The Sentinel=record., 1917-02-11

ana memory.
 l am not jiner but it I fine tho liners I will begin with the Elks and probably end there.
 Without any special written code or creed the Elks stand for a certain standard of intellect and ethics.
 The man with an Elk's tooth on his watch chain, or the antlers of an Elk in his button hole, has no quar- rel with God. He accepts life and finds it good. He may not be so very nice nor SO very good. but since he knows that he is not so very good he is wiser than he knows and bet ter than he will acknowledge.
 The true Elk does not condemn discourage, nor rip reputations up the back, realizing his own limita- tions, he is lenient in his judgment toward those who have been tempted by fate beyond their power to re- sist. This quality of mercy; l have noticed is strongly implanted in the Elk nature.
 Your Elk never wecps over his own troubles but for the stricken souls on earth his tears of pity are near tho surface. The Elk loves children, respects old age. and so far as l have seen, doesn't incline espe- c.ally toward indifference to feminine charms. In many instances l have imagined the Elk revealed a just ap. preciatiOn of the elevated spheroid Yet in all your life you never saw one ot those horny sons of Elkdom going off alone and cutting into the grape. His irritation is all in the line of good fellowship. And his worst fault lies right here in this line of con viyiality; ne sometimes overdoes it, but believe this will not hold. No little pismire apology for a man ever joined the Elks. he would not feel at home among them. To be an Elk you must have faith in other men, faith in yourself and faith in the universe.
 The Elks all look alike and are all of one age Just what the age is have not yet made out, but it lies somewhere between 30 and 90. No Elk is over 90 no matter how long he may live, and none weighs over 200 pounds They all have the joy ous, bubbling heart of youth and no whi~kers. lilacs are out of their lives. and Getaways are tabooed. ! never saw an Elk who was very rich excepting in kindness and good cheer nor did ever see one circumnayi- rate on his uppers. They all have all the money they need, even if not all they want. They make money end they spend it, and the more they spend the more they seem to make. Keep the change" is the remark the Elk has in electrotype.
 1 have been occasionally pained by hearing Elks relate stories that were slightly gamboge, tinted on the edges, but although these tales Of persiflage had Nufchatel flavor, yet there was always attic supplies to redeem the mass of mortifying mi crobe The Elk is not troubled about saving his soul In fact, he is not troubled about anything Perhaps this is ono distinguishing feature, he does not worry nor shake the red rag of worldly( theological welfare He believes that everything is all right or nearly so, and that his task is to do his work and not bother other folks any more than he had to. When Ali Babi said, Blessed is the man who does not bellyache." he had 16-pronged antler Elk in mind. An Elk takes his medicine-some- times with a weary face-but he al. ways takes his medicine. Often over comes temptation by succumbing to it, and if he trips and falls he is mp and joins in the laugh of the by standers. You cannot always down a man who can laugh at himself
 The Elks stay right in the game. l never heard of one retiring from the business When death calls for an Elk the Elk is apt first to sell him a bill of goods. and then they shake