The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-23
ELKS DAY
 CELEBRATION
 BIG AFFAIR
Pleasant Weather Tomorrow Will Find Steeplechase Mecca of Many Antlers and Their Friends

With fair weather, the .Elks Day
 celebration at Steeplechase Island to-
 morrow bids fair to be the most inn
 portant event that has been held in
 this city in long while. It will un-
 occasionally be the most gala occa-
 sion ever given by the local lodge or
 Elks, and it's members have prepared
 for it in manner befitting the inn
 portance of the affair. While the
 clambake and field day sports ere
 nominahy the main features of the
 day, the excellent program of enter
 tainment which has been arranged, is
 expected to attract to Steepdechase Is-
 land a crowd of record breaking pro-
 portions
 While the local enthusiasm is at
 fever heat, the interest in other parts
 of the State is unusually widespread
 in character It is now definitely
 known that the out-of-tOwn contingent
 of Elks will number 1000 or more,
 and will include delegations from ev- cry lodge in this State, and number
 the instances, the visiting bodies will
 be accompanied by bands of music
 The various visiting Elks will arrive in this city between n:30 and 1:l5 p. m, and will be met at the station and escorted to the E1ks Home, by the local reception committee. At 1:15 p. m. the formation of the gala street parade will take place. and which is scheduled to leave the club house at 1:30 p. m. sharp. Headed by a police escort, all the out-of-town Elks, the fuM showing of the Park City lodge, and four and possibly five bands of music, will participate in the parade. It promises to be brilliant spectacle, replete' with novel features, will be the presence therein of an American flag, said to be the largest in this country. It will be carried by the members of the South Nor walk lodge. The parade will probably be headed by l.. IT. Nickerson, Grand Esquire, of the Grand lodge. and who had the honor of leading the famous Elk parade at Atlantic City during the convention week. MT. Nickerson's aids in tomorrow's march will be Col. T. J. Murphy of this city, and Richard Freeman of New London, and who acted in the same capacity at Atlantic City.
 The exercises at the island are many and entertaining. The Wheeler & Wdl- son band, numbering 40 pieces, will render a concert both afternoon and during the evening. Leader Lynch has arranged two splendid programs, which will be interspersed by individ- 1 ual selections Probably the most mo- table of these will be the appearance of Tom Driscoll and the Singing Ush- CTS, of Polls Theatre, who will be heard in a number of popular airs. | Various athletic and fun providing | events will feature the program of the | afternoon
 Of the many night attractions card l ed, the most notable of all will be the free vaudeville bill which | will be given. Chairman Mahoney of l this committee has displayed his usual 1 good taste and excellent judgment in | the bill arranged. The bill is unuSu- | ally varied, and presents just the right | kind of entertainment for an occasion | of this sort. Of the many local acts | which will appear, none will occasion any more general surprise than will | Miss Gertrude Ross. Gifted with a | contralto voice, of much power, great | range, and unusually rich in tone, she | bids fair to register a hit of the most sort. Miss Ross is at | present engaged with the Columbia | Co.,, and her records have | been among its biggest sellers: Other features of the bill are: Kennedy, Gate | of Melrose and Kennedy. and Bowen, in a side splitting comedy acrobatic act, and in which a number of terrify- Ing feats are, executed; Bill Toomey. In a monologue; new act by Fred Gelnan & Co.,; Fred Hyatt, Montrose and Pa1tzer, in a singing and dancing skit; Sammy Dessir, in songs and + talk, and other acts of note. Owing to the unfavorable tide conditions, the project to have the show take place on a barge has been abandoned, but instead will take place in the Steeple- chase Theatre.
 With a prize waltz, in which many out-of- town contestants will be enter | ed, and a grand display of fireworks, In which will be erhibited a number of pyrotechnic figures of local signifi-