collins
spoke from the stage by request "A
! Test" Brother C. H. Henning could
not make speech and was assessed.
| On Brother W. H. Manning's sugges-
! ton the Chair called on Brother Harry
Mcclure. His speech was Characters
| tic of the man, for he scored everyone
! from the chairman down, sparing only
| the visiting brothers in his TRADE. The
! Chair then arose and stated that in
| justification of himself he was COM
PEELED to retaliate He then told of the
well-known hose deal in which Brother
Mcclure figured while member of the
city Council; also several deals put
through the last State Legislature, all
of which were highly enjoyed by the
assembled Elks. Brother Howard Wells
was given the subject of natural gas,
| but declined After several selections
by the quartette Brother Allen B.
Smith, of the News, related an enter
tanning anecdote in preference to max
ing a speech The session was then
| adjourned.
Quite a number of visiting Elks were
present.