The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-27
AT THE MARGARET.

AT The MARGAREl.
The Afternoons Exercises Pass OFF in
Most Pleasant Way.
1t was after o'clock when the
marching Odd Fellows reached the
Margaret theater and passed through
the ample portals of that magnificent
audience room. Long before the pro-
cession reached the Margaret hundreds
of people, men. women and children,
crowded the sidewalk awaiting with
impatience the hour for the exercises
to begin. While the Margaret theater
is a building of enormous capacity, Its
seats were entirely too few in number
yesterday to afford accommodation TO
those who sought admittance. An
overflow audience could easily have
been made up of those who found 1t
an impossibilty to obtain seating or
even standing room within the Mar
garet. A goodly part of the house was
set apart for the members of the or
der and the remainder was devoted to
the accommodation of a part OF the
vast throng so eager to attend the eA-
ercises.
The decorations of the interior of the
theater were simple; few banners
and emblematic standards composed
the background. On the stage were
stated the higher officials of the order
together with the Daughters of Re
bekah. When all were seated who
could gain admittance, Past Grand
C. F. Adams of Anaconda introduced
the grand master, r. w. Neill, as the
chairman of the meeting. Mr.. Neill
accepted the honor in a neat speech
of thanks. The opening ode was sung
by the audience, who remained stand
ing until it's conclusion. This was fol-
lowed by the reading of the prociania-
ton by the grand secretary, A. J.
White of Butte.
Mayor oliver Lesser of this city was
then introduced and delivered a brief
address of welcome.
They Are Welcome.
Mayor Lesser said that, on behalf of
the people of Anaconda and himself
individually he extended cordial well
come to the members of the |. o. o. F.
who have honored this city with their
presence. 1t gave him great pleasure
to know them as members of beneN-
client order and as citizens of Montana.
Your watchwords, Friendship, Love
and Truth, will do more to Christian
ize than all the sermons that /ould be
delivered in so years" Four score
years had passed. said Mayor Lesser:
since the foundation of the ORDER and
now there is a membership OF nearly
a million. The good works of the
organization in the past proclaims more
eoquently than any words that ! can
utter that you will carry out in the
future with the zeal you have in the
past the things with which you name
is synonomous--to succor the distressed,
relieve the oppressed and render aid
where aid is needed
DR.. Lesser concluded his brief ad-
| dress by again extending to the Wis
iting Odd Fellows the freedom of the
city and assured them of the heartiest
of welcomes. He hoped the members
would sojourn in the city for time
and become its guests, and expressed
| the hone that the future of the order
| would be as grand and good as its
! past.
Mayor Leisers remarks We're greet
| ed with applause.
| The Musical Programme.
A selection by the Boston & Montana
| band was the next number, which was
| heartily cheered. Mrs. Fl. H. Mayhem
| of this city sang in charming manner
the solo, "Buge Call" The song anc
songstress We're received with EVIL
/ dences of the warmest appreciation. A
selection by the Alice band was sc
| roundly cheered that an encore was
| responded to. A number on the pro
| gramme at this point was assigned Il
| the Butte quartette, but unfortunately
| all of the members of that harmonic
| organization We're not present and the
audience was compelled to forego the
| pleasure of listening to the melodlou'
voices of the singers from the Smok!
| City. The Anaconda quartette, com
posed of Messrs. Harris, Thomas, Far
| CHER and Lyman, received pertec
| ovation. Their singing was really al
enjoyable treat. Il Know Bank il
the title of a finely rendered duet b!
Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Mayhem, which
| the audience applauded to the echo
Next came Prof. L. st. Jean with
violin solo, souvenir d Arthabaska.
Professor St Jean seemed to make hi
| instrument send forth notes which fair
ly carried away the vast throng. VIII
would not be silenced until the giftet
virtuoso had responded to an encore
| Messrs. Harris and Pckel sang duet
! "I,m Waiting for Thee" which wa
equally we'll received. The last voca
number was a quartette song, "Oh
Were I But Moonlight Ray a Yer!
| beautiful thing, by the Anaconda quar-
tette mentioned above.
This concluded the musical pro
gramme, after which Mr.. Neill intro
duced Massena Billiard of Helena, rep
resentative to the supreme grand lodge
the foremost Odd Fellow in the North
west.
The exercises at the Margaret close
with the singing by the entire audi
ence of the closing ode. A great dea
of credit for the success of the after
moons exercises is due Mrs. w. A
Elliott, who presided at the piano. He
playing was one of the most enjoya
BILE features of the occasion
When the singing of the closing cd
had been concluded Judge H. H. May
hew invited all those present to atten
the grand ball in the evening at tn
Turner hall. which event brought t
| a successful end most pleasant OC