Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-25
ALBUQUERQUE ELKS
ENTERTAIN ROYALTY
Cigars, Music, Songs, Dances
and Sparring Matches
Last Night.
EVERY MEMBER BROUGHT FRIEND

Albuquerque lodge No. 461, p. p
o. r., gave a big smoker at the Elks
opera house last night, to. which each
member invited one guest, and judg
ing from the large number present
every invitation was accepted. Nearly
every seat in the main auditorium
vas filed and tIe lower boxes were
crowded.
This great crowd became settled in
their seats about 8 o'clock, and the
ball vas started rolling by the open.
ing address, &elivered by Exalted
Ruler X. W. d. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan began by saying: NJ
brothers and friends and my broth.
ers' friends, l bid o welcome. A
great many of you are Elks, and those
of you who are not, should be, or you
would not be here
1t was a pantomime scene that
greeted the speaker: A rich cloud of
smoke lowered above the several hun.
dred heads held in rapt attention.
Brotherly love was apparent ON every
countenance. 1t is at the lodge room
smoker that every man, no matter
what his calling in life may be, or how
much of this worlds goods he may
hold, appears on an equal plane.
Mr.. Bryan spoke of the great sue.
cess of Elkdom since its birth in the
year 1878, and its great growth in AL.
~buquerque, and then he gave a short
history of the life of f~raternalism
since the time Of Solomon, King of
Israel, 1893 b. c., who, according to
the tradition, organized Masonry.
And Mr.. Bryan told some good stor-
les, very much TO the amusement of
his audience, which are not for the
. GJlic, and especially the story OF
George Washington.
A string band d"iscoursed ragtime
music during the intermissions be.
tween the special features of enter
tainment, the first of which was a
song and dance sketch by a couple
of local artists. The second was an
iron man, who twisted steel horse
shoes, bent galvanized gas pipes
varying in size from an inch to two
IN one-haf inches in diameter, and
gorged himself with playing cards. a
deck at a time, with the greatest ease.
But the surprise of the evening was
three sparring events by local tai
ent.
In the first of the glove events the
performers were introduced by the
master of ceremonies as Bernaliilo
county's treasurer de functo and vice
versa. 1t continued for three rounds,
and resulted in accordance with the
verdict of the Second district court
In the Bernalillo county squabble for
the t~reasurer's office.
In the second event, the principals
were introduced as Attorneys w. B.
Childers and F. W. Clancy. This ex-
hibition went for four rounds, and
the verdict was that Clancy won on
points. 'raEA JE3 rS"
The third event was a four-round go
in which the actors were introduced
as ex-County Superintendent Eslavio
Vigil and the present incumbent of the
Office. This was the hottest exhibi.
ton on the program, and amused i'm
mensly. The actors were of an eb-
ony hue, and as lively as jumping
jacks. in cutting monkey shines about
the twenty-four foot space that had
been roped off for the show.
AT the cOlse OF the entertainment in
the auditorium, hosts and guests re-
paired to the banquet room on the
second floor, where a horseshoe ia.
BILE groaned under a load of good
things to eat, The announcement
rang above the babble of the throng:
Help yourselves, gentlemen; there
ds plenty more where this came from
The supply was quite sufficient to
the demand and the feasting lasted
till toward morning.
The committee responsible for this
very enjoyable smoker was composed
of the following gentlemen: Darby A.
Day. DR.. j. F. Pearce, DR.. George Nc
Landress, Walter Jaffa and Harry
Mitchner.