The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-08
ELKS' TRIBUTE TO DEAD
BEAuTrYUL enRV1cEs Ar woNT-
 ooMEax THEATRE.
Large Audisnce Participated in solemn Annual Exercisss drsssss by Rabbi Messing
 Judge oaston and
 Ir. Kyle.


 The memory of Elks who died durirE the past year were fittingly solemnized Sunday afternoon at the Montgomery lent and Protective order of Elks. accord asidc the first Sunday in each December for meraorial services .,, Nearly everyone of the 300 Elks of Mont g0mery and their families were present. Tributes to the memories 0f the dead were paid in eioauent and heart-stlrring or. In addition to the regular speakers on the program, Howard Kyle. the tal-i ented young actor, lent his presence and elea,,snee to % the eccasion;s a; n;s. ,,.. ,..1 program to deliver the Tn Memoriam" address, was, on account of pressing due ties, unabla to speak. Rabbi A. J- Mess- ing. IT.. however. supplied his place with rare eloQuence and pathos
 D. & Hausmany member of the Com mittee on Memorial Service. was the mas ter of ceremonies. At 3 o'clock promptly the services began with an ode by the choir of St. Johns Episcopal Church, by whom the music was furnished, and the
 MT. Hausman then introduced Rev. !. A. Rice, D. D., pastor of Court Street Methodist Church, who delivered Ter
 "The Radiant Morn Hath Passed Away was rendered by St. Johns Choir
 The master of ceremonies. after stating the regrets of Mir. Dent at being unable to deliver the address, said that he doubt ed if the committee could have made q wiser choice in the selection of a subst- ute for Mir. Dent than the orator, who of praise. he presented Rabbi Messing.
 Mir. Messing, with his usual fiuency. spoke feellngly of the absent brothers.
 He prefaced his remarks by stating the unable to be with the lodge. In brief. he said, the absence of MT. Dent imposed on him for the third time the meianchciy duty of menoriaiizing Our Absent ls xs t .ss ysae ot Hs dssy wSisS ss the nearneks of number of those whe had passed away were to him personally: He had known many friends, had clasped
 sanSs Sst a o trs Sssp ssasped ss unseifish friends than those whose mems ory the lodge was honoring. '.They loved me living and love them dead" he said. Mir Messing spoke with conytetton n on not rs,f for the dead. For a few moments he spoke with fervor against the doctrine of more care for the cemetery and less care for the Twins, which seems to pc tne sentiment of thescommunity as eTempii- fied by several of the recent cases.
 q trust that we shall not fall into this inconsistency this afternoon, conunuce Mr. Messing. "Not with the pomp ana pageant that becomes the monarch. nor with the apiendor and grandeur the be- tokens the heroes of many nattles, but with sincere emotions of griet .nspireo py fraternal ties of love and affection. lst us come with simple ceremony. sweet music and tender expressions, to deplere the loss of those called to the Lodge Eternal. beyond the shade of the valley
 i've read over in our hearts today the names of our brothers whom the year has ct fall as 1t run. Arthur Jones, Charles Jinks, Eugene Stewart, w.. e. Bibb. Eacn name has its particular claim upon our praise. but we can only say 'FareweH to aii alike and our love knows no dts tinction. Their faults are writ upon the sands, their virtues upon the tablets or love and memory.
 they were brothers. Because they wer9 Eiks They paid allegiance to the Bible and the Flag; and on the excutcheon 0t their. manhood were emolazoned the the Love and Fidelity
 saThev are at peace and hear no more the horn of the great Hunter, Death, coming down upon them from the hiil. They sleep oat there in the sunshine. un- der the waving grass and nodding trees. alone and forever. But their shadow IS flung upon us In this thrilling hour or commenoratlon. We send them today. through that Divine Love. In which we all live and move and have our beins.s our tenderest tru6st love. knowing that somehow. somewhere, our tender greet; ings win be met siae aSwsrs6 oy rs tneiTs Tse- quently punctuated with applause.
 He was followed by Miss Carolyn J. Cohn in finished feIvdition "Revine, " on the violin As \. an an 1 encore a sne t. played
 Miss Rutson Hatchett recited with finished elocutionary power, Adler's City of Light" She was received with enthu- siasni.
 J.. B. Gaston was introduced to speak on the good of the order.
 He prefaced his remarks by citing his- torical examples, showing that orders like the Elks have always been an tndlspensa- blo need to civilized society.
 Unlike the Masons, said the speaker, the Elka is one of the youngest orders. He reviewed briefly the history. of the order from It's origin by actors only a few of Edwin Booth, who died, a poor man, in the Players Club, which he founded. and which remains a comfort and joy to all actors. This is the cardinal prin-
 The order of Eiks Is an evolution of the present generation. It embraces several feids of activity, which tn nearly every case has been distributed into number of separate organizations The Elks is a social club, a protective organisation, 1t Ia effectively and unostentatiously chari- table and tiie good of the orders consists in the perfection of its members in all these branches.
 Judge Gaston was the recipieht oL hpe'a' applause.
 Mr. Hausman then introduced Howard Kyle. who, he said the audience knew best as the American patriot Nathan Hale. He paid a complimentary tribute to MT.
 Kyle'g personality and talent.
 The young actor spoke briefly. but With the greatest ease and with very attrac- tive mOdulation of voice.
 He had appeared before Montgomery audiences before, he said, but never before fine barriers, that Is the stage makeup. He compared the Elks services in solemni- ty with the solemnity which the entire nation memorialized the death of William Mckinley two years ago. He spoke with feeling on the significance of death and finaify agreed with Shakespeare that the inevitable should not be feared.
 An actor. he said. was not often looked on as d being of convictions. but no one would deny the actors charity. He cited a number of incidents of heart interest in support of his statement.
 He had never joined the Elks, but he felt closely linked to them on account of fine similarity of the standard of charity held by the order and his profession.
 At tha close of Mir. Kyle's remarks,
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