Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-05-18
Montezuma Lodge No. l, A. F. q
A. M, Celebrated It's Semi-Cen-
tennial With a Banquet.
IT WAS A HISTORIC EVENT
Masons With Their Ladies' From All Parts
of the Territory We're at the Feast
Toasts That We're Interesting
and Eloquent.

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by receptior and banquet at the Pal
ace hotel that for elegance and COM
pleteness of detail has not been sur
passed in the history of this city.
The gathering was participated in by
about 100 persons, consisting not only
of the resident Masons but also of 81
full quota of visiting brothers, and the
occasion was graced by the presence of
a large number of ladies. 1t was in all
respects worthy of Montezuma lodge,
it's traditions and it's history, and when
that is said nothing more compliment
tary can be added.
The company assembled at o'clock
in the parlors of the hotel where for an
hour or more the time was delightfully."-
passed in the making and renewing of
acquaintances among the Masons and
their wives, sisters, sweethearts and
lady friends. Delegations We're present
from Cerrillos, and other points and
representatives from Albuquerque, Las
Cruces, Silver City and elsewhere IN
the territory bespoke the unanimity
with which the other lodges in the ter
rtiory joined in congratulating Monte
yuma, the mother of many of them, In
having attained the half century mark
and the happiness with which they
hoped for her an unlimited number OF
like celebrations in the future.
After the reception, the happy party
led by Worshipful Master w. S. Har-
roun and Mrs. Harroun, repaired to the
dining room of the hotel where most
bountiful sight met the eye. The BAN
quet table was spread the full length
of the hall and was laid in the shape
of a horse shoe, emblematic of the good
fortune which has attended Montezuma
lodge in the past and which every heart
present united in wishing might be hers
through generations yet to come The
tables, besides bearing a wealth of edi-
bles, We're resplendent in wreaths of
flowers, lilies, lilacs, and countless 9TH
er blossoms gave beauty and color to
the scene and emphasized the quiet
beauty of the smilax and evergreens
which festooned the walls and encircled
the pillars of the dining hall. Tn front
of the worshipful master was to be
seen an exquisite Masonic emblem, the
square and compass, and the initial of
Deity, made in red and white flowers.
This was the work of Brother Arthur
Boyle, and proclaimed him a master
workman. The walls of the hall We're
gracefully draped with American flags,
and when, to these environments, were
added the electric lights, the burning
tapers in their dazzling candelabras,
the soft music of the orchestra, the
beauty of the ladies with their hand
some gowns and sparkling jewels, the
scene became one whose brilliancy will
be long remembered.
After the invocation fittingly rem
dered by Brother W. A. Cooper, of St.
Johns M, E. church, the assembly was
not long in responding to the call from
labor to refreshment' and the following
excellent menu of material things pre-
pared those present for the still more
enjoyable intellectual repast which was
to follow:
Radishes Lettuce Olives
Tongue Turkey
Rolls Bread Butter
Sweetbread Patties Claret
Chicken Salad Cheese Straws
Shrimp Salad
Assorted Cake Fruits Nuts
Sauterne
Vanilla Ice Cream Strawberries
Coffee
Manitou Ginger Champagne
The hour was near low twelve when
Wershipful Master Harroun raped
for order and in few we'll chosen
words spoke of the purpose of the gath
ering and the great pleasure it afford
ed Montezuma lodge to have with it on
the occasion the brothers of the order
and the lady guests of the evening. He
concluded by introducing as the toast
master, Brother e. L. Bartlett. 1t is
sufficient to say that General Bartlett
was at his best in the position which
he has so often been called upon to fill,
that his ready wit and graceful intro
duction of the speakers was in thorough
keeping with the character of their res
ponses and the perfect details of the
occasion.
Honorable T. B. Catron was first In
troduced and spoke to the subject
"Montezuma lodge" This he was pc
cularly fitted to do, not only because
of his we'll known ability as speaker
but because of his long membership In
the lodge, having been made Mason
here away back in the COS, and having
been worshipful master of the lodge
Mr.. Catron referred most interestingly
to the history of Masonry and it's grea,
antiquity, its many branches and it,
uniform dignity as fraternal order
coming more closely to his subject, he
gave a number of "reminiscences of the
early members of the order, among
them Kit Carson and M. Ashurst, the
latter having been the first worshipfu
master of the lodge. Mr.. Catron's elo'
uuent reference to the other brothers o1
the early days who have "gone ovel
the range" to "that undiscovered coun
try" was touching in the extreme. HI
closed with the prediction that notable
as had been the record of Montezums
lodge during the past, the future helt
before her a still greater career Of use
fulness.
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