The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
FATHER CONWAY is ORATOR
Well Known Priest and Judge Geo. w
Taylor Pay Fitting Tribute to De-
parted Members and Impressive
Music Completes the Program.

Their lives have faded from us
like the sun set in the golden west;
| over their graves the winds Of June
time come and 60, mingled with the
song of birds and the fragrance of the
flowers of spring. Then come the chill
grey days Of autumn when the falling
| leaves caress their resting place, and
finally winter wraps it speaceful white
mantle over all the flowers and covers
them with natures ermine-a fitting
| coverlet for these, the kins Of men.
This was the tribute that Judge
George w. Taylor paid to the memory
| of the departed Elks at the annual
memorial services of the Kenosha lodge
held at the Wisconsin street club rooms
on Sunday afternoon. It was typical
of The whole service Of sentiment and
| remembrance breathing into the spirit
of sorrow the beauties of hope.
| It was one of the most interesting
memorial services ever held by the
Kenosha lodge and more than three
hundred of the members and friends of
| the lodge were in attendance and had
| part in the services of the afternoon
and twilight hour.
| There were beautiful flowers, impress
sive music and the call to memories
carried members of the order back to
other days when the men whose names
have been inscribed on the memorial
roll in the temple were active in the
work of the lodge. 81
| The music wa. furnished by the Ke-
nosha Elks Quartette, which sang four
beautiful numbers; James A. Fryar of
| Chicago, who rendered two solos with
beautiful impressiveness; and Mrs.
| Burnet G. Kaltenbach, who acted as
accompanies The speakers for the af-
ternoon included the Rev. J. j. Con-
way, assistant pastor of st. James
church, and Judge Taylor. The Rev.
I, w. Corey of the First Baptist church
gave the closing praper.
Exalted Ruler George B. Aneman
presided and with the aid of the other
members of the official force of the
lodge gave the impressive ritualistic
service which means so much to
every Elk.
Father Conway, the first speaker of
the afternoon, spoke, from the topic,
l"Medltation on Death'' His was a
| thoughtful presentation Of the brevity
of life and the certainty of death.
"For as we live, so shall we die, - said
Father Conway. Good alone knows
when or how, but all of us know that
some time we must feel the chilly damp
upon our brow and the lump in the
throat and know that the time has
come for dissolution. Death has no
fears for the man who lives his life
we'll He halls death not as terror
| to be feared but as brother and a
| friend to be loved-as one who comes
and with a gentle touch of the hand
and says, Come away with me to that
| better and brighter world
whenever I stand by an open grave
feel, For you today and NE tomor-
row.. / am never interested in the pail
bearers of the body, but rather in the
pail bearers of the soul. ] know that
| they should be charity, self denial and
fear of the Lord. I know that if we
| live with these as our guiding stacs
we shall have no fear of DEATH Those
who have gon9 before practiced the
commendable virtue Of charity and
death to them was simply going away
into wider field of activity
Judge Taylor in his eulogy brought
home the personal virtues of the mem
bers of the lodge who had Gied during
the past year. He spoke especially Of
| the lives of Otto Rudd, Samuel S. Sim
mons, John J. Abel, Henry A. -Iser-
mann, William Fl. Morse and Charles
FL. Whitcher. He gave to his eulogy
of these men the personal touch of
long friendship and his call to mem
cries was one that awakened a re-
spouse in the leart of every member
of the brotherhood
Judge Taylor spoke of the origin of
the Elks, of its principals, of its broad
mantle of charity which recognized
neither dogma or creed, but which was
founded on the cardinal attribute of
all creeds. He spoke of the patriotism
of the Elks; of their love of country
and love of home and the attributes of
fraternity which had brought more
than million of the best manhood of
this nation under the spreading antlers.
He spoke of the great war in Europe
as the expression of the lack of just
such principles as are featured ip Elk
dom and he declared that one of the
fruits of victory and peace win be the
enthroning of Justice, Charity, Broth
erly Love and Fidelity the cardinal
virtues of the Elks.