Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-07
ELKs' MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Impressive Ceremony Carried Out
 sast NipIt. Inv Va te1-h111,v .ndoe

memorial Services enacted to the memory of the deceased brothers of Waterbury lodge. All over the coun- try wherever a lodge of Elks is to be found similar services were conducted during some pant of the day or night. Nine hundred lodges were thus engag, ed in commemorating the memory of their departed brothers. AS year fol- lows year the services conducted by Waterbury lodge improve in impress siveness and last night saw another very pleasing Improvement. The stage was decorated very plainly and with the intention of representing grave yard In the background was the rep resentation of the tomb stone and sur rounding it were palms and ferns while the surrounding scenery was ap- propriate to the picture desired. Twenty four lighted candles set in handsome candelabras, each candle | representing deceased brother, occu-' | pied the left. of the setting.
 | The program of exercises was open ed by Fulton's American band orches- | tra playing Rubenstein's Paraphrase Melodie in F. Chopins funeral march, followed by the same orchestra and to the strains of this march the members of Waterbury lodge, over one hundred and fifty strong, marched from the
 stage outside the building through the front entrance and down the two cen ter aisles standing until the officers had marched to their stations as fol' lows: Exalted Ruler John H. Cassidy
 to the center of the stage; Treasurer
 Edward F. Moran on the right; Secre-
 tary E. l.. Maloney on the left; Chap Ilain James E. Madigan at left center,
 and Esquire George Jackson on the ex- treme right Attorney James J. quinn
 of Hartford. who was eulogist or the
 evening, also occupied position on the stage. Esteemed leading Knight
 Edward D. Lewis occupied a station | in. the first gallery directly facing the
 stage. Esteemed Loyal Knight, John l F. Hackett had the first box In the
 right of the same gallery, and Esteem
 ed Lecturing Knight Michael E. Reldy occupied the first box in the, left or the
 gallery. Inner Guard Attorney Char
 les Bauby had a station in the center
 of the first gallery. In the first box on
 the right in the orchestra circle sat the
 past exalted rulers of the lodge. M J. l Colloty, R. r. Grady, W. D. R1chafd- son. Chris Strobel and r. J. LaWlor.
 The box in the rear contained the
 trustees. w. H. Johnston, Thomas tIn-
 nesan and Joseph A. Cullen. The otn-
 ar boxes were occupied by many or the
 sIxs with their families while sur
 rounding the body of Elks were the
 relatives of the deceased members.
 The opening ceremonies were con ducted by Exalted Ruler Cassidy as'
 sisted by the officers and the opening
 ode was sung by the entire order.
 Chaplain James E. Madigan invoked I tho blessing of the Grand EXalteu
 Ruler of all on the ceremonies ana
 then followed the Halcyon Giee CluD
 in the hymn "Lead, Kindly Light.
 This was beautifully rendered. An
 innnva+ion was the next feature where l Miss Julia Brennan with the harp ana
 Miss Josephine Mcknight with the
 violin gave a selection when was
 more than pleasing and most appfo-
 priate. The orchestra then played the
 ''Lost Chord"
 The event of the evening then fol-
 lowed. which was the address or AL
 torney James J. Quinn of Hartford.
 Mir Quinn is a gifted orator, eloquent and most familiar with the Engnsh 1 language. His was mastery eHorI 1 and whether in the dramatic or pa 1 thetic passages he held the closest at- tentfon of his audience. 1t was one or ] the best eulogies ever heard Ill thls city at any lodge services
 Miss Brennan and Miss Mchhlgnt followed with another selection Whlcn was as artistically performed as the other. The Halcyon Glee club render cd the best effort of the evening Ill tile' next number which was a new ar 1 engagement of "Nearer My God lo l Thee" The orchestra followed Wlth 1 an Ave Maria and the closing cere | monies were conducted by the louSe' Renediction was pronounced py Chap- l 1ain Madigan and the Glee club enoeu inc services with Now the Day IS | Over" The list of the deceased members or 1 the lodge Is as follows: James J' l Madden, Thomas Hurley, Edward J. Starr. William Baehner, Hugh J. Cfo' min John F. Lawlor, Morltz Grelle' William HelImann, James J. McAvoy,, Fred Harvey, Thomas J Moran, Ed ward E. Harvey, George l.. Hellmann'
 Thomas B. Miller, Timothy F. Flynn, NJ. T. Cooney, J. J. Murphy, J. J. Hail. P. I. /Bolan, w. Walling, E. H.. Bel den, w. Y. Disley, J. Matt Sullivan, T.
 H. Buckley.
 The one novel and impressive feat ure which was used for the first time 1 in this city, was the flashing Of the pictures of the deceased members. AS the exalted ruler called for the secre- tary called for the secretary to read the names of the honored dead, the stage and house was darkened. As each name was called Esquire Jack son extinguished a candle and the
 picture of the name called was reveal l ed on the tomb stone in the rear of 1 the stage Some of the pictures could
 not be obtained and the name of the | bfother and date of death was flashed on the stone. 1t was a very touching | part of the services.
 l The success of the whole ceremony and the arrangements for the services can be traced to the following commit