Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-05
ELKS' MEMORIAL SERVICE
Burlington Lodge Honors Memory
of Departed Brothers.
VI. 4. TiRhcrty Of North Adnms.
Mass. IN nm Eloquent
Address.
The faults OF our brothers

Of love and memory
TN this motto" said Michael G. |
Flaherty. in his address mt the Elks |
memorial service in The Strong Sun |
Gay night, AN Elk te,npers justice with |
mercy when estimating the conduct of
others. remembering that earthly Justice
Is most like Gods when mercy seasons |
it, for Justice rigidly enforced becomes
n cruel heartless virtue"
Mr.. Flahcrty. who Is an attorney If
North Adams, Mass. a member of
North Adams Lodge No. 4S. r. p o. !
H., something of a musician. and we'll /
known in southern New England as a
speaker at the annual memorial services !
of the Elks VAS the orator Of the even
ing. delivering an address that won UNI
stint'd praise from those who heard
him.
More than go Elks were in the house.
occupvins the fia. T. rows OF the or
chestra. reserved FOR them, and in spite
Of the fact that the service was held
of necessity durng church hours in the
evening owing to the use of the theatre
for the concert by Sousas band in thu
afternoon. demand for seats was In ex-
cess of the capacity OF the house. Among
Philip Sousa, who with several Of his
sOloists and stars occupied box.
through the invitation of burlington
lodge. Mr. Sousa IL himself an Elk, 81
member Of New York city lodge, No l.
Several of the musicians in his band are
also Ei.s. and We're present in unifoi IN
with the local lodge. Mr. Sousa was an
int, rested auditor. and paid especially
| al.
the burlington musicians who had places
on the program.
| Barton's full orchestra OF l. pieces gave
| short concert before the service. and
rendered Halls professional. The Exalt-
&C. Ruler" while the Eks entered and
! took their seats. After Auber's overture
Grown Diamonds the opening ceremo-
MES We're conducted according to ritual
| DR.. Guy Z. Loudon, exalted ruler Of Bur
, linEton lodge. presiding. Tie roll OF de-
parted brothers consisted Of Henry J.
Coffey. Thomas H. Brown, Archibald j.
Taylor, Chilo l.. Soule, George L. Sinclair.
| Myron G.. Norton, Charles u. Stevens. T.
Henry Parker. David j. Foster and j.
| Chester Jones. The secretary, as he called
| each name twice, became so much affect
! g that before he reached the end he was
, unable to proceed and the exalted ruler
| finished the roll call The opening cerc-
n'onies closed with the sign OF grief, given
by all the E,lks present.
During the service the tribute Of the
F.lks included. besides Mr.. Flahertys ad-
dress prayer by the chaplain Of the lodge.
Joseph T. Stcarns, and the opening ode,
and the closing ceremonies were followed
by the doxolosy the benediction. pro-
nounced by the Rev. G. J. Staples. and
Carriers occasional. "Roston Command
cry" during which the Elks withdrew
from the house.
The musical numbers by local talent
Included = mute SOLO Popps "Reininis-
cences of Mende lssoln,' rendered by Miss
Mary Magner. violin solo. Rats "Cava-
tina" By Miss Lillian Magner. and
d violin and flute duet by the
Misses Masner, Lists Nocturne No.
III. Miss Hazel Morgan played the
accompaniment for those three num-
tcrs. and Miss Dorothy Parker accom-
panied j. Randall Roberts in his bass solo,
I'm a Pilgrim" BY Herbert Johnson.
The decorations OF nass and palms were
attractive and especially creditable be-
cause the memorial committee, consist.
ing OF Charles "A Mower W. r. Hall. +
w. Calden T. W. Quincy. +. r Garvey
Roy l.. Patrick. w. =. Peters and j j
: Whalen were unable To get into the thea
ter to arrange them until nearly sin
o clock
DR.. LOudon, Introducing Mr. F'lahertv
called attention to the fact that durinf
the day and evening nearly 1870 subord
nate lodges with 100000 members, were
| la In, ~ do
rarted brothers, and that AT these service
there were present at least 1.NN.OO peo
lie
Mr. Flaherty spoke in part as follows:
''rhc watchword of the Elks is charity
The one great secret of the order Is tn
. modest. transformations practice of charity
, Their charity is unaccompanicd by tn
loud clashinG of symbols, and what the.
do Is done quietly, unpretentiously, thei
left hand not knowing what the right ha
given.
Charity is OF many sorts some good
: others better, We read OF large donation
a for Libraries Of generous gifts to foreiG
a missions, and We might beguile ourselve
, into thinking tina. all the world is yer
Kind and charitable But let the man o
a observant nature walk about our larG
cities; there he sees the other side o
- life's picture
I'm those crowded areas Of commerc
= what does he find? Children Ill clothed
i'll fed. mothers stinting themselves tina
. their offspring may have an extra crust
" young men working for misery wage
and wondering II it pays to make tn
~ honest fight for existence: young girl
walking the streets, homeless. hungry an
. contemplating the step which leads t
social ostracism and moral degradation.
In the name of philanthropy larg
y moneys go abroad each year while her
= charity as can be found in the far OF
= regions Of India or Africa. In the crowde
az tenement districts of American cities
y home for friendless girls would be
" greater charity than the gift Of a library
d hospital for sick children would be
" greater benefit than the gift OF an oh
% servatory for the scientific investigation
I" OF moon-spots.
" III wealthy men desire to perform LAWS
~ acts OF charity why not put the none
v into the Establishments most needed. int
a the institutions that will give to humanit
. the best results? Car first for tn
~ physical and spiritual needs OF man an
y afterwards II possible for the intellectual
- There is enother sort OF Chart
I" which for want of a better name ma
n be called post-mortcm charity tn
' kind that usually appears about tn
time the undertaken has finished hi