The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1911-06-29
THE MASONIC BANQUET.
Seventy-fVe Took Part-An Enjoyable
Evening Spent

vi MdSOnS NO. 100 or our district, cel e-
brated the feast day of ST. John the
Baptist withs banquet at Touthe
Bros Over the Rhine" at Spanish
Fort. This was the fifty-third annual
celebration of the order and seventy
five of its members took part The
members met at the Canal street ferry.
city side, where a special car was in
waiting, which conveyed the crowd to
the new resort. The banquet hall was
nicely decorated and the guests were
well served by the corps of walters in
charge.
During the serving of the dessert.
several tOastS were drunk and mem
bers responded to various subjects, the
first being to the President of the
United States of America No. > on
the program was the Grand Lodge. F.
& A. NJ, State of Louisiana, which was
to have been responded to by John S.
Thibaut who was absent. No. 3 was
the st. John the Baptist, which was
assigned to Rev. Byron HOlley, but on
account of press of business Mr.. Hol-
ley was unable to attend, and c. A.
Sutherland was then asked TO take
his place. Mr.. Sutherland surprised
all those present by the great amount
of knowledge he possessed of St. John
the Baptist. His talk was very inter-
esting and he told a great many things
not generally known to Masons. No
4 was Widows and Orphans Home and
was responded to by Joseph Hughes
Mr. Hughes was much applauded for
the manner in which he handled this
subject and the points he brought out
in favor of establishing a home of this
kind. No. ) was To Our Past Masters,
responded to by E. w. Burgis. Mr..
Burgis is an interesting and elegant
talker and held the attention of his
audience well. He referred to the
number of past masters who had al
ready gone to the unknown Beyond,
and also those who are living, and dur
ing his remarks he drew many exam
pies which had a moral. Mr. Burgis
was followed by A. S. Sperier, who re-
sponded to the toast of Antiquity and
History of Masonry. 1t was very evil
dent that Mr.. Sperier had given the
subject much consideration and the
data which he compiled was of great
interest. To Our Widows, Mothers,
Sisters and Daughters, which was as
signed to Judge Clement who was alb
sent, was we'll handled in very anus
ing manner by John A. Barrett, who
brought great deal of levity into the
subject while, at the same time, look
ing to the interest of the lady folks.
Louis Acker then responded to the
toast, SITS. John Lodge. Mr.. Acker
during his remarks read some very in
teresting history of the Lodge from the
time of it's organization, fifty-three
years ago, giving the names of some of
its charter members, the work they
had done, how the present Masonic
temple was built, how the funds were
secured, and other interesting things
He was greatly applauded.
No. 8 was to Our .Honored Dead, to
which there was no response.
After the regular toasts which had
been on the program, were gone
through, Brother Bush, of the city, rem
dered a song, Mother Kissed Me in
My Dreams" Mr.. Bush has a very
fine tenor voice and the song was much
At the close of the meet
ing he also led in my Old Kentucky
Home" in which the entire company
joined. c. H. Chandler, of the T. &
p. r. r., made a short address and
Ralston Green, of the Sewerage and
Water Board, also made an interesting
talk. VIM. White, who is known to his
fellow friends as Red" White, sur
prised the crowd by a song with the
title of Hash House Gossip" The
song was exceedingly amusing and was
much enjoyed. He also made an i'm
promptu talk. This closed the list of
speakers and Shade G. Smith, worship
full master of the lodge, closed the ban
1uet after thanking those present for
their attendance and also extending
thanks to those who had prepared
their subjects.
The menu was as follows:
Olives Pickles RadisheS
Celery Butter
Boiled River Shrimp
Soup