The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-04
IlKs HONOR MEMORY
IOF THEIR DEPARTED
Lodge of Sorrow" Services
ht Salt Lake Theater Beau
tiful and Impressive.
.REAT THRONG PRESENT
lkce!lent Sacred Music and
lEIoquent Eulogies Features
of The Exercises.
iREAT THRONG PRESENT

of the Exercises.
-he memory Of tho cishtN-two dcccased
r,heys of Lodge No. So. Benevolent
! ProtectIve order OF Elks. was nj
vlv bonored last evening when large
wd gathered al tho Salt Lake theater
the annual memorial service OF The
er The capacity OF the theatcr WAS
ted and many remained Standing dur
fhe services. The beautiful ritual
the order, music, culcgy and an ad"
SIS made up tho programme. Inc
re settings, arranged by Keith
,ricn. were especially beautiful, the
minated clock with hands pointing 10
hour OF II forming the oenterplece.
Ii transparencies bearing the INITIALS
RI O. E ranged around The stage.
;hile The memory OF all deceased mem
! of the lodge MAS duly honored, the
s who have died within the past year
,e given especial honor. Al the M
ssive point In the memorial ritual
hi the secretary calls the roll OF tn.
arfed brothers, Iife-sized portraits OF
h Were shown on a screen ~ tne cen
of the stage. the picture slowly ma
alIzirg and then slowly fading from
a. This WAS one of the most beautiful
lures oi the series.
II The Honored Dead.
he recently departed members thus
prcd were J. J. McPhee. L. {. Hadley,
RI. irwin, +. j. Kicullen. 4. Is. Mar
Is. @. L. Conner and Allen I. Dor
N 6. Ewing. exalted ruler Of ihe lodge.
sided al the services. -Aiter INC or
'stra had rendered HandefS Largo
Ewing delivered the ritualistiC ad-
rs with other officers OF the lodge
hing the ceremonial responses. Secrc.
d W. T.. Gunner then called the roll
'fhe departed members, after which
/ choir and members sang the opening
L. Judge y l.. Warner, acting In place
chaplain Thomas Homer, made All in
ation endins Tie opening ceremonies:
he main event of the evening opened
h. n selection by the orchestra, the
1io from VI Minor Sonata tStrauSS)
nE rendered, St Marks cathedral
III. under the direction OF George Il.
b. sang Woodward's The Radiant
The" was beautifully rendered by
\ C!:aT:>s Daily and Miss Leola
nine. ". Collins delivered eulogy
tne life OF tho departed brothers. lie
led that primary tenet OF Elkdom.
e faults OF our brothers We write
b the sanJs--theiT virtues Oh the tab
OF love and memory" Reviewing
growth OF the order from its incep-
In 1865. nc told his hearers that
l1i00 lodges Of lGlhs in the United
les and island possessions were hold
Esimilas services in memory OF the
hrtcd
N Purpose Of Order.
fhe Benevolent Protective Order oi
d is an American institution. founded
ifhe principles OF charity, justice,
herly love anl iidelity," he said, Let
hope ihat II VIII inspire us tc lofty
iycs aud nigh ideals"
r. Collins culocy was directed To the
tg. as wcll as the dead. and was cx-
lsed In beautiful language and well
u. Briues' beautiful tenor Nas heard
kdyantagc in tic solo Come ruto
I Mrs. Charles Daily and the First
hcdist church octett", directed by
William 4. WetSell. rendered the
1em Tho Heavenly Message Tho
norial address was delivered by Rev.
>hcis Burgetic Short. pastor OF the
Z Methodist church. and was given
he Eloquent speakers best style,
r Short said the custom of u memo
for the blessed dead is as old as
world itself, all nations In oil times
memoralin@ their loved ones who
& gone before. In olGcn times. lie
n these memorials were marked with
EprStS pi great grief and unCalled for
plsl and the services were Of q Weird
rc But our way--thc modern way
,ol9inG memorial service is differ
ne added. We remember our
] JScd dead with sous and anthem: with
lpN sacred but cheerful; with COM
Ng Speech and holy anticipation.
are remembered by a sympathetic
prciI not as dead. out as having
fcd TIC river just little ahead of
e speaker told Of members OF the
! sympathetic brotherhood. perpet-
NE INC memory Of those who have
toeiore by dc"ds Of bencroleuce douc
elr names and deeply moved his
IT By his eloquent reference 10 this
tIful custom OF Elildom. Love
6F alive and cherishos their memor-
ne deathless love which assures us
PIT immortality"
Meet On Other Side.
dnclt at length on bis; belief I'm
Immortality Of The soul aud expressed
&fConylctions Of meeting The departed
~e lie beyond the tomb.
Amy Osborne sang The Tri-
OF Life, beautiful composition OF
Anoezy Earl Kibby and the ladies'
w., s'oI ',t't SdnS thH anlDen from
EHoly, City" List. the CberubIc
"Sancta Maria" was rendered as
~ ny Mrs. corriuc Hammer and The
Hulhg musical number was the Choir
1sar Not, . Israel rendered by
Snt Mills Dimmii, Mrs. Pearl \.
IE Earl klbby, Sherman Abbott and
raK cathedral choir. The accom-
oi The musical programme were
II, Lewis Strohauer. Miss Kocna
and a. II. Peabody.
cioSihg ceremonies Of the ritual
I LsiVen and The entire audience, stand :
tynso III Me do%ology after which
Ei pehed!c,'on by the acting chap
o'eu inc EikS Annual Lodge of
npers Of Lodge No, IS declare Tie
scrtices held last evening the
Tue history of the lodge. The
lony always beautiful and imprcs-
ns rendered even more so by the
HE way III which the Officers dis
IT, lhelr parts. The entire roster
WIN the exception OF Treas
IL ~ Hopkins and Chaplain Thomas
X tDok part and their places We're
r,ied by Fred l.. Wood ana Judge n.
memorial committee, composed of
12ni.s' George Il. King. W w ioI-
y; Lelpslser and Fred T. Mel
ac hiShly compiimcntcd by tho
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