El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-15
.ELKS AND D. A. R.
HONOR old GLORY
Annual Patriotic Celebra
tion Held in Cleveland
Square Park.

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Before fully 1000 patriotic Americans
FL Paso lodge No. 1S7, Benevolent Pro-
tective Order OF Elks. and Rebecca Stod-
dert chapter, No. sos. Daughters Of the
American Revolution. held their annual
Flag Day celebration Wednesday eve
ing IN Cleveland Square. The services
started at o'clock and lasted for one
! hour.
Assisting the Elks and the D. A R.
was a massed band composed OF the
sixth. 18th and goth infantry bands. m
der the leadership Of bandmaster E. G.
Fischer, and the third battalion Of the
] 23rd infantry. in command OF Mai V.
I A. ColdweIl From $3.50 to s o'clock the
massed band gave a concert OF music.
mostly patriotic, and during the serv-
. ices played patriotic airs while
the audience sang; while the battalion
! lent color to the event with its pres
ence.
! The ceremonies were in charge Of the
EIks, and were conducted by Max Mil
/ Ter. exalted ruler, assisted by other Of
/ ficers of the lodge. An Introductory
rftualistic service explanatory Of the
/ Significance Of Flag Day was followed
/ by prayer by DR.. G. H Higgins, the
E. stiles told Of The History Of
. the Flag" tracing its history from the
landing of the MayflOwer in 1920. This
was followed by the singing Of The
Star Spangled Banner"
Altar Service
The altar service consisted Of the for
nation Of the floral bell Of liberty
The bell was built in three sections. the
base composed Of roses. their color sig
nffvinz courage, loyalty and devotion.
This base was laid by Clopton Smith,
esteemed leading knight The central
figure or section, formed Of white
lilies, was placed. 4. H. Aber. esteemed
loyal knight. who explained that the
color represents the dominant virtues
of charity, purity and truth
To crown the roses and lilies, clus-
ter Of violets, rejecting the blue Of the
flag and IMPLYING justice, brOtherly
love and fidelity, was placed by Ju-
Illus Alberts, esteemed lecturing knight.
The bell was then surmounted with
bar bearing the stars which exalted
ruler Miller explained as follows. ITO
the nations bell OF liberty. to the we'd
ding of the nations colors, 10 the bars
Of the nations flag, we affix the first
American stars"
Tribute to Flag.
THE EIks' Tribute to the Flag" was
given by Roy D. Barnum. past exalted
ruler. Mr.. Barnum called attention to
the conditions and hardships under
which the flag was born He said
1T must have been foreordained that
this flag should lead all others in the
flight of the centuries, for IL was the
flag of George Washington and Thomas
jefferson: OF John Adams. Benjamin
Franklin. and Patrick Henry; the flag
OF Betsy Ross, whose Quaker hands
first fashioned IL into a robe Of glory.
Inspired BY souls like these, klndled at
shrines like these. the spirit OF 70 be-
came the spirit Of all the succeeding
years. and the flag through which u
spoke became the flag Of Bunker Hill
and I.undv'S Lane. of Buena Vista and
Chapultepec; the same flag that romped
with freedom in the bays Of Manila and
Santiago. and was planted in righteous
defence upon the walls OF China; that
now floats over the khakied boys in
Mexico; the first flag that was born TO
represent a people rather than mon
archy or a savage; the flag that was
never known TO surrender "a voice.
And never will,D; the flag that is des-
tined to win the world from wrong, TO
Danish unholy strife, and TO usher in
the thousand years Of peace"
The address was followed by the sing
ing OF Columbia, the Gem OF the
Ocean" and Dixie" led by Mrs Robert
Woman Speaker.
Mrs. L L Robinson. regent OF the
American Revolution. delivered a short .
address in which she referred to the
Iact that Flag Day was first celebrated +.
u
rection Of the local chapter OF the Z
Daughters OF the American Revolution .
Last year, for the first time. the Elks I
Joined in the celebration Of the day, 1
she stated
The events Of the past two years" {
she continued, have caused Americans !
to turn to the flag and to realize the /
necessity Of making greater prepara- Z
tiOns for its protection from attack &
Throughout the country today. by proc
lamation OF the president Flag Day /
celebrations are being conducted and Z
millions Of American hearts are being /
stirred by the ceremonies TO a keener ]
Of our duties as American /
citizens"
The object Of the D. A p. Mrs. Rob- I
inson stated, is TO preserve the mem I
cries Of Americas heroic dead. and TO /
promote the celebration of patriotic /
events. It is also seeking to instil into 4
the hearts Of the young the patriotism !
that will cause proper love OF coun-
Flag Song.
After the song. Hail Columbian" Miss
Mary Kelly, daughter Of former mayor
c. F. Kelly gave patriotic recitation. I
including WILDER Nesbit's Flag Day
song, Your Flag and Ny Flag" The
were concluded with the
singing Of America
On the platform and participating in /
the ceremonies were Max Miller. ex-
allied ruler; Clopton Smith. esteemed
leading knight: Julius AIberts, es- I
teemed lecturing knight: X H. Aber,
esteemed loyal knight: George Booth, |
esquire; Dr. G. H Higgins. chaplain; |
Roy D. Barnum and '. R Stiles. past
exalted rulers
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton on the platform included Mrs L L. Is
Robinson. Mrs. c. E. Kelly, Mrs. Mary