The Portland daily press., 1885-01-15
PYTHrAN FEaTryrTrEs.
Lonsfellow Lodge, No. 43, Celebrates its
First Anniversary.

Pythian Hall, was filed to it's utmost capac-
ity last evening with an audience comprising
the families of our very best citizens to aid
Longfellow lodge in the celebration OF it's first
anniversary as subdivision of the Pythian
Brotherhood. Organized year ago, in city
already bcasting four fourishing lodges of this
popular knightly order, its prosperity has been
unexampled, and when yet year old it num-
bers on its muster-roll upwards of two hun
dred chivalric knights, of the very cream of
the city and an organization which for prof.
cheney in its work and fidelity to the un-
derlying principles of the fraternity, is not sur.
passed by any of its sister organizations. And
justly proud of their success, the knights seem
to have determined in giving their friends an
entertainment eminently worthy the occasion.
How we'll they succeeded the large and hap
py company present are abundantly able to
testify.
The chairman of the committee of arrange
ments, Vice Chancellor j. +. Barrett, as mas
ter OF ceremonies, introduced the following
musical and literary programmed:
Male Chorus-Harki the Merry Drum - Krugh
Weber Club.
Violin Solo-Souvenir de Haydn. n..,,...., Leonard
Miss BERTHE Webb.
Song Birds in the Night Sullivan
Mrs. Ada Cary Sturgis
headlng-SIster and i, (bv request). Anon
Miss Lizzie Eta Barrett.
Banjo Duet-Grovers Quickstep ........ Grover
A. d: Grover and E. M. Paine.
Male Chorus-Tars' Song. .,......... .Hatton
Weber CLUB.
Violin Solo-Air Varie e...............Th Thirlwall
Miss BERTHE Webb
SoDg-Angus Mcdonald. :. ........,,..,,, ,Roeckel
Mrs. Ada Cary Sturgis.
keading-Mother and Poet... Elizabeth Barrett
Miss Lizzie Eta Barrett.
Aftlstic bsn1o Jpgglins. Grover s. Paine
A. ID. Grover and e. M. Paine.
Accompanies. Miss Webb
The array of talent in the programme rem
ders superfuous any words OF commendation.
Suffice it to say that the Weber Club never
did itself greater credit, and that Miss Webb,
the wonderful child violinist, who has so often
delighted our people with her marvellous
manipulation of that instrument, was encored
again and sgsin; while Mrs. Sturgis as ever
with Portland audience, was received with
marked tokens of appreciation and captivated
the audience with her superb singing. Miss
Lizzie Eta Barrett, in her choice selections,
evinced marked powers as an elocutionist and
made an excellent impression upon the audi
ence. The performances on the banjo by
Messrs. Grover and Paine were taking fea-
lures OF the entertainment, and the "baDjo
juggling" was really marvel.
The programme was completed with some
very interesting additions not "down on the
bills" The company repaired to the capacious
banquet hail. over the Castle hall, where an
elegant supper had been prepared in Ruby's
best style, and around which the happy
Knights and their lady friends fingered until
very late hour in the evening, daintily MUNICH
ing the edibles and merrily chatting of the
chivalric deeds of the founders of the frater-
nifty and of the heroic sacrifices in the name of
al exalted friendship of its revered prototypes,
Damon and Pythias.
The committee of aIrangements-J. +. Bar
rett, L. S. Sanborn, L. A. Gould, J. 7. Palmer.
Jr, John Flavin, j. FL. Fernald, NJ A Floyd,
l.. P. Clark and f. A. Chase-are entitled to
very great credit for the highly successful exc
cution of their happily conceived programme.