Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-25
FREEHAND NOTES.
CUR Correspondent TAKES IN THE
SIR KNIGHTS.
This Special Service Of Last Sunday
Va1i US Eotes Of Incidents During
the conclays Week


more complete and ubiquitous, until to-day
even the streets farthest from the bueiness
centers show sentences of welcome, and
Knights figures and Tsmplars' flags, while
the great Jhoroughfares are gay with
abundant drapery and gaTlands, and every
considerable store or wareroom showa
cross Oh. picture of enormous dimensions,
an armed Knight on horseback or on foot,
charging. with lance in rest or in the shock
OF combat, or merely out for an afternoon
stroll, being the fayorite subject, though
the seal Of California and huge portrait
o. Grand Master Dean are also 70 the fore.
It makes one feel as medieval as reading
Bulwer does, and " lvsnhoe is suggested
at every step. Ones stock Of Latinity is
also called npon by the various notices,
and enc is thankful to the Knights Tor
srCusing the dormant interest in the his.
tory of the famous order whose name tney
have taken.
PLUMBING INTO HISTORY
a little, it is hard to see why modern
organization should wish 10 be Knights
Templars, for the real defenders OF Jhe
Temple seem TO have had very little that
was amiable to recommend them. They
were hard fighters, but the present Tenn.
plars do not sesm 70 be particularly mil
i,ary in spirit, and indeed there IS nothing
/ iua5 now Tor Americans to fight about
/ The Mechanics Pavilion was never as
/ prettily decorated sa it ia now. Indeed ,Ein
view Of it's present dress, one might say it
/ has never been decorated at all until now.
/ At the west end OF the gallery the Gear
/ den Of Welcome. which the ladies Of the
Trienuisl Union use as their reception.
room, is constructed OF large painted
/ flats of California scenes, and the east
end OF the gallery is covered by fine
/ picture Of mounted Knights Of the middle
ages, galloping On the plain before
castlsd city-a canvas painted specially by
| Noegtln for this occasion, and full of
spirit aid good color. Sunday I heard
part Of the Knights Tsmplara service at
! the Pavilion. Having bat vague ideas
when the worship began, we started early,
reaching the doors at o'clock but
ALREADY 2 dense crowd Of humanity was
besieuug both toe main and SIDE entrance. /
The crowd vas inclined TO Dc orderly,
though determined, bus the police and
AETERH-JAwEp REPRESENTATIVE
OF Knighthood were Inclined to be de- /
oidedly cross. s.r Slufsky Smithianus
frequently addressed che crowd, aud grew
very warm and hoarse about it, and looked |
very funny opposing his single VIII TO
about thousand masaed wills. II is .
H. g.. H. lf.sx of
was no wonder Sir Knight vas agitated, |
though. IL was = relief TO get out Of the
struggling, perspiring. sturdy crowd into
the cool pavilion. This whole floor was re-
served for the knights and looked as
inviting IS the cleared space for the parade
looked TO Mr. Pickwick. Five or six rows
of benches rose in graduated tiers on three
sides Of the Pavilion, the fourth, the west
end hooded BY an immense sounding
board, being arranged ss the chanoel,
Below the stage a full orchestra was sta
toned. Upon the benches every place
was taken the galleries also were packed,
and promptly at 3 the Knights marched up
the centre aisle Of the space reserved for
them. Even in the face of much maudlin
enthusiasm that has been felt or affected
about
THESE GOOD GENTLEMEN,
Il must be confessed that they really
looked imposing, especially when they
were massad together and stood each in
his place facing the entrance until ell should
have arrived The ritual employed was
the Episcopal, and band Of surpliced lit
tie choristers presided the Knights. They
sang Onward Christian Soldiers as they
marched to their places. There followed q
number Of clergy, also in flowing white
robes, and Bishop Kip walked alone, with
his dignined ami sristocratio face and bear
ing like nothing in the world bat en- En-
glsh " lord bishop" which, by some
strange mistake OF fate, he Is sgot. 4
pfettily- printed littlsspanphleb vas pro-
durable from youths at the entrance, and
one found therein an adaptation of those
portions Of the prayer. book which were to
be used, to the occasion, with rubric tell
ing how the knights were to handle their
swords, as we'll % how to respond to the
Grand Prelate, and the necessary changes
were tmade, as in the general IntercessiOn
a special blessing WAS invoked upon - the
Orders Of Knights OF Malta and Of st,
John, the Knights Of the Red Cross and
of the Temple" etc.
THE GROUPING IN THE tHANcIt
Was very effective. Highest up sne /
farthest back were the chorister boys,
white line, followed by the next two or
three tiers, dark with the singers Of the
choir lower still another white line, the
assisting clergy, and in she foreground the
serarate figures of Bishop Kip and the
Grand Preate. The scene was deeply
Swallowed by the low-ieaning sounding
board. which rooted in the whole chancel
Monday was the day Of the procession,
and men, women and children were on the /
streets bright and early, and protested /
themselves not disappointed IN what they |
saw. The San Francisco and Sacramento |
Communicates made quite as good show. |
inc as any Of their distant visitors. The |
Sacramento banner had particularly rich,
substantial appearance. Besides the Bos- /
ton Gagged eagles there was live eagle !
carried on perch, by = negro, after the Lii. |
nois CommanderY. He opened aud dropped |
his wings to balance himself as he was
borne along, and looked very impressive,
THE MOST SENSATIONAL VISITORS
We have are the members of the Lyon &
Healy band, which accompanies the St.
Bernard Commandery. Such hight of white
fur cap, such gold lace, snch high boots
over white trousers, and such a drum
major with such staff, surely never were
seen in our midst. That drum.major can
throw that staff fully twelve feet into the
air, and. catching it again. cause it to twirl
uninterruptedly in bis hand fully FIVE min
utes at lightning speed. There is also q
band Of bell ringers with the St. Bernard
Commandery. They rang popular airs at
the reception given by the Illinois ladies
at the Baldwin Tuesday afternoon. Tues
day evening the St. Louis ladies
HELD A RECEPTION
For tho Knights of San Francisco, "Ivan-
hoe Commandery, No. S, was legible on
the satin banner at the upper end Of the
dancing.room. The st. Louis men and
women certainly dance beautifully, and
their feet did not seem as large as the
comic papers have given us to under
stand. One OF the most enviable atten-
tons our guests receive from their friends
is the constant tribute Of flowers, which
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