Evening journal., 1913-05-08

with nature bestowins ideal wealth
hr upon them, members of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows Of the
jurisdiction of Delaware dedicated
their new temple at Tenth and King
streets this morning. The exercises
were open TO the public and were
attended by more than 500 members
of the eight lodges of the order in
this city as well as from the State
ut large and the three encampments
and the Rebekah daughters.
The new temple. a masterpiece in
construction, was beautifully decorat-
ed with the national colors, while the
stage in the main auditorium was one
mass OF green, potted palms being
placed about the buildings. On the
exterior festoons of colors were
everywhere, and flying proudly from
the flag pole was the lodge flag.
Grand Sire c. A. Kellar Of San An
tonic, Texas, the most prominent Odd
Fellow in the world, and Grand Sec
retary John 3. Goodwin, Of Baltimore,
accompanied by Mrs. Goodwin, arriv-
ed here at 946 o'clock this morn
ing. They were met by the reception
committee composed OF Jacob Il. Sny-
der, w. w. Douty, and S. Edward
Lewis, in automobiles, and escorted
10 the temple.
Shortly before II o'clock the de-
hicatory exercises begun with the
Grand Lodge officers seated on the
stage with the distinguished visitors.
Among those in the audience was
Philemma Chandler, who has the
distinction being the one who work
ed so jealously for the Temple and
served on the committee appointed
to consider the project The Temple,
which displaces the one at Third and
King streets, erected in 1S4S. is OF
modern construction and the visitors
today we're delighted with IT, s.. Ed
ward Lewis, Grand Master OF the iur-
lsdiction OF Delaware. had charge OF
The exercises, assisted by Grand Mar.
shall George n. Bailey, Grand Chap
lain John T. Magee, and Grand War
den Otto Burkhard.
Grand Master Lewis opened tho
exercises at 1855 o'clock with th'
audience singing the opening air o
the order This was followed hl
PRAYER by Chaplain Msgee.
Grand Marshal George \. Bale
kher reviewed the history Of The or
der and addressing the heralds rep
Fesentine tho four points OF tho com
pas. asked If all the component part
were ready The heralds ansverel
In the Affirmative and Melville W
Wells, Grand Herald Of tho North
advancing to the front OF the plat
form placed the foundation OF tn
hltar, a representation Of q whit
stone. inscribed with the wor'
pPurity."
Jacob r. Snyder, Grand Herald o
the South. placed another stone o.
the foundation, emblematic o
Friendship" typical Of the sprin
time of life.
James f. Price, Grand Herald of tn
East, laid the stone, representa-
-Love." the central link in the weld
cd three. The fourth stone was the
laid by Goldsmith c. Nailor. as Gran
Herald OF the West. II was scarle
stone, representing Truth TIL
Heralds Of the North and South the
placed the tablet Faith" and thos
of the East and West placed Hope
The last part of the altar, Charity
was placed by all the heralds.
As the altar was completed Charlie
p. Mahoney, president Of the l. o.
f. Hall Company with neat addre'
turned the temple over TO Grand MAJ
ter Lewis. AS the Grand Master az
cepted the key, he complimented ii
committee on the fulfillment of il
tasks and spoke Of the purposes (
the Odd Fellows as being to buI
the dead and care for the orphan
Chaplain Magec then offered pray'
while the audience stood.
A qusrtette sang a special ode. 81
ing praise to God for the work TN
had been accomplished by the order
Delaware.
Grand Master Lewis and GraI
Warden Otto Burkhard then too
steps to dedicate the building, al
Grand Marshal Bailey declared u
building dedicated The four heral
advancing TO the altar separately, pc
formed a portion of the ritualistic q
der. The fires on the altar We
bindled by Herald Snyder Hera
Price then declared the Temple dc
Gated to truth and the furtherance
such
Herald Nailor placed red and viii
carnations on the altar. dedicating
10 Faith, Hope and Charity there
concluding the exercises.
rhoplain Maooe ask that Cod ghOi