The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-03
TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD
Roautiful Memorial Service
Held By the ElkS.
ADDRESS FROM WARDE
CROWDED THEATRE AND AN
EXCELLENT PROGRAMME.

--t.-. were beautiful services at the
..-..f .anera house last evening under
... ..,-rfres Of the order of Elks Of
...-. ..-,- and "a very large audience
---sn4rd. Tie crowd was much larger
-ts, the theatre would accommodate,
ed after every seat was taken and the
'..,.f.-a room both ia the balcony and
.- the main floor was occupied, hun
.-.5- Of people were turned away from
tH- doors.
THE services we're the memorial ser
,...s uaff every year on the nrSt sun
E.- nm December in honor of the mem
IF rs. order who died during the
,.- rr This case the departed mem
-- were. Tr. j. w Smith, T. w Peters
and Lester WaIlacn.
Tho rrsur8mWF dis a whole was one
.- rrs-uaI merit. and was greatly en-
-.-5 ar fHa large audience, composed
II rh. members of the lodge their
..--frfa- and friends. Much of the
-rr-.. was Of very high order. The
STAGE WAS set to- represent lodge
room. and some sixty or eighty OF the
5..EsnE EIE- of the city. in fun dress
.r.rs occupied seats there with EXalt-
ID Ruler st. J.. MuIvey presiding over
%. exercises
Tn. orchestra discOursed appTOpTi-
.f. music from the rear of the stage.
~ aH.1-d With the professional Cor
1ratior March" and during the even
ms .-rel several numbers of a high
order.
consisted of questions by Mr.. Mulvey
and responses by the other officers as
Do the objects Of the order and the
sF i'm
ode and prayer 10y the chaplain, Rev.
Ellis Bishop.
b. s. Goddard sang a baritone solo.
awake AIE Soul that pleased the
audience greatly. as did also his East
ar song. given later i'm The evening.
d. g. Dunbar spoke on Fraternity"
and told Of the growth and work Of
1ha order. rHd of its principles of char
irr justice and brutherly love. In the
past FN years $4,000 men have joined
The lodges Iu this country, and 200
lodges hav. been organized. The Elks
were 10. first on the ground to help
when the SCUueId disaster occurred,
and tire same was true as to the Gal
weston horror
Letter From Frederick Warde.
40 this point in the programme an
Unexpected treat was given the audi
guUa iu the way of a communication
from Frederick Warde. the famous ac-
Tor % was hoped that Mr.. Warde
would Doe able To- be present at the
meeting. and that was his wish. but it
Wis impossible and he sent the brief
address instead. 1t was read by Ben
King. and Was as follows.
Brother Elk@ Friends Visitors
"lt s. O. source of the most intense
regret .n noe that I cannot ne present
al your memorial services, but I shall
l- with YOU in spirit and ia fraternity
our annual memorial services are
Gee most beautiful and pathetic obIi-
cations of our ritual They were form
ally known as Lodges of SorIJw'-that
Nas mlsnumer, for we are not here
tH grIeve e~ weep, but 10 pay "a loving
tribute @" the memory of our brothers
who have SoHe before US. on the
journey that one day we too must
travel
For them LIES cares. troubles and
g1NeueS are paSt-they are at rest
Should We not therefore rejoice For
them there Is mo- more sorrow. no tears
only peace eternal Let US recall
them as We knew them in life, the
man. the friend. the brother II they
bad faults. We saw them not. If they
erred Na knew lt not, and If they
NEn--l uS. 10 IS forgotten. AS broth
er NE recall them-the fraternal
-EaST.-'1- genial smile-the pleasant
Voice that greeted us. and the heart al
ways ready te the call of charity.
Justice. and nrotherly love. Their
hearts beat no 'ouEeT with the pulse o.
.'a-thaI~ voices are stuIed forever. and
me A7.}rt"~~ fingers can never grasp
our own AGAIN. but i'm our hearts we
'.-..-. OH" sweet remembrance Of
-a....at love thai can never die.