The Washington herald., 1912-09-09

Five hundred members OF Washington
Lodge of Elks and their friends made
merry on the steamer St. Johns and at
River View yesterday. when the second
annual clambake was run OF in bril-
liant style. All were enthusiastic in
their praise of Fred J. Mersheimer,
chairman of the committee in charge.
and who was the suggestor and prime
engineer of the clambake in Washington
The affair was both well thought out
and capitally executed and afforded an
array OF edibles that would have made
that old war horse of the diningroom.
Lucullus, ashamed of his reputation.
There were other things besides the
menu-a programme of sports and games,
participated in by the merrymakers, the
outing concluding with a sail on the
Potomac River.
The clambakers boarded the steamer
st. Johns yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. After the tickets. which were
IS each. had been validated by William
Buckley and DIR. Tracy II. Payfair, sec
retary and treasurer of the clambake
committee, the Elks and their friends
were turned over to a cigar committee,
which plentifully supplied them with the
best weeds" the market affords.
BrahIer in Charge.
Breakfast was the first order Of the
day. Gus w Brahler was chairman Of
the committee having this in charge.
That Chairman Brahler had been 10
market" was plentifully evident.
Sixty-eight walters attended to the
wants of the breakfasters. Fifty gallons
of Rhode Island clam chowder formed
the luncheon programme on the arrival
of the boat at River View. The Elks
were seated at sixty tables.
programme of athletics. under the
direction of George Havell. was the next
order of business. With the exception
of one event. only Elks participated
Following are the summaries: O-yard
foot race. Peter Latterner: 100-yard free
for-all. J. L. De Neale: three-legged race.
Henry Steiner and Martin Creelman; re-
lay race. quarter mile, Gus Brill, Gus
w. Brahler, and Louis Hodges; baseball
game. Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing team defeated a nine representing
the Government Printing Office; quoits
John P. Dunn and George f. Poller:
hurdle race, Frank A. Kidd: broad jump.
Charles II. Utermehle; high jump. Her
man Richards: swimming race, Hugh
F. Harvey; floating race, S. Lemon
Hoover: high dive. Capt. E. G. Schafer;
fancy dive, Mai. E. ]. Neumeyer.
Skilled rs Clam Chef.
Ihe athletlCS were scarcely over tnan
the great feast of the day. the clambake,
was on. This had been prepared by
Louis W. Thompson. a brother Elk
from Jersey City, who was assisted by
others skilled in this time-honored epi-
curean art. II soft clans dipped in but
ter sauce. need any written or oral tes-
timony in their behalf. it is declared
that William F. GUIDE, Edward p.
Schwartz, George P. Hoover, ]. T. Mof-
fett, and Michael NJ. Keane stand ready
to give copus evidence of the joys the
said CLAIMS bring to the polate.
Every variety of refreshment was to
be had. This feature was in charge of
Gus Brill. He and his committeeman
were aided by a corps of special walters
The Soldiers Home Band provided an all
day programme OF music. under the di-
rection of John S. NJ. Zimmerman.
Following the bake the steamer st.
Johns went for sail down the river, the
boat returning to Washington about s
o'clock.