The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-10-19
Observation-Disclosures.


On last Tuesday evening. there was
held at St. James church a very
unique and enjoyable affair. The oc-
casion was the Observation-Disclosures
in honor Of the founder of and the
organization committee of Frederick
Douglass Lodge No. 9O05, G. u. o. O..
O. F.
A somewhat unusual feature was
the starting of the exercises promptly
at 500, as was announced, although
there were less than twenty persons in
the audience. To Mr.. B. L. White
this very pleasing feature must besac-
credited. He said he would start at
300 sharp, and he did. All honor and
glory to B. L. White; may his good
example be followed by others.
The church was specially and very
handsomely decorated with flags and
bunting, which was the work of
Messrs. Roberts, Riley and Archer.
ST. Paul Patriarchy acted as an es-
cort Of honor and made splendid
appearance in their elegant uniforms
and caapeaus with boating plumes.
Promptly at s o'clock the members
of the lodge, the escort and the par
Elephants in the exercises marched in
to the church and were called to order
by B. L. White, and the audience sang
"All Hail the Power of Jesus Name"
B. L. White invoked Divine blessings
and afterwards introduced the master
of ceremonies A. j. Roberts, who
made nice speech and was followed
by Mrs. Walter>Belton, the new bride,
who sang Thoughts of Home" A. J.
Roberts, NJ. G., then made a splendid
address. Then came-the singing of
BLESSED Be the Tie and the giving
of honors by Frederick Douglass
Lodge. Mr.. B. L. White, f. S., then
presented with appropriate remarks to
each Of the organization committee,
viz: J. w. Kelly, c. Fl. Miller and F.
D. Parker, a solid gold pin consisting
Of bar bearing the name of the own
er, to which was attached by small
chains a shield on which was inscribed
Presented by Frederick Douglass
Lodge and the date. This was
very pleasant feature. Response on
behalf of the committee was made by
f. D. Parker. Mrs. Emma Shaw
Archer then sang, twilight" Then
followed the presentation to the guest
of honor, George B. Lowe, a pair OF
gold epaulettes denoting his rank of
Lieut.. Colonel. The presentation was
made by the n. G. of the lodge, A. J.
Roberts. Mr.. c. H. Miller then read
an original poem in honor of the
Household of Ruth that was very fine.
He was followed by Mr.. Robert Strong
with a splendid organ solo. w. r.
Morris, Esq, Associate Justice of the
Odd Fellows Supreme Court, then
made one Of his characteristic schol~
arly and eloquent addresses. He was
followed by w. T. Francis, Esq, Clerk
and Recorder OF the Supreme Court,
in a masterful address in which he
told of the recent meeting of the B. NJ.
G. at Atlanta, Ga. Rev. H. P. Jones,
the ever eloquent and forceful divine,
made the closing address. Rev. A. H.
Lealtad offered prayer and Rev. e. H.
Mcdonald the benediction.
All were then invited into the assem-
bly, room, where splendid ice cream
and cake were served in abundance
gratis, to all who wished it. Taken
althogether, it was one of the most
enjoyable affairs that has been held in
st. Paul lately. The committees re-
sponsible for the affair were:
Arrangement Committee-J. A. Han
ly, chairman; Robert Strong, secre-
tary; James Riley, treasurer; George
Mercer. S. w. Wright.
Reception Committee-W. ]. Utley,
H. R. White, G. A. Smith, c. H. Jack
son, J. H. Strong, H. Hughes.
Program Committee-J. R. White,
Jr., d. l.. .fhite, r. L. D. Parker.