The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-23
BAZAAR BEGINS
Officially Opened By Grand Master
EsgIeStOn.
BRILLIANT SCENE; FLOWER DRILL

III.
large Welsbach gas lamp. and six strings
on which are hundreds Of electric lights
OF twenty candle power, running from
the ceiling IN the centre OF the 70 Dm. east
a Oriiliancy over the scene pleasing TO
the eye. Around the rooms arr the
booths, presided over by pretty girls.
their counters filed with every thing to
tempt the buyer, IRON the tiny doll to
the most important adjunct Of the home,
She gas stove Across the hall are the
Ice cream and supper rooms, also bril-
liantly lighted where favored ices of
all kinds and tempting viands are served
by pretty MATTRESSES. During the even
Ing music is rendered by striug band
from " ashngton.
The ladies who have charge of the
various tables. departments, are
Managers OF the ladies department,
Mrs. A. B. Yates. Mrs. John +. Mason
Supper Room: Table lst-Mrs Clearance
X. Howard, Mrs J Garnett King. Miss
Jennie Maitland, Miss Mamie Ficklen.
Miss Dickens
Table 2nd-Mrs. ID. 5. Russell, Mrs
Darlington, Misses Crutchfivld, Miss Eva
Tyler, Miss Madge Taylor
Table 3rd-Mrs. A. B. Bolts, Misses
Judith Shepherd. Sadie Taylor. Idmo
Lee, Brucie Goodrich, Laura Bowman.
Misses Bleight
Table 4th-Mrs NJ l. Chesley. Mrs.
Dr.. Smith, Mrs f. G Bell. MIS- Norris.
Mrs. Vim. Blake, Misses Donahoe and
Annie Rice.
Candy Booth-Mrs. E. NJ. Young
Mrs. J p. Stiff, Mrs Richerson, Mrs. VIM.
Bernard, Misses Susie Yates. Susie Brad
lev, Edith Barber
Country Stor,-Mrs. s. c. Spicer. Mrs.
W. A. Mullen, Mrs. Chas Koeppen.
Misses MOncure, BESSIE Oh -sley, Mrs { f.
Howard.
Flower Booth-Mrs Maurice Hirsh.
Misses Maud Embrey, Beryl Barber, Page
Waller, Alice Cole, Josephine Wright
Sadie Tyler, Julia Goldsmith, Nora Cool
rick Eula Henderson Hattie Whitehouse
Jacobs Well-Mrs. W. 5. HIT. Misses
Susie Tyler aud Matte Miller
Ice Cresm-Mrs. ID. ID. Wheeler, Misses
Brulle, Ida Lang. Bowman, Whitehouse.
Woods, NoOGiug, Mrs. W. l.. Brannan
Mrs. J. +. Undertake, Mrs. j. F. Rowe,
Mrs. Feuerherd, Mrs. Cogbill, Mrs. Henry
Dsnnehl
Cake Booth-';rs. o. L. Harris. Mrs.
Perry, Mrs. /. McGhee, Misses MARI
Lou Bowling Edmondson, Mrs o. NJ.
Armstrong. Mas. A. b. Young. Mrs
Baker, Mrs l. l. Layton, Miss Harris
Fish Pond-Mrs Val Dannehl Misses
Ulman, Evelyn Nindr, Louise Ninde.
Isl .nche Stausbury.
Fancy Tabl,-Mrs. A W Embrey. Mrs
Rowlett, Mrs. + j. Smith. Misses Mary
Green. Mary Thompson, Mrs John
Helm, Jr
Cofiec-Mrs Bullock, Misses Nav
Brent and Bessie Hayden.
IL was $40 when Past Grand Master
;. J. Quinn appeared Ga the stage with
Grand Master Joseph William Eggiss-
ton, Of Richmond, " 10 was to open the
] hf
the speaker In remarks appropriate To
the occasion. Grand Master Eggleston
said:
Ladies aud Gentlemen. | have be 4
requested to come here and open this
lair officially. certain gentleman, th /.
head OF this movement whose name 4
shall not call. wrote ne word that |
would be expected To make a briei and
informal addrss. Iep,i,d, that suited
me exactly. especia ~ both the informal
and the brief | greatly lear that you
people OF fredericksburg do not realize
your own Importance and your own
right 10 be proud OF your position iu the
history of our great country, and to my
mind more Important still, Of our old
virginia, the greatest aud best Of all
states. lou are familiar from your In
iancy with your history and your ira
diuons Among those tradition are the
incidents OF the bOyhOOd of that great
est OF great men, Geo. Washington
here IN your town he grew To manhood:
here In your lodge he WAS made "A Mason.
anu you today preserve the peics, price
less and matchless. Of that most itnpor-
tant event Important, why? because
here and at that time be learned lessons
from Masonry which have influenced the
| whole world. He then learned to re-.
member that our tenets are brotheflX
love. relief and truth. At the very be-
ginning OF that career he was taught
TO govern his life by the perfect points of
temperance, fOrtitude, prudence, Justice
The effects upon his future life and char.
aeter were most marked. He was a
temperate man in an age of fashionable
drunkenness. His forJitude under every
trial a man can be called on to endure
was heroic. His prudence was the sheet
anchor of the American people in their
hour OF darkest trial aud his Justice and
sense oil right were sublime; nor was h,
the only man thus moulded and taught
oy Masonic iLtuence. Five of his major
generals were Masons. Masonry was a
striking characteristic of the Continental
army. Lodges were feature of almost
every regiment. Washington returned
the paraphernsiia of a British army lodge.
captured by his troops, under flag oi
NSNc ouu dCCOLHpdnleu by Daf Il OF
music. Ben Franklin, the braips of the
Revolution, was a Mason. Flfty-three
OF the SO signers OF the Declaration of
Independence were Masons. What was
the affect OF this Masonic atmosphere
pervading the Colonies? Those fathers
OF our country wrote their Masonry into
our very organic law. They made for
you and-your children a Masonic conn.
try. Then for the first time were church
and State divorced Then for the first
time among the peoples OF the world did
the prlestly order cease to dominate our
affairs. Primogeniture was then for the
trst time abolished. The idea of the
divine right Of kings to rule over peon,e
by Inheritance ended then. Our Masonic
principles OF civil and religious liberty
were declared as the inalienable rights Of
people, and the world wondered TO see
q country arise and grow. governed
alone by those principles. All this we
we owe to Masonry, and now you are
here to begin the work OF erecting In
this old Virginia city. where Washington
learned these rules OF life, a building ia
commemorate that fact. and IN which to
preserve those hallowed relics. Nav
your success be all that this great cause
deserves, and MAY the fruition OF your
work be as happy and joyous as its be-
ginning. !, therefore. declare this his
toIic fair formally opened"
Then the volume OF light was thrown
on and the crowd of 500 people were on
Tor pleasure. One OF the features of the