The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-10

10 the Idcl IldL II ulu IlOl ltSu4L AiOll4 the downfall of a fellow Elk.
 And, brothers. at thls moment let me add an apology for my belated arrival tonight. It was due to a bus mess engagement that most of you were responsible for in having put it upon my shoulders. I want to share with you whatever honors there is to come to me as mayor of the city of New Haven.
 q recognize you all as men who are a powerful factor in the community, giving your efforts for it's advance ment. You have not ceased your eff forts for the public good. As l said, I did not come to make a long and formal address. Such one IS un- necessary in such an assemblage, composed, as this Is, of prominent business men of the city Why should I speak to you of the welfare of New Haven when you have such a great part in it?
 T shall not make any appeal to you to make any efforts for the suc- cess of the present administration. Any administration can expect your support, if it tries to be good one. Its appeal need not come from the lips of brother Elk"
 Postmaster Mulvey they intro- duced District Deputy Richard F. Freeman, who spoke on the toast The Elks of Connecticut" He said of him that he was a "well-knit, hearty, good fellow, a fellow once to see is to remember forever after wards" MT. Freeman was cheered to the echo as he arose.
 Richard P. Freeman.
 Mir. Freeman explained that he had been abroad for some days among the Elks of the state. He said the dis trict deputy was only one man, and the Elks of the state are many, yet he has to eat and drink all that was given him and it was often no easy task. He said in part:
 'I find all the lodges in the state | in prosperous. condition. The fra ternal spirit of friendship is recogniz- ed in the world as the greatest pow CT to make men better and nobler. believe these homes we Elks are es- tablishing are fine things We are trying not to see how much we can get out of the order, but what we can put into the order to make men better.
 Tt has been my experience that our social sessions are no longer marred by coarse stories and vulgar songs take great pleasure in noting the i'm | provement. I wonder what some of the Old Guard would think if they came back to see what the order they | founded has grown to be about the country?'
 MT. Freeman told a story Of. an en- gagged man who saw his beloved kiss another man. Later he reproached her for it. but she denied the allega- tions and told him Ito believe his baby" and that his eyes had deceived him. The man went to a sanitarium to get eye treatment. Continuing, he said
 And so I say to you if the old Guard should come back they would hardly believe their own eyes, either
 Introducing Brother Homer S. Cum mings, the toastmaster said: Broth. CTS, the next toast on the program is that of Brother Cummings on The Lessons of Fraternity There was never a toast better fitted, nor man better fitted for toast. We have often listened to him and always found him equal to his task on all oc. casions. Without further delay let me | introduce him"
 H. S. Cummings.
 MT Cummings began by saying:
 Brother Elks---I count it one ot the privileges of my life to have the right to say Brother Elks,' for there is no organization more American i have been trying to eliminate socia appointments of late, but the invita-. ton to speak here was so cordial that l did not, have 1t in my heart to re. fuse Your toastmaster was so en. l thusiastic.
 'I asked him if he thought he could stop me when once he got started and he said he hoped I wouldn't bt like the plumber who had a nose. bleed and found he could not stop q leak in his own face. It would be s pretty poor orator that couldn't stor when he wanted to.
 The growth of fraternities in ou, country has become a wonderful thing It seems essentially American. Else. where fraternity feeling has but led I to warfare and bloodshed. but here ir America it has promoted and fostered the American spirit American life |, becoming more and more complex All the new means of communication have brought more intimate contact It becomes more necessary to look out l for our neighbors. No man livetl l for himself alone and no man dietr 1 for himself alone. Even from A sol. 1 fish standpoint 1t is necessary to ser that every man gets square deal
 After the Master had lasted fort, days the spirit of evils came to tes, him. It is true that there is need fo, something more than a mere existance The Master told satan Man shall moi live by bread alone there in the wil. derness. One of the other things nee. essary for him is fraternity. We look through the pages of his. | tory to learn of those who have tbe fraternal spirit. We find that Socrates | laid down his lifa for 1Ye f-io,,l, .,. the maid of Orleans gave herself up that Robert Emmet was made a sacri. nee of, that our Lincoln had to die fol those he was striving for, and tn, One, the dearest of all, they crucifed.'
 The speaker told a story of a fireman named Newman Muller, who was or the Glen Island when it burned 1T Long Island sound. He and the cap. tain were the last to get into A lift