The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-12-12
MEMORIAL SERVICE ELKS LODGE 1174
 IMPRESSIVE
BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY OF ELK LODGE OF SORROW AND HIGH NCLASS MUSICAL PROGRAM
 PLEASES LARGE
 AUDIENCE.

Principal Address Delivered by Bro.
 MuIford Winsor, of Yuma Lodge
 Eulogy by Bro. Ben M. Crawford
 of Clifton.
 Tn Life, in death, an Elk is Never Forgotten, Never Forsaken.' "The Faults of Our Brothers we Write Upon the Sands:
 Their Virtues on the Tablet of Love and Memory
 The beautiful and impressive Mem Orial Services of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, known in Elkdom as the Lodge of Sorrow, were held last Sunday afternoon at the Princess theatre before an audience which completely filled the auditor ium.
 On the first Sunday of December in each year Elks all over the coun- try assemble in a public service to pay tribute to their dead brothers and the services conducted by Clifton Lodge No. 1174 was a beautiful cere- mony appealing in an impressive manner to all those in attendance as well as the Brother Elks.
 The Memorial Services this year were held for the purpose of paying loving tribute to three departed bro thers, Leonard G. Scott, G.. E. Deardorf and William E. Spaw. The stage of the Princess had been trans formed into a beautiful bower of evergreen and flowers, intertwined with the memorial colors of the lodge. The services were conducted by Exalted Ruler, W. A. Sloan, and seated with him on the stage were Bro Ben M. Crawford, Bro. Mulford Winson, of Yuma Lodge; Rec. c. H. Love, Bro. Carl c. Sellars, Secretary, Bro. Claud R. Short, Treas.
 Programme:
 Invocation-Rev. c. H. Love.
 Quartette, ''The Lost Chord,'' Arthur Sullivan-Messrs. Sanders, Schimer- ka, Ferber, Stirratt.
 Eulogy-Bro. Ben M. Crawford, Cliff ton Lodge No. 1174.
 Violin Solo, "Elegy,'' Henry Ernest David Holguin, Accompanies: Prof. W. w. Bond.
 Vocal Solo, He Giveth His Be ton; ;Accompanist, Mrs. J. E. Nygren.
 ''The Evening Star" Tanhauser- David Holguin.
 Address-Bro. Mulford Winsor, of Yuma Lodge No. 476.
 Instrumental Trio "Adagio''- Franz Schubert; Largo" Franz Handel, Vio- lins: Prof. w. w. Bond, David Hol- gum. H1dnO, fTdnClS D. OCHlIHSTkd
 Vocal Solo, But the Lord is Mind ful of His Own," F. Mendelsohn- Gertrude York Weller. Accompanist, Mrs A. w. Liddell.
 Quartette, Chorus of Returning Pilgrims" F. Wagner-Messrs. San ders, Schimerka, Ferber, Stirratt.
 The principal address of the after ,- noon was made by Brother Mulford Winsor of Yuma Lodge, who was the Of fhA .ndO casion. Brother Winsor delivered an able address on the true meaning of Elkdom and was listened to through out the address with marked atten- tion, after afew introductory remarks Bro. Winsor spoke as follows:
 .'T am glad that my visit is coupled with one of the two annual ceremon- ies which comprise all that is public in the way of the Orders regular ritualistic services, for I regard this annual memorial and the Flag Day ex ercises with which the Order on the 14th of each June celebrates the birth of the nations starry emblem, as of inestimable importance in the work the Elks of the country are doing. I have in mind not so much the in -centive and opportunity these servi- ces afford our members for directing their thoughts toward and meditating upon the serious subjects with which they are associated, as the truthful, accurate insight they afford the pub lie into the Orders standards, aims and self-imposed mission. The fact is generally recognized that an indi- vidual, to be useful to society, to wield an influence in the uplifting of humanity or the advancement of the human race, must have the res pect and the confidence of those about him. It is no less true of an organi- zation, and to this end-though it is by no means the chief end-it is both expedient and proper that these pub lie ceremonies should be regularly observed.
 Nor, by reason of them, may the Order be charged with ostentation, since, as I have said, they constitute the beginning and the end of the regular public services authorized and recognized. Indeed, whatever may be the faults of the Order of Elks ostentstion is not one of them. What ever Of charities we practice, what ever of practical good we do, what ever of help we extend to the needy, or of uplift to the fallen, no word of it is ever spoken outside our lodge room but among our own members, and few indeed are they who know a tithe of the deeds our Order con tributes toward smoothing the path way of human life. Since there is no display, therefore, in the observ- ance of those precepts of the Order of which we might almost be expected human-like, to boast it is quite cer- tain that ostentation has no part in the authorization, has no part in the Derpetuation and bears no share, be | it ever so slight, in the objects for