Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-26
ELKDOM At BANQUET
Local Lodge Host at Anniver-
sary Function.
LADIES SPECIAL. GUESTS
Addresses by Representatives Bur
nett and Stanley and Others.
ELKS' HOUR OF RECOLLECTION
Silent Toast to Absent Brethren.
Committees in Charge-List
Of Guests.
ELKS' HOUR OF RECOLLECTION

Elkdom in all the flower of its beauty
and the glory of her chivalry swept down
upon, took charge of and reigned SUI
preme at Rauscher's last night The oc-
casion was the twenty-siXth anniversary
banquet of Washington Lodge No u,
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,
held in special honor of the ladies.
The great banquet hall was draped with
the American flag in bnuotiful abun-
dance and in every conceivable manner
that would lend beauty and artistic finish
to the effect. At the pillars and por-
tais or the arches were placed the Ameri-
can shield, and from above were suspend
ed brass cages filled with innumerable
1eathered songsters who Wed with speaker
ana singer through the evening and I'M
I'll the wee sma' hours of the morning.
The tables were laid "gridiron fashion
and were beautifully adorned with ported
PAINS ana flowers, while the happy faces
OF the ladies'. beaming out from their null
ticolored gowns, made scene long to be
remembered. At the head table-the table
OF honor-sat Exalted Ruler Hugh F. Har-
vey and Mrs. Harvey, fanked on either
side with the guests of honor and their
ladies', including Esteemed Leading
Knight Ernest w. Emery, Col. Richard
A. y Brien and his daughters, the Misses
Louise and Gertrude O'Brien: Esteemed
Loyal King Robert NJ. McWade, Mrs
Mrs. Thomas F. McNulty, P. T. Moran.
the POSTMASTER; Mrs. Moran, Mr.. and
mrs. Rosa F. Downing, Representatives
John L. Burnett of Alabama, and Au-
gustus o. Stanley of Kentucky; Samuel
Gompers. president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor; Mrs. Gompers and Miss
Sadie Julia Gompers, with ]. M. Hill and
jacob Brill, past exalted ruler of Alex
andria Lodge, Alexandria, Va, among the
prominent guests.
Extends Welcome.
1t was fully $50 o'clock when the
exalted ruler arose to extend a cordial
welcome to all present, in the name of
his lodge, to hope that they had brought
with them appetites BETTING the occa-
sion, and to invite them to be seated and
eat. drink and be merry to their hearts
content. During the progress of the BAN
quet a well-arranged program was inter-
polated, the marked features of which
were the amusing selections of the Elks'
Quartet, composed of Charles E. Myers,
Alex B. Mosher, Roland G. Rodrick and
Dana c. Holland; a beautiful contrako
solos by Miss Chenowith and Mrs. Dana
Holland, which were heartily encored,
and tenor and baritone solos by Messrs
Myers and Rodrick.
Promptly at II o'clock, the mystic
hour of Elkdom, Exalted Ruler Harvey
arose and the deep strokes of far-off
then said: mark we'll the strokes, for
with the Order of Elks the hour of eleven
signifies remembrance Wherever an
Elk may roam, whatever his lot may be,
night he Is reminded that it is the golden
hour of recollection. 1t marks the home
coming Of those who wander. 1t is the
mystic roll call of those who will come
no more. Living or dead, an Elk is never
forgotten, never forsaken, by those in the
land Of the living. We pray that the
Grand Exalted Ruler Of the Universe may
keep steadfast and true the ones who re-
main.
while the faults of those who have
passed to the great beyond have been
written in sand, their virtues have been
indelibly imprinted in letters of gold on
the tablets of love and memory. While
morning and noon may pass, and the
yet, ere the shadows of midnight fall, the
chimes of memory will be pealing forth
the friendly message to our absent
brother
Toast in Silence.
A silent toast was then drunk by the
audience, while standing. and Thomas F.
McNulty impressively sang "Auld Lang
Syne." and, as an encore and by special
request, a song dear to the heart Of the
Elk. Twelve Months Ago Tonight
When the coffee and cigars were being
discussed, the'orchestra played series of
patriotic and popular melodies, beginning
with Honey Boy" which seemed to take
the fancy of the audience. and in a mo-
ment chorus of song arose that could be
heard blocks away. Honey Boy was
followed by song that sounded strangely
like Maryland. Ny Maryland" but the
words Of which appeared to have some
thing to do with a drouth. Then came
Die Wacht am Rhein'' and the Mar
seillaise" but when the strains Of 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner pealed forth, the
mighty audience arose as one and sang
the anthem with fervor and feeling that
made the welkin ring.
Mr.. Harvey, with a few Introductory
remarks upon the progress of sthe B. P
O. E. in which he stated that the roll of
the order now embraced 100 lodges and
more than 100000 members, then pre-
scented Mr. P. Il. Moran, the POSTMASTER
of the evening. Mr.. Morans address was
brilliant and eloquent tribute to the
ladies, and breathed poetry and sentimen,
in every line.
THE nearest glimpse of Heaven" said