The early Elks in Janesville held one big “Ladies Night” party each year which apparently was a high spot of the local social season. The first such party was held in the Knights of Pythias hall and had the local citizenry “ga-ga” with its splendor, which included uniformed colored waiters - borrowed from a Northwestern railroad dining car for the occasion.
She grew up in a Knights of Pythias lodge. What is the meaning of this curious statement in the Wisconsin Elks Lodge 100th year anniversary PDF file?
https://www.waukeshaelks.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/One-Hundred-Year-History-of-the-Elks-2002.pdf