Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-15
$4,000 ELKS
ANDGUESTS
AT SEASIDE
Monster ThrOng Visits at
Long Beach
| NO HINT OF ACCIDENT MARS
DAYS OUTING
BALLOON ASCENSION ATTRACTS
BIG HOST
Every Amusement for Which seashore
City Is Noted Freely Opened to
Visitors, and They Are
Shown Good Time

w ITH smiles as sunny as the
w day that greeted them and
" expressing a determination to
see everything that was seeable,
sixty thousand Elks and guests
swept down upon Long Beach yester-
day and turned the hospitable town
into the worlds hub of merriment and
good cheer.
Cars running over the Pacific Elec-
tric and dispatched at three-minute
intervals swept the vast army of in
Vasion to its destination without u
hitch in the proceeding and the trip
was made short because of the amuse-
ment furnished by the various contln-
gent of Bills who essayed vocal cal
| isthenics and performed circus stunts
for their own amusement and the edl-
fication of the crowd. The touching
little ditty entitled, How Dry l Am,
was rendered with great feeling by
several of the Fresno delegation, while
another crowd from Americas cultured
center, who referred to their native city
| as "Bawsten," sang a song about Jane
| who never looked the same after she
/ left her native village and returned
! much less proper than of yore. Even
! the conductors on the cars caught the
! infection and provided their quota or
| amusement. One hearty employe or
lIlG car tOllpdlly hIpL hlC SAS'N@
laughing by furnishing peculiarly ap-
propriate health hints and advisory
/ comments throughout his run. When
! asked by a woman from Cincinnati as
! to why he did not live at Long Beach
1 if 1t was so beautiful as he mad de-
| scribed it, the man in blue assumed d
beatific attitude and remarked, "Sea
breezcs make me very dry"
Balloon Ascension Thrills
Many enthusiastic tourists reached
Long Beach early in the day, and most
of them were so well pleased that few
departed until late in the afternoon or
in the evening, and for several hours
the electric lines dispatched nearly
empty cars to Los Angeles because Oh
the guests unwllingness to depart
Later on this caused some inconVenl-
ence, as the night cars were necessarily
oVercroWded.
The greatest success of the days
amuesments furnished was the balloon
ascension, and Eugene Savage gave d
spectacular thrill to the crowd when,
after rising with his gas bag to a
height of 20OO feet, he dropped in his
parachute and was landed in the ocean
beyond the long pier. The life saw
ing crew, consisting of George Falla,
Albert Ebrite and r. l.. Haslett, gave
efficient service and reached the place
where the aeronaut dropped into the
arrival in the water man from
Phoenix, Ariz., missed making connec-
tiOns with a friend who wished MIN 10
take an early back to Los Angeles, be
cause he would not leave until after
the ascension.
An acquaintance desired to know if
he had never before seen an ascension,
and he replied, Sure | have, but at
two of the dOggone things | went TO
see | got stung, for while taking a
little LIQUID refreshment on both OF
these occasions the balloonists got
killed and l missed the thing. Now
if anything jolly happens today 1 want
to be in on it."
However, the baIloonist refused to
gladden. the day by his sudden demise
and returned to shore none the worse
for his little ducking in the sea.
Only Two Bands Compete
A tremendous crowd gathered near
the band stand at 3 o'clock to near the
band contest and were entertained by
an eleemOsynary musical treat WhlcH
Idented the atmosphere for several hours.
The Iowa State band and the Baker
City, Oregon, band were the only two
entries in the contest, but they fur
nished sufficient high class work to hold
the crowd. The Iowa band OF forty
pieces was awarded the $50 silver cup
for its rendition of the overture from
"Faust," and its expressive playing of
several lighter compositions. The Baker
CITY band made a close contest for first
honors, and on the marking of points
lost by the narrow margin of S4 1-3 to
76 2-3 The judges were DR.. Benjamin
Smith. George Blair Stephenson and
Franklin Gates. and they presented a
second cup for general excellence to the
other competing band as a reward Of
merit.
While the band played there were
several shiny pated men from the cul-
tured east who missed getting in close
proximity to the contesting organiza-
tions They were suddenly delayed by
a rival attraction north of the pavilion.
There were frolicsome young women
who possessed more innocence than
wariness waded into the surf with their
dresses raised above the breakers.
Whenever big wave suddenly sur
prsed the waders they were frightened
into a lack of caution which enthralled
the male gazers. GLOW would you like
to have your wife see you now" asked
"A flip youth of one of the male watch
ers on the beach. guess she does sec
me-" answered the person interrogated.
"She is one of those waders."
Four Thousand Ride on Whirl
The double whirl was never permitted
moments relaxation throughout the
entire day and until late in the evening
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