Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-02
TRIBUTE TO DEAD MEMBERS
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD By
COLUMBIA TYPO. UNION.
Address by Frank A. Kidd-Musical
Numbers by Quartet and Or
chestra and Soloists.

TO be d printer" said Mr.. Frank A. Kidd,
printer. lawyer orator and superintendent
| of the proofreading department of the
government printing office. in the course
of an eloquent address yesterday after
noon at the fourth annual memorial meet
ing of Columbia Typographical Union
The session of remembrance was held in
the main auditorium of Typographical
! Temple and was marked by several inn
pressve features.
The audience was a large one. and fol-
| lowing a number. The Vacant Chair by
a quartet composed of Messrs. Thomas L.
Jones and Griffith Evans, tenors. and Ben
A. Lineback and John r. Purvis, bassos
and the opening prayer by Secretary
George Seibold., a pretty picture was pre-
scented. Suspended above the stage was
large cross composed of twenty-nine bril-
liant electric lights. AS the roll of the
dead of Columbia Union was called.
light was extinguished for each name, I'M
til when the last flame expired. the au-
ditorium was left in semi-darkness. Then
out of the deep shadows came flood
of melody as the quartet sang abide
With Me-
The names of the twenty-nine printers
who have crossed to the great beyond as
read from the roll. were: W. w Gates.
R. H. Peques, c. P. Brown. VI. w. Bald
F. Crossfield. VIM. Lawlor, w. II. Gard
ner, Isaac G. Erwin. G. W. Collect. A. F.
Tiller. w. S. Griffith, Ansley c. Martin.
Theo. A. Gays. F. H. Hopkins, jr., d. G.
flyer, Joseph NJ. Lenhart. Edwin NJ. King.
E L. Scott. Frank Miller. F. B. Cham
bers, c. A. Durno, W. F. Wallace, J. A.
Mccarthy. Daniel C. Heddinger and DR..
Robert ]. Thomas.
Led by Prof. John n. Pistorio, the or
chestra gave Lead. Kindly Light" and
Mrs. Stephen NJ. Simpson sang a solo, ac-
companied by Mrs. P. Dickinson.
MI. Kidd's Eulogy.
Mr.. Frank A. Kidd, the speaker of the
occasion. was then presented. He began
by saying. I'VE are met today to pay our
respects to the memory of those of our
friends who have gone into the land Of
mystery-who have pierced the vale of
able caravan that moves to the silent
realms OF shade
We know they were good citizens who
loved their country and revered the flag,
three Of them having shared in the hard
ships of the weary march. and the de-
privatlons of the inhospitable camp" Mr..
Kidd continued. I'VE know they were
accommodating workmates. happy COM
panions and abiding friends. We know
they were kind fathers and affectionate
husbands who loved contented wives and
happy children and pleasant households.
We know they were printers-typical
printers
"Ah. what a wonderful privilege 1t Is to
be printer. To put in enduring form
the Songs of Solomon. the inspiring ex-
CARNATIONS OF Jeremiah the poetic
imagery of Shakespeare and Milton and
Goethe; to give the thousands of eager
ters Saturday Night or the sweet love
message ITO Mary in Heaven" to en-
able your feliow-man to walk arm-in-arm
with Cicero and Virgil and Plato, or to
wander with the master minds Of the
world into the mysterious seas or the IL
limitable space of the universe: to be the
means of putting into the hearts of tod
ding childhood the rhymes of the nursery
and into the mouth of motherhood the
lullaby. whose grooming closes the eyes of
infancy in blessed sleep; to spread upon
the printed page the ethics Of all the an
clients, the philosophy of all the ages, the
science of a thousand cycles to recount
the ever-interesting story of Alexander
the great. the Macedonian Greek. Hannt-
bal of Carthage, Caesar. the most success
full leader OF the Roman leg1ons; Charlie
magne. Robert Bruce. Napoleon and
Washington, in the contemplation OF whose
characters the human mind never tires.
and which teach the beautiful lesson that
men exist for one another. and that this
is a world of mutual help and sympathy;
to tell over and over again that-in small
pearl type for the poor and in noble Eng
fish or pompous primer for the prosperous
the old, old story of the Carpenter who
came out of Nazareth--His meekness, His
humility, His sweet. sad face. His igno-
minious DEATH. To do all this men must
be highly privileged sons OF jehovah
must be printers: Those we loved and
hold in fraternal remembrance were of
these"
Concluding Exercises.
Mr. Thomas L. Jones sang In the Pal
ace of King" accompanied by Mrs.
Jones: Mr. Charles w. Bridwell gave as
a solo, Sometime Wen Understand" and
the quartet sang. Remember Now Thy
Creator" after which the orchestra gave
Tonight We Say Farewell"
The auditorium was beautifully decor
ated with flowers, tropical growths, flags
and banners. The committee in charge
of the impressive service was composed
of Mr.. Charles s. Gum, chairman; Mr..
Benjamin A. Lineback, Mr.. Oscar Swaz-
faber, Mr.. John T. Barber and Mr.. r. A.
Julian.
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