Evening journal., 1907-07-17
LOCAL ELKS
WILL PARADE
Lodge Will Leave This City
Early Tomorrow Morning
For Philadelphia
HEADED BY A BAND
or FORTY-TWO PIECES

with playing band and waving banners,
the members Of wilmington Lodge Of
Elks will go TO Philadelphia tomorrow
morning to take part in the grea. parade
of the order there. There will be one hun
dred members of tho local lodge in the
marching club, and they will be accom-
panied by Egan's Band of Delaware. The
delegation will leave French street sta
ton on a special train at $50 o'clock.
James II. Kane is to be chief marshal
OF the local lodge. and DR.. James L.
France will be an aide on the stan of
Grand Marshal Sullivan. The Whining
ton Elks will wear blue serge suits, split
straw hats, purple ties, turn down collars
white shirts and tan shoes. Each will
carry a cane and will wear a badge of
gold, comprising a peach pendant from
dhsnond, and containing the name and
number of Wilmington Lodge. 1t is one
of the prettiest badges yet seen in connec-
ton with the Elks' reunion and has been
favorably commented upon.
Egan's Band will comprise forty-two
musicians, and they will have a special
UNIFORM A0I AAAt 0ANhHAnhs ~ WAAA N'AA
sist Of white duck hat and coat trimmed
with black braid, and black trousers trim
med with white braid. Professor Egan will
direct the band which will be preceded
by two trumpeters as heralds. one Of
these trumpeters formerly was with Ire
lands ST. Louis Expos tion Band and the
other was a solo cornetist with the
famous. sixty-nfth Regiment Band of
New York.
Monsters Bass Drum.
It will not be necessary for the Will
mingtouians to exclaim the famil ar
Look whose here BILL TO attract at
tention to their delegation, for aside
from the neat appearance that will be
made by the bandsmen and the Elks,
feature will be a gigantic bass drum that
IS part OF the band equipment 1t is so
large that it cannot be carried by less than
four men. and to overcome the problem
Of having it steady during the parade IT
win be mounted on a specially constructed
four-wheel vehicle which viii be drawn
by diminutive donkey on whose head
will be strapped Elks' antlers.
The special train to leave at $50 O'Clock
tomorrow morning will not be limited
to EIks alone. as their friends will be
permitted to go on it by applying to the
local lodge members.
Serenade At Hotel.
On arriving in Philadelphia the local
Elks will proceed to the Hotel Beigravia
where Wilmington Lodge has its head
quarters. The band will give a concert
there before starting to take its place in
line.
Hundreds of visitors thronged the Della
ware headquarters at the Belgravia yes
terday. There is open house there all the
time. and luncheon and refreshments are
served at all times.
Those Who VIII Parade.
Members Of the local lodge who are 10
participate in the parade are:
r. c. Mammele. Morris Levy. Andrew
W. selak, e. Purnan, Reynolds Clough.
DR.. II. A. Frtst, w. Harry Blythe Charles
c. Mammele. Joseph Gamer, NJ. McVelgh,
Jr.. c f. Haislet, e. c. Simmons J. A.
Reese. Lucius c. Jones, John NJ. Cannon,
Joseph c. Jolls, II. Howard Carver, ].
A. Kellum. DR.. George W. Quinn, Clar-
ence r. Holt. A. II. Finerty, Emil Engel,
Louis Topl1is. Charles Jellineck, Harry
Bothman. James II. Kane, Howard F.
Crawford, James b. Hasson, William F..
Linton. James Logue, James Keenan,, T.
C. Roemer, Frank NJ. Schilling Alden p.
Richardson. Walter J.. Morgan, David
sneilenburg, William J. Lemon, D. L.
Levy, George W. Grove Morris A. Crubb,
J. Thomas Cannon, Thomas J. Stirling,
Y. Melchoir, Jr., A. L. Sharpe W. G.
Shaw. Harry ]. Stoeczle. James A. Nc
Kelvey, James p. Robbins. William NJ.
Foord, NJ. j. sharSey. S. D. Townsend.
Jr.. r. ]. Ryan, Frank NJ. Sewer, Thomas
Clarinbold, James Clark, James Griffith,
J. r. Kuhus, William NJ. Mask. Jr., Mat
thew L. Kyle, Charles H. Blaine, George
c. Mckay. Carlton Bryan, w. s. Holman,
]. II. Mehaffy, S. Morris. NJ. 3. Wright,
J. d. Thompson, Jr., Homer c. Simmons,
d. p. Buckley. Joseph H. Martin, Or. ID.
I. McCoiley, Thomas b. Moore, James
W. Gillespie, T. W. Mathewson, z. o.
Ouinnt. James Meharg. John Hutton. f.
c Robbins, Jr.. II. A. Beeson, S. NJ. Dill
lon, L. A. Levy. r. Patzowsky, r. w.
Crook, W. S. Dobb Warren Beckett. E.
A. Van Trump, d. Herman Stassfort.
John f. Jones. Robert II. G. simns, J.
A. Montgomery. Harry A. Mellon. Gilbert
S. Jones, John J. Magahern, Harry
schnepf. Robert M. Burns, Cornelius
Afundy, T. Wallace Connolly and J. Nelson
Goslin.