The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-04-03
MANKATo FREE PRESS

many tiHteu MOWERS OF Our magma
ton! The ladies'; God bless them
The ladies, plural of lady, divide il
and You have lad. Women, plural OF
woman, divide it and you have VIC
and men. Without the lad there would
be no ladies'; without the men there
would be no women. Woe if alone
would be a terrible thing because
without wo and men there could be
no women to comfort.
We hear of scrub ladies', courtladies
and saleslades and the latter es-
pecially wonld be insulted if you call
ed them women. "No matter what
her station every woman in the ma
| ton will Just make this declaration
81 am a lady" Yet, the good old,
plain, substantial name woman" suits
me. 1t means womanhood, wifehood,
motherhood. 1t means love, affection,
appreciation, devotion. More than
that it means tender care, heartfelt
sympathy, lifelong friendship. The
word woman applied to sex has the
same substantial direct fOrcefulness as
the good old name Mary has to women
or the name John to men. And when
one has come into full realization
[of the beautiful companionship of a
pure woman he has just entered into
the perfect peace and JOY of living.
One sees then for the first time the
wonderful sacredness of life. He real
ICES then that his own life is bound
up and entwined with n life of an
other. He has an object then to
live for, something to strive for, some
thing to spur him on to his best en-
EdeavOrs.
You wonder perhaps why |, a bache
lor, should say such things, but l am
frank enough to tell you and I am
glad to say that I am about to enter
such relationship. 1t was not ex-
pected that the announcement would
be made so soon, but so many allu
gle blessedness when I was here be-
fore that l have decided to disabuse
your minds of any thought that I
expect to, continue that state forever.
In your own lives there was time
when She was an ideal. So She is to
me. Her eyes are blue or green or
brown, / know not what color they
are. for who can tell the color of his
.lady's eyes. She is tall, her figure is
willowy, and she is the very embodi
ment of womanly grace. Her skin is
white and soft and her cheeks are
pink. She is unassuming and modest,
intellectual and loving and when she
bushes from pure maidenly modesty
l mentally bow as before q holy thing.
Her voice is soft, insinuating, finely
modulated and her breath has the
flavor of flowers. She is 1 say, my
ideal, and as some of you know her
and are all perhaps interested in her
and in my, future welfare 1 make
bold tonight to announce her name.
hope to wed her and her name is
my Lay of Dreams
At this point Mr.. Dinehart rendered
the beautiful selection "Queen of Ny
Dreams" the words of which follow:
In the days of old
When Knights were bold,
And women sweet and pure,
A smile, q glance,
A graceful dance,
: Would effect ;. most any cure.
And so it was when hearts spoke of
love, ,s
When spirits were light and bright
NJ lady's flower, 'kerchef or glove
Encouraged brave Knights to fight.
Those were the days of King Charles,
and in closing Mr.. Dinehart sang the
song of "King Charles
1t being eleven o'clock, A. o. Eber-
hart gave the eleven O'clock Toast
to Our Absent Brothers" followed by
j. V. Sammis, chairman of the
grand lodge judiciary committee, lie
Mars, Iowa, and "The Tie That Binds
by District Deputy Grand Exalted
Ruler Henry I. Bryant of st. Paul.
Rev. W. S. Emery of North Man
katO, one OF the new members OF the
order, gave a rousing address in which
he spoke of the present high standing
of the Elks lodge and the truly Amer
lean principles upon which it now
works and the good it is doing in the
way of charity, friendship, brotherly
love and justice.
Those Who Prepared the Program.
To Exalted Ruler ]. NJ. Edwards
and the entertainment committee is
largely due the grand success of the
banquet.
The entertainment committee con-
sisted of Allan Jackson, c. R. Butler,
j. C. Cressy, III. A. Patterson, Fl.
Warner Baker.
The reception committee was made
up of John b. Richards, Mark D..
Fancher, Fred w. Force, Arthur Meyer
Ed. V. Nyquist, James II. Spencer.
The committee on fraternal greet
ings included all the past exalted rul
ers of the lodge.
General J. ii. Baker was taken i'll
soon after reaching the hall and was
unable to respond to the toast which
had been assigned him. Senator
Frank Clague of Lamberton was i'll,