Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-20
BROOKLAND ODD FELLOWS
The Grand Lodge Entertained RoyaII,
by Suburban Br,tbcrs

"A most noteworthy event was made of the
grand visitation of the Grand Lodge OF l
.. O. F. of the District of Columbia 70
Brookland Lodge No. -, last evening. The
lodge room in the town hall was beautif,,IIv
decorated with the emblens of the order
ana the national colors by Past Grand G.
Il. Johnston and turned into 4 BANQUET
room. where five long, daintily spresc aud
temptingly laden tables were arranged nv
Mesiames Armstrong, Bret, Erdman. FL
finger. Davis, Johnston, Norton, Rulcess
Rhine, Schwier, Quinn, West mi While
side, and the Misses Burr Eri,nan. Gudcin
Taylor and Grim for the reception of The
guests. The auditorium of the nah VAS We'll
nlled with visiting brethren anu interested
friends. Grand Master John II. Nooi WAS
accompanied by large delegation Of the
Grand Lodge. Noble Grand Jesse A. SIer-
wood and number of repraSanr,rjve.; Of
l-angdon Lodge We're present; alsD a num-
Der OF delegates of other sister .OdCc; 10
bic Grand Harry Barton IF Brno<Iaad
Lodge introduced the speaker Of rho even
ing. Grand Representative f. = Sti, who
IN elegant phraSeology pon ed out the be.li-
ties OF odd Fellowship and me inlIt..rrr
Tor good promulgated by devotion to its
three golden links. At the close of ,;rn..e-
sentative STEERS eloquent ad iress Noble
Grand Barton invited the Grand Lodge and
friends to partake of REFRESHMENTS Dur
ing the progress of the banquet the Amor.
Musical Club of Washington rendered .,nte
choice selections on mandolins and guitar
Brother George +. Erdman OF Broukllud
Lodge acted toast master and r.rnlcset
hrst The Sovereign Grand Lodge" which
was responded to by Grand Seor,s.n...,ve
William r. Allan, who said ne hupeI u see
the Sovereign Grand Lodge in Washington
in 1879, as they had been invited 10 come
and he was heartily in favor of their doing.
SO. This announcement was received with
lnn11nGA nd I ado
ed by Grand Master Wood, who return ed
thanks to the ladies of Brookluli for their
KIND entertainment and referred IN comlli-
mentary terms to the establishment of
Lodge No25 last July, and 10 their growth
and energy since that date.
To Deputy Grand Master Theo. Mead
was given the toast The Rebekah
Lodges and he paid a glowing tribute to
order owing to their high ideal of love
and duty and their devotion to their
chosen cause Brother Holten, a visiting
member from Massachusetts. made spir-
tied address, stating that it was a blessing
to every young community to have an or
ganizatOn of brotherly love brought within
its midst, and urged every Odd Fellow to
do his full duty and very appropriately
sang a stanza from Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone: Dare to have a pu-
pose true, Dare TO make it known" Grand
Represen tative Stier being called upon to
respond to the toast our Hosts" eulo-
SiZcI tiit IllOllO VI lllt OIItl, fTltnuSTlp,
Love and Truth and gracefully compH-
mented the ladies, who, he claimed. should
stand side by side with men in all organ
iZations. Brother William Quinn in re-
spouse to The Ladies of Brookland" re
lated several incidents and then predicted
that as odd Fellowship is progressive this
would be n red letter year in the history
of the order.
Three cheers and a tiger We're given for
the Brookland ladies and three cheers by
the Grand Lodge for Brookand Lodge.
An invitation given to all to attend
the seventy-ffth anniversary celebration
of the founding of odd Fellowship, which
will be held in Convention Hall on Thurs
day afternoon, April 26. parade of odd
Fellows will form at > o'clock at the Peace
monument march to the White House and
thence to Convention Hail. The Moody
and Sankey choir is expected to take part
in the exercises which will be very i'm
pressive.