The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-03-13

proud of the record she had made
during the year just passed, having.
made the most rapid strides sof. any
lodge in the state in point of in.
|creased membership. He said all
that was needed to make our local
lodge all that it might be in the do
ing of the good work laid out for
the order was the establishment of
Pythian Sister Auxiliary, and he
hoped that before the adjournment
of the present session such a move.
ment would be started. In closing
his; address Mr.. Gober said to the
visitors: IF you don't see what you
want, ask for it; If you see it, just
take it-and welcome.
A most delightful vocal number
was then rendered by Miss Porter,
accompanied by Miss Mary Conner
on the violin and Miss Peyser at the
piano. The enthusiastic encore at
tested the appreciation. of the au-
dience. E@ nv
The address of Judge William Go
Der on behalf of the Ocala lodge was
gen.. He started off with catchy
anecdote, and the audience never lost
it's good humor.- He told Of the in
crease in the membership of the
Ocala lodge and the spirit of brother
ly love pervading it. +.
/ He concluded by saying that he
wanted every visiting member to feel
hat his welcome was generous and
enuine, and if there was anything he
wanted, and didn't see, to ask for 1t,
and if there was anything he saw
and wanted, to take it without asking
for it.
Judge Gobers welcome was hearth
~ received and roundly applauded.
The next on the program was vo-
cal solo by Miss Marguerite Porter,
Ocala's knocking bird of song"
This solo was so richly enjoyed
hat Miss Porter was compelled to
respond to an encore.
The address of the Grand Chancel-
lor, w. ]. Sears, was in every way
fitting and abeautiful response. There
were occasional corruscations of real
oratory, and the young orator was all
the time at delightful ease.
He referred with delight to the
growth of the order and of its great
achievements along the lines of fell
lowship, charity and benevolence.
1t was indeed a fine and fitting eff
fort
Not since the morning stars sang
together has there been a time or a
country where women are held In
higher estimation or hold higher
and holier place in our affections and
in the warp and wool of our civiliZa-
ton than in our land and at the pres
ent time, SO it is not surprising that
they are becoming PythiaI Sisters.
They are shedding upon the order
the spark and splendor of their vir-
'ues 1t is receiving a reflex of their
intellectual, spiritual moral and in
dustrial worth.
This was shown in the response of
Mrs. Jennie r. Brown, supreme rep
resentative of the Pythian Sisters.
She told of how the Pythian Sisters
ministered to the sick and needy, how
,hey paid the last tribute of respect
. the dead, and from her remarks We
can well believe that the Sisters, are
winning for@ the.twomanhoQd-. of this
land more and more golden lauFels..
Mrs. Browns response. was grace
full and gracefully delivered and was
fittingly appl2uded. ..e...; s...., -
The we'll arranged. program. ended
with a violin solo by Miss Mary Con
nor, which was applauded not as a.
matter of form and courtesy, but be-.
cause its exquisite, rendition merited
it. -.
The afternoon was devoted to a
business session, held in Castle Hall,
and in the evening the Knights were
invited to attend the orchestra COM
ique, and were entertained in differ
ent ways.
The Dramatic Order Knights of
Khorassan held their sessions in the
morning and afternoon at the hall in
DR.. Mechanics Institute, and they had
a big meeting.
PYTHIAN SISTERS ATTENDING