Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-20
Immense Attendance at Eigh-
teenth Animal Reunion.
Sc LODGES IN PARADE
PRIZE COMPETITION BRINGS OUT
BRILLIANT ARRAY.
Over 5000 Ladies' Registered-Elabo.
rate Programs for Entertainment-
Governor and Mayor In Review.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, July 2O.-The at
tendance at the fortieth Grand Lodge and
eighteenth annual reunion Of the Benevo-
lent and Protective Oruer of Elks has
broken the record here on previous days
this week, but the climax In crowds did not
come until today with the annual parade.
The morning trains brought many march
ing lodges, with their bands. The attend
ance Of ladies was also largely increased.
Over 5000 ladies had registered up to last
night but this list did not include all.
There were special entertainments for
ladies and elaborate programs for every
day until today, when they were with their
escorts on the miles of seats along the line
of march. Cooler weather with some
breeze favored the pageant.
Many Unique Uniforms.
OF the 934 lodges in the order &C competed
for prizes in the parade, each with it's band,
unique uniforms and various accompani-
ments. Light suits and novel straw hats
with purple trimmings were the favorite
uniforms. The Philadelphia, Cleveland
and other lodges marched in full evening
dress. The Dayton lodge, picked by many
as a winner, had 120 in Prince Alberts and
silk hats. in spite of the hot weather.
The cotton pickers of Greenville. Miss,
all blackened and in negro garb, were the
comedians of the march. Those from
Joliet ILL.,, wore the dress of convicts.
Those from Louisville were dressed like
Uncle Sam. all in red white and blue. The
indianapolis lodge had automobile outfits.
while New York. Chicago, New Orleans.
Mobile Columbus (Ohio) and many others
were brilliantly arrayed in white with pur-
pie trimmings.
Coats Of Cuban Tobacco.
The Tampa delegation wore coats made OF
Cuban tobacco. with cigarmakers knives
for plumes In their Panamas. Another OF
the Florida delegations carried live alliga-
tors. All of the three score divisions had
floats and emblems appropriate to their
localities. The orders to rendezvous at y
o'clock were so well observed that the ap
parently endless line moved at 10 o'clock
with scores of bands, hundreds of banners
and all sorts of devices, while thousands
of threats cheered along the way. Governor
Herrick and Mayor Fleschmann occupied
carriages with the grand officers, past
grand officers and others.
Several lodges with small representation
appeared in line in tallyhOs, among them
Delegations had bears, 'coons and other ami
mails as attractions. The eagle was the
favorite bird in the procession.
Team CT Trained Elks.
August Hermann, exalted ruler of the
Cincinnati lodge and chairman of the COM
mittee arrangements, led the parade,
driving a team of trained elks. The Balti
more lodge had a wrecked fire engine, re-
covered from the conf1agration of last win
ter. and its members were uniformed as
fremen. The Buffalo lodge had buffalo
mounted on wagon. Lodges from Nor
folk, Va; Huntington. w. Va, and other
lumber districts had teams of oxen hauling
logs, the timber differing according to loca-
ton. These members We're uniformed as
log rollers Several lodges were uniformed
as coal miners. their cars being drawn by
mules. Nashville had a bookmaker's
wagon with twenty dummy horses, and the
delegation uniformed as pockeys.