The Topeka state journal., 1908-06-13
new ELK HOME.
Will Cost the Topeka Lodge
About $4,000.
Work Was Commenced on Struc-
ture Last August.
GLIMPSE OF INTERIOR.
Has Dining Rooms, Library and
COmmOdiOus Ladies' ParlOr.
No Pains or Expense Spared to
Make Everything First Glass.

Heres to an Elk. the best on earth
The man who's a sport clear through
He tells you a story that's brim full of
nirth,
While he holds out his hand to you.
The hand of a friend-tho' you're down
And his heart with sympathy's big
For the real way to tell when you've a
Is to watch the old fellow dig.
We drink to the man who can smile thro'
When there clouds in his summer
morns
So give this toast for a million years:
To the man who wears the horns"
Justice, fidelity, brotherly love and
charity. these are the pillars upon
which the superstructure of Elkdom IS
founded, and it shall last as long as
these attributes are held as virtues Dy
men.
The new home at the northeast cor
ner of Seventh and Jackson streets
built by the Topeka lodge B. P. o. z.
No. 204, is built of the best of material
and by the best people on earth. It
will last long as any building now
standing in the city. When finished it
will be a credit to Topeka and rank
with the finest Eiks' homes in the
west
Work on the new home was begun
last August. and as it will be another
month before the housewarming, the
home will have been a year in the
building. 1t will cost $4,000 when fin
ished
The foundations were laid to a depth
of from five to eight feet and are of
concrete. Pressed brick and Carthage
stone are the materials used in the
superstructure. The stone extends
from the basement to the first story
above the street and the trimmings are
of the same material.
The mems entrance is on Seventh
street and the ladies' entrance on jack
son street. The Seventh street entrance
leads into the main lobby which is verv
roomy and superbly finished in oak
with plastered beams for ceiling effects.
To the northeast of the lobby is the
secretary's room. Directly east is the
main dining room. This is noble hail.
worthy of the antlers of the proud
monarch Of the glen that will be placed
at the head of the room. Its dimen-
sions are zsx44, and it is finished in
weathered oak and mahogany with the
/ plastered ceiling beams.
M There are four small private dining
feoms on the north side.
The ladies' quarters occupy nearly
the entire west side of the first floor
They are composed of parlor 20x20. d
dining room 26x18 and toilet rooms. AL
are finished in white with the black oa.i
trimmings for a contrast.
The library takes UP all of the south
west corner of the first floor. being
2Tx17 feet. A large cloak room Joins
the library on the east. All the rooms
on this floor are splendidly lighted by
triple windows, there being three of
these in the dining room.
A nine-foot staircase leads from
the lobby to a broad landing and then
branches to the right and left and
leads in two sections to the second
floor.
The lodge room is on this floor and
it is a room OF grand proportions, be-
ing 40x70 feet with an eighteen foot
ceiling. This room is finished in
white with black oak trimmings and
mahogany doors. The ceiling beams
are plastered. as are also the wall
pilasters. At the east end there Is
large stage 16x26 with a proscenium
arch and cornices all finished in white
plaster. There are dressing rooms off