The Washington times., 1901-12-02
Tributes Paid to Memory Of
Departed Brothers.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE CROWDED.
Service Conducted by Exalted
Ruler Burkhart - SeVenty-tw
Nam S on Roll of Washington
Lodge Who Have Passed Away.


night by the members of Washington
Lodge No. Is, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. The yearly tribute which
serves to keep fresh the recollections OF
the members who have passed away since
the founding of the lodge nearly a score
of years ago was paid in beautiful me-
mortal service witnessed by an audience
which taxed the capacity of the house.
From the time when the roll of the de-
parted brothers was called and a single
light on a cross of fire darkened as each
name was read until the last note Of
Nearer. My God. to Thee died away, the
exercises seemed to breathe the senti-
nlent and spirit of the order-charity, JUS
tice, brotherly love. and fidelity. These
cardinal requisites of Elkdom were ex-
tolled by the speakers.
! Floor and balcony were crowded at 8
o'clock with invited guests, when the
members of Washington Lodge filed to
their seats on the stage. Headed by the
Exalted Ruler. Joseph A. Burkhart. they
moved to their places, while the full Ma
rine Band, under direction OF Lieutenant
Santelmann, played Rossini's "Stabat Ma
ter" This was followed by Ave Maria, "
by Gounod
! With appropriate references 70 the duty
I and the love which brought the Elks to-
! gether on this occasion 10 express their
! faithful respect for the absent brothers,
/ the exalted ruler opened the service, and
at the conclusion of his brief remarks
turned and said: Brother Secretary, you
( viii call the roll of our departed broth
/ ers.
The Absent Brothers.
! All lights went dark. A curtain. rising
at the rear of the stage, revealed bril-
/ liant electric cross against a field of blue,
dotted with cleaning lights. As the sec
retary Richard A. O'Brien, read each
name in the list of seventy-twO departed
brothers, a single light went out, until
the cross was a mere shadow. The list
comprised the following names, given in
the order 81 death. prior TO the memorial
services one year ago: William ). Buchly,
Joseph W. Denty. ROLAND B. Billings,
William A. Anderson, G. 7. Bradford,
William B. Hazelton, Charles 5. Moore,
William O'Neill Alfred c. Barker. J. Budd
Zebley, Herman Edel, Louis B. Smith,
| Walter l. Dennis. y. B. Fithian, J. II.
| Rathbone Benjamin A. Jones, 5. A. Curtis
William T. Arrick. LeGrande Dakin.
/ George :. Smith, H. 4. Seligson, Edward
c. Reedy, Robert c. Bernays, Jay Fox.
Patrick Moore, a. L. Campbell William
II. Mohler, Henry E. Higgins, Frank H.
Finley. Frank Schwarz. Frank K. Ward
{ Daniel E. Cahill, Ham f. Leech. T. II.
Rudderforth. Frederick Coppes, John f.
Maddox, Joseph y. Lehman. Charles A.
Eberly, John Culbert F. D. PistOrio. F.
W. Heygster, August Douglass. Timothy
a. Sullivan. Earl A Keyser. Anton Fisch-
er, J. b. Ceddington, John R. Cullen Jo-
serh w. Stryker, William Il. Rogers, Jus
tin Mccarthy. Henry Steiwer. Elbert S
Maloney. Philip y. DWEer. r. Frank Car
della. William Williams, Joseph E. Raw
lings, James H. CosteiO, John Raedy Ben
( jimin Engel, Henry /. Elwood William
/ D. Rudy, David NJ, Foster, Samuel A.
Bowie.
Since that time, the following members
of Washington lodge have died: James
Ragan, c. Anthony Rodier. George KIenk
Charles y. Hauer, William H. Cranston,
William Fields. Charles 3. Osborne, Chris
tian Arth, sr.. Frank G, Pollard
Representative SchIrm's Address.
A moment after the curtain fell it rose
again upon tableaux Illustrative of the
passing from the world OF reality to the
future life. Miss Anita Cluss rendered
a harp solo, after which the exalted ruler
Intercepted the various officers Of the
lodge as to their respective duties.
Thus, lie said at the conclusion OF their
ritGalistic responses. may we act, and
thus may our acts be governed by the
universal ruler And when any Of our
| brothers depart, let us write their faults
/ upon the sand and their virtues on the
tablets Of love and memory. Brothers.
Join with me in giving the sign Of grief
! The Elk5 on the stage responded by ris-
ing and raising their hands 10 their eyes
. in of
Prayer was delivered BY the Chaplin. the
Rev. J. Alexander Specht
A powerful, eloquent address was that
OF Representative c. X. Schirm, of Mary
land whose subject was ''Brotherly
Love and whose address was preceded
by tableau illustrative Of that principle
in the life Of EIkdom He said in part:
Dream of Philosophers.
The universal brotherhood OF mankind
has long been the dream Of benevolent
philosophers. And it is destined to re-
main dream some time beyond our abil-
ity to compute The attainment Of this
great idea is the great and overshadowing
task of the ages. Living as we do in an
environment that prompts US to every act
for our self-Dreservation and to the ac-
quiTement of wealth and power. the elm
self-interest is the slow and unsteady
progress. Moreover, there are so many
and such conflicting Influences within and
about US that the good resolutions Of the
individual are made weak and incoustant
and the natural evolution Of benehcent
principles among the masses exceedingly
gradual
But the spark of divinity with which
God has blessed u.s. though frequently OBJ
scured. cannot be quenched. Il moves in
our meditative moods; ii creates unrest
IN our most successful ventures; il Will
not permit us to be content with feeding
on husks. Man shall not live by bread
alone seems TO be whispered in our ears
when we are most satisfied with self and
in our quiet hours, when the world is
shut out from us, it permeates our being
with a sweet and holy influence, wins Us
from self. and turns us toward humanity
until. in the langue of Tennyson,
Love takes up the harp Of Life, and smites on
all the cords Of might,
Smites the cold Of self, that trembling, passes in
music out Of sight
The Objects of the order.
Therefore we. as Elks. have banded
ourselves together coyeting neither rank
nor emolument. and ambitious only for the
permanent success of the noble objects of
our order-charity, justice, brotherly love
and fidelity.
These we deem to be the four cardi-
nal requisites for the unfoldment of the
genius of true fraternity. These are the
blossoms that, blowing along life's rug
ged pathway gladden. the heart and exalt
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