The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-25
LAMPASAS.
The Knights of PyIhlas' COmmemera'
tive Services.
The Little city Fall Of Life aEd
Strangers.
Text OF Mr.. EliIOips Remarks.

nAsas wss alive to-day with the Knights OF
Pyihias celebration. Several thousand
people We're on the ground, L9dRsa nom
sister cities we're pTeseDt 10 ala Sulphur
city lodge In her Anniversary. Stores
we're closed and all the buildings were
beautifully decorated with fags; In the
morning NJ. ID. Herring Of Waco, aud
John +. Elliott, OF DallaP, responded TO
calls upon them. In the afternoon they
delivered their regular address for the oo.
CASTOR at the Park hotel The exhibition
dTill by the Knights and the Ladiea Broom
brigade.was mot interesting feature OF the
occasion. The brigade was IN uniform OF
the oolars OF the order, They present ed
the Sulphur Lodge with handsome ban.
ner costing 500.
The Odd Fellows made fine exhibit.
Mr.. ELLIoTT's srEgcH.
sir Knights, Ladies' and Gentlemen;
| Nearly one hundred yours ago, Ia an IN
different hospital at Cherson ia the south.
cru part OF Russia there Icy upon his dy-
| ING bed short. tlender, sallow-cnmplex.
toned man who closed his noted life with
these Characteristic words, Erect me no
monument. put me quietly IN the earth,
mount a sun Cial over my grave, aud let
me bs forgotten" And thul IN marked
simplicity passed away ono whose HE
was lesson and whose o.rcor Yves n FER.
mon; for John Howard died hero Hnd ~
msriyr, rs no mad lived an apostle and q
christian. with oAtholicity broader than
civilization itself, with epirt OF practical
/ henevolence that swept nom soaptered
s0yefeigus AZ the pinnacle 0i pride nnd
mower, down TO the lowest peasant, or the
moanest outCsst IN tho darkest dungeon.
he was the high prie7t Of philanthropy sud
lie minister % mercy What Howard was
in MS day and his way, so were such char
acters rs Wilberiorce 81. Vincent de Paul
and the others; 60 were Flor
ence Nightingale, Grace Darling ana
Mary Carpenter 30 was he steam hOgt
pilot stont, and the engineer White, a. the
fsiei Lee, one Of whom exclaimed In his
response 10 entres.ies 10 him 10 save him.
self "No, but hold her nose aPin tho
bank till the latt gsoofs ashore" With y
sympathy for their kind with ON unilnoh.
ing fidelity to duty's cal, they dared IN
their roles 10 do simply what history and
poetry have immortalizea Leonidas and
his brave band for, or the sentinel NJ Pom
pei simply what wo understand when we
pronounce the names Of Damon and Py.
thias
"That strong aud secret sympathy,
The liver Inks, the filken tic
Wh'ch hcrrt 70 heart, and mind 10 mind
IN DUdy aud Ia hJul eau bind.
Nominating himself ne lord oicreation,"
there Is no being that comes into the world
no helpless as man himself. Conceited IS
he may become in latter years there IL no
being 80 entirely dependent upon his tel
lows AZ this same "hgad OF the animal
kingdom" Gregarlous Ne be Is ~ natural
constitution. as the beasts that 30 IA herds
tie birds IN ilOcks, and The fishes IN schools
he Is compelled % the establishment OF po-
litical government through which he pro-
pcses protection 10 his rights aud his inter
esls. The further o advantage himself he
Is induced into social relations, domestic
eod marriage. Having 60 far
cared for himself, finding lhht through co.
operation lac can 0e yet further benefited
while helping others, benevolent institu
i,ns are begotien, and guch praiso-worthy
orders az your own are finally founded.
The allruls,ic spirl. that lived and glowed
in the bosoms OF those have named IS OF
the same that animetes these 0rgsnizA.
lions. We talk, and we write, aud Ne sing
IN loud laudations OF
the cHtvALRY or TUE PAST,
but tell you that the brayefies Of practical
benevoleuce In the present ~ far exceed
the strange exlrayaganoies or the former
as the improvements vi the hour excel the
psganism OF the darker days. The extent
and the strength oil seli-sHcriiice may be
the same bat the directions and manifesto
tions are changed The plains OF Palestine
alive with thousands OF European chivslry,
shedding their blood for the tomb OF the
Savior, the Eelf.slaughter OF the PrussiaD
them alone. they prelerring to share death
with their comrades; the deadly tits OF the
knightserrant in defence OF female
beauty and honor we're doubt
less inspired by the highest
sentiments OF courage and conscientious.
ness. but the verdict OF this day is that
they were lacking in Judgment and sound
discretion.
In the catalogue OF chivalry we now es-
TEEN most that enlistment which works
most for the protection OF sons OF our fell
lows. not by the distinction OF others but
b. the elevation OF all. The new philoso'
phy proceeds upon higher plane Than was
ever reached By the phantasy OF the Middle
Ages, which INDUCED In such absurdities
and extremes that hon Quxotic bur-
lesouing rode not far from the
stream Of the real. In France
10 was gided gGllantry, content for
i,s hest com ensation in the smiles of some
bonnie demoiselis, while never lance was
shivered nor franc went in-behali OF la
boring girl weakly ana worn In the serious
with the eterneat Of want. In
scter, and without ever regarding the dread
necessities OF some citizen, foot sore and
heart weary, the knights exclusive loyalty
was enlisted solely for his lady love, and
his devoirs were rather In court and castle
than at combat in his country's campaigns.
And in botn hationb IL 10 recorueu
that although at no period were
women held in greater outward
respect, yet at no period did greater Ii
cenee In the association of the sexes pre-
vail. Ceremonious courtesy was exacted,
but chastity was so conspicuouly not
among their cardinal virtues that gal
iantryn became synonymous with bravery
and Illicit love.
But
THE cHIvALRY OF TODAY
Is broader in its conceptions oil duty, no.