MOOSEHEART MAGAZINE	7
The Eastern Trip of the Mooseheart Band
By LOUIS W. HARVISON, Mooseheart Student
BOYS PLAY’ING ON STEPS OF MASSACHUSETTS STATE CAPITOL
turn gave a welcoming speech. It happened that Mayor Broening of Baltimore (Supreme Dictator) and Brother James J. Davis were in Providence as guests of that city.
Prom the city hall a march was made to all the newspaper establishments and they were serenaded. When the boys marched along they always took a general survey of the city. It was noticed that the buildings were not more than seven stories high and that many of the streets were made of the old fashioned cobble stone Many of the streets were narrow and crooked, probably the ones built fmrr Indian trails and cow paths.
The boys stayed at the Crown ±1«. tel, the best in town, and were servee excellent meals. After the evening meal they rested until 7:30 P, M, A short march was then made arouno town and finished by assembling ai the Elks Hall wh״re the concert to be played.
There was a large audience ax tht concert. Walter Schmidt noticed this and said: “Gee, whiz! This is the biggest crowd we’ve had yet.” Another replied: “Aw, dry up! This is a free concert.” The boys were tired from lack of sleep and were not ir, a good humor.
The speakers were Mi Adams. Father Laffey, the MOOSEHEART Chaplin for Catholic children, Mi Broening and Mr. Griffin, all whi spoke on MOOSEHEART. The speak ing lengthened the program so tha! it wasn’t finished till 11:30 P. M. The boys retired at 12 P. M., receiving the notice to be up at 5 A. M., the next morning.
You can see that the trip was hard one with plenty of work and not all pleasure. But it’s different with the band boys, they have work and pleasure go hand in hand and make the best of everything, such as they are taught at MOOSEHEART.
Prank LaFlamme from Attleboro, Mass., was presented with a $100 cor-net as a gift from his Lodge.
Long Live the Moose of Waterbury
The ride from Providence, R. 1., ic Waterbury, Conn., was picturesque and beautiful. After leaving Provi-dence, the typical New England towns began to appear, nestled among the small sloping hills. These towns are noted for their silk and hardware factories. Most of the work is done by water power. Small streams are branched from the winding Connecticut River and dammed up so as to give more power when they reach the mills.
As they passed, farther on they saw some of America’s finest tobacco growing in the field. Some of it was growing under cloth for protection. There were large drying houses where tobacco leaves were hanging to dry
Presently they came to Waterbury and Past Dictator P. H. Bailey and several other men were there to meet the boys. Waterbury is the home of William Thomas, commonly called “Wild Bill,” and George Williams. “Wild Bill” was met by his mother, sisters, and about fifty of his old boy friends. Everybody was glad to see Bill and all were proud and envied him in his band uniform.
One of his old playmates said in a triumphant voice: “Gee! Bill beat me up once.” Another one piped out: “Aw! That’s nothin’, he used to always go fishin’ with me.” Then turning to Bill the boy said: “Oh! Bill, do you remember the time we tried to chop a barn down?” And so it went on until Bill was ushered away when the Band mached to the Moose Club
The boys were taken to dinner as soon as they had disposed of their baggage and instruments. After dinner several Moose came with their cars and took the boys for a ride through the beautiful Connecticut hills.
The ride was beautiful, traveling the winding roads richly covered with
bloom. The boys gathered several of the fallen leaves for souvenirs.
Among the most interesting buildings were Old North Church, where Paul Revere was warned at the approach of the British, and Penuil Hall. This building is situated in the Italian quarter of Boston. It happened that an Italian warship and its delegation came to Boston the same day. The Italians took the boys to be from the warship and were hailing them with cheers and bowing to them as they passed along the street.
At 8 P. M. the concert was given at Jordan Hall, the New England Conservatory of Music, and where the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its concerts. There was a full house and they were well pleased with the concert. Speeches were made by prominent Moose and also by Mr. Adams and Arthur Hower, a MOOSEHEART graduate.
The boys retired at the Y. M. C. A. The next day (Aug. 26th) they) visited the home and printing plant of Brother Joe Mitchell Chappie- They were entertained till noon, when they returned for a hurried dinner and boarded the 1:05 train for Providence, R. I.
