The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-31
URGES EAGLES TO
MAINTAIN IDEAL S
President of National Order Nd
dresses Dixie Aerie at Annual
Memorial Service.
OBJECTS of FRATERNITY
Mr.. Herring Pleads for Irplift OF
Home, and Care OF Deepen
dent Families.

Froclaiming tho uplift of the hopit
and the care of dependent widows and
II children to be tho prime objects for
which the organization IS founded
Frank Il. Herring. OF South Bend, tei,
| Grand Worthy President of tho Fra
ternnl order of Eagles, last night adj
! dressed a large audience. members .
| friends of Dixie Aorie. No. S3s. in ~
/ Bijou Theatre Mr.. Herring appca
TO each and every Eagle to hear III
mind the precept OF the fraternity,
/ which is: IF ! can't speak we'll OF u
man, won't speak i'll OF him."
The meeting was the annual we-
| mortal service held for the rlrpos
| Of paying tributes of love and iespot.s
TO departed members of Dixie Nerie
Maurice a Powers. worthy piSesiieN
! OF Dixie Aerie. presided, while imprcs
! sive services, incident TO the OCCASION,
! were conducted according to the 'ritnytt
OF the fraternity. The house W.,
! darkened while the roll OF those N
whose memory the meeting was held
was read. and as the secretary rend
each name II was shown on q screen IN
the rear OF the stage.
An Impressive Ceremony.
Seats were reserved for the mem
bers of the local aerie and their fas,ai-
lies. and for members of tile order
from other Virginia cities. and the
boxes were occupied by city and State
officials. DR.. E. N Calisch. of Beth
Ahabah. pronounced the invocation.
and in the intermissions between the
readings by officers of Dixie -Aer.a.
solos were rendered by Mrs. John
Murphy, Miss Lillian West, Henry c.
Rueger and Captain Frank W. Cum
ningham. At the request of President
Powers, the audience refrained from
demonstrations. and quiet prevailed
during the exercises.
Mr.. Herring was introduced by e r.
Fuller, grand worthy president of the
order in Virginia. This order 60
tends from Canada to Mestct 80
from Maine to Manila" said Mr.. Full
Ter There are $4,000 members, and
OF these Virginia, with twenty aeries.
IS represented by 1000 men. all OF
whom are here tonight either in
having with us tonight a brother
Eagle who occupies the highest pin
uacle of honor and respect of this or
der. the author OF our ritual. 1t gives
me great pleasure to introduce our
grand worthy president.
Objects of the Order.
Mr.. Herring spoke on Aims and OBJ
| iects of Our Order His opening
/ statement, which may be said to show
/ in some measure. at least, the spirit
/ of the fraternity, was that representa-
| tives of the Eagles, in Indiena; were
/ the first to send aid to the widows
! and children OF the victims of the
/ Cherry, H.. mine disaster Il re-
ceived accounts from our representa-
tives." he said. and our action in
this calamity shows that an organi-
cation of 100000 men must concern
itself with humans. The great ques.
ton for us to consider is the problem
of life. which may be divided into the
three heads: Whence came I: Why
am here, and Whittier shall go.
Mr. Herring considered the first and
last OF these TO be beyond solution.
but he declared the great question for
the consideration of man to be why
am / here" This organization is at
tempting to answer this question: he
said. 1t is for the consideration Of
men OF all creeds, of all governments.
and of every mother. and every faith
err"
He considered Jesus to be the great
est living example OF what a human
can do for the uplift of man. and the
greatest teacher the world has ever
known.
For Homes of Humble. -.
This organization is striving for
the homes of the humble he con-
tinued. One aerie In Seattle, Wash,
has given $4,000 in the past ten years
TO widows. in sick dement's. and for
physicians.
This organization has expended So.
100000 in sending physicians into
humble homes. If we ara 10 build up
men and women for Tomorrow. We
must look after the children Of to-
day. Our organization Is composed IN
a large measure of men who are hght-
ing 10 maintain ideals"
Mr- HerIng-s closing statement |as
that he Will endeayor At the next
meeting of tho national body 10 have
one day in each year ret apart as
Mothers Day. when the members viii
look back to thc dayg Of childhood.
ana recall memories that make life
blessed. The bcnediction Wan pro-
nounced ~ Felix Baschon. worthy
chaplain.
The deceased members OF Dixie
Aerie are: Y. J.. Floyd. II. GianrotS,
p. j. Callahan, r.. r RYAN. Jstnsr
Bahen. Jr.. e. Baab, y. u. DOYLE, II. u.
Rsddena, y, Eahcn. ar-. *, y. Fentef-