Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-07
ANTLERFD HERD
DELEGATES NEW
LODGE BUILDING
ELKS FORMALLY OPEN THEIR
CLUB HOUSE
STRUCTURE is LuxURiANTLY
FURNISHED
Home Which Cost 100000 Is consid-
cred Most Handsome and Conn.,
fortably Fitted of Any in
United States

with ceremonies appropriate to the
OCCASION the new Elks nome at ths
corner Of Third and Olive streets was
dedicated last night.
The lodge room where the dedicatory
services were held was not half large
enough to meet the space requirements,
and hundreds of Elks consequently dld
not actually witness the dedication
ceremonies.
They amused themselves in other
ways Cmostly known to Elks only,
however, and until a late hour they
were making merry over the Inos5
magnificent Elks' home in the United
States
Los Angeles now has what will be
conceded to be the finest and most
complete home for Elks in the country,
and without doubt the prettlest ana
most artistic lodge room. In other re-
spects, no less than in this, the build
ne Is as complete as the science of
architecture can make 1T, and to the
genius Of Frank D. Hudson, the archl-
tect who planned it, this fact is largely
due.
In every essential it is home. There
is not anything that a member OF the
lodge or visiting brother cannot get
here ia the way of comfort, and there
is hardly a luxury to be desired by any
save the vulgarly rich that is not al
forded in the home.
Home Cost 100000
The corner stone of the building was
laid in the fall of 1908, and the building
was completed and turned over to the
lodge in the latter part of April Inc
building completed and furnished rep
resents an investment of $200,OO0 IN
Guiding the lot. The entrance is on
Olive street. On the floor, which IS
flush with Olive street there is the
secretary's Office, reading and writing
room. wornen's reception room-one Oh
the prettiest in the building-and the
general reception ROOM
There are twenty-four living apart
ments. in suites and single rooms, In
the building. Every suite and room is
furnished with private bath. The Ma
tional vacuum system of furnishing
hot air in the winter and cool air IN
the summer has been installed. There
is a library for which 500 volumes
have already been donated, butfet,
card room and billiard room. The bill
Hard tables are the largest and most
expensive in the city, having been
specially manufactured for the lodge.
The building is furnished throughout
with the very best of furnishings. The
banquet hall is spacious. 1t is lighted
by incandescent lamps that are not
visible, and yet the room is easily Hood
ed with a mellow glow. The roof gar
den is to become the pride of the lodge,
It commands a view of the city not
to be excelled and is roomy enough to
accommodate a large crowd. A
kitchen, fitted out by Charles F.
Stamps, every part of which, except
the gas mango, was made in Los An
geles, is said to be the most complete
in Los Angeles.
Two stuffed elk, one donated by the
late Joseph +. Maier and his brother,
Ed r. Maier, and the other by Julius
Hauser, are placed at advantageous
points in the building. Rooms are pro-
vided for transients, three being re-
served for this purpose. The house
committee, composed of H. p. Densell,
Charles p. kits and c. F. Stamps, has
devoted the last several weeks in pre-
pairing the house for the dedication and
they received last night the congratu
lations of all.
The dedicatory services consisted of
speechmaking, music on the organ,
presentation of the keys by the chair
man of the building committee to the
exalted ruler, an grafton by NJ. J. Nc
Garry, a monologue and an II o'clock
toast by w. O. Morton.
The San Diego lodge sent as a gift
a punch bowl and set carved out of
onyx which stands fully four feet high
and the San Francisco lodge sent a
cut-glass punch bowl and set that is
one of the prettiest ever seen by any
of those who saw it last night. It
cost a considerable sum. kilograms
were received from many lodges