The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
ORPHANS TO Fly
ON ELkS Wings
Local Lodge VIII Take 200
! ParentIess Children on
Excursion.
LOTS OF THINGS TO EAT!
Inmates of All Washington Orphan.
ages Expected to Participate in
Outing Wednesday.
LOTS OF THINGS TO EAT!

washington Lodge of Elks will enter
tain the orphans Of Washington at Its
annual outing next Wednesday, and for
the twelve hundred-odd guests members
of the lodge have made elaborate plans.
Marshall Hall win be the scene Of the
orphans outing. and early Wednesday
morning the various orphanages Of
Washington win be buzzing with the ex-
citement Of the children in their prepara-
tions for the days fun as the guests Of
the Elks
Special committees have been appointed
as escorts for the children from the
asylums to the wharf Of the steamer
Charles Manchester. Special cars on the
lines of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company and busses will trans
port the youngsters. and in addition to
the special committees on escort the
safety committee will further look after
the children on the boat and at the
grounds.
Lots to Eat and Drink.
Realizing that children have appetites.
the refreshment committee has placed
orders for many, many gallons Of this
and hundreds Of pounds Of that-''this
and that representing about everything
under the sun that children love to eat
and drink
There will be physicians and medicines
on the ground for any emergency.
There will be toys galore and imple-
ments for baseball and all sorts Of out
door games, SO that altogether the occa-
sion should prove one of infinite amuse-
ment and recreation.
There is no undertaking of the Elks In
which its members enter more actively
than the annual orphans outing. and
it is expected that practically the entire
membership will make the trip next We'd
nesday to help show the kiddies a good
time.
List of Committees.
Following is the personnel Of the COM
mittees that have the orphans outing
in charge:
Executive-Hugh F. Harvey. chairman;
Fred ]. Mersheimer. vice chairman: John
e. Hogan, secretary; Charles Hermann.
treasurer.
Northumberland Richards. chair
man: Arthur Abbott, Conrad Hoffman,
Charles Zurhorst. D. l. Garvey, A Hol-
lander Max Hirsch, K. A. Hardt, M. G.
Mccormick, John Lynch. Phil Maley.
John Wood and L. ]. Silverman-
Safety-AIbert Huber. chairman; W.
Haslett. Dominick Fowler, T. Nugent.' A.
Dunmaine. William Shelby. William
Evans, DR.. Nihon, Samuel Hoover, George
c. Pumphrey, John P: Collins. Harry
Hull, z. Van Fleet. Otto Brahlef, T
Bresnahan. T. Msdigan. George Logan
Frank A. Kidd. A. A. Hileman, John E
Hogan. E. ]. Murphy. William Clark
John c. Maxwell. Florence Sullivan, NJ
IF. tMcMurray, II. Wilson, ]. A Burk'
hardt. E. Scroth and p. J. Caulfield. :
Refreshments-E. II. Neueneyer. 5r.
chairman; Sol Richards, ]. F. Rupertus
Louis Hodges. Ernest Humphrey, Jacot
/ U1L- Sr
gan, Charles II. Utermehle. George
Scroth, August Hagermann and Gus w
| Brahler.
| Finance-James A. Farrell, chairman
James L. Ward. George F. Havell and
Thomas F. Kelliher.
Health-Dr. W. F. Walter. chairman; Dr
rs. Wren Howard. DR.. Llewelfyn Elliott
DR.. Frederick Sohan.- DR.. Frederick
Yates, Dr. ]. e. Chamberlain. DIR. w
Stanley Jones, and DR.. w. NJ. Sheffield
| Transportation-Fred ]. Mersheime
and J. T. Moffett.
! Press-D. J. Kaufman, chairman: A. d
Marks, Samuel Hart. Robert McWade
/ F. B. German, Arthur Abbott, Leoi
/ Strauss, and Charles ]. Columbus.
/ All Help the Cause.
| Washington City Asy!um-C. H. Mar
guard. chairman: Henry ]. Allen; Thoma
4 u. May, SnaTleS HlHs, cdHl1ci Sheih
berger, B. d. Sheffield. Edward Manrix
]. F. CoIwell, George w. Riley, w. J
Brown, w. F. Lanahan. and A. P. Con
d way.
St. Vincent's Asylum-Julius Wenig
chairman; F. L. Hewitt. A ]. Cummings
\ B. S. Schmidt. August Specht, j.
Schlosser, and Richard Collins.
i Foster Jewish Home-Dr. T. NJ. Pay
fair, Chairman; Leo Loeb, Herman Rich
ards, and Leon Strauss.
Beuen Home-E. T. Simpson, chairman
| Morris Baer, W. II. Coon, Thomas Fulla
love, Frank Myers, and Frank German.
Il Holy C-oss-William Shelby. chairman
Rosa +. Downing, Joseph E. Ralph. an
William H. De Lacy.
|. St. Roses Industrial School,. c. Max
well, chairman: Lloyd B. Brooke. Bernar
Grove, d. X. Fowler. J. ]. Allen, d. L
/ Garvey, and w. E. Donaldson.
German Asylum-Charles G. Rogier