The Washington times., 1911-06-18
.ELKS WILL MAKE
TOMORROW A GALA
DAY FOR ORPHANS
Entertainment, Dinner, and
Trip Down River Is Pro-
gram for Children.

When the steamer Charles Manchester
leaves the Seventh street wharf tomor'
row morning she will have on board a
party of several hundred little children
with smiling faces and happy hearts,
bound for a days outing at Marshall
Han.
Tomorrow will be orphans day, and
every inmate of the orphanages in
Washington and Alexandria will be the
guest of Washington Lodge of Elks on
the excursion down the river. The boat
will leave at 10 o'clock for a two-hour
sail down the river, landing at Mar
shall Hall at noon.
Dinner will be served, after which a
program has been arranged that will
keep the children busy until the boat
starts back for Washington in the
evening.
Pupils Will Entertain.
Immediately after dinner the pupils
Of Miss Cora B. Shreve will give an
entertainment in the dancing pavilion.
A Punch and Judy show, legerdemain
by an expert sleight-of-hand artist, and
vaudeville by members of the Elks'
minstrel troupe are among the different
things on the program
The carousal and swings will be at
the disposal of the children throughout
the day, while the girls will be fur
nished with jumping ropes and jacks
and balls. For the boys, baseballs and
bats will be provided. Noise-making
instruments will also be distributed
among the children.
Every child will be presented with an
American flag, emblematic of the Elks
Just before the boat starts back to
Washington, a photograph will be TAX
en- Of the party, and when the steamer
puts in at Washington the children will
be handed boxes Of delicacies as they
leave the boat.
Hugh F. Harvey, past exalted ruler
of Washington Lodge, is chairman of
the executive committee, and John ].
List of Committees.
The following members of Washington
Lodge have the affair in charge: Hugh
F. Harvey, chairman; E. H. Neumeyer,
jr., vice chairman; William Buckley,
secretary, and NJ. G. Mccormick, treas
urer
Excursion committee-J. J. German,
chairman; E. D. Johnson, ]. A. Farrell.
J. P. Roots, P. ]. Caufield.
Transportation committee - Fred ].
Mersheimer, chairman; J. T. Moffett,
r. E. Mattingly, R F. Downing. w. J.
Vonderheide.
Entertainment committee - Samuel
Richards, chairman; J. E. Albrecht, w.
]. Bacon, c. E. Berry and o. ]. Botsch.
Refreshments committee E H.
Neumeyer, jr., chairman; ]. Fred Ru-
Pertus. J. NJ. Becker. Louis Hodges.
Leo Zwissler. Adolpr Loehl, F. Madi-
gan, c. H. Ctermehle, August Hage-
mann. ]. r. Johnson, Abe Cohen,
Charles Connor, Ernest Humphrey,
Thomas E Miller, A. D. Loeffier, jr.,
S. A. Kimberley.
Physicians committee-Dr. w. F.
Walter. chairman; DR.. Frederick Soh-
on, DR.. w. z. Whitson, DR.. H. S. Med
ford, DR.. F. J. Hilton.
The following Elks will take per-
scnal charge of children from the
asylums named:
Washington City-G. H. Markward,
Thomas May, H. ]. Allen, F. B. Swart,
E. L. Brice, Charles King, F. H. Gey-
er.
St vincent's-E. ]. Murphy F. L.
Hewitt. T. F. Kelliher. Edward P
Schwartz, Thomas J. Donovan, B. NJ.
Bridget. P: J: Haltigan.
H. Coon, P. T. Moran, F. B. Clarkson.
st, Joseph's-P. ]. Foley, ]. H.
Buscher, William MCGUIRE, c. F. Hav-
ell, P. F. Coffey, ]. A Wood, Walter
J. Tharp.
st. Johns-R. F. Mohler, J. C. Max
we'll, B. L. Grove. ]. J. Meehan, c. F.
Hermann. Louis Hartig, Richard
Hendrickson.
Episcopal. Anacostia-W. P. Fuse, ].
J. Crowley, A. W. Barron, L. D. Ad-
Olson. ]. A. Balderson, W. c. Severns,
T. F. Leonard
German-C. G. Rogier, R. F. Riegel,
F. A Hornig, c. W. Braahler. Edward
Swing, Victor DeKnight. z. G. Schaf-
er.
D. ]. Kaufman. c. z. Gundlach, Sam
uel Gompers, Max Hirsch. A. A. Hol-
lander
The officers of Alexandria Lodge Of
Elks will care for the inmates Of the
Children's Home of that city.