Hail to Providence
Aug. 26th.
A large committee of Moose met the boys as they stepped off the train at Providence, R. I. They formed in march formation at the station and serenaded Mayor Gainor, who in re-
It was all without pre-arrangement and the people were pleased.
Hail to Boston
When the band arrived in Boston it was raining but it didn’t hide the beauty of that wonderful city. From the station could be seen the beautiful buildings and parks. The party was directed to the Y. M. C. A. where they were to stay while in Boston.
When everybody was comfortably settled the sight seeing tour began. The first place of interest was the Boston Public Library. Here they saw wonderful interior decorations of Sienna, Georgia and French Echail-lion marble inlaid with signs of the zodiac in brass. In the hallways were statues of the great men of Massachusetts. On the walls were wonderful paintings of great American artists.
When the boys went to the State capitol they were introduced personally to the Governor of Massachusetts. A trip was made through the building where the boys saw the famous painting of Paul Revere and his midnight ride. Prom the capital they went to the City Hall and received an address of welcome.
A sight seeing trip was taken around Boston in the afternoon. The first stop was made at Harvard University. It was a beautiful place and there the boys saw many interesting things. The Washington elm is at one side of Harvard and is still in
The Mooseheart Student Band left MOOSEHEART early Friday morning, August 22nd for a tour of the Eastern States. The first stop was at Albany, N. Y. They arrived there at 6 A. M.. Saturday morning and were met by many Moose, among those being Brother Lester Block, member of the Supreme Council. The boys were given a royal reception.
The band left Albany at 8 o’clock the same morning on a large side-wheel steamer going down the Hudson to New York City. The excursion was pleasant and the boys saw many things of interest and took many pictures. Some of the sights were: Catskill Mountains, Kingston Point, West Point, Stony Point, of Revolution fame, Tarrytown and Spuvten Duyvil.
In New York City
The happy crowd arrived in New fork City at the 129th St. dock at 5:40 P. M. Mr. Adams told the boys chat they would take the elevated subway to the Central Station. There chey would check their baggage, get something to eat and see the city.
The party went to the Subway station, purchased the tickets and pro-ceded to the waiting room above. It happened that there were moving steps leading to the waiting room. One by one the boys took their places on the steps and were carried up. When it came Howard Lord’s turn he unconsciously began to walk up. Suddenly he came to his senses and felt a force beneath him. It was the moving steps. Tapping his foot in an awkward manner to be sure of himself and with eyes that half popped out of his head, he said: “By Gosh! I’m movin’ and don’t have to walk.”
The boys entered a car and were soon speeding through the subway at a- merry pace. When the Grand Central Terminal was reached the baggage was checked and under the leadership of Mr. Adams the boys went to an Automat restaurant. This was a new experience for the boys, placing coins in a slot and having their food served to them automatically.
" The Walk on Broadway
The next experience was the walk down Broadway. It was the funniest thing of the evening. David Smith, with mouth wide open and head elevated at a ninety degree angle (looking at Woolworth building) tripped over fire plugs, bumped into people and ended up by falling into one of the public ash cans. Several other farmers of the troup stepped into puddles of water as they walked along, gawking at the big buildings.
The walk was continued through the bowery and Chinatown. The boys stopped in the Chinese stores and bought souvenirs. Everybody was tired and there was a general note of relief when they returned to the station to board the train for Boston. It was 12 o’clock when the boys left New Pork City.
At New London, Conn.
Aug. 24th.
At 8 o’clock Sunday morning the ooys assembled from their side tracked car and bid New London, Conn., a good morning. Several Moose were at service to show the way to breakfast. After breakfast they were taken ocean bathing. This was the first salt water swim fox' many of• the boys.
In the afternoon they visited the docks on the shores of the Thames River and went through a captured German U boat that was in dry dock. It was interesting and educational. Later, a tour of the town was taken and then a practice concert at the Moose club.
When about half way finished with the evening concert all the lights in the theare went out. The boys played marches in the dark. Mr. Adams gave a talk on MOOSEHEART and Wayne Wallace presented his graduation speech. The lights came on and the grand selection was played.
BAND BOYS IN BALTIMORE, MD. MAYOR BROENING STANDING ON EXTREME RIGHT