Arizona republican., 1912-12-02
Pay Loving Tribute to the Memory of the Six Who Died During Past Year and Whose Chairs Are Vacant.
EULOGY BY
 w. PAUL GEARY
Most Impressive Ceremony By the Order Draws Afternoon Crowd to the Draped and Flowcr-Fes- tOoned Elks' Theater.

Tn vain we call upon them They have passed to that great beyond, the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and the places that once knew them shall know them no more" Secretary A. Guy Alsap, of Phoenix Lodge, No. 335, B. P. O. Elks, substi- tuting the roll call of the officers of the lodge at the Memorial Day exer- cises of the order held yesterday af- ternoon in the Elks' Theater. had just called the names of the six members who had died during the past year. Three times each name was pro- nounced and each time there was si- lence.
 At the extreme rear of the big stage banked with flowers and each bearing a transparent shield, appeared six draped, but vacant chairs. As the sound of the voice of the secretary died away on the third call of each name, a shield became illuminated, the name of the deceased Elk standing out clear ly. And when the entire list of six had been called and no response was forthcoming Exalted Ruler, A. L. Moore repeated the words quoted here with It was a wall of longing and yearning. the only vail of the after noon. It was the really impressive in cident of the Lodge of Sorrow From the eulogist as well as from those who pronounced the words of the ritual, came only sentiments of hope and eX- pressions of faith that death was not the end and that those who were ab- sent had simply been gathered before the Great Exalted Ruler of the Uni verse, where the span of the new life is eternity and where sorrow is un- known.
 H. W Hopen, A. J. Cunningham, Harry T. CriswelI, J D. Marian, G. Malcolm Gillett, W. T. Burns. These are the six for whom the Lodge of Sorrow was held and who. without be- ing named, were the subjects of the eulogy delivered by Elk w. Paul Geary. When a large representation of the membership of the Phoenix Lodge had entered the auditorium of the theater and stood awaiting the fall of the gavel in the hands of the exalted ruler to seat them, practically every seat in the house had been taken. Upon the stage was seated the eighteen piece orchestra under the direction of Elk Eugene R. RedewilI. In addition to the instruments usually included in an or chestra were an orchestrelle and an autopiano the latter with Elk A. Cass RedewilI at the keyboard. The colors of mourning, purple and white formed the color scheme, while the prosceni- um, the pedestal and the footlights were draped with festoons of roses l, flowers Growing palms banked the wings at the sides
 The program opened with the March of the Priests from 'Athalia,' bv Mendelssohn. Then followed the opening ceremonies, part of which have already been described and over which Exalted Ruler Moore presided. ''Feal Not O Ye Israel" by Dudley Buck was rendered as a contralto solo by Miss Martha Marr Hogsett. Suited ex- actIy to the selection, the voice of Miss Hogsett. sweet and appealing, brought hush over the great assemblage. AnC then came the opening ode, sung tt the melody of "Auld Lang Syne," il which all joined.
 Following the invocation by Rev Bertram R. Cocks, Maitland Davie! rendered as a tenor solo, he Kiplint "Recessional," set to music by De KO ven with full orchestral accOmpani ment.
 The eulogy by Elk Paul Geary cam next on the program. Spoken witt absence of gesture or affectation, tn theme throughout being bright an' hopeful. with the conviction rlnglnt true of faith born of hope, wit doubt dispelled and only joy expresses at the promotion to the infinite joys o the higher life, his remarks were clas sic.
 Before one fully realized that he ha concluded, the program was being con tinued, Miss Irene Johnston. tha whom there is no sweeter sopran singer in the southwest effectlvei rendering My Redeemer and M Lord" by Dudley Buck, with orchestr accompaniment The overture, II tanic." an original composition by Fl Eugene R. Redewill, was next, the clos ing ode sung to the melody of "Hom Sweet Home" following and the Lodg of Sorrow of 1912 closing with tn benediction by Chaplain Cocks.
 The eulogy as rendered by Elk Gear follows:
 How wonderful is Death,
 Death and his brother sleep.
 One pale as wonder wan and horne
 moon
 With lips of lurid blue.
 The other glowing like the vital nor When throned on oceans wave
 It breathes OCT the world.