Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-13
ANGELS GREET
NORTHERN SAINTS
WARDE SPEAKS EL0oUENTLY
TO BRETHREN
Three TralnIosds Of Elks Are Enjoy
Ing the Freedom Of Los Angeles.
Public Reception Largely
Attended
Elahty-fIve and Nlnety-nIne

not the burning sandi
TO the mecca of their worship, to the
great Mahomets shrine,
so the IGlks of Salt Lake City come to
greet old nlnety-nine.
Let the music sound a welcome. Let the
brazen trumpets play.
Open wide the cty's portals. Deck the
town In bright array
strew fair fowrs upon their pathway.
:. Let the sun In glory shine;
Naught but perfect joy and gladness fills
the hearts of nnety-nne.
Let the festal board be loaded with the
Give them all "a a brothers greeting. Sit
:. down with them side by side.
Food to. nourish and to cheer them, and
the rich red ruby wine,
Show them that true love and friendship
welcomes them to nnety-nine.
Give them words of hearty greeting. Call
each brother to his feet,
For we know that Jove rejoices when the
saints and angels meet.
Let our glorious anthem ring out I'm the
days of aud lang syne"
Till the very rafters echo all the love OF
ninety-nine.
Spend the days in our bright sunshine
Speed the night in friendships glow;
Tell the story. Sing the good song. Fill
the cup to overflow
Till the glorious ties of Elkdom like the
tendrils of the vine
Bind in strongest ties of true love, eighty
five and ninety-nne.
ct have been the wide world over
1 have travelled from cline to cline
I have met men and women of every
nation on the earth but it seems to me
that in all the mighty universe there
is no fairer spot, no more beautiful
garden upon which the smile of God
rests more lovingly than upon Los An
geles; no people in whom the image of
1A ator ic NM
than in her people. And this is the
land that welcomes you, my brother
ElkS, and these are the people who
are here to greet YOU
Such was the welcome of Frederick
Warde, playwright, actor and prince
of good fellows, to his fellow brothers
of the Order of Elks in the directors
room of the chamber of commerce last
night, and before he had finished there
was not man among the visitors who
was not ready to cheer himself hoarse
for the champion of the southland.
The Elks arrived in Los Angeles yes
terday afternoon. The first section of
the great excursion train was on time
but the second section was held up
by freight wreck near Galleries and
did not arrive until nearly midnight.
Herded at Alexandria
But the Elks didn't allow a little
thing like that to dampen their spirits,
neither did they pay particular atten-
ton to the fact that it was raining in
the beautiful land of sunshine and
flowers, so instead of grumbing they
did what is commonly known as the
first aid for a bereaved Elk and where
as the outside was wet they made the
inside feel considerably damp on the
theory that two negatives make ar
affirmative. So they were happy.
IL at tI.A
Salt Lake station by representatives
of the local order. All the visitors were
taken to big automobile cars and were
transported to the new Alexandria
hotel at Fifth and South Spring streets
The Alexandria will be the Elks' pas
ture ground for the week and when
the antlered group came in sight of the
tig building they "Whooped her up"
Some of them didn't exactly remember
how to make a noise like an elk so
they made some other kind of n noise
But the hotel was ready for them
and they formed in lines and registered
and were quickly assigned to their
rooms.
Seek for CoIors
Then the visitors began to shake the
dust from their garments and take
notice. Fine large badges with purple
and white colors and big Elk mottos
began to appear around the lobby of
the hotel.
Down the streets. marched groups
of Elks and the violet sellers began
to do a rushing business, for the flow
crs were just the shade of the purple
badges and the Elks were out for en-
blens. The hat stores and haberdash-
ers came in for rushing business on
royal purple ties purple hat bands,
purple and white handkerchiefS and
even purple umbrellas.
Then, satisfied with their search, the
visitors returned to the hotel to pray
like Wellington, for the night.
The visitors were under the command
of Exalted Ruler Rufus G.. r. Cleve-
land, the king Of the herd, and Cleve-
land spent most of the afternoon ar
ranging for the housing of the re-
mainder OF the visitors.
Reception in the Chamber
In the evening the visitors We're taken
to the chamber of commerce, where the
local lodge entertained them. Under
the direction of Secretary Virgins the
exhibition halls We're thrown open tol
them and they were shown the finest
of the southlands choice products.
A general rush was made for the
directors room when the program OIL
the evening was announced.
Director Stevens of the chamber of
come to the visitors and then intro
duced Exalted Ruler Cleveland of lodge
IS of Salt Lake City.
81 have been here about two weeks
making preparations for the visit of
my fellow lodgemen," said Ruler Ceve-
land, land the chief endorsement canl
make for Los Angeles is that 1 like it
SO we'll would consider it blessing
to live here.
1--WE decided to get up this little ex-
cursion as pleasure trip for the lodge
members and their families, but we
soon found that ito grew out of all
proportions to our expectations, so that
we made 1t general excursion, and
Elks from all parts of Montana Joined
us for the trip to Los Angeles Our re-
ception by the people of Los Angeles
has been royal, and in behalf of nv
fellow lodgemen and their families /
thank you.
II was here several months ago and
we received warm welcome then. so
that we are more than indebted to Los
Angeles for her cordiality, but when
the members of No. 80 visit Salt Lake
City next year, not only the Elks, but
every man in the city will be ready TO