Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-27

ambition to come to Congress, and gener-
ally when he arrives here, he wants to
occupy the chair of the President of the
United States, and if he should arrive
there he would undoubtedly find fault with
the way the trainers of the Constitution
did their work and want to revise it 1t
was Alexander the Great who conquered
the world, but he not satisfied. He
sighed that there were not other worlds to
conquer.
Tells of Other Life.
"Odd Fellowship teaches US of the other
life, where man Will reach his ideal step
by step. 1t teaches him of the great God
of the universe and of the Holy Writ. The
code OF morals of the Odd Fellows, with the
exception of the Bible is one of the great
est works for humanity that has ever been
promulgated. We should learn to help peo-
pie in this life and help them at the pres
ent time, and not fill their pathway IN
this life with thorns and the grave with
flowers l remember especially two men
in my home state of Tennessee who, after
a prominent lawyer had left our town
to locate in another section OF the
south, were speaking of his worth in the
community and during their conversation
they gave him anything but good name
in many respects. 1t happened after time
! that the lawyer who had left the section
died, and a bar meeting was held IN my
town to pass resolutions in respect TO his
memory, and upon my arrival at the
yers who had spoken of him IN such dlf-
ferent way some time before, and TINS time
they eulogized him to the skies. odd Eel
loWship teaches to give the flowers IN TINS
life and to give them now. We all need
help-every man and woman in the uni
verse needs il. In the order we war
against selfishress and that was one OF
the reasons the founders started the Or
ganization, that it would be a power for
good and against this great evil ms
great order never refuses to extend a help-
ing hand to any struggling man, but strives
to help in every way possible. 10 snow
what men will do to crafty their selhsn
ambitions, l remember distinctly an olo
and honored man of my section OF the
country who offered himself as candidate
for the office of justice OF the peace ana
at the end of the first week he had with
drawn from the race. He was asked WHY
he had left the race, and SAID. w ny,
have only been in the race one Week, anu
some one has already accused me OF steal-
ing a horse and if | stayed IN the race a
week longer they would possibly prove II
on me- so 1 think l had better get out
while times are good
acter and you will find them everywhere,
but never look for the defects once re-
member a great artist VINO asker some
friends to come to his studio and stick 4
pin through each defect in canvas ne nitd
Just finished. They came and when they
left one could see nothing but pun he1dS
where the beautiful picture had been. Inc
artist painted the same picture with 4 al
ferent background and asked the Same
friends to come again ana Where lhey saw
a perfect part of the picture to STICK a
pin and this time the picture was again
covered with pins. All of which goes 10
show that what We look for we gener my
find whether 1t is the beauties or the de-
fects.
An Odd Fellows Home.
"What we want In the District o. Co
lumbia is an Odd Fellows home, which
Of
Mr.. Payne wrote the words of his 81 eat
song, There Is No Place Like Home
there never was a greater truth uttered
since the beginning of time. Build it for
the orphan and teach him to know that the
home was builded by his fathers hands
and that it is his home. We nave a me
home in the state of Tennessee, which We
built with 1900 members and now have
over 10000 There is nothing on earth
sweeter than the three words, mother, nome
and heaven The first word OF the babe
in it's mothers arms is mother, and when
he grows to maturity he thinks OF home.
and then in latest life, when he starts for
his eternal home, he dreams and speaks of
the love he has for the paradise in the
great hereafter. The link between the Two Is
therefore the home. l urge you Odd Fellows
of the District of Columbia TO establish a
home in the District that Will be an nom
or to the order. You may not DC apie 10
do so at the present time, but When your
lodges have grown stronger, then at that
time you should Immediately bulid. Whle
your lodges are not large the needs are
not large, and one should consider tins
suggestion and act upon It,
The Program.
After the address of the grand represen-
tatiye had been finished Mr.. r. r. Rod
rick sang a barytone solo, Queen of the
Earth" and later with Mr.. Thomas L. Jones'
rendered a vocal duet, "Estudiantina," by
T
panied all the singers on the plano.
After the conclusion of the program a
reception was held in honor of Grand Rep
resentative Nolen. which was participated
in by the officers of the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia, officers of the Grand
Encampment, officers of Canton Washing
ton. Patrarchs Militant: officers of the staff
of the commanding general and ladies. The
guests were introduced by Grand Marshal
E. II. Easterling.
Anniversary committee-E. w. Bradford
deputy grand master, chairman; James H.
Crew, vice chairman; ]. II. Broderick, sec