The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-02-28

of Canon City Lodge No. $40, B. p. o..
T.. celebrated Washington's birthday
anniversary at their home on Friday
with an elaborate program OF music
and vaudeville. to which many of their
friends were invited. In the afternoon
from till f:30 O'Clock there was an
entertainment In the lodge room for
the ladies of the community and sew
eral hundred of the wives, mothers,
aisters and sweethearts of the mem
bers of the order were present to en-.
Joy it. This program was rendered by
the J. b. Letter troupe of Hawaiian
minstrels and singers. and the Dane.
ing Burtons. brother and sister. cab,
aret entertainers. all of them brot
here from Denver for the occasion.
The program was an excellent one
thruout and was highly pleasing to
all. The lodge room and parlors of the
club building were handsomely decor
ated with the national colors and pre-
scented most attractive appearance
A reception committee of five ladies,
OF which Mrs. George Peasants was
received the guests and was
unremitting in its attentions to the
care and comfort of the visitors.
Beginning at 8 o'clock in the even
ing and lasting till after midnight,
there was an entertainment for Elks
only and their masculine friends,
which was attended by fully four hun
dred men; many of them from out
of town. There were between forty
and fifty visitors from Florence, fif-
teen or twenty frim the coal camps
and about dozen from Pueblo.
Cripple Creek. Victor. Penrose, Port
land. Concrete and other nearby
towns were represented by smaller
e. II. Stinemeyer presided and vel
coined the lodges guests. He said
that no restrictions would be placed
on them other than that prompted by
courtesy and good conduct and an
Elk's recognition of the proprieties
Of such an occasion, The program was
patriotic In its trend and the audience
sang with enthusiasm as an iutroduc-
tion to the evenings entertainment
the national anthem. The Star Span
gled Banner" under the leadership Of
a Canon City orchestra directed by
Mrs. Morey. Mr.. Stinemeyer stated
that "ifthere evet was a patriotic
American organization. 1t was the Elks
lodge and that IL there was ever q
patriotic American 1t was George
and that in nonoring
them1h assembled company was hon.
oring ITSELF" The spirit Of the dual
the sixth of the dedi-
cation Of the Canon City Elks' home
and the one hundred and eighty-sixth
Of the birth of the first president.
was reflected in the appearance of
the home and in the warm hospitality
with the guests of the evening were
greeted by It's members.
The evenings program was a varied
one and there was not dull moment
tn the proceedings from start to fin.
lsh. There was something doing all
Of the time and the diversion was
clean. wholesome and pleasing. There
were musical selections by the orches-
ira. the F1orence-Portland male quar-
tet and the Hawaiians: specimens of
the therpischorean art and by the
Burtons: boxing and wrest-
ling exhibitions. The music was high
class and the applause II aroused was
proof positive OF its appreciation and
enjoyment. The orchestra shared the
honors with the Florence Portland
quartet and both were given their
need of the applause and praise. The
were great and their ren.
ditlons on ukelele. banjo and guitar,
as well as their singing and dancing
',brot down the house." They are
in their distinctive kind of
The Dancing Burtons
were immense and exemplifiea a doz-
en- varieties OF dancing, including the
tho fox trot. bali room
dancing cabaret dancing. etc.
There were two boxing bouts and
a wrestling match and they are con:
coded to have been the best of the
kind staged in Canon City for long
time. There was preliminary six
round bout of three minutes each. be-
tween A. c. Johnson OF Victor and
Jim Gonzales of Pueblo. Their work