The Washington times., 1907-08-08
ORPHANS ON OUTING
AS GUESTS OF ELKS
Six Hundred of Them
Crowd Luna Park and
Have Fun.

Making the air merry with their songs
and laughter, 600 orphans, inmates OF
eight institutions Of the city. are having
the time Of their life today at Luna
PIX. where they are the guests Of
Washington Lodge. No. 10. B. P. o. L.
Carrying drums, flags, horns. and in
come cases baseballs, the children left
this morning at 10 o'clock in three spe-
ciaI cars over the Washington, Alex
nndris and Mt Vernon lIne to the park.
where various games and the park at
Fractions are being enjoyed
ri Second Annual Outing.
The outing today is the second annual
outing given by the Elks, and is being
carried out in true Elk style. Shortly
before 10 o'clock the children IN charge
jof different Elks began to gather at
thei Twelfth street station. alere the
special cars were waiting. The children
from the German Orphan Asylum at
AnacOstia came TO the starting point
in style, F. c. Berens. OF the All-arOund
Washington Automobile Company. hav-
in. loaned a sightseeing car for the
day. The other children came in cleo
tric cars, accompanied, in several in
stances. by the sisters IN charge Of the
respective Institutions.
The orphans are from these asylums:
st. Johns. st. Joseph's. Washington,
German. St. Vincent's, Bell Home, and
Bruen Home. Besides the orphans from
the asylums, several youngsters, who
were at the station. and declared that
they had no ladder nor mudder." were
incIuaed IN the party.
The attraction at the park, and the
different games prepared by the execu-
tive committee viii be enjoyed until 6
O'Clock. wnen the return trip to the city
Will be made
Committees in Charge.
The following committees of the Elks
had the work in hand:
Committee of Arrangements-F. n.
Whitehead, chQirman; William Buckley,
secretary; DR.. William F. Walter, treas
urer; z. II. Neumeyer, jr., I. c. Par
sons, John T. McLennan, Charles Z
Myers, T. o. May, Timothy Costello.
Clint Goldman. Leo F. Zwissler, Titus F.
Ellis. Lawrence Mangan, Charles Il
Utermehle, A. T. SchrOth.
Commissary oommittee-E. II. Neu-
meyer, jr., chairman; Henry ]. Allen,
Louis Hodges, Fred Klein, S. A Kimber-
ly, Meyer Fisher. Thomas E. Miller,
Charles P. StOhlman. L. \. Bowman,
Samuel L. Hoover, J. J. Crowley.
Transportation committee-Titus f.
Ellis. chairman; E. H. Neumyer, jr.,
Charles II. Utermehle.
Committee on asylums-German Or
phan Asylum: Z. NJ. Becker, chairman:
T. G. Schafer, A. 7. SchrOth, Z. G..
Rogier, J. II. Leonhardt, +. G. Berens.
Washington Orphan Asylum: T. o.
May. chairman: J. +. Rupertus. Henry
J. Allen, 6. T. May. Frank Schwartz,
w. G. Freeman, Sol Norris, DIR. l.. NJ.
Roche, Simon Bronson.
St. Joseph's Asylum: Timothy Cos
tello. chairman; Clint Goldman. Law
renee Mangan, p. J. Foley, William Nc
Cure, James NJ. Dunn.
St. Johns Asylum: Hugh f. Harvey.
chairman; William Buckley, A W.
Berry, Charles II. Utermehle, Charles
z Meyers. Virgil NJ. Healy.
Bruen HOme- T. G. Parsons. chair.
man; J. F. McLennan, John D.. Simas.
Ernest W. Emery. William A. Het-
finger. Charles +. Hermann.
Charles j. GOodfellOw, manager Of
Luna Park, Fergus McCuster, assistant
manager. and Titus F. Ellis. excursion
manager. took charge Of the orphans at
the park gate and conducted them
through all the amusements.