The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-20
THERE WERE
GREAT TINES
Second joyful Session of the
Frisky Hawaiian Band Was
Held Last Night.

| The Elks hald joyful session last
night at the Drillshed. There was the
proverbial feast of reason and flow OF
the SOUL" lasting into the small, in
significant hours, the spirit Of bon
| homme and good fellowship growing
with the fight of time and binding the
| hearts and horns of the Elks closer
| in brotherhood as the evening sped
| away.
! The session was entirely informal.
and began with the smoking of a pipe
| of peace, pipes of clay beng passed
among the herd. 1t ended in the for
ests and glens adjoining, where bottled
brooks and streams flowed with music
al gurgling sounds, the National
! Guards having been banished from
their company rooms that said glens
and forests might flourish, and that the
elks might browse and quench their
thirst therein.
| Throughout the evening there was
that spontaneity of wit and response
of the retort courteous tnat character
ICES the gathering together of the herd,
summary punishment being meted out
! TO IHOSe VINO QdT6Q 10 pSTpelFdle dHeC-
! dotes extracted from the almanac, or
which bore earmarks Of previous use.
| The chairman was changed every hr-
teen minutes, and frequently oftener-
Fines were fast and furious, and an
/ occasional diversion was created by the
consequences of a broken rule, some
absent minded elk forgetting that elks
should never imbibe glass held In the
| right hand, and receiving for his Of
fense, the punishment which 1t is the
| privilege and pleasure of the rest OF
the herd to administer, being a swift,
avenging kick.
Though chaotic joy was the order of
the evening, a program managed IN
some mysterious manner, to arrange
! itself, beginning with an address by
/ DR.. Cooper, the Grand Exalted Ruler
! of the new lodge, somewhat after the
| following fashion:
Brother Elks-We have come to.
gether this evening to do honor to
Grand Exalted Ruler Judge ]. B. Fish
! er and his colleagues, who have travel
ed so many miles to initiate the new
/ lodge, Hawaiian, No. GIG, b. 2. o. E.
/ We want them to know that we ap-
preciate an honor, and we may not
/ only hope, but feel confident that this
/ baby elk in the Paradise of the Pa
cific viii develop and grow great ant
/ lers. and that il will in the near fu-
/ ture be one of the banner lodges OF
] any under the Stars and stripes.
This evening is to be given to good
fellowship. which is engendered in the
order. Every brother that has talent
we will expect to anuse. and help
throw off the cares of the daily round.
so that we may retire better prepared
to take up the duties of the morrow
(applausel In conclusion 1 Will say
that the secretary has sent formal In
vitations TO each member, to the Ia
dies evening. or reception in honor or
the wives of our visiting brothers, TO
be given at the Levers residence at
waikiki which / am at present occu-
pying and you viii individually be ex-
pected to be present with some female
member who has hold of your heart
striugs-be she either wife, sister,
mother or sweetheart Pau"
The Elk Bard struck up an over
ture, and the Tuxedo Quartet followed
with snatches Of song There was an
instrumental trio by Mr.. Mariner ct al,
a recitation by A. L Moore. an instru-
mental act by Brother A. r. Cunha,
ard then came a period Of story tel-
ing. Brother 7 Piver giving vent to his
Holland dialect IN an elaborate
'spooch." and Brother VIII Adams pe-
ing fined for springing twice-told