The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-05
WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE
Elks' Animal Memorial Services
at the Opera House.
THE SILVER BOW LODGE
b Memory OF Their Dead Members
beautifully Observsd-The Grafton
by Hon. d. @. Day Was Eio-
quently Delivered.

Very impressive and exceedingly
beautiful were the services held at the
opera hous yesterday afternoon by the
Silver Bow lodge Of Elk in memory
of their departed members. The house
was filled with an audience of Butte's
best people. Great pains had been TAX
en- in dressing the stage. which never
presented a very more attractive ap-
p~earance. A mammoth elk's head was
the center piece. draped In the colors
of the nation, the Elk colors. mourning
badges and ivy. On the back of the
stage were two other elk heads appro-
priately draped. The entire stage was
arranged to represent an Elk lodge
room with the stands and desks for the
various officers. Around the walls were
the Elk colors funereally draped.
The Elks occupied the front rows of
the house, while their officers took their
customary positions on the stage. These
were Ben f. Harris. exalted ruler;
Francis Brooks, esteemed leading
knight; Archibald Gray, esteemed loyal
knight; j. +. Dawson, esteemed lectur-
ing knight; c. N. Gosman, secretary; J.
r. Bordeaux, treasurer; /. H~eilbronner,
esquire; Henry Piper, inner guard;
Charles w. Lane, tyler; George A. No
bic. chaplain.
The mournful prayer from "Rienzi'
was exquisitely played by the orches-
ira. Then Exalted Ruler Harris told
of the occasion for the service and the
ritual was proceeded with. The secre-
tary called the roll of the departed
dead. w. Andrews, II. A. Neiden-
hofen n Julius Reinhart. There We're
no deaths among the members of the
lodge during the past year.
An octette OF the Silver Bow Glee
altth aan~ xra-xr .orazafxaIx- IT. Il.
cant Chair" The opening ode was then
sung. followed by prayer by Rev. Maui
rice Eisenberg. One Sweetly Solemn
Thought" was sung by Mrs. T. ]. Fla
vim, But the Lord is Mindful by Miss
Finnegan. The Lost Chord" by Mrs.
Carlos Warfield. Que Est Homo a
duet, by Mrs. Fitz Butler and Mrs.
Haldorn. The Grafton by Hon. L. c.
Day of Helena was a finished produc-
ton. eloquently delivered. 1t was as
follows:
Exalted Ruler. Brothers Of the B. p.
o. E., Ladies and Gent1emen-We have
met here this afternoon. In this beau
tiful temple dedicated to the genius of
the drama and opera, those two high
est forms of the expression Of mans In
te~llectuality, to participate In a cere-
mony unique in character. beautiful in
conception and sublime in the princi-
Piles which underlie and Civ life to it.
There is common to man in almost ev-
cry stage of his development a desire
to life the veil that covers the mysteri-
Gus past and the more awful future.
And with this desire Is united another
equally universal and d~eep-rooted-to
continue his W existence in a purer
and higher realm beyond, yet to leave
behind with those who follow after a
memory whose fragrance shall rise as
the sweet incense OF the morning. From
the earliest times we find him actuated
by these two desires or motives of
living; the N that he might deserve
to live on in another sphere; the other.
that traces of his existence here might
not be obliterated.
The former impulse or motive under
lies all religions and PHILOSOPHERS. The
latter gives rise to monuments and
memorials. Naturally, in the earlier
stages the embodiment OF these two
desires was material in character. The
vag looked forward to a happy
hunting ground. where. free from the
bonds of his imperfect success on
earth, he might pursue the chase with
unvarying success, while the monu-
ments he left behind told only the story
of his physical prowess. And 1t is IN
teresting to note that as his spiritual
ideas develop, as his conception of a
future state becomes higher n nobler,
this development is reflected in the me-
mOTldlS ne utslrtS 10 ledNe Denlnu LOT
future ages. So, too, the a idea
was selfish. He thought only of him
self. Whether in the past. the present
or the future, civilization developed the
idea of solidarity-taught US that the
welfare OF ourselves depended upon
that of our brother, and that in his life
was to be lessons of usefulness for our
lives. Hence the growth of history and
biography, the recording of past events,
whether great or small, as examples for
future conduct. and the p~erpetuation of
the memories OF great persons and in
cidents as an inspiration to make flu
ture achievements more glorious.
witt the idea of solidarity came also
that of the continuity of the human
race. the strength derived from past
greatness and our duty to transmit II
unimpaired to those who are to follow
as part of US. Thus the past and the
future become linked with the present,
forming a chain reaching from eternity
to eternity. where the generation is the
unit or link.
But the idea OF eternity has been
always oppressive to mankind. so he
breaks it into cycles or eras, that may
serve as a marker of his progress. An
examination of these events which have
been thus selected from time to time
as memorials will determine the extent
of the civilization of h nation. No
nation rises higher han its ideals, yet
all ideals presuppose the living embodi-
ment of something similar in character.
To attain lofty conceptions of moral
truth n excellence by a process of Sc
lection without any tandard or point
of view furnished by the real living
thing. is as impossible as II is to arrive
at the highest forms and ideas Of art
independently Of the special genius n
actual production of h artist. Com
parative mythology furnishes many
curious and interesting examples of
this selection of prominent events in
the lives of the ideal parsonage to serve
as epochs or markers of time. Our
own system of chronology is perhaps
the most perfect example Of the idea
which / am now seeking to convey. in
that L. e haSad Innn thu birth of Him |