The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-23
R'NAH BSERlTEE.


Brilliant Banquet and Ball.
The twenty-ftth Convention of Grand
Lodge No. 2, l. o. b. b., closed last night
with grand banquet and ball at Melo-
deon Hall. Over three hundred guests
were regaled at the tables. The Cincin-
natl Orchestra furnished the music. The
welcoming address was delivered by
Mr.. Jos. Abraham, Chairman. He was
followed by the Vice President, NJ. Emil
Kahn. kilograms Of coDgratulation
were received from all over the country.
Before the drinking OF the toasts, Mas
ter Nathan Calm, formerly OF Nashville,
presented beautiful work of embrolG-
cry to the Grand Lodge Of this District,
gilt from the Orphan Asylum of CleVe.
land. The toasts were then taken up
and disposed of in the following order:
DISTRICT GRAND LODGE No. p.
The mother Of many children, whose acts do
honor to her maternity.
Response by ). U!lmann, President.
OUR ORDER
We yeneratc its past we take pride in its
present, we have abundant hope IN its future.
Response by N. Bloom, read by Mr. Bam-
berger, owing to the indispositlon of Mr..
Bloom.
JHE DAY WE CELEBRATE
"heep this remembrance for It's own good
sake."-[ shakespeare.
Response by fsalor Busch, Of ST. Louis.
OcR GUESTS
''Slt down, at first
And last, the hearty welcome"
Shakespeare.
Response by DIR. Sonnenschein, Of st. Louis.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
columbia, Columbia, 10 glory arise.
The queen OF the world, and the child OF the
skies."-[ Dwight
Response by A. q. frankland, of Memphis.
The LADIES'
"Tne world was sad, the garden was wild,
And man, the hermit, sighd till woman
smiled."-- Campbell.
Response By 5. l. Lowenstein, of Evansville.
The CITY OF CINCINNATI
''What is the city but the people"
--Lehakspeare.
Response by Mayor Johnston.
The following is an extract of the re-
sponse made by the Mayor:
"GentlemeD, our CITY is more than all
on this continent a representative OF the
cosmopolitan character oil American
| civilization. In one respect, it is the
| Jerusalem Of America, because it is
here that our ISraelite brethren find the
| best field for their intellectual develop.
| ment. 1t is only in Cincinnati that the
| grand, beautiful and costly architecture
of the Alhambra has been restored in
our synagogues. 1t is here where the
| deep and varied learning OF the old He
brew Scholiasts finds SUCH profound ex.
uonents as DR.. Wise and DR.. Lilieathal
'In all beneyolence, in fact, Cincjn.
natl ranks with the foremost. Our hos
pitfalls and asylums are not excelled in
The country. The bond Of brotherhood
in charity in the United States is broad
| There are more than five millions Of
members of the various secret benevo
lent organizations, who will not looI
upon want without Offering aid, OF upor
anguish without practical sympathy. Il
is difficult to speak briefly upon mai
ter W hich offers SO many points OF inter
est to all humanity, but l must be brie
Cincinnati, am firmly persuaded, has
adopted more closely the precepts oftht
Great Being who incuicated the doe
trines of mercy and charity as the foun
tain head of the true religion, than any
other city in the Union"
The banquet was concluded at half
past II O'clock, aud the rest OF the nigh
and morning spent in dancing.