The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-15
ELKS HELD GREAT
CELEBRATION YESTERDAY
Flag Day Exercises Cause Many Per-
sons to Gather at The Home to
Hear The Speeches And See The
Ceremonies.

the l4tn DAY OF June is q udtlOua1
holiday in Elkdom; that is, in addi-
ton to the other National holidays
the Elks Lodges of the country set
aside June 14th, Flag Day, as one
day in the year in which members
of this order pay tribute to the Stars
and Stripes. There is no order IN
the world more patriotic than the
Elks; there is no organization which
seeks to do more for the good OF
mankind and the advancement of all
the very best and most useful things
in life than the Elks, but above ev-
erything else, the Order is patriotic,
at its every meeting tribute is paid to
the Flag, and no man may become a
member OF it who is not 100 per cent.
| loyal.
In past years Cartridge Lodge has
celebrated Flag Day within its
Lodge room, there being several rea-
sons for this, one in particular being
that it did not want to come into con
fiict with the Chautauqua, which has
always been here Flag Day. But this
year things Were different, the MEM
| bers of the local order felt that this
was the one year, above all others,
when loyalty to the Stars and Stripes
should be most pronounced, when
the attention of the public should in
every possible way be brought to
bear upon the duty of the citiben to
the flag; and for this reason, in par
ticular, the members decided to have
public celebration
The Elks Lodges at Salisbury and
Crisfield were invited to participate
in the celebration, and few of the
Salisbury members were present, but
the Crisfeld Lodge brought delega-
ton of about thirty members.
But while the Cambridge Elks are
accustomed to observing Flag Day
every year, this year they decided to
invite the other organizations to join
with them to help in this celebration,
so that all of the orders of Cam
bridge might have a part III the hon
or of paying tribute to the American
flag, and accordingly invitations were
sent to all the Lodges, and with one
exception, they were practically all
represented in the parade yesterday.
In addition to these, Rescue Fire Co.
was also invited to join and, there is
no question of the fact that the
their handsome blue uniforms, pre-
scented the finest appearance of any
of the groups in the lineup yester-
day evening.
The parade was started about a
quarter to seven o'clock, being head
ed by the re-organized Citizens
Band; then came the members Of
Cambridge Lodge, No. 1872, Benevo-
lent, Protective Order of Elks, and
their visiting brothers; then came
the delegation from Dorchester
Lodge, No. 10, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows; then the delegation
from Cambridge Encampment, No.
5; then the members of Cambridge
Lodge, No. 80, Knights of Pythias;
with the members of Rescue Fire Co.
bringing up the rear.
The line of the march was from
the Elks Home, at the corner of
Locust and High streets, up Poplar,
up Race, to Muir; down Muir to
Academy; down Academy to Gay;
down Gay to Spring; up Spring to
High; down High to William; thru
William to Mill; up Mill to Locust,
and up Locust to the Home. The pa
rade was one of the longest ever seen
in Cambridge, and despite the fact
that the weather was very threaten
ing; in fact, some rain fell while on
the march, yet there were crowds of
people along the streets, waiting for
and watching the parade as it passed.
Following the parade the officers
on a platform which had been cree
ted on the lot in front of the home,
and after Exalted Ruler Scott Meek
ms had called the meeting to order
with a single tap, and the various Of
ficers had explained their duties, Hon.
Robert E. Lee, of Baltimore, mem
Der of the State Accident Commits
sion, former Secretary to Mayor Pres
ton, and one of the best known
speakers in the State, was introduce
ed as the first speaker. The subject
assigned to Mr.. Lee was '::The Flag"
and the eloquent tribute which he
paid to it aroused the highest en-
| thusiasm among the many hundred
people who completely filed the
front of the lot and the street ad
! joining.
Mrs. M. Duke Smith, who, before
her marriage was Miss Mabel Phil
! lips, and her sisters, the Misses Dru-
silla and Helen Phillips, sang two
; selections in such a charming man
ner as to win the applause of all
who could hear them, and had they
J responded as often as the crowd
would have liked. they would prob
| ably have been singing until morn
ing.
Following the singing of Columbia
the Elks' Liberty Bell was erected Oh
the altar; the parts had been care
fully covered with royal purple, the
Elk colors, and when the covers
were lifted the first to be brought to
view and placed on the altar was
large base of red roses, signifying
the red in the flag; then followed an