The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
DULY INSTALLED
Newly Elected Officers Of Pacific
Lodge.
BANQUET AT MASONIC TEMPLE
Tributes Paid the Retir.
ing Officers.
Songs by Good Singers and the
Night MerrIly Spent.

After officiating for more than Z
year as Worshipful Master of Pacif,
Lodge, No. S22. a. F. & A. NJ, Henry
+. Cooper surrendered the RESPONSE
bility last evening to John Phillips.
When the lodge had been duly tiled
the following officers were installed by
II. Z. Cooper, d. d. G.. M: John
Phillips, r. w. NJ; c. B. Ripley, Dep
ute Master; F. B. Auerbach, Sub. Mas
ter; Norman E. Gedge, S. W.; w. Aus
tin Whiting, j. W.; w. o. Atwater
Treasurer; II. H. Williams, Secretary
Ed Z. Hughes, S. D.; Thomas Black
j. D.; Frank l.. Hogs, /. G.; Il. +.
LANCE, Chaplain; Z. FaXon Bishop and
L. G. Ables, Stewards, and John NJ.
Angus, Tiler.
The ceremonies connected with the
installation occupied an hour, and in
accepting the responsibilities connect
ed with the position of r. w. NJ, Mr..
Phillips spoke feelingly and was quite
overcome. He alluded to the grand
work accomplished by the retiring
Master and said he hoped that the
same good attendance of members in
the past would characterize his adj
ministration of the affairs of the lodge.
Messrs. Gedge and Black also made
remarks on taking their offices as Sc
nior Warden and Junior Deacon, re-
spectively. The lodge was then closed
by r. w. NJ. Phillips, and the members
taken from labor to refreshments, the
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banuueting hall, which was appropri-
ately decorated with evergreens, floral
designs and Hawaiian and American
flags. In front of the latter was the
emblem of masonry in incandescent
lights.
The task of arranging the menu was
assigned to w. Austin Whiting, a
gentleman whose knowledge of juris-
prudence and good things to eat is un-
surpassed by any of the gourmets in
the Islands, and the dishes were ele-
gantly prepared by Mine Host Krouse
of the Arlington. Besides the usual
array of cold meats, there were deli
cious cold duck and plover. At the
proper time, Just after the first bottle.
Master Phillips announced that he
would appoint Brother Cooper toast
master, and as such he gave a brief
history of masonry, dwelling particu-
larly on that part pertaining to the
Scotch Grand Lodge, of which Pacific
Lodge, No S22, is part. To the toast,
Masonry" c. b. Ripley fittingly re-
sponded.
AS masonry in the Hawaiian Islands
had as it's first born, Lodge lie Progress,
and as all other lodges are but child
rem of that lodge, the POSTMASTER be
lieved the health of the parent should
be drunk by those present.
Brother George a. Davis of lie Prog
ress responded by thanking the toast
master for the honor conferred upon
him. He gave a resume of masonry
in the Islands and reminded those
present of the duty which devolve6
upon MasonS without regard to the
lodge to which they were members.
During his remarks he paid high tri-
butte to the late King Kalakaua who
was a member of the Lodge lie Prog
ress, and one of the highest Masons in
the land.
BY way of change from the usual
routine of speeches, Andrew Brown,
Past Master of Hawaiian Lodge, No
81, was called upon for a song, and re-
sponded with Beautiful Nell" w. G..
Ashley accompanying him on the pi-
ano. His audience was so we'll pleased
that he was obliged to respond TO an
encore, for which he sang up a Tree. =
In replying to the toast, Hawaiian
Lodge, No. 81" Archie Gilfillan, R. w.
NJ, said he had listened to the remarks
of the toast-master relative to the
Scotch Lodge, but he could point with
pride to the Stars and Stripes at his
back and say that he was glad that he
belonged to lodge whose parent lived
under that glorious flag. He could see
among the members of Pacific Lodge
many who had sat with him as mem
bers of Hawaiian, No. 81. He was glad
the Pacific Lodge had been started, for
by it an impetus had been given the
order. Both lodges had prospered
during the year, and from the fact that
so many of the members of Hawaiian
No. q, had transferred their affections
to the new lodge he thought Hawaiian
had a right to assume a maternal care
over it.
Owing to the absence of a member,
who was expected to respond to a toast,
there was another diversion, and Will
liam Hogs was obliged to sing three
songs to satisfy his numerous friends
E. /. Spalding responded to the toast,
Principal Emblems of Masonry" in a
few short, but beautiful and instruc-
tive remarks abiding to the square and
compass as the tools to be used by
Masons in building their moral lives
unprepared for it, Mr.. Spalding
made what was undoubtedly the best
address of the evening.
There were several visiting members
in the room, and G. H. Umbsen of
California, No. 166, responded to the
toast, Our Visiting Brethren" in