The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-28

Eueu LouBe, i. y. ". r., consisting
of some one hundred members,
dressed In dark suits, high hats. light
eolOred gloves, and carrying light
bamboo canes, boarded special train,
consisting of three passenger coaches
at the b. ~ q. Delaware avenue sta
tlon on Monday afternoon at l.30
O'Clock.
The train was pulled out OF the
depot with Mr.. Schultz at the throttle
| of one of the companies fiectest en-
gines. After leaving Wilmington In
the distance the train fairly flew over
the road bed, telegraph poles looked
like teeth In fine tooth comb. Az
each mite post was passed. the train
preaeptiably increased it speed. The .
run was mnde with only one stop be-
| fore Canton was reached, and the
party was landed in Baltimore In less
than one hour ana thirty minutes.
The Lodge was met at the depot bS- "A
| committee from Pacific Lodge headed
by band and escorted to the hand.
some headquarters OF the Odd Fellows
OF Baltimore. corner OF Saratoga and
Cathedral street,
The lot was purchased In 1891 Mt a
cos. OF over $40, GOO. and the handsome
and substantial four story brick build
ing costing completed and furnished
about $3.50 600, was dedicated for Its
great work on April 18TH 1882. Eden's
memberS wero shown from the cellar
to the fourth floor and after all exami.
nation pronounced IL one of the finest
appointed Odd Fellows halls la tho
country.
The building Is 94xl5j feet, four
stories In height, and is used exclu-
sively by the lodges OF Odd Fellows.
4 We'll ventilated cellar runs the en-
tire length Of the building Here the
tifNff
ing OF six Barstow furnaces, besides
having kitchen fitted up with all the
modern conveniences of culinary de-
partment.
A large elevator runs from cellar to
fourth ilooi and is run by electricity.
The iifst l'oor contains offices Tor the
dliic.ett lodge officers, besittes we'll
furnished parlor billiard room. cloak
roolns, ote. The library for the use OF
the members only is located OH the
north side of the building and con.
J taihs magazines, newspapers and
) twenty-five Thousand volumes OF
books. Ascending wide stairway you
i reach the second tloGr, where is
, located the Armofy Or banquet room
81 by 81 feet, with a lofty ceiling "A
] feet high. This floor also contains
numerous other weil.appointed rooms
for the use OF the different lodges.
| The third floor has two large lodge
: rooms, 81 by % feet and Al hy 26 feet,
, and are SO arranged that they can be
{. thrown both into ono large room.
Tho fourth floor is where the grand
! lodge room Is situated. 1t is certainly
h a splendid room for Odd Fellowship
) work. 1t is lighted by two large cleo
trio light chamdllers suspended from a
21.fout high ceiling Ii the centre OF
the room, besides several electric
= brackets containing three mean.
. descent lamps arranged around the
t sides On this ilo0r is an antc-room
g l2 by Is feet with toilet rooms. Also
4 three limo lodge rooms 30 by 20 feet.
a ~ by y feot. - hy3G feet. having large
: ante and dressing room attached. The
= rooms are ilttrd 40 equal TO anything
| OF the kind IN the United States
= Eden Lodge had taken all their
. hindsome and costly paraphcrnalia
with them for the purpose OF showing
The Maryland odd Fellows what they
could do IN the dramatic work OF con.
Y ferrng the different degrees.
t Promptly az eight O'Clock the Grand
i. Lodge room was crowded and about
i $ 30 O'Clock tho Eden staiIi began TO go
g through the WORK of tho mysteries of
: odd Fellowship. 1t was something
that the writer lad never ietore wit
. nessed all tho way through at one
ii time, anu 1t WAS done i'll such q per.
< feet manner by those partiripatlns
" that il Will long be remembered as
one OF tho red letter days of his life.
10 say that the MARYLAND odd Eel.
lows were treated to one of tho great
: est as well as novel entertainments
II that ever took place in their city would
: lie putting it mildly indeed fheil
j. hearty applause aLt.fstad ther gratlh
. Gallon Of tho splendid work which
~ Eden 5tnH performed. Every ono ak
!. Ing part from Mr.. John NJ Nhitford
down deserve the greatest praise
The quutatte and orchastre don't
splendid and contributed their shares
towards tho evening entertainment
The different degrees was got through
d, with BY lt.s0 and the Odd Fellows
about IL Is o'clock assembled ut the
H. tutaw House where IL hlndsOme cola
= ton was served. that lasted unit
- nearly tlaee O'Clock this morning.
= Speeches were undo by George W
d Lee, P q. NJ John NJ Jones. G.. r..
Nm, Grason. q. NJ. j. r. Price, q NJ.
4 Chartae \. Cook, George 4. Clark ans
if Vim. ii Cole lilo special was board
ed nj 8, Is and by 5 O'Clock the tire
= but well pleased lot of men were land
IS ed at Delaware Ayenne Station, wher,
street ears awaited To take tile Ia in tn
direction OF their different homes.