The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-03
THE HONOLULU ELKS PAY
RESPECT TO THEiR DEAD
Hawaiian Opera House Crowded for B. p. 0. {.
Memorial Services--Judse kin2sbury
Celivers the Grafton.

Memorial services in honor of the
dead brothers who have passed to the
Great Beyond were held at the Opera
House yesterday afternoon by Lodge
GIG, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks Impressive ceremonies mark
ed the saIutation to the dead and there
was evidence in the grafton, eulogy and
ritual that these brothers were held in
dear memory. But above all was the
deeper sentiment of the order stand
ing re-eminent, the basic principle of
EIkdom, voiced in the following coup
let:
1.-The faults of our brothers we should
write upon the sand;
'fTheir virtues on the tablets of Love
and memory
The services were attended by rep
resentative body CT Honolulans. men
and women, and every seat in the house
was occupied.
The stage was symbolic of the Elk
pasture. The scene was set in a forest
and in the background the form of
huge, antlered Elk of, noble presence
was conspicuous. The Exalted Ruler s
ptLtSLdI OCcupISu d nldIlOh Ou a. udlo
toward the rear of the stage. and other
stations for officers were ranged in the
form of a semicircle to the proscenium
arch. In the center of the stage was
the altar draped with the American
ensign, and upon this rested an open
Bible From this table was reared the
branches of an Elk IS antlers, eleven
electric lights burning brilliantly from
the prongs to designate the number of
members who have passed away. In
the foreground and directly before the
patriotic altar an electric cross burned
throughout the services.
Toward the close of the services
drop was lifted at the rear of the stage,
disclosing the familiar clock-dia1 of
Elkdom with the hands pointing to IL
O'Clock, the whole surrounded by
circlet of lights. AS the dial came
into view of the audience eleven bell
strokes were solemnly tolled off. These
mechanical features added much to the
impressiveness of the service
The officers came upon the stage two
by two and took their appointed sta
lions. Exalted Ruler Harry Murray
was fanked by F. E. Richardson, the
Esteemed Leading Knight, and Rev.
Alexander Macintosh, Chaplain. 9th
ers upon the stage were w. w. Harris,
Esteemed Loyal Knight; Jas. D.
Dougherty, Esteemed Lecturing Knight;
HI. H. Simpson, Secretary; E. w.
Quinn, Treasurer; S. A. Walker, Es-
quire; W. P Fennell, Inner Guard; F.
t. Sullivan, Tyler; F. E. Thompson,
o. L. Sorenson, George H. Angus, Trus-
tees; Henry E. Berger, Organist. In
addition there were Judge S. B. Kings
bury, the orator, and w. H. McInerny,
who delivered the eulogy.
Following the Chopin Funeral
March, played by the Symphony So
ciety under the leadership of E. Rud-
During this impressive service the call
roll of the dead which included C. H.
Bishop, Alfred J. Lyon, VIM. Dunbar,
G. II. Brokaw, J. Bearwald, Mr.. Sims,
DIR. W. E. Taylor and others.
''In vain we call upon them and we
know they have passed to the Beyond, -
said the Exalted Ruler slowly, as the
last strains of ''Nearer, My God, to
Thee came softly from the wings,
sung by quartet.
A violin solo by Mr.. r. J. Buckley,
Rats Cavatina, was excellently rem
dered, and it showed that Honolulu
has new musical artist in it's midst.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Alexander
Macintosh and he was followed by
Mr.. Chester Livingston. who sang a
baritone solo, 80 Lift Thine Eyes, &C
companied by E. E. Cutting.
JUDGE KINGSBURY'S GRAFTON.
Judge S. B. Kingsbury delivered the
Grafton as follows:
JUDGE KINGSBURY' ADDRESS.
Annual Memorial Day is a day of |
sorrow, but not of sadness. The be-
ginning and the end, of earthly exist |
ence. is birth and death. What of i'm |
portance per Sc comes between is pain
or pleasure. Pain is the evil; pleasure
the good. A man s state is good or
evil, as one or the other of these pre-
dominates. We all experience both,
and perhaps at all mes:-Great pleas
ure is but q sweet pain, and pain is
not unmixed with pleasure. The poet |
Moore says: Earth has no sorrow t
that heaven can not heal He might |
as truly have sung: - Earth has no /
sorrow that heaven is not healing.''
Our day of sorrow in memory of our
departed brethren is day of loving |
pleasure. Mourning for the dear de- |
parted has more of pleasure than of !
pain in its composition, and is natural /
good rather than natural evil
Susceptibility TO pain and pleasure
is the basis of our knowledge of good
and evil
The good:-That which is good per