Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-12-05
Impressive Memorial
Services OF Elks

III"
This day has been solemnly dedl
Gated By tho noble order under whose
auspices / speak 70 tho memory o.
those who have gone before - " tho
unknown and unkaowable hereafter.
for We are MOI bound down 10 the ser
vice OF foshly instincts, but grated
upon our organic system "a tho scntl'
men, and the practice TINT recalls and
rohabflitgt5a. for tho time, our absent
brothers Their faults for 40 AL
have faults. we're hidden Ia the en-.
wrapping affection 10 which We held
them Their virtues we're revelations
ana Inspirations for as, for there are
none 80 poor who cannot yield a lee
son for our bet0moui and guidance
The lofty pinnacle to which. 10 our
honest belief. The order ~ Elka has
risen. vas not achieved at a single
bound, but aa the result ~ q determin.
Cd struggle ID aear away from the an
parent stigma OF our birth. How go
rlonaly regeneration wac obtained
con,emporaneous history ~ fratcrnal
societies establishes with proofs only
less sacred and less indlaputable than
those of Holy Writ
Some thiHyflye years ago a mum
Der Of actorfolk we're wont To fore
gather at an unpretentlous boarding
house 10 New FORK. They were
young men. care-free, held together
by no i%ndiasolubIe family ties. fun
loving and pleasure seeking. Their
days we're given 10 rehearsal or the
wastefulness which Is common among
the youths Of the land their nights
were spent III part In tho mirnicry OF
the stage, and perhaps IN part eurrent
dered to the worship Of the flowing
boat ana other ~wantonness. Man "
~gregarious no iess gregario1s than
the notks that are tended on tho hill.
side. The knowledge that we are all
of ono family, with aims. ambitions,
purposes. needs, Vices and virtues
weaknesses and attributes akin, I'M
consciously aways IN. The wandefer
In silence g~rIeyes at his desolation,
vordleGsly he prays for the touch ~
an absent hand, the sound Of a voice.
the glance Of an eye Maybap he
thinks not Of a definite person. but
yearDs for the fellowship Of his kind
The crunching ~ a footstep on the
hardened ground Is big With promise
70 him. The smile OF innocent amuse
ment rarely eliminates the counte-
nance In solitude; rarely the lold
laugh " insistent mirth feaounds In
the privacy Of lonely and cheerleas
rooms. Weary of haphaaara meetings
and anxious for the ~pcrmanence Of
their fun seeking unions. these young
men loi bY George vivian established
an association which they called che
Jolly corks The name ITSELF is In.
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