El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-18
E PAsO ELks GIVE
EXALTED RULER
CLAD HAND
Military Band, Dutch Lunch
and Oratory For Mr..
hermann.

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its brightest Wednesday night. The
biouest Elk in the world was the guest
of Ell Paso lodge and Ell Paso lodge was
making good on its reputation for en-
/ tertainment.
August Hermann, the biggest man in
Elkdom, the biggest man in baseball,
! and a big man in his own right arrived
Wednesday evening for an official VISIT ST.
to Ell PasO lodge No. 1877 And No. 1877
! was ready for the grand exalted ruler
AS soon as he stepped from the port
side of A Pullman at the union station
he was grabbed by a bunch Of big ElkS,
including bio Elk Ed KneeZell, and DIR.
J. w. Yard. exalted ruler of 1877,
whisked through the union station, into
a big auto and escorted to the Elks' club
by a bio delegation of local Hello Bills
Fourth cavalry band. mounted on white
horses and playing Hail to the Chief
Decorations Elaborate.
At the club the reception and decorat-
ing committees were cooked and primed
for the distinguished Elk. The entire
front of the club building was decorated
with the Elk colors. the national cOlors
and big Texas flag. The American
flag was draped over the altar in the
lodge room above which the lone star
shone and in the west court of the club
the natural beauty of the open air court
| had been enhanced by clusters of sweet
peas fastened to the arbors and piled on
the long, double rows of tables which
filled the court.
Coming from Cincinnati, the exalted
ruler was given a typical Cincinnati re-
ception No silver and cut glass, just
beer, sausage, more beer and more
| sausage, a plate of beans, rye bread, and
more beer The cavalry band was sta
toned in the gallery of the court and
continued playing during the evening
until II o'clock. when the Ellls' toast to
| the absent brothers was drunk standing
while the band played "Auld Lang Syne"
in remembrance.
Gets Real Welcome.
Zach Cobb. the unofficial mayor pro
tenn and exofficiO made the first speech,
which was the speech OF welcome. Exalt-
ed ruler Hermann had been there three
hours then and knew he was welcome to
everything from the flag on the tower
to the Rhine wine in the cellar, but it
was good to hear Zach Lamar tell it to
him. 1t was Just what the rest would
have said If thev could and with Zach's
greetings thrown in to make it foam.
V. X. Stiles was appointed by DR.. j. W.
Yard. the exalted ruler, as toastmaster
and he toastmastered without a hitch.
After the little man with the big talk
had finished his grafton, the guest OF
honor ''whom we have with us this
evening" slipped one over on the crowd
He sat at the head of the tables slipping
a small beer whenever he caught anyone
looking. He is fat. after the German
style. of excess baggage. His face is in a
perpetual wreath of smiles He is short
and of the type that would be expected,
by the nature of things. to snore when
on board Pullman. A speech from him
was expected to be one of the usual
stereOtyped II am glad to be with you
this evening type.
Gives Them a Surprise.
Right there was where Gary Herr
mann. exalted ruler, chairman of the
baseball commission and prominent Gin
cinnatian, put one over. He was escort
ed to the soap box rostrum, looked
around over the audience as if he was =
big league umpire about to announce the
batteries to the crowds of fandom,
cleared the husk from his throat and be-
gan according to expectations. But it
was facts and figures, horse sense and
logic that the head OF the Flks'
order gave the Dutch lunchers as their
mints course. He told them that there
had been enough of this thing of the
grand lodge spending money in excess of
appropriations or with no appropriations
at all. He stood for balance and not
deficit in the treasury. for the elimina-
ton OF convict suits and negro wenches
from the annual convention paradeS. he
was for better and bigger National
Elks' home for the INDECENT members
and for more businesslike manage
ment of the affairs OF the order. He
told them a lot more like business man
talks to his office force or a president
tC his board of directors Garry" Herr
mann, the good fellow. proved to he q
shell; August Hermann. the business
man. who is working for the best in
terests of Elkdom as he has been doing
for the good of baseball for wears. talked
to the Elks like they were brothers and
gave them GOOD. brotherly advice.
Incidentally he told them what a good
time he was having. which was not
necessary for that could be read by his
face. He told them a new definition of
friend as being someone who knows ali
about you and won't ten" He told
them a lot more. some humorous, more
serious and all good stuff.
Why the Gary"
He related for the first time in these
parts how he got the name of Garry. !
By strange coincidence he said no had |
been Oiven the name of the grandfather !
of Col. Guiseppi Garibaldi, Of the insur- !
recto army. That was in 1870 when he !
was dubbed Garibaldi. because he was
such a scrapper, he said This name be- |
ing long and hard to articulate II was
boiled to plain Garry" As August |
Herman he had a card of admission to !
any German society or Turnerbund in the !
world. DroDning the extra and n he /
became a Hebrew and had entrance to (.
the Hebrew clubs of Cincinnati As
Garibaldi Herman. he stood strong with |
the italian colony and as Garry O'Her- /
man he led the parade of the Friendly !
Sons of st. Patrick on March II He |
said that of all the receptions he had |
ever been given the one by the Ell Paso |
lodge plus the Fourth cavalry band was i
the most hospitable he had ever re- |
cieved. ''Wshen I 90 back to Cincinnati |
and tell the boys about it, they won't |
believe it" he said.
Is Presented a Charro Hat.
". ". Bridgers presented the GRAND !
exalted ruler with an amber tinted big. |
felt Mexican charro hat with silver
trimmings with the name of the exalted /
ruler and the number of the Ell Paso
lodoe engraved on a silver plate Col E. |