Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
IN1LEREO HERD
IN Los ANGELES.
Thinking Of Snow at Home One
Elk Braves Mysteries Of Ice
Cream Parlor.
FOUR HOPEFUL CANDIDATES.
"a INTO Trimming to Prepa.c Them
seIyes for Membership-New Hotel
Entert ains Bunch OF 700.

The Salt Lake Elks continue to en-
,ov themselves in southern California
where the people are extending every
hospltality. The only drawback has
hssn A rainy day that kept them close
~ the hotels for the time being. But
me visitors are penetrating everywhere.
and everywhere are glad hands
.,retched out in welcome, so that they
tsel perfectly at home. The Los AM
gsles Herald of recent date has the fol-
loving account of the doings of the
Elks. which will be read with interest
by their stay-at-home fellow citizens In
Salt Lake
There were more than 700 OF them
and they stood around the corridors
md lobby of the Hotel Alexandria yes
,srday. and said things about n certain
rainy condition which had sandwiched
itself into Los Angeles when sunshine
and balmy breezes should have been
the order.
They were all Elks, every one OF them.
and " had come to California to see
snnshine In mid winter, so yesterday
when they found II impossible to view
The broad stretches Of country from the
Ton OF Mount Lowe they decided to stay
At home and view the interior of the
hotel
ONLY ONE GLOOMY DAY.
Oh. IL was gloomy standing around
that hotel awaiting turns TO 40 to the
bst and even the brightest Of the herd
rrumbled as they watched the rain.
But every cloud Is said to have
silver lining and whereas the Elks
didn't go, they had more funds for
regular good old time last night and
the theaters were crowded with them.
Late yesterday afternoon one of the
prominent members of the Salt Lake
lodge was missed from the Alexandria.
and as the particular member has n
faculty for inventing something orig
,ual the other Eks made a search for
him. They found him walking stealth
iy along South Spring street and pre-
eently as they looked this brother
slipped into an ice cream parlor
Knowing him as they did, the remand
ed Of the party tiptoed in expectant ST.
ltnce to the door Of the place and
looked in,
Most of them encountered the same
ihrln youngster does when he first
enters a theater or a circus, but there
sitting on the very front seat, not the
second sea not the third stool, but the
very first, was the lost elk, and perched
IN front Of him was a great glass OF
ice cream soda from which he was
gently slipping the beverage. while a
strange wry expression stole over his
face.
Then the elks got real mad and
charged him III n body. Here, you
child Of the candy tooth, slip loose from
mat stuff" commanded one, and the
victim turned on them with a seow
Of anger.
"Aw. shut up" he said. Isn't IT bad
enough to have to sit here and drink
this stuff while real people are liable to
look at YOU? I tell you I'm dom TINS
out Of sentiment. because there was
snow on the ground when ] left home
and | want to say | have slipped ice
cream soda when others were freezing
Now you know why I'm here"
The others admitted they did and then
with shy glances at one another they all
sat down and Angelenos were for once
rseated to a sight of Elks drinking soda
water.
IT is even stated that today when the
Tks take the balloon trip TO the
beaches some Of them will insist on GO
ing in swimming. and II they do they
may be disbarred.
FOUR HOPEFUL CANDIDATES.
But tonight, away with dissipation,
sor the work Of war is at hand, -Four
would-be Elks will be taken In hand by
the local lodge and put through the
performance necessary TO secure admls-
sion TO the order
At present the hopeful candidates are
hardening their bodies, butting their
heads against brick walls and taxing
,opious rub downs with witch hazel, Tor
the performance is for the visitors ana
the candidates viii be given the limit
There IL only one regret IN the hearts
nf the local Elks, and that Is because
'hey have no quartet to sing nor any
member to make the night somber with
strains from piano or stringed instru-
ment.
Its shame that here all the school
kids in the country have singing classes