The San Francisco call., 1910-12-05
ELKS PAY HONOR
TO THEIR DEAD
More Than 1000 Persons At
tend Memorial Services of
San Francisco Lodge

More than 1000 persons attended
the memorial service of San Francisco
Elks lodge No. in the Princess thea
tomary to hold the annual observance
the afternon or evening of the first
Sunday in December. This year morn
ing services were necessitated through
inability to secure an available thea
ter during the afternoon.
The memorial committee was COM
posed of John p Coughlan. James w.
Finn, Robert II. Rusch, L. N. Podesta,
o. D. Flahavan, r. ]. Luttringer and
Henry c. 'Matthies.
Elks, who died during the last year:
D. s. jacobs "iI James ; Cam Campbell
Eugene 0'Hare Daniel D. Harkinson
E. J. Benedict w. Frank Pierce
s. Moseley Woods
LODGE OFFICERS SPEAK
After an orchestral selection under
the direction of Paul Steindorff and
solos by Miss Beatrice Bacigalupi, Off
GERS of the lodge, g.. J. McGregor, eX-
alted ruler; ]. III. Harbour, esteemed
leading knight. and P. J. Lynch. es-
teemed loyal knight, delivered short
addresses.
Rev. Herbert H. Powell delivered
the invocation. Mrs. Arnold Calegaris
sang Nearer to Thee Charles Gum
recited Tennysons I'm Memorium.' A
Hofmann. Beatriz Middle
ton sang Ave Maria and Mrs. Til
lie Morrisey abide With Me" Fol-
lowing the eulogy by F. J. S. Conlan.
on departed brothers, and solo by
Miss Purlensky, the exercises closed
with benediction and the singing of
the national hymn.
BRITToN DELIVERS GRAFTON
John A. Britton delivered the mem
orial oration. He said:
We have a twofold purpose in our meeting
today. 1t is not alone to call up the memories
Of the dead, to lift the mantle from their quiet
faces. but to learn lessons and truths of the
things that aid the material betterment Of those
still living. Let US profit from the things
that may be, than from the things that have
been.
being without in this world establishing himself
a mark on the walls of time, or in the halls
of fame. Therefore. from life as we'll as from
death let us learn our lesson. In life we have
three points of view, retrospection, introspecton
and progression Retrospection. sweet mem
ory, tells when we make mistakes and how
to correct them
BETTER DEEDS URGED
Introspection deals with living and force
full entity, breathes active and virile existence,
and forces upon us the need of study of our
selves and of others; forces TO know of men,
and knowing, TO do. to profit by the life we
lead and to seek in every way to deserve the
distinction Of being among men that think and
do, and looking into ourselves. bear
the inspection, so that we can look our neigh
Dor in the face and say: / have done you no
harm, 1 have been a helping hand in time of
need; you sick and / visited you naked
and I clothed you, for in this mad rush of our
sordid life, in the desire for the gain of wealth
and fame are we not too often disposed to close
our ears and our hearts to the call of humanity ?
and what, my friends, ayails such day as
this when, throughout this broad empire. we,
as brothers. are meeting in memoriam and in
eulogy, If all of acts and deeds become as
sounding brass and tnkling cymbals. and if
out the doors of this house we go today without
better though. or being ready to perform
some better deed than ever before?