The herald., 1894-04-27
StVENTY-FNE YEARS OLD.
The Anniversary of the Order
Of Odd Fellows.
An Impressive Parade of the Lodges
Yesterday.
IntsrssttnE Exercises Held At shs Bur-
bank Thsatsr, and = Grand Ball
at Armory Hall In the
Evening.

Los Angeles. and indeed all over the
United states, for it was the 10Th anni-
versRry of the organization Of the inde-
pendent order.
The day Was very generally celebrated
by the local members of the organiza-
ton, and the parade which opened up
the ceremonies was alike creditable as
to numbers and the imposing character
of the display made. The parade was
formed at 2 o'clock. the 1. o. q. +.
building being the headquarters. The
different lodges marched around to
Broadway, where Chief Marshal w. A.
Bonynge and his staff formed the line,
which was as follows:
Platoon Mounted Police.
Grand Marshal W. a. Bonynge'
Chief Of staff Maj. ". Q; Bsrr.
AidG-Col. w. P. schlosIer, Brig Gen. J. K
Mathews, Anch stump, +. E. Walsh. g. w.
Stock we'll. V. Therbald. G, N. Chester, D. D.
Norton Il. Q. Dillon, LOUIS d. wood
Canton Orion No. Up. NJ. Los Angeles
Hemi.TroPio Lodge No. 81, Los Aneeles.
Orpheus Lodge, No. 227.
Rast Side Lodge No. 235, Los Angeles
Good Will Lodge No. 323, Los Angeles.
Golden Rule Lodge No. 100, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Lodge No. SO, Los Angeles.
Anaheim Lodge.
Visiting Lodges.
Magnolia Encam pment No. SO, Los Angeles,
Orange Grove Encampm ent No 81, Los Angeles.
Laurel Encam pment, No. -, santa Ana.
Speakers, in Carriagea-
Daughters of RebeccA, in Carriages
Veteran Odd Fellows, in Carriages.
The line OF march for the parade was
from First street south on Broadway to
Third, Third to Spring, Spring to First,
First to Main, thence south on Main TO
the Burbank theatsr building.
The interior OF the Burbank theater
had been beautifully and artstically dec
grated with flowers and designs symbol-
ical OF the order, the stage being lavishly
garlanded with roses and lilies and lined
with palms.
The exercises opened with an over
ture by Lowinsky'a orchestra, after
which the opening ode was sung by the
audience. The quartette, consisting of
J. T. Newkirk, r. N. Jeffry. +. u. Chip
ron aud L. Cinnamon, sang The Odd Fell
lows Welcome, which was enthusiastic
ally applauded. Rev. @. @. Mclean, ID.
D., then led the assembly in prayer.
Mise Gretta Hicks, a demure little
miss, sang colo in a pleasing manner.
The master of ceremonies, Mr.. Ed.
ward Hutchison. announced that the
Los Angeles members celebrated the
10Th anniversary Of the establishment
of Odd Fellowship, and it was glad
time to al Of the brothers. For ages in
the early history OF the world men were
not bound together by the ties of broth
erhood. Seventy-five years ago this was
all changed by the introduction of Odd
Fellowship, which bound the hearts
"a h1->1- :, y, et men taGather in com pee~
Rev. o. @, Mclean, Who spoke on the
history of Odd Fellowship. The speak
or began by referring to the legend that
in the time of Titus lodge had been
given charter. Itwas undisputed that
in the fret half of the eighteenth CEN
tury the order was fully established.
They started whom society was dis
turbed and the bond OF unity between
men caused the patriarchal order to be
called Odd Fellows in name "a we'll as in
lact.
In 1Sl }, when q number sought to re-
vive the order, which was oppressed by
persecution, they found they could only
revive the convivial features; but in
1873 the independent order was eetab-
lished In Manchester, England. In 1919
1t was introduced into the United States
and in 1921 the grand lodge of Mary
land was organized. Since then it has
spread all over the United States, and.
indeed, all over the civilized world. 1t
teaches wholesome lessons Of morality
and religion, and ita beautiful and inn
pressive ritual is q model for all con-
duct for mankind. Referring to the
prejudice against secret orderd, he stated
that there could be no objection to an
order that believes in God, the laws of
the land and the good OF fellow men,
and these are the chief ethics of the |.
y. 0. +. So noble are its teachings, so
pure are its lessons, that man must
come nearer to God, and it brings me n
to Him that they may have the divine
strength to fulfill it's obligations.
Some secret societies are born in evil
and are used for evil purposes in this
land, and these societies should be
struck down; but any man who would
impute those evil, baneful efforts to
strike against the brotherhood of man,
to Odd Fellowship, Masonry or the
Knights of Pythias should be stricken
down with palsy. (Applause.) He
closed with brilliant peroration on the
good works Of the order.
A vocal solo. The Soldiers Bride. was
sung by Mrs. Nellie Morfort, who
possesses a rich. magnetic mezzo voice,