The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-18

ing from the stand left there since
the Fourth of July celebration, and
the Eagles all turned their ears in
this direction to listen to his inspir-
| ing words.
introduced Mr.. Ellsworth.
Mr.. Ellsworth was introduced by
Mayor Meyer, who referred to him
as the next congressman of the Sec
ond district.
The address was very interesting
because of the numerous illustra-
| tions and SMILES which were used
to indicate his points. A number of
the stories were humorous, and lent
variety to the talk. Mr.. Ellis
worth called to mind the small be-
ginnings of a number of great or
CARNATIONS, which had started mere
| ly with four or five men, for the
purpose of perpetuating feeling of
! brotherhood. Fifteen years ago, =
he said, five men assembled one
Sunday afternoon in Seattle and
organized the Eagles, and it has now
grown in membership to the hun
dred thousands, and | predict as
great a future for it as has come
to any other fraternity. With our
mottos and watchwords, we have
the right on our side, and it is
bound to win. Some men ask,
does fraternity pay?' l answer that
it pays just what you make it.
There is absolutely no reason why
the spirit of good fellowship should
not be a benefit if all do their duty
as members. 1t is for you just what
you make it.
The Spirit of Things.
ut is not the form, but the spirit
of things that pays. A man may
pay his dues regularly, and be a
member in good standing, but if he
does not fulfill the purpose of the
lodge in extending hand to his
brother man once in while, what
can he expect to get? The man
who will not join a lodge has not
yet learned the meaning of the
word unselfishness, and his entire
aims and ambitions are for himself
only. Speaking of the form OF
/ things some people have taken ex
ception to the holding of this pic
mic on Sunday. They look only al
the form and not at the purpose oil
the picnic. We are doing this to
show spirit of good fellowship and
fraternity to each other, and if we
should conduct ourselves in man
ner that was not gentlemanly, il
would be just as bad to hold the
picnic on Monday or Saturday as on
Sunday. One of our watchwords is
If you can't speak well of a man
do not speak i'll of him. and with
this spirit, expect the Eagles lodge
to count it's numbers in the millions
instead of hundreds of thousands, in
the next fifteen years."
Sports of the Day.
The sports were held after the
address, and the winners are as
follows:
Fat mems race, Joseph Brisbois
first; Lewis Miller, second.
Fat womefl's race, Mrs Ed Pos
tails, first; Mrs. Frank O'Conner
| second
Boys race, under sixteen years
William O'Brien, first; Dewey Ger
ZACH, second; Arthur Buck, third.
/ Sack race, Otto Dumpke, first
Emil Dumpke, second; Clarence
Fermleich, third.
Boys under twelve years, Johr
Young, first; Clarence Theissen, sec
ond; John Johnson, third.
Girls under twelve years. Rutf
Hidden, first; Hazel Moehmhardt
second; Esther Weeks, third.
Free for all, 1OO-yard dash, George
Lusthoff. first; F. Yenter, second
H. w. Timm, third.
The nail driving contest was wor
by Mrs. Frank Gauthier and Mrs
u. A. Jones was second. Each lad,
had to drive ten nails in a pine
plank.
The Eagles won the tug of war
The first pull went to the Outsiders
but the Eagles got the last TIVE
tries. Everybody went in for an in
formal good time after the races
The band furnished music until tn,
evening, and many of the peopl,
stayed until after supper.