The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-30
A LODGE OF SORROW
Unique Celebration of the Ma
sonic Lodges in Hoboken
Last Night.

A Lodge of Sorrow the first of its
kind ever celebrated in this State, was held
by the Masonic lodges of the State at Quar-
tette Club Hall, Hoboken, last evening.
Over 300 persons were present, representing
lodges from every city within the confines of
the State. The hall was decorated
in sombre funeral attire, the pillars
and. walls being draped in black
material. In the centre of the room was
erected a small stand, upon which rested a
casket. The ceremony is intended to COM
memOrate the death of lodge members, and
the coffin is a reminder Of their departure.
At either end of the hall was a large chair
covered with Grape. The witnesses of the
ceremonies sat i'll seats provided about the
casket and along the sides of the hall. The
decorations were of evergreen and roses,
with an occasional sprig of lily of the valley.
They were pfofuse.
These officers of various lodges occupied
prominent places in the halt
DELEGATES PRESENT.
Jersey City-Teutonia Lodge No. II. Deputy
Master w. Sregemann; Allemania Lodge No.
l32. Deputy Master H. Gastens.
Hoboke9-Hudson Lodge No. n, Deputy
Master Adolph Laakeriug.
Union Hil-Palisade Lodge No. 81, Deputy
Master j. Hellstern.
Observation-Disclosures Lodge No. 154. Deputy
Master =. semen, HUMBOLDT Lodge No. ia,
Deputy Master g. HansJeiu.
Acknowledgements Lodge No. %, Deputy Mas
ter r. g. A. Wolf: Schiller Lodge No. 66. Dep
uty Master e. Hartdegen; Germania Lodge
Camden-Mozar Lodge No. 121, Deputy Mas
ter ]. Rieger.
Eiiza6eth-Hsrmapn Lodge No. 81, Deputy
Master L. Strauss.
THE PROGRAMME.
The programme was interesting. After
an overture by the orchestra the funeral
march was played. The funeral procession,
consisting OF a dozen members of the order,
escorted the casket to the stand. Next the
various District Grand Masters entered, oc-
cupying seats near the coffin. A funeral
chant was sung in German, after which
was performed the ''Trauer Loge,n or
Lodge of Sorrow, consisting of a few bene-
dlctions movements by the Deputy
Grand Master, in the absence of the Grand
Master, understood by lodge members and
bearing significance.
This was followed by a song. Sane Maria"
executed by Frauline THINE Vom Cleft.
Adolph Klee of Hoboken, District Deputy
Grand Master, next made an adj
dress, followed by singing by the Fret
maurer Saengerbund of New York. Miss
Minnie Pattberg of jersey City Heights next
gave the vocal solos, $50 Still the Heart
and THE Song of Elias.u
Walter Wirths, President of the Arion
onHSAAS tooSNOol VI oOloSJ SltJ I1olSHbS, sang
valentines Prayer" and aAus der oper
Faust
The Rev. E. A. Muery of the Second Re-
formed Church read a verse from the Bible,
followed by a vocal duett by Misses TIME
Won Cleft and Minna Pattberg, entitled
'Thorn and Rose
An address was made by Grand Master
James Durand, and also by Past Grand Mas
ter Robert H. Moore. A choral, 'It Is
Bright in Gods Realm" was sung, which
concluded the Lodge of Sorrow.
After singing, in unison, "Good Night"
the company adjourned to an elaborate re-
past in the dining room. Toasts were re-
sponded to by Deputy Grand Master James
Belger of Newark, District Deputy Grand
Master Adolph Klee, Past District Deputy
Grand Master Selnow and Past District Dep
uty Grand Master N. A. G. Intemann.