The Washington times., 1894-04-29
ODD FELLOWS;
GOOD FELLOWS.

The diamond anniversary of American Odd
Fellowship celebrated on Thursday last by
an imposing street parade In the afternoon and
magnificent ball in the evening The weather
was favorable and the arrangements were COM
plete, for which the committee deserves special
credit. The general programme as carried out
consisted of the pageant in the afternoon exer-
cises in Convention hall, and the ball in the
evening. Immense crowds of people lined the
streets over which the parade passed, and
evinced much interest in the fine display that
w6s made.
The line of march was formed at the Peace
monument and at 80 p. m, proceeded along
Pennsylvania avenue to the White House. and
passed through the White House grounds where
- II was reviewed by President Cleveland Grand
Marshal L. }. Jones, who was in charge of the
parade, stood by the President with uncovered
head as the procession passed, and pointed out
to MS Exceliency the various persons and points
of interest The column was arranged in four
divisions, under the escort of the Washington
Light Infantry corps and cantons. The marshal
of the first division DR.. Edgar a Brooks;
of the second, Charles E Tribby; of the third,
I. Edward Clark, and of the fourth, John /
Brown. Several of the lodges appeared in uni
form cap, and other members of the Order
wore dark clothes, gloves, and so on, and taking
all together, the order presented a very credit
able appearance. Several bands of music and
drum corps enliyened the interest of the occa-
sion.
very conspicuous and unique feature was
the beautiful float emblematic of the order,
Lodge, No II, which attracted universal atten-
tion- AS the column approached Convention
hall open order followed, and the membership
passing by the Light Infantry, who gave them
tho appropriate military salute, filed into the
Immense building, where the following pro-
gramme was carried out:
overture. ure....................U C. s. Marine Band
Grand chorus America
Chorus and audience with u s Marine Band
Prayer..-. ...--1 homas Chalmers Easton, ID. ID.
Solo. 1.-The Holy City, Adams. ........-.
Miss Dorothea Byrde Rogers
Chorus, .'He Watching over israeT"i Elijah: '-A
Mendelssohn. ........-....::.. ::........... Choir
Solo, % @To sevilla:a Desssuer hon T. ii, Mansur
................ Miss Dorothea Byrde Rogers
Chorus, The Heavens Are Telling" (Crea-
ton); Haydn .--..-....--.s..........Ch Choir
The exercises were concluded with the entire
audience rising and singing the closing ode of
the order and the benediction pronounced by
Rev. DIR. Easton. The addresses of Senator Mar
tin and Hon c. II. Mansur We're listened to with
marked attention as they portrayed in eloquent
language the blessings and benefits of the or
ganization, and traced its career from its hum
BILE origin with Father Wildey and his four asso-
ciates, in the city of Baltimore in April 1919
along the seventy-hve years of its existence, and
recounte1 the great good il had wrought during
the three-quarters of century in amelioratng
the condition of mankind The solos rendered
by Miss Dorothea Byrde Rogers were received
with outbursts of enthusiasm, and the talented
lady was repeatedly encored. Seldom has
community than that caused by her excellent
renditions on this occasion.
The chorus, "He Watching Over Israeli from
Mendelssohn, and "The Heavens Are Telling
(Creation), from Hayden, rendered by the select
choir under the direction of Prof. John A. Roeder
with Miss Grace Fox and Mrs j. L. Shedd ac-
companists, contributed in no small degree to
the effectiveness of the programme. In the
evening there was grand reception, (which was
In charge of the following committee: Grand
Master j. II. Wood, w. p. Allan, I. j. Jones, Z.
~ Pettengill, r. A. Mclean, Z. +. Trieber, j. B.
Ward, j. S Jones, C. W. Leannarda, W. T. Jones'
W. NJ. Wales, W. II. Klopfer, j. W. Watson and
the following Rebekah degree members: Mrs
o. Burroughs, Mrs S. NJ. Sanderson, Miss A NJ
Duvall, Mrs. V. Kessler, Mrs NJ L Nicholson,
Miss \. +. Pearson Miss Z. v Sparo, Mrs Van
Horn, Mrs. {. K Schutt, Mrs Z. H. Harner, Miss
Annie Wilkins, and Miss A. NJ Lomax
At the close of the reception there was dane
ing, in charge of the following committee: Floor
director W. E. Clapp. Thomas J. Jones, d. Wolff,
c. W. Leannarda, j. j. Cherry, II. c. Given, l.
". Boody, W. d. Coleman A. B. Clark W. F.
GUIDE, J. !. Brown, c. II. GLADDEN., W. p. Pixley,
W. ii. klopfer, Charles Campbell, William Mus
ser, Dr. C. Morrison, C. F. Trotter, A. Frey, J. c.
Wilson, william Berger, W. E. Blocker, W. N.
Fisher, A. j. Schippert, j. h Van Houten, W.
Quinn, X. F. Crist, c. E Bartlett, j. H. Halford,
s. Cottrel,. 1r., Charles Mullen, E E Barton r.
h. Slee, j. w. Watson, r. Fulkerson, W. H.
6chlosser, and r. +. Walea Convention Hall
was handsomely decorated for the occasion, un-
Brother IL C. Given was in charge Of the ar.
rangements for the music
The immense hall was nlled with an array Of