Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-16
Aberdeen Elks Lodge Observe
Flag Day Sunday With
Appropriate Exercises
HADPATRIOTIC PROGRAM
M. A. Langhorne Delivers
Eloquent Address on the
Duties of Citizenship.

SUNDAY at the Flag Day services con-
Quoted by Aberdeen Lodge, B. P.
o. E. No. 593. The lodge, headed
by the Aberdeen band, a platoon of
Company G, N. G. w. and Women's
Relief Corps, the latter in automo-
biles, the Elks, each carrying a flag.
marched from their hall down Broad
way to Heron street, up Heron to
G street, up G to Market street and
up Market to the Grand theater,
where the following program was rem
dered:
Band: Overture ............. Medley
Introductory
........ Exalted Ruler and Officers
invocation
80. Brother A. E. Cross, Chaplain
History Of the Flag ...............
............ Brother c. s. Jackson
Hail Columbia ....... Male Quartette
Bro. o. R. Austin, Dr. G.. Tonning,
Mr.. Platt Homan, Mr.. Roy Wood
Altar Service. Esquire and Officers
Star Spangled Banner .....,......
Male Quartette
Elks' Tribute to the Flag .........
...............B Brother A. e. Cross
Red, White and Blue ............
..............M Mrs. Jessica Walker
Address. Brother M, A. Langhorne
of Tacoma
AheIICa .............. ..........
..... Male Quartette and Audience
The entire service was patriotic in
the extreme, each number sending a
thrill through the veins of every per-
son in the audience. The history of
the flag, read by Prof. c. s. Jackson,
was splenddily written historical
sketch of the birth, achievements and
possibilities of the national emblem.
The Elks tribute to the flag by
A. Emerson Cross was a mastery ef-
fort and was frequently and loudly
applauded, the singing by the male
quartet, the patriotic medley by the
Aberdeen band, in fact every feature
of the exercises was we'll chosen and
splendidly rendered.
Address Was Patriotic
The address of the day by Attorney
Maurice A. Langhorne, of Tacoma, n
brother of Mrs. Robert r. Bassett,
of this city, was eloquent without any
attempts at fights of oratory and the
frequent applause which interrupted
him showed clearly that the audience
was in complete accord with his re-
marks.
Mr.. Langhorne did not pick and
chose his language in stating who
was responsible for any errors tha:
may be found in our government, but
laid them most emphatically at the
door of the citizens who fail in the
duties imposed by citizenship.
He alluded in no uncertain terms
to the lack Of courage, or political
cowardice, of municipal authorities
who permit the grating agitator or
shallow-pate reformer to stand on soap
boxes on the streets and denounce
the country, its institutions and it's
nag without let or hindrance.
Referring briefly to the record of
the flag in the past, he predicted
greater victories in the future, not
perhaps, on bloody battle fields, but
in the peaceful, steadfast perform
ance Of his duty by every citizen, a
duty that was due to the best form
Of government known to man. 1t
frequently occurs, said he, that the
man who would defend the nations
honor or flag with his life If need
be, is ready to shift his burden of
public duty onto his neighbor when
ever possible, citing the reluctance
Of the average man of business to
perform jury duty, feature Of duty
lodging he was familiar with in his
court practice. The failure to vote
which has become so noticeable he
decried.
Paying tribute to the Elks as a
patriotic American order, he said the
idea Of devoting one day in the year
to revering the flag and what it
stands for was a noble idea, one that
was now recognized in almost every
state in the union. Mr.. Langhorne
was loudly applauded at the close
of his address,