The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-10

| SGralgnt down on the unprotected heads
of the people. 1t was hotter than the
Internal regions in that field, but the
CLAIMS and Holsters were good, which made
up for the fact that those who partook of
them were in danger of receiving sun
stroke while they dined. One of the in
teresting sights of the day was the very
great dexterity with which His Elk cellen-
cy Governor Powers held an umbrella
over his head with one hand and juggled
CLAIMS with the other. By his side sat
Mayor Randall and the supreme and
grand officers of the Pythians, who seemed
to enjoy the clam bake and the novelty
of the affair. Fully 500 and perhaps more
were seated around the plain tables
where the bake was served, and the way
the CLAIMS and other things disappeared
before the multitude was something
strange to see. The ladies, too, entered
into the spirit of the occasion and showed
themselves to be heroines, for despite. the
intense heat they remained at the tables
until there wasn't a clam or a lobster
left
Long Island never saw as many fakirs
of all kinds as it did yesterday. There
were men who had all manner of things
to sell from toy balloons and whistles to
walking sticks, badges, souvenirs, palm
leaf fans and all kinds of cooling drinks
or at least drinks which were supposedyto
be cooling. The agents of the Harvard
cigar were ION hand and with great lib
erality distributed through the crowd
over 1000 of this brand of cigars. There
were punching machines, blowing ma
chimes, talking machines and all other
kinds of machines that have ever been in
vented and the island resembled nothing
more than it did the star day at coun-
try fair.
1 The knights and their ladies wandered
about the island, rode about on buck
boards, wandered through the woods or
along the shore and on the whole seemed
to be having pretty good time. Gov.
Powers sought out shady nook in the
grove and surrounded by bevy of pref
ty girls, whiled away an hour or two in
paying them compliments and telling
stories. His collar was wilted until it
looked like an unlaundered pocket hand
kerchief, the perspiration despite the cool
| ing breezes, ran down his cheeks in
streams and the palm leaf fan which he
carried was nearly worn out by constant
use before he tired of the fun and took
the boat back to Portland along with
Mayor Randall. But he had a good time,
or at least was polite enough to say that
he had, and if he didn't it certainly was
not the fault of the knights of Pythias,
who did their best to make the outing
an enjoyable one for him.
Supreme Chancellor P. T. Colgrove
took warning before the knights started
for Long Island and hastened away to his
home in Michigan by the noon train. But
the other supreme officers remained be-
hind to address the gathering later in the
afternoon.
The first speaker was Past Supreme
Chancellor Ritchie and he was introduced
to the assemblage by Grand Chancellor
Reynolds. Mr.. Ritchie, in the beginning
of his speech, had great deal to say
about the clam bake, which he thought
was a good one, and still more to say
about Pythianism and the excellent work
(which has been done in the cause here in
Maine. In speaking of the supreme chan
cllor whose departure he very much re-
GREETED, Mr.. Richie said: 1T is some
thing to be supreme chancellor of this
order. In my opinion it is the greatest
honor that can come to a man to fill this
position. How much enjoyed the great
respect which you have shown your gov
ernor, but how small thing it is to be a
governor compared with being supreme
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias.
| respect and admire your governor, but
when the supreme chancellor of this order
comes along I take off my hat. Our
present supreme chancellor is man who
forsook politics to occupy the position of
honor at the head of the grandest order in
the world. He had represented his state
in the state senate and he is man whom
you will see United States senator be-
fore many years.
"And then there is the major general,
commanding the grandest civilian army
in the world, the Uniformed Rank of the
knights of Pythias. 1t is this rank which
has brought the order into popularity.
Oh, you boys of Trinity Commandery
who did SO much to make the parade
this morning success, you are only half
Knights of Pythias until you don the
uniform of the Uniform Rank.
"What grand state this State of Maine
is, to be sure. But you are too far out of
the way. Take your state and drop it
down into one of the swamps of Indiana
and you will nominate Tom Reed as
President before the sun goes down. y
Great applause and laughter e
Mr.. Richie went on to say that there
was one good thing about the Knights
of Pythias, it is not a political order. eff
you see any man trying to use this order
for political purposes, take him by the
throat and throw him out. He is not fit
to be Knight of Pythias."
Mr.. Ritchie then went On to give